Eligibility for the Scholarship:
Eligible Countries: Students from all around the world are eligible to apply for this scholarship programme.
Entrance Requirements:
- For our PhD programme, the minimum entry requirements are an outstanding degree in law or a non-legal research-orientated master’s degree (in particular in business administration, political science, or sociology).
- Students whose first language is neither English nor German are required to prove their language proficiency by providing relevant certificates (for details see: Application documents).
Multiple factors will be taken into consideration in the admission procedure:
- Successful applications must have proven their ability to produce excellent academic performance, generally demonstrated by outstanding qualifications (cf. § 3 PromO AMBSL);
- A suitable doctoral topic which corresponds to the research areas of the Graduate School; and
- The availability of expertise among our members of the state to supervise the proposed topic.
English Language Requirements: Students whose first language is neither English nor German are required to prove their language proficiency by providing relevant certificates.
Application Procedure:
How to Apply: A complete application comprises all of the following documents (and must be submitted in one pdf-file in the below-given order):
- application form
- research proposal (up to four pages)
- personal statement about why you are applying to the Albrecht Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Graduate School
- tabular curriculum vitae
- index of all publications to date (optional)
- two recommendations from professors attesting to suitability for doctoral work
- diploma
- Language certificates (German or English): Non-native speakers who write their dissertation in German or English must prove their language skills by submitting relevant certificates. German: TestDaF or DSH; English: certificate proving C1 Level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). This requires test scores of at least 100 in the TOEFL ibT / 6.5 in the IELTS / 945 in TOEIC. The TOEFL DI Code is 2258.
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