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2DAADScholarshipsfortheDocMASEDoctoralProgrammeattheSaarland
UniversityinGermany
TheJointEuropeanDoctoralProgrammeinAdvancedMaterialsScienceandEngineering(DocMASE)is
aninternationalprogramwiththeparticipationofuniversitiesinGermany,France,Spain,andSweden
andsupportedbytheErasmusMundusprogramoftheEuropeancommission.TheDAADwillprovide
withinitsprogrammeGraduateSchoolScholarshipProgramme(GSSP)twofullypaidPhDscholarshipsforstartingdoctoralthesisworkattheSaarlandUniversityinGermanyfromApril2015.
SaarlandUniversity is one ofGermanymost
internationalUniversities and is located in the vibrant
region at the German/French border close to Luxemburg.
TheMaterials Science and Engineering
Department (MSE) of SaarlandUniversity is recognised as one of
the leading centres ofmaterials
sciencein
Germany.
The
department
is
formed
by
11
chairs
covering
the
wide
spectrum
of
materials
science.Scientific researchat theuniversity
isparticularlyenhancedby intensivecollaborationwith
distinguished research centres established on the university
campus, like theMaterial Engineering
CentreSaar(MECS)andtheLeibnizInstituteforNewMaterials(INM).
TwoPhDpositionsareopenforthefollowingresearchtopics:
Metal/CarbonNanotubesComposites:Synthesisandcorrelationbetweenmicrostructureandproperties(Advisor:Prof.FrankMcklich,MECS).
Nanostructured metal oxide/ metal nitride/ carbon compositesfor
supercapacitors
andcapacitivedeionization(Advisor:Prof.VolkerPresser,INM)
DocMASE is aimed at candidateswith aMasters Degree (or
equivalent) inMaterials Science and
Engineering,orotherrelatedsubjectssuchasPhysicsorChemistry.VerygoodEnglishknowledge
is
required, German knowledge will be an advantage. Voluntary
German courses are provided at
SaarlandUniversityandtheINM.TheDAADscholarshipsareavailablefornonGermancandidatesthat
havenot leavedmorethat15months
inGermanyuntilthe30.08.2014andwhohavetakenthe last
finalexaminthepastsixyear.TheDAADfunding
isforuptothreeor(inthecaseofdevelopingand
emergingcountries)
for
up
to
four
years
and
will
cover:
amonthlyscholarshiprateofcurrently1000,
acountrydependenttravelallowance,
acombinedhealth,accident,andliabilityinsurance,
ifnecessary,arentsubsidyandfamilyallowance.
ApplicationstostarttheDocMASEprogramme
inApril2015mustbereceivedbyJuly30th,2014.For
more information, please visit our website www.docmase.net, or
contact us at
[email protected]!
