The Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies (BGSMCS) is a joint project by Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO). The BGSMCS supports doctoral candidates who develop academically well-founded and relevant answers to questions arising in various research areas under the thematically umbrella of Muslim cultures and societies. It also gives them access to a broad academic network. The program is ideal for highly qualified, socially engaged, and globally thinking, active young scholars from all over the world. 

For admissions in October 2024, the doctoral programme will award two stipends each from the DAAD and the Gerda Henkel Foundation. The scholarships include a monthly living stipend as well as travel and material funds. Other candidates will be supported in applying for other doctoral fellowships, e.g. Elsa Neumann Foundation. Doctoral candidates with an individual scholarship (no private funding) can also apply for association in the doctoral programme.

An application comprises the following documents:

• Curriculum Vitae (CV / Resume) and motivation letter 
• Supervisors and disciplines, eligibility
• Outline of your dissertation project
• Letters of recommendation 
• Language skills 
• Original and certified copies of degrees
• Submission of application
• Schedule

The application deadline is 1 November 2023, 12:00 noon (CET).
The application package, complete with all documents, needs to be submitted via the application platform. 

The APPLICATION GUIDELINE will help you to prepare your application. If you have further questions that are not addressed in the guideline or in the FAQ on our website, please contact us under this Email address: application@bgsmcs.fu-berlin.de.

Prospective applicants are invited to join our live Q&A session
on October 4, 2023, at 2 pm CET 
Webex-Link to the Event (Pass: graduate)