For those that choose German schools, I'll advise it is paramount you take note of your school's application deadline. If PTDF does not announce the beneficiaries by then, then it is advisable you take a leap of faith and apply. A leap of faith because these applications requires a fee and an admission does not guarantee your being shortlisted for the PTDF scholarship.

As for the DAAD portal, I received a mail as well stating that I should provide an admission letter. Being that the DAAD portal was obviously a messaging platform, I sent a mail asking for the deadline to provide this letter and I was told August. So your school's deadline should be what you should be concerned about. The deadline for my first choice TUM is May, so I will be working towards that date. I have gone through the school's requirements just so I do not get stunned with the unexpected. The minute their deadline is approaching and we still don't hear anything from PTDF, I'll take a leap and apply, just to avoid what happened to last years beneficiaries from happening to us.

dafemlions thanks for this comprehensive writeup. God will bless you just like you have blessed us with this valuable information. I applied to 2 schools last year ranked 12th and 43rd in their engineering graduate program. I got accepted into the latter with no funding. I'll like to know if complete waiving of tuition is mostly given by private schools than public ones, to narrow down my search?