Daad Jahresbericht 2015 en

2015
Annual Report
the DAAD worldwide
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London Berlin
Brussels
Paris Bonn
Budapes
Toronto Belgra
San Francisco New York Rome
Madrid
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Tunis
Western, Central and South-Eastern Europe: 225
North America: 22
Mexico City
San Jos
Bogot Accra
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Lima
Latin America: 33 So Paulo Rio de Janeiro
Santiago de Chile Buenos Aires

Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Southern Caucasus: 75
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Moscow
Riga Kazan Novosibirsk
Minsk
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Warsaw
Prague Kiev
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Bucharest Almaty
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Tbilisi Tashkent Beijing
Istanbul Ankara Bishkek
Baku Seoul Tokyo
Athens Yerevan Dushanbe
Erbil Tehran Kabul
Beirut Shanghai
Tel Aviv Amman Islamabad
Cairo East Jerusalem
New Delhi
Taipei City
Abu Dhabi Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Hanoi
Middle East, North Africa: 33 Pune
Chennai Bangkok
Ho Chi Minh City
Addis Ababa
aound Kuala Lumpur

Singapore
Nairobi
Jakarta
Sub-Saharan Africa: 21
Asia, Pacific: 57
Johannesburg
Sydney
15 Regional Offices
56 Information Centres (IC)
DAAD Head Office and Berlin Office
466 Lektorships April 2016
Annual Report
of the German Academic
Exchange Service
2015
Thanks to the DAADs Artists-
in-Berlin programme and the
time I spent with guest artists
from around the world,
during my stay I could sense
my horizons expanding
and my heart opening up.
This helped me with the
novel that I completed,
Second-HandTime.
Svetlana Alexievich
Native of Belarus and winner of the Nobel Prize

in Literature 2015, Alexievich was a guest of the
DAADs Artists-in-Berlin programme (BKP)
from 2011 to 2012.
In 2015, 53 percent of
all DAAD scholarship
holders were women.
h IGhlIGht S
The people researcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
The DAAD: 90 years later, more active than ever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Ensuring successful integration of refugees at universities . . . . . . . . 55
Erasmus+: beyond Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Iran Joining forces on sustainable development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Contents
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
I. Who we are
Change by exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
II. Our goals

Scholarships for the best. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Structures for internationalisation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Expertise for academic collaborations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
III. The DAAD worldwide

Western, Central and South-Eastern Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Southern Caucasus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
North America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Latin America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Middle East, North Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Sub-Saharan Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Asia, Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
IV. Facts and figures

Overview of DAAD funding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Financial Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
DAAD bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Selection committees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
DAAD regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
List of abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Addresses in Germany and abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Organisational chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
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Prof. Dr. Margret Wintermantel, President of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
ForeWorD
Dear readers,
The tremendous trust that the DAAD enjoys around the world forms the critically important
foundation that allows us to continually expand and intensify the academic and civic dialogue with
our partners across the globe Our programmes and activities ensure that channels of dialogue
and exchange remain open even when political conflicts throw up roadblocks to diplomacy and
2015 once again made very clear the value of the DAADs work in this regard
The gathering of Iranian DAAD alumni together with Germanys Federal Foreign Minister
Dr Frank-Walter Steinmeier, which filled every last seat in the University of Tehrans auditorium,
was both a demonstration and the result of well-functioning academic exchange in times of
political conflict Germanys relationship to Cuba benefits today from the fact that academic
dialogue continued during the years of diplomatic stagnation Germany and DAAD alumni occupy
several key positions in education and public administration in Cuba, and many of them are now
re-connecting with Germany and strengthening ties
The collaboration with the Russian Federation is yet another example of successful academic
diplomacy Despite strained diplomatic relations, the DAAD was able to negotiate a Memorandum
of Understanding with the association of leading Russian universities The agreement focuses
on expanding bilateral collaboration through the exchange of doctoral students and researchers
Our work focuses on providing talented individuals the opportunity to pursue university studies
or advance their research careers This is guided by our firm belief that immersion in a foreign
culture and unfamiliar academic environment not only builds knowledge and language skills, but
also stimulates personal growth and development Today some 37 percent of German university
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DAAD President Prof. students go abroad Working together with the federal government, our objective is to increase
Margret Wintermantel
this figure to 50 percent by the year 2020 With its many scholarship programmes and wide range
greeted participants in
GAte-Germanys 7th of information and consulting services for study abroad, the DAAD ensures that this ambitious goal
Marketing Congress
remains attainable To further extend our reach, we launched our studieren weltweit ERLEBE ES!
in July 2015.
(study worldwide LIVE THE EXPERIENCE!) campaign in December 2015, which reaches out to
pupils and young university students with the help of social media
While more and more German university students are going abroad, Germany has continued
to strengthen its appeal as an international centre of research and education In 2015, the number
of foreign students attending German universities and universities of applied sciences reached
320,000, which exceeded even the record numbers from the previous year; the number has never
been higher Our goal is to increase the total number of foreign students in Germany to 350,000
by 2020 This target is also specified as part of the German federal governments coalition agreement
a number which now seems well within reach
Germanys appeal as a centre of education and research also depends on the international
orientation of our members Germanys institutions of higher education and their student
bodies This is why the DAADs support of the higher education institutions in this area
has become increasingly important For institutions of higher education and research, the
internationalisation process takes place between the poles of international cooperation and
networking on the one hand, and competition for top talents on the other Against this backdrop,
strategic collaboration between German universities and top international partners can make
a critical contribution to strongly positioning our national science system in todays globalised,
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ForeWorD
innovation-driven world Since 2012, the DAAD has supported institutional partnerships as part
of its Strategic Partnerships and Thematic Networks programme Last year, 28 new partnerships
were launched as part of this programme
Since mid-2015, our institutions of higher education have faced a new task and challenge With
Germany home to a growing number of refugees keen to begin (or continue) their university
studies, the challenge is to prepare them both academically and in terms of language for
university studies in Germany and to help them make the transition to our academic system The
DAAD responded quickly to the new situation and requirements, addressing both universities and
young refugees For the latter we developed an informational package in six languages, published
online, designed to help orientate readers and provide information on additional resources and
points of contact At the same time, we are supporting universities in their integration efforts with
100 million euros provided by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) over the
next four years The universities will receive these funds via two new programmes: INTEGRA and
WELCOME The focus of INTEGRA is on academic and linguistic training for young refugees
at preparatory colleges and universities WELCOME encourages university students to help
newcomers integrate and become acclimated to life in Germany Fortunately we see an enormous
display of such initiative at universities across Germany
Last year was an eventful year for the DAAD for numerous reasons Along with develop-
ments on the national and international stage, our internal agenda also made for some very
busy months Over the course of last year we extensively reorganised our work processes
while also celebrating the DAADs 90th anniversary This milestone provided the occasion for
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ForeWorD
a self-confident yet self-critical look back on our history, as well as a constructive debate on
the future of the organisation Certainly one constant over the past 90 years and into the future
is our conviction that international academic exchange not only promotes growth, development
and a broadening of horizons for the individual, but also enriches and advances human
knowledge and society
I hope you find the 2015 Annual Report to be informative and inspiring
Prof. Dr. Margret Wintermantel

President, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Bonn, April 2016
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I.
Who we are
I. Who we are : Change by Exchange
Change by exchange
90 years of DAAD doors to a diverse range of study opportunities

for young Eastern Europeans today.
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
is the worlds largest funding organisation for The DAAD was also praised by Germanys
the international exchange of students and Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Frank-
researchers. Last year it funded 75,412 Germans Walter Steinmeier, who gave the keynote
and 51,627 foreigners. speech emphasising the role of the DAAD as
an indispensable partner in shaping German
Founded in 1925, the DAAD celebrated its 90th foreign academic policy: Understanding
anniversary in 2015 with numerous events through dialogue, responsibility in times of
around the world. The extensive media cover- crisis, working to build a common order these
age over the course of the anniversary year are the goals of our joint efforts, he said. In
was testament to the tremendous appreciation her address, DAAD President Prof. Dr.Margret
for the work of the DAAD both in Germany Wintermantel talked about the essence of
and abroad. the DAAD, which has remained constant
throughout its 90-year history:
The positive impact of academic exchange on
the lives of scholarship holders was on display The fact that international exchange is the
at the DAADs 90th anniversary gala celebration lifeblood of academic progress.
in Berlin last June (see p. 42). Scholarship holders The knowledge that international exchange
from around the world spoke about important not only creates immeasurable value for
events in their lives against the b ackdrop of the an individuals education but also for ones
90-year history of the DAAD. The young woman personal development.
from Tajikistan, for example, who entered The experience that international exchange
primary school in 2001, the same year GATE and cooperation in teaching and research
Germany was established the consortium for enhance a societys innovative capacity,
international Higher Education Marketing of promote its further development and help
the DAAD and the German Rectors Conference. ensure its economic well-being.
Today a university student majoring in political
science, she spoke about how thanks to the Global network
DAAD everyone in her home country knows
about the high quality of higher education in To promote and advance international
Germany. Or the Romanian scholarship holder exchange around the world, the DAAD relies
who recalled how the DAAD supported the open- on a global network of 15 regional o
ffices,
ing of the Eastern Bloc and continues to open 56information centres (IC) and 466lektorships

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total funding 19502015:
890,000
SCholArShIP holDerS
FroM ABroAD
1,245,000
SCholArShIP holDerS
FroM GerMAnY
table 1 : Key figures in

the DAADs development
19502015
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2014 2015

DAAD scholarship holders (total) 426 4,861 10,883 21,813 38,883 64,047 105,886 121,116 127,039
from Germany 230 1,710 2,035 7,699 16,909 37,451 63,807 72,862 75,412
from abroad 196 3,151 8,848 14,114 21,974 26,596 42,079 48,254 51,627
Budget (expenditures / in thousand EUR) 75 4,512 26,404 69,936 134,590 218,801 383,977 440,649 471,459
Established posts (Headquarters, Regional Offices, Berlin Office) 8 48 142 215 309 307.5 293.5 287.78 287.78
Project and third-party-funded posts 6 2 12.5 25.5 161 534.5 606.46 656.03
Headquarters, Berlin Office, Regional Offices, Heinrich Heine House Paris 4 6 10 14 16 18 18 18
Member higher education institutions 62 (Pers.) 32 38 64 189 231 234 238 238
Member student bodies 32 37 49 99 127 124 107 107
Commission members 44 187 328 474 543 584 526 504
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eXeCUtIVe CoMMIttee
heAD oFFICe President BoArD oF trUSteeS
Secretary General Prof. Dr. Margret Wintermantel Representatives from the federal
Dr. Dorothea Rland government, the federal states,
Vice President higher education institutions and
Prof. Dr. Joybrato Mukherjee student bodies, the General Assem-
bly and scientific organisations
University and student
15 Regional Offices and body representatives,
56Information Centres guest members Selection Committees
General Assembly
238 member higher education institutions 107 member student bodies
the DAADs
structure
(lektors are young German academics working areas of activity Scholarships for the best,
at universities abroad in many academic areas) Structures for internationalisation and
These points of contact provide information Expertise for academic collaborations the
on Germanys higher education and research DAAD implemented a new organisational
institutions as well as consulting support on structure at its Bonn headquarters effective
DAAD programmes January 2015
new structure All of the individual scholarship programmes are

bundled into a single Scholarships department
To achieve an even greater level of professional- The Projects department oversees all partnership
ism and effectiveness in the DAADs three main and cooperation programmes, infrastructural
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I. Who We Are : Change by exChange
higher education funding and German study The National Agency for EU Higher Education
programmes abroad Both departments, as Cooperation will continue operating as a separate
before, include divisions and sections according department All units are supported by the
to geographic region Central Administration
The Strategy department is responsible for the The restructuring measures aim to achieve
ongoing strategic development of the DAAD still greater professionalism and efficiency in
and for providing expertise in the field of two core areas of operation: providing schol-
international higher education cooperation arships to the best students, graduates, doc-
The Communications department combines toral candidates and researchers and, second,
all public relations and marketing activities promoting higher education partnerships and

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I. Who we are : Change by Exchange
Federal Ministry for Economic

Cooperation and Development:
EUR 44 million = 10%
Federal Ministry of
Education and Research:
EUR 110 million = 23% DAAD Budget 2015
BMZ European Union:
BMBF
EU
Total:
EUR 471
million Others
Other funding bodies:
AA
Federal Foreign Office: infrastructural pro- funds are provided by the European Union (EU)
grammes. The new as well as by a number of enterprises, organi-
organisational structure sations and foreign governments. In 2015 the
also allows the DAAD to bundle its expertise total budget was 471 million euros, an increase
and share it with German and international of seven percent over the previous year.
universities, the general public and with
cultural, educational and development policy The DAAD strives to improve the mobility of
decision-makers. students, researchers, graduates and artists, and
supports the internationalisation of Germanys
Indispensable partners institutions of higher education. It conducts
international marketing activities to promote
The DAAD is maintained by German higher Germany as an attractive study and research
education institutions and their student bodies. destination, supports developing countries in
At the end of 2015, total membership consisted establishing efficient and effective higher
of 238 member higher education institutions education institutions of their own, encourages
and 107 member student representatives. In the the study of the German language abroad and
General Assembly, members elect the DAAD consults on issues of cultural, educational and
Executive Committee, which has been headed by development policy. All of these activities make
Prof. Dr. Margret Wintermantel, the honorary the DAAD in the words of Federal Foreign
DAAD President, since 2012. Last year M argret Minister Steinmeier an indispensable
Wintermantel was re-elected to serve an addi-
tional term in office, as was Vice President
partner.
Prof. Dr. Joybrato Mukherjee, who is also Presi-

dent of the University of Giessen. Dr.Dorothea
Rland has served as the DAAD Secretary
General since October 2010 with support from
Ulrich Grothus, Deputy Secretary General
from 20012004 and since 2008.
The DAAD budget is primarily comprised of

funds from various ministries within G
ermany,
most notably the Federal Foreign Office (AA),
the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
(BMBF) and the Federal Ministry for Economic
Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Additional
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II.
Our goals
Scholarships for
the best
Scholarships for foreigners
Since the DAAD was founded in 1925, its are often invited to take part in a personal
main focus has been to provide scholarships interview. The selection committees also include
for students and researchers. For the best foreign university lecturers/professors, many
candidates, it means an opportunity to pursue of whom are former DAAD scholarship holders
study/research projects according to their own who have become established academics in
unique vision. DAAD mobility programmes, their countries.
such as Erasmus+ or PROMOS, take another
approach: making sure that as many students Rigorous selection process
as possible have the chance to go abroad and
gain international experience and skills. In 2015, some 7,500 foreigners applied to the
DAAD for one-year scholarships to pursue
The selection committees

either a Masters degree or doctoral studies. Of
these, only about 1,000 were selected to receive
applied strict selection scholarships starting in 2016. The selection

committees apply strict selection criteria. They
criteria: out of 7,500foreign not only evaluate past academic performance
and the applicants study/research proposal,
applicants, just 1,000 were but also carefully consider his/her development
awarded one-year scholarships

and leadership potential.
Especially in developing countries, the DAAD

In order to select the best for its scholarship has focused for a long time on providing
programmes, the DAAD once again invested academic training to future university lecturers
a tremendous amount of time and energy and professors. Roughly half of all long-term
into the selection process in 2015. As a rule, scholarship holders pursue doctoral degrees
an interdisciplinary selection committee com- while the rest choose to enrol in Masters
prised of university professors reviews the degree or continuing education programmes.
applications and decides which candidates The DAAD awards undergraduate scholarships
receive DAAD support. DAAD staff does not almost exclusively to graduates of German
have a voice in the selection process. schools abroad or other partner schools with
intensive German language instruction. As of
DAAD regional offices and information c entres 2015, German host institutions receive an
in the respective home or host countries review annual stipend of 1,000 euros to help create
the first round of applications and frequently research opportunities and provide support to
make decisions on the final selection. Applicants scholarship holders pursuing doctoral studies.
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II. oUr GoAlS : SChol arShipS for the beSt
The DAADs flagship programmes for Conference on the leader-

foreigners include Masters scholarships for ship for Syria scholarship
degree programmes in policy-making and programme in the Federal
good governance, scholarships for Develop- Foreign office: DAAD Presi-
ment-Related Postgraduate Courses (EPOS) dent Prof. Margret Winter-
as well as sur-place and in-country / in- mantel and Svenja Schulze,
region programmes in developing countries, Minister for Innovation,
the primary purpose of which is to train Science and research of the
future academics at universities in the host State of north rhine-West-
countries or in the region The new pro- phalia (nrW), in dialogue
gramme Leadership for Syria also generated with current and former
tremendous interest in 2015 (see p 70) scholarship holders
Most scholarship programmes for foreigners hope for a better future:

are financed by the Federal Foreign Office scholarship holders of
(AA), while EPOS, sur-place and in-country / the leadership for Syria
in-region programmes are financed by the
programme
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rISe gives foreign students
the chance to conduct
research internships in
Germany
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation Foreign government scholarship programmes

and Development (BMZ) becoming increasingly popular
The DAAD also awards scholarships within More and more foreign governments and foun-
special programmes, funded by the Federal dations are financing scholarship programmes,
Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) often in collaboration with the AA or BMZ
or in cooperation with non-university research This is the case today for nearly half of all newly-
awarded long-term scholarships Science with-
out Borders, sponsored by the Brazilian govern-
DAAD-AlUMnI reCeIVe orDer oF MerIt ment, is currently the largest programme of this
kind Some 100,000 Brazilians have participated
Six DAAD alumni received the prestigious Order of Merit of the Federal
in the programme so far and taken the oppor-
Republic of Germany (Bundesverdienstkreuz) in recognition of their
tunity to study or conduct research abroad The
outstanding achievements: H. E. Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed
DAAD has managed the programme for the
Al Salmi, Minister of Religious Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman, for
nearly 6,000 Brazilians who have studied or
championing tolerance in his home country; Ignacio Mantilla, Rector
conducted research in Germany Although 2015
of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, for his commitment to
saw a new record with 3,833 scholarship holders,
furthering academic exchange with Germany; German Studies professor
the future of this programme is uncertain due
(emeritus) Jarmo Korhonen, who headed Finlands DAAD alumni
to the current government crisis in Brazil
association for 19 years, and Mexican Professor of Medicine Julieta
Rojo Medina, who creates connections to Germany through her work
Attractive for future nobel Prize winners
in research, teaching and healthcare, for their commitment to main-
taining strong and vibrant relations between their respective home
For the past 52 years, the internationally
countries and former host country; Egyptian medical doctor Abdel
renowned Artists-in-Berlin programme (BKP)
Meguid Kassem for his work to improve healthcare in Egypt, Tunisia
has invited artists, composers, writers and film-
and Tanzania; and Prof. Pramod Talgeri, for his efforts to promote
makers to pursue their work in Berlin When
German culture and language in India.
Belarusian author Svetlana Alexievich won
the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature, it marked
the fourth time that a former guest of the
institutions One example is the BMBF-funded Artists-in-Berlin programme has won this
programme Sustainable Water Management
Since 2012, 70 Masters and 44 doctoral scholar-
prize (see p 25)

ships have been approved for this programme,
with Iran, Vietnam and Indonesia among the
most important countries of origin
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I I . Ou r g o a l s : S c h o l a r s h i p s f o r t h e b e s t
Launched You spent twelve months in the

US and six months in Germany
Interview with junior professor as part of P.R.I.M.E. How was this
and DAAD scholarship holder important for your career?
Tim Bartley. As a British postdoc, the chance
to come to Germany and, at
For Tim Bartley, the DAADs the same time, gain experience
P.R.I.M.E. programme was the in the US is only possible in
perfect springboard. While a programme with a high
still in the programme, the UK degree of international flexi
From P.R.I.M.E. scholar-
physicist and DAAD scholarship bility and this is exactly what
ship holder to junior
holder was appointed junior was so important for me. I
professor: Tim Bartley
professor at Paderborn Univer- already had connections to
sity, where his research today Paderborn because I had spent How would you describe your
focuses on the behaviour of an exchange year at the Uni- time as a scholarship holder?
photons at different energy versity of Erlangen-Nuremberg The P.R.I.M.E. programme
levels. (FAU) as a student. This is where provides a university p
osition
I met Professor Silberhorn, who over an 18-month period
From scholarship holder straight today teaches and conducts that includes benefits but no
to junior professor. How did you research in Paderborn. This teaching responsibilities. Its
achieve that? has made things much easier a time of pure research and
I didnt know about the junior forme. maximum independence,
professorship opportunity when and I was able to concentrate
I decided in favour of Paderborn I can also take advantage of my entirely on my scientific
University. For me, Paderborn connections to the National output. As a junior professor,
offered a unique opportunity: Institute of Standards and I now spend much more time
cutting-edge technologies in Technology in Colorado, where on teaching and handling
the area of integrated optics I spent two months during administrative duties.
and top international research. my postdoc time at Oxford. I
In preparation of the scholar then chose both institutions So you would recommend
ship I had established ties to as hosts for my scholarship. As P.R.I.M.E. to others?
the university, especially to the a junior professor, I have now Definitely. As a group leader, I
research group under Professor brought both of them together will encourage my best post-
Christine Silberhorn, with as research partners since they docs to take advantage of
whom I now work. This is how provide the technology I need this opportunity. Its a way to
I heard about the job and then for my scientific work. Without gain excellent international
decided to apply for it. The fact a doubt, it was this international experience and bring many
that I had already acquainted cooperation along with the new ideas back to my research
myself with the university skills and knowledge I gained in group.
and established networks as the US that laid the ground-
a scholarship holder surely work for my appointment as
improved mychances. junior professor.
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Scholarships for Germans
Sought-after scholarships: Demand for study-abroad scholarships As popular as ever: Western europe
only the top 33 percent of remained high in 2015 a year in which the and north America
applicants were selected to DAAD accepted only the top third of applicants
receive funding in 2015. Scholarship holders range from Bachelors Most DAAD programmes are open to all host
degree students to doctoral candidates to countries and academic disciplines from
university lecturers / professors interested in music to computer science Despite various
teaching abroad for a few years As a rule, initiatives on the part of the DAAD to increase
the application process includes a personal interest in more unconventional destinations
interview with one of the selection committees in Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin
America, most students and young researchers
continue to prefer Western Europe and
CoMMItteD to reSPeCt
North America
DAAD alumnus Navid
Kermani was awarded For several years now the DAAD as part of the
the prestigious 2015 Programme to increase the Mobility of German
Peace Prize of the Students (PROMOS) has provided funding
German Book Trade. support to individual universities to enable
The jury highlighted shorter stays abroad This way, universities not
Kermanis commit- only can support scholarship holders in line
ment to the dignity of with their own internationalisation strategies,
all individuals and the but also offer students six-month stays abroad
respect for all cultures on an ad-hoc basis without the need for a
and religions. Born in 1967 in Siegen, Germany, Kermani author, essayist lengthy nationwide selection process
and expert in Middle Eastern Studies was first noticed for his PhD
dissertation God Is Beautiful: The Aesthetic Experience of the Quran. The DAAD headquarters in Bonn, on the other
His most famous novel Your Name is at once essay, travelogue and hand, focuses more on long-term scholarships
personal journal of a novelist, called Navid Kermani. He tells of his which are awarded as part of a competitive
everyday life: his self-doubt as a novelist, his Iranian grandfather and selection process Bachelors and Masters degree
his marital problems. Thanks to a DAAD scholarship, Navid Kermani students as well as PhD candidates and post-
studied at the American University of Cairo from 1991 to 1992. It was docs receive one-to-two year scholarships;
there that Kermani discovered his subject, the beauty of the Quran. Lektors for German language, literature and
Kermanis views and writings not only relate to his own culture and cultural studies as well as the long-term
religion; in August 2015, for example, he published his highly acclaimed lectureships in other disciplines receive
book on Christianity Unbelievable awe. support for up to five years abroad
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The Postdoctoral Researchers International by the Federal Ministry of Education and Instead of scholarships, the
Mobility Experience (P R I M E ) programme Research (BMBF) and the European Unions P.r.I.M.e. programme
funds research stays for highly qualified Marie Skodowska-Curie action Co-funding offers research positions to
young researchers from all countries and of Regional, National and International Pro- postdocs.
disciplines A twelve-month stay abroad is grammes (COFUND), the format has proven
followed by a half-year reintegration phase its effectiveness in a short amount of time
at a German university Participating After just a few years, five former P R I M E
researchers are officially employed as post- researchers have been appointed as (junior)
docs throughout the programme Funded professors (see p 21)

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More APPlICAtIonS eVerY YeAr

Theres no denying the attractiveness of
the Carlo Schmid Programme for Internships
in International Organisations and EU
Institutions. Once again in 2015, a large
number of applications were received over
600 in all and 50 more than the previous
year. As part of the programme, the DAAD
works together with the Studienstiftung des
deutschen Volkes and the Mercator Program
Center for International Affairs to provide some 100 outstanding young German university graduates each year with intern-
ships at such institutions as the United Nations or the European Union. The programme is especially popular because it
is designed as a transition between university studies and working life, says programme manager Gritta Klhn. Many of
our scholarship holders have the opportunity to continue working at the respective organisations after completing their
internship. The programme is also popular among the participating organisations and institutions; in fall 2015, the DAAD
received 180 offers for internship positions.
the (hard) search for German teachers International Organisations and EU Institutions
which is run by the DAAD in cooperation
A positive development in recent years has with the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
been the improved job market for university and the Mercator Program Center for Interna-
graduates and young researchers A negative tional Affairs helps prepare qualified students
side-effect of this is that fewer and fewer and graduates for future careers in interna-
qualified German teachers are signing up tional affairs The programme provides German
to serve as Lektors (young German academics university graduates with first-hand insights
working at universities abroad in many into the workings of international organisations
academic areas) The search for interested (see box insert)
candidates has proven especially challenging
for Lektor positions in lesser developed coun- The Research Internships in Science and
tries In 2014, the DAAD was able to increase Engineering (RISE) programme remains as
remuneration for Lektors and is currently popular as ever Originally developed for North
preparing to offer additional benefits At the American undergraduates, today RISE offers
same time, this traditional DAAD flagship German students in the fields of engineering
programme has shifted its focus to educa- and natural sciences the chance to conduct
tion / training for foreign German teachers research internships with doctoral students
around the world In 2015, 254 Germans
Internships around the world and 340 foreigners took advantage of this
Aside from academic degree programmes

opportunity

and research programmes abroad, the DAAD
offers a broad spectrum of summer internships
as another way to gain international experience
and expand horizons In addition to this, the
Carlo Schmid Programme for Internships in
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Highlight
the people researcher
Following in the footsteps of Mario Vargas Llosa, in her books: the hardships of the Second World Politics yesterday and
Imre Kertsz and Gao Xingjian, she is the fourth War and the short-lived joy of victory in Wars today: nobel Prize in
winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature who is also Unwomanly Face; the iron-fisted utopian promise literature winner Svetlana
a former guest of the DAADs Artists-in-Berlin of salvation and its disastrous failure in Second- Alexievich together with
programme: Svetlana Alexievich. In October 2015, Hand Time; the determination to conquer nature German Foreign Minister
the Belarusian writer was honoured by Swedens and the catastrophic consequences in Chernobyl Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Nobel Foundation with the worlds foremost Prayer: A Chronicle of the Future; the short flight on the occasion of the
prize for literature for her polyphonic writings, a of hope and freedom in the years of perestroika German- Israeli series
monument to suffering and courage in our time. followed by the crash landing in a desert of of readings and talks
The prize was primarily awarded in recognition predatory capitalism in Second-Hand Time. organised by the Federal
of Alexievichs most recent book Second-Hand Foreign office and the
Time, which she finished during her time as a Svetlana Alexievich is a people researcher. Her DAADs Artists-in- Berlin
guest of the Artists-in-Berlin programme from books are panoramas made up of the smallest programme as part of
2011 to 2012. mosaic tiles, and the picture she tries to paint with 50 years of Diplomatic
her ever-innovative approaches is nothing less relations between
The DAADs Artists-in-Berlin programme is one than the image of mankind at the start of the 21st Germany and Israel.
of the most highly respected scholarship pro- century. Most of all, Alexievich wants to under-
grammes internationally for artists in the areas of stand human nature and solve the great riddle:
fine arts, literature, music and film. Since 1963, how much humanity can be found in humans?
it has awarded some twenty scholarships annually
to artists worldwide, usually for a one-year stay
in Berlin.
Soviet worlds
Svetlana Alexievich was born in 1948 in the town

of Ivano-Frankivsk in the then Soviet Ukraine and
grew up in Minsk, Belarus. In her books Alexievich
creates a unique form a marriage of poetic and
documentary styles that paints a picture of the
real-life worlds of people in Belarus, Russia and
Ukraine. Her space is the territory of the former
Soviet Union; her time is the 20th century. The
human experiences of this time and this space
raise the questions with which Alexievich grapples
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Structures for
internationalisation
University internationalisation strategies
thirty-one countries and Germanys higher education landscape is cooperation programmes in developing countries
over 28,000 students: characterised by a close-knit network of inter- and countries affected by conflict and/or
German universities are national contacts and relationships Through crisis Also in great demand are university
present around the world various funding programmes, the DAAD programmes integrated into existing degree
with their transnational helps institutions of higher education build programmes which focus on academic stays
education projects. and strengthen these networks, expand their abroad for German students, as well as pro-
collaborative partnerships and implement grammes aimed at incoming foreign students
their internationalisation strategies which foster a welcome culture in Germany
The DAAD supports a broad range of inter- higher education made in Germany
nationalisation projects from German Houses
of Research and Innovation, to bi-national Today German institutions of higher education
universities and transnational education, to maintain transnational education projects in
31 countries around the world, and reach more
than 28,000 students with higher education
oUtStAnDInG StUDent InItIAtIVe
made in Germany The DAAD supports this
Large and growing numbers steady increase in international engagement
of foreign students on through a programme funded by the Federal
campus are no guarantee Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
for successful internationali- Support ranges from individual specialised
sation; the most important degree programmes to bi-national universities
success factor is integration. with a broad spectrum of disciplines
The IPAS integration project
for foreign students, initiated by students at the University of Koblenz- Another large international venture was
Landau in 2002, has made mentoring its core message and mission. launched in April 2015 as three German univer-
IPAS offers international students either foreigners who have come to sities TU Ilmenau, Flensburg University of
Germany or Germans preparing to go abroad a range of various oppor- Applied Sciences and Osnabrck University
tunities to help them get settled in their host country, including welcome of Applied Sciences teamed up to found the
workshops, language cafs, special country events, and seminars to International University Liaison Indonesia
enhance intercultural skills. At the 2015 DAAD conference for heads of (IULI) in Jakarta IULI, which offers German-
international offices and foreign student advisers at German universities, quality engineering courses, has been very well
the project was honoured with the Federal Foreign Offices prize for received in Indonesia thus far, and will serve
outstanding support of foreign students in Germany. The award, which as a platform for cooperation with German
includes 20,000 euros in prize money, has been awarded since 1998. research and industry in the Asia-Pacific growth
region over the long term

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I I . Ou r g o a l s : S t r u c t u r e s f o r i n t e r n a t i o n a l i s a t i o n
territory can still be found in At the BIDS conference in

the CIS countries, the Baltic Bonn, university represent-
countries as well as in northern atives discussed how to
and southern Africa. Discussions persuade graduates of
at the conference also revealed German schools abroad to
that PASCH School graduates pursue university study in
are not automatically drawn Germany.
to Germany. Because PASCH
High potential two-semester university pre- graduates are highly qualified,
paratory programme (Studi- they can often choose from
Attracting graduates from enkolleg). They also have good several different host countries;
German schools abroad German language skills and are all the more reason to make
familiar with Germanys edu- sure they are informed about
German universities have discov- cational system. The BIDS pro- the advantages of academic life
ered a high-potential source of gramme provides participating in Germany.
students waiting to be tapped: universities with financial sup-
The highly qualified

the roughly 15,000young people port so that they, in turn, can help
who graduate each year from young people make the transition
German schools abroad with
above-average qualifications
to university study in Germany.
Universities provide students
graduates can often
for university study in Germany. with targeted support in the final choose from several
One way for German universi- phase of their secondary school-
ties to reach out to this group of ing, as well as in the initial phase different countries
for university study.
highly qualified students is to of their university studies. We
participate in the Support Initi- see our efforts paying off, says
ative for PASCH Schools (BIDS) Anke Heibrock, BIDS Coordinator
programme of the DAAD. In at Philipps-Universitt Marburg. At our conference, we focused
May 2015, representatives of the The overall level of candidates on best-practice projects and
21 BIDS projects met in Bonn. has improved significantly both what can be learned from
in terms of language and aca- them, says Dr. Esther May, who
The BIDS programme helps demic qualifications. manages the BIDS programme
German universities network for the DAAD. Conference par-
with the so-called PASCH Schools Breaking down barriers ticipants, for example, intro-
more than 1,800educational duced models for university trial
institutions worldwide participat- The BIDS conference in May periods, discussed opportunities
ing in the Schools: Partners for made it clear that attracting in the area of alumni relations,
the Future campaign launched new PASCH partner schools and reported on their experi-
by the Federal Foreign Office has become more challenging. ence with motivational scholar-
(AA). PASCH Schools around the This is due in part to a satura- ships. Usually in the amount of
world share a close connection tion effect, as German uni 300 euros, these scholarships
to Germany. The majority of versities are already very well are awarded for a maximum of
PASCH graduates leave school represented and well networked two semesters and provide a
with German university entrance in many parts of the world. form of start-up support for the
qualification or qualify for the However, relatively untapped initial phase of study.
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In September 2015, representatives from five promoting international mobility an area
DAAD-supported bi-national universities in where the DAAD supports universities with
Turkey, Kazakhstan, Jordan, Oman and Egypt a range of different programmes The confer-
celebrated the one-year anniversary of the Ger- ence was also an occasion to introduce the
man Russian Institute for Advanced Technolo- new campaign study worldwide LIVE THE
gies (GRIAT) in Kazan, Russia The occasion EXPERIENCE! (see p 32) Over 350 repre-
offered a chance to share experiences and dis- sentatives of German universities shed light
cuss strategy with regard to the transnational on various aspects by way of lectures, discus-
establishment of research infrastructures sions and working groups All agreed that
students in international degree programmes
Focus on international mobility which include academic stays abroad not only
GrIAt in Kazan, russia has benefit from intercultural exchange and per-
been educating future In late November 2015, the Bologna macht sonal development, but also have the oppor-
engineers since its launch mobil Auslandsmobilitt im Fokus conference tunity to greatly expand their knowledge in
one year ago in Berlin focused on a structured approach to their given field At the same time, such degree
programmes further strengthen the interna-
tional infrastructure of participating univer-
sities and are an important element in their
internationalisation strategies
Dialogue and exchange around

the globe
The exchange of information and best-practice

examples was also the focus of the DAAD
symposium in April 2015 in Giessen, Germany,
hosted jointly by the Centres of Excellence
in Research and Teaching and the Centres of
African Excellence In workshops and panel

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I I . o U r G oA l S : S t ru C t u r e S f o r i n t er n at i o n a l i S at i o n
table 2 : Programmes to promote the internationalisation of higher education in 2015

(selection)
number of number of expenditures in
projects beneficiaries thousand eUr
I. higher education cooperation and networks
Partnership programmes
A new passage to India 31 805 3,027
PPP Programmes for project-related personal exchange 679 2,218 3,251
Partnerships with Eastern and South-Eastern European countries 87 4,154 2,039
Partnerships with Japan and Korea 29 188 375
IPID4all International Doctorates in Germany 28 1,170 3,455 the DAAD supports
Strategic Partnerships and Thematic Networks 49 2,266 7,124 structures for internation-
Welcome to Africa / ICT for Africa 13 163 744
alisation at higher
Programmes promoting academic cooperation with Greece / South-Eastern Europe 40 813 1,099
Support and events for DAAD alumni abroad 71 2,386 4,342
education institutions
transnational educational projects with a broad range of
Study programmes run by German higher education institutions abroad 17 342 4,005 programmes.
Degree programmes in German 31 616 1,550
Promotion of binational higher education institutions 5 578 6,170
Specialist centres and centres of excellence
Centres of African Excellence 7 226 2,989
Centres of excellence in Research and Teaching abroad / Specialist centres CUPL and IRDLK 6 386 1,404
lectureships
Programme for visiting Lectureships 110 2,483
Long-term Lectureships 48 2,833
Short-term Lectureships 181 523
II. Mobility
Erasmus* 344 42,680 84,979
PROMOS Programme to increase the mobility of German students 301 11,003 11,562
ISAP International Study and Training Partnerships, UNIBRAL 223 1,514 6,381
Integrated International Degree Programmes with double Degrees 128 972 4,135
Bachelor Plus programme 67 654 2,333
Go East programme 90 762 1,234
* For technical reasons, the statistical
STIBET Grant and Support Programme for Foreign Students and Doctoral Students 429 4,537 11,224 data presented here for the 2014/15
RISE Research Internships in Science and Engineering 581 1,519 academic year consists of prelimi-
nary statistical data from the
Conference travel and lecture tours 2,413 3,672 Erasmus+ European mobility funding
programme for the period 1 June
Higher education marketing (GATE-Germany) 8,137
2014 31 December 2015. Finalised
Research marketing 1,197 data will be available in fall 2016
after programme reorganisation has
studieren weltweit ERLEBE ES (study worldwide LIVE THE EXPERIENCE) 1,625
been completed.
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German higher education

projects funded by the
DAAD
German higher education
projects abroad San Luis Potos
Guadalajara Mrida
Centres of Excellence in Mexico City
Africa/African Excellence
exceed Higher Education
Santa Marta
Excellence in Development San Jos
Cooperation
Bogot
Bicultural study programmes
Centres of Excellence
Study programmes
Recife
in German
Lima
So Carlos
Campinas Rio de Janeiro
So Paulo
Curitiba
Santa Maria
San Juan
Valparaso
Santiago de Chile Buenos Aires
discussions, participants discussed a wide range and maintain ties to Germany. It is also a
of topics related to the Centres of Excellence factor in determining whether foreign
and Centres of African Excellence. Participants students/researchers opt to stay in Germany
agreed on the following list of ingredients to work and live.
considered crucial for both the success of the
centres and for the creation of structures for The Grant and Support Programme for For-
internationalisation: early and extensive net- eign Students and Doctoral Students (STIBET),
working among participating universities, the established twelve years ago, has proven to
further development and expansion of digital be the most effective in this regard. It helps
learning opportunities, as well as systematic provide intensive support for s tudents and
investigation and analysis of best-practices in young researchers from abroad and enhances
the area of international cooperation. the welcome culture at German universities.
In 2015, to further expand advising and support
Welcome culture services for foreign students and researchers,
the DAAD announced the programme compo-
A rich and vibrant welcome culture helps nent STIBET II Model projects to enhance
ensure that foreign students and researchers the Welcome Culture funded by the Federal
feel comfortable in Germany, study and Foreign Office (AA). The idea is to feature
conduct their research successfully, and form 30model projects in a brochure and at selected
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St. Petersburg
Jaroslawl Krasnoyarsk
Riga Pskov Moscow
Kazan Novosibirsk
dz Minsk Barnaul
Krakow Warsaw Sumy
Prague Ternopil Astana
Kharkiv
Bratislava Kiev Donetsk
Budapest Cluj-Napoca
Szeged Brasov
Timisoara Almaty
Sofia Tbilisi Bishkek
Istanbul Ankara Baku
Konya Yerevan Qingdao Busan
Antalya Nanjing Beppu
Aleppo
Mekns Beirut Hefei Shanghai
Mansoura Amman Faisalabad Hangzhou
Cairo Kerak
Kathmandu
El Gouna
Abu Dhabi Muscat Dhaka
Hanoi
Mumbai Chiang Mai
Da Nang
Khartoum Los Baos
Bangkok
Ouagadougou Mekelle
Bahir Dar Bangalore Ho Chi Minh City
Kara Addis Ababa
Accra Jimma Hawassa
Cotonou
Cape Coast Lom Gambang
Kuala Lumpur
Maseno Eldoret
Nakuru
Bangi Singapore
Bondo Nairobi
Kinshasa Bumi Serpong Damai

Dar es Salaam Bogor Surabaya
Mbeya
Yogyakarta
Zomba
Beira
Windhoek
Gaborone
Johannesburg
Cape Town Port Elizabeth
events so that other universities can benefit creating the foundation for positive social and
from the input of good ideas. economic development are particularly well-
suited to help ease crisis and conflict situations.
Dialogue and communication Higher education provides a countrys future
policy- and decision-makers with the skills and
In response to the political crises and armed qualifications they need, and promotes critical The DAAD supports
conflicts around the world, the DAAD provides but constructive discourse. German universities in
a diverse range of support to German universi- their partnerships with
ties engaged in partnerships with universities Collaborative partnerships between German universities in crisis
in particularly affected regions. These support universities and their partners in crisis and regions.
measures include short-term measures, such conflict regions play an especially important role.
as dialogue programmes for researchers and These partnerships keep lines of communi-
young academics, all the way to large-scale cation and dialogue open where they would
educational rebuilding projects in the aftermath otherwise be cut off. They provide a forum for
of war, such as the Academic Reconstruction debate based on facts, open the door to new
inAfghanistan. perspectives and common viewpoints, and make
it possible to objectively analyse the causes
All such measures are guided by the central of conflict and find potential solutions that
idea that institutions of higher education by integrate civil society.

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(study worldwide LIVE THE Vibrant, authentic, direct

EXPERIENCE!) was launched in
2015 to help achieve this goal. The campaign focuses mainly
With the campaign, the DAAD on personal experience and
wants to motivate young peo- insights. Correspondents,
ple especially those who might i. e. German students currently
be undecided about going studying abroad, share their
abroad to pursue study or an experiences by feeding the
internship in a foreign country. campaign website with content
While international experience from their social media channels
DAAD President experiencing offers a long list of benefits and thus allow others to par-
Prof. Margret Winter- life abroad improved language skills, useful take in the daily routine of a
mantel and BMBF new contacts and better career stay abroad. The website also
State Secretary new mobility campaign opportunities the opportunity provides planning support,
thomas rachel launch launched for personal development may consulting services and infor-
the new campaign be the most important. At the mation on university study,
studieren weltweit Germanys federal government DAAD, we believe that anyone internships and language
erleBe eS! (study would like to see half of all who has experienced a foreign courses abroad.
worldwide lIVe the university students to spend culture can become a good global
eXPerIenCe!) time abroad by the year 2020. citizen, says Alexander Haridi, The campaigns focus on new
The mobility campaign stu- head of the DAADs Information media Instagram, Facebook,
dieren weltweit ERLEBE ES on Studying Abroad section. YouTube, Twitter, blogs is
onlIne DAtABASe WIth DIGItAl leArnInG oPtIonS

Universities are constantly adding to their
digital services, and using the Internet
more and more to convey knowledge and
skills. The extension of the DAAD database
International Programmes is one response
to this trend. Since 2006, the platform has
provided a one-stop-shop for information on
international Bachelors, Masters and doctoral
programmes in Germany. For the first time
in 2015, universities that provide interactive online learning supported by teaching staff could
register their programmes on the platform. Students are interested in the online format because
it is highly flexible and allows for individually tailored forms of teaching and learning and with
the database weve closed an information gap, says Esther Kirk, who is team leader in the section
Information on Studying in Germany. Once every year, participating universities are asked to sub-
mit or update the information on their course offerings; the DAAD provides editorial support and
quality assurance. The platform has proven a success so far. Nearly 200 universities are included
in the database today, and the 75,000 clicks per day are a good indication of the strong demand
around the world.
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PRAXISSEMINAR KLASSE NACH DER SCHULE:
KONSUMTHEORIE. AUSLANDSSTUDIUM.
A bazaar in Mexico or
Zieh hinaus und lass dich hineinziehen: Ein studienbezogener Zieh hinaus und lass dich hineinziehen: Ein studienbezogener
Auslandsaufenthalt steckt voller Erlebnisse und bringt dich Auslandsaufenthalt steckt voller Erlebnisse und bringt dich perhaps the Eiffel Tower
einfach weiter in Studium und Beruf. einfach weiter in Studium und Beruf.
Jetzt informieren: www.studieren-weltweit.de Jetzt informieren: www.studieren-weltweit.de in Paris instead? The
campaigns colourful
and engaging posters
inspire viewers to go
tailored to the young target audiences will find information organisers believe the diversity abroad.
audience and encourages inter- that is engaging and useful. of experience and the direct
action. Young people com Correspondents report from communication among peers
municate mainly digitally and Europe, Asia and North America will inspire and encourage their
the smartphone plays a major as Bachelors, Masters or PhD target audience to go abroad.
role in this; only five percent students, as scholarship holders The campaign wants to show
of people in this age group do or on their own expenses. A that apparent obstacles such
not use one, says Haridi. chemistry student, for example, as lack of financing or prob-
who posts photos and comments lems with recognition can be
Experiences from from his research internship overcome, says Haridi. Spend-
around the world in the US; a political scientist ing time abroad, especially as
who writes about studying in a young person, is tremen
The correspondents comprise Romania as part of the Erasmus dously valuable and often a very
a broad spectrum of young programme; or a regional stud- formative experience.
people with a diverse range ies specialist who shares insight
of international experiences. into her work as a language 3 www.studieren-weltweit.de
This ensures that different assistant in Chile. Campaign (in German)
Among the programmes most successful in traditional university cooperation programmes,

this regard (funded by the AA) are: Higher including partnerships with universities in
Education Dialogue with the Muslim World, developing countries and university-business
the German-Arab Transformation Partnership,
the German-Iraqi Academic Partnerships, as
partnerships.
well as Academic Reconstruction in South

Eastern Europe, East-West Dialogue, Higher
Education Dialogue with Southern Europe
and German-Greek Academic Partnerships.
Most of these represent advanced forms of
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The German language
German Studies have long-since developed from German Studies with a future
a Germany-centric study of national p hilology
to an international academic discipline. The The demand for highly qualified German teach-
emergence of cultural studies in the humani- ers continues to grow, and this poses a major
ties, a changing demand for German language challenge to universities around the world. To
instruction, and the efforts of intermediary foster progress on this front, the DAAD sup-
organisations are factors that have impacted ports events around the world, organised by
this process. associations of German Studies specialists and
designed to promote regional and international
Paulo Astor Soethe, Brazilian literary scholar network-building for example in Greece or
and professor of German Studies, embodies Brazil, where a new association was founded
this view of Germanistik as an international in 2015. Such meetings provide a valuable
humanities discipline one that considers both platform for dialogue and exchange.
the career prospects of its graduates as well as
its own contribution to current social issues. Another good example was the conference
Participants in the Teaching For his achievements, Soethe was awarded the hosted by the German teachers association of
German in the intercultural DAADs prestigious Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Vietnam entitled Teaching German in the
context conference hosted Prize in 2015. The Grimm Young Talents Award, intercultural context. At the gathering in Hanoi,
by the German teachers which honours young foreign scholars for participants discussed how best to prepare
association of Vietnam excellence in research and teaching of German todays students for the labour market. The
discussed new priorities for language, literature and culture, was presented lively exchange between German teachers and
German departments at to German Studies specialist James Meja association heads from six Asian countries,
universities. Ikobwa from Kenya (see p.36). Germany and Austria underscored the strong
interest in the region. In the end, conference
participants agreed that German departments
at universities need to adjust priorities, with
greater focus on teacher training, career orien-
tation and technical language instruction.
Here they see an opportunity to further expand
and enhance the interdisciplinary nature of
German Studies and to strengthen international
German Studies networks.
As German Studies degree programmes

around the world confront a similar set of
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challenges, they are all the more interested in Studies (see p 36) Here, German Studies
working together to develop common solutions specialists from 15 countries and four
The DAAD supported this dialogue in 2015 continents discussed how German Studies
with a panel at the 13th World Congress of curricula can best prepare students for
the International Association for Germanic

their future careers
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to changing demands. How, country, while the German
for example, can it best meet culture evening was much more
the needs of people studying understated, says Paintner.
German as part of a business What distinguished the con-
degree? And how can German ference was the opportunity
Studies degree programmes for discussion beyond the core
open career opportunities for German Studies topics the
their graduates? The confer- chance to explore a range of
ence provided participants intercultural issues and to
with excellent opportunities experience them directly.
to engage with each other on
these issues and expand their Grimm Prize awarded
networks, says Paintner.
Panel members at the German between During the evening of German
World Congress discuss tradition and Close ties culture, DAAD President Prof.
the future of German innovation Dr. Margret Wintermantel
Studies abroad (top) The World Congress took place awarded the Jacob and Wilhelm
IVG World Congress held in in August 2015 and was hosted Grimm Prize to Prof. Dr. Paulo
DAAD President Prof. China for the first time by China for the first time. IVG Astor Soethe from Brazil. An
Margret Wintermantel President Prof. Dr. Zhu Jianhua alumnus of both the DAAD and
awards the Grimm The current and future state of welcomed participants to Tongji the Alexander von Humboldt
Prize to Prof. Paulo German Studies was the focus University in Shanghai, which Foundation, Soethe is one of
Astor Soethe (left) and of debate at the 13th World was founded by Germans in Brazils leading researchers
Dr. James Meja Ikobwa Congress of the International 1907 and continues to maintain of the brothers Thomas and
Association for Germanic Stud- close ties to Germany today. The Heinrich Mann and their family
ies (IVG). While demand for special relationship to Germany ties to Brazil, and plays an active
Goethe, Schiller and other more was underscored by the par- role in promoting the German
traditional topics is decreasing, ticipation of Tongji University language in Brazil. The Grimm
Germany continues to grow President Prof. Dr. Pei Gang, who Young Talents Award was
in importance for more and opened the event. A total of awarded to James Meja Ikobwa
more people around the world, 1,200 visitors from 69 countries from the University of Nairobi.
explains Dr. Ursula Paintner, attended. With his PhD dissertation, the
who heads the section German DAAD alumnus demonstrated
Studies, German Language and The conference programme how todays German Studies can
Lektor Programme of the DAAD. covered all areas of literature, make a positive contribution
Today the number of people language and cultural studies as to current social processes. The
wanting to learn German for job- well as German language teach- DAAD awards the Grimm Prize
related reasons is on the rise. ing and didactics. The cultural each year to foreign scholars
events included in the conference who, along with outstanding
The international conference programme reflected the diver- scholarly achievement, dem-
was entitled German Studies sity of conference participants. onstrate their commitment to
between tradition and innova- The evening of Chinese culture international cooperation in
tion, with a focus on German offered a colourful and extro- German Studies and German as
Studies and its ability to adapt verted presentation of the host a foreign language.
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table 3 : Programmes for promoting the German language abroad in 2015

(selection)
number of number of expenditures in
projects beneficiaries thousand eUr
Centres for German and European Studies 19 1,005 2,830
German Language, Literature and Culture: Institutional Partnerships (GIP) 63 770 1,465
Language and specialist courses (intensive language courses; university summer and winter courses) 2,339 4,562
Lektor programme 591 23,061
Language assistant programme 316 2,053
Unique lektor network also includes the DAAD Ortslektor programme

(see box insert) In summer 2015, some
The changes in the German Studies landscape, 230 Lektors from 77 countries came to Bonn
along with the social transformation processes for the 27th summer meeting of DAAD
evolving worldwide, also impact the Lektor Lektors, which included a very stimulating
programme, which is the DAADs most impor- programme of presentations and discussions
tant programme for promoting German Studies The opening speech by Rudolf Stichweh,
and the German language abroad As part of Dahrendorf Professor for Theory of Modern
the programme, some 470 Lektorships build a Society at the University of Bonn, attract-
dense network across more than 100 countries, ed wide interest Stichweh spoke about the
with funding provided by the Federal Foreign sociological classification of global political
Office (AA) The Lektors not only champion models using the example of democratic and
German Studies and the German language at
universities abroad, but also transmit their
authoritarian political systems

knowledge about systems of higher education,
learning cultures and current developments back
home to Germany The Lektor programme
At hoMe In the WorlD: the DAAD ortSleKtor ProGrAMMe

The DAAD Ortslektor programme in 2015 spanned nearly 60 countries
and included 830 teachers and lecturers who teach German language,
literature and culture or one of the subfields of German Studies at universities
around the world. The Ortslektor programme is special because these
teachers receive valuable professional support despite the fact that they,
themselves, have not been placed by the DAAD and are not affiliated
with the DAAD. About 80 percent of Ortslektors work at universities
where there is no DAAD Lektorship, which is why we consider them such
important members of the international network that represents the interests
of Germanys foreign cultural and educational policy around the world,
says Elke Hanusch, project manager of the Ortslektor programme. For
participating Ortslektors the programme offers professional training in the host country and in Germany, free subscriptions to
professional journals, teaching materials, and the opportunity to network with colleagues both locally and worldwide.
3 www.daad.de/ortslektoren
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Development and dialogue
As of early 2015, the No fewer than four major international summits earlier In early 2015, the Federal Ministry for
DAAD supports the from the G7 meeting in Elmau, Germany to Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
1,000 scholarships for the historic climate agreement in Paris left provided the DAAD with 16 million euros in
African students pro- their mark on the super development year additional funding from its special programme
gramme to fight hunger 2015 The UN Sustainable Development Sum- Tackling the root causes of displacement,
and the root causes of mit in New York was particularly important for reintegrating refugees
forced migration. the field of education On 25 September, the
193 UN member states unanimously adopted At the end of November, Diana Naikobi from
the Sustainable Development Goals 20152030 the PRIDE microcredit bank in Jinja, Uganda
in which higher education and science play a joined fellow African DAAD alumni in the
significantly larger role than in the past Federal Foreign Office (AA) to present the results
of the DAAD winter school The political and
tackling the root causes of displacement societal challenges of forced migration from
Africa The winter school at the University
While the refugee issue drew tremendous Magdeburg was one of five kick-off events for
public attention in the second half of 2015, the 1,000 scholarships for African students
the development cooperation community had programme Supported by the DAAD since
begun focusing on the refugee crisis much early 2015 with funding from the BMZ, the aim
of the programme is to tackle hunger and the
root causes of forced migration
A FUtUre For YoUnG JorDAnIAnS AnD SYrIAnS
Jordan has absorbed well over 600,000 refugees from neighbouring Syria In 2015, the DAAD and the Deutsche Gesell-
and now faces a major challenge: how to provide (mostly young) Syrian schaft fr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
refugees, as well as its own young people, with opportunity and hope launched New Perspectives for Young Jordanians
for the future. Access to higher education is the key working together and Syrians a sur-place and in-country / in-
with the Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), region scholarship programme funded by the
the DAAD launched the sur-place and in-country / in-region scholarship BMZ (see box insert) to provide higher education
programme New Perspectives for Young Jordanians and Syrians in 2015. opportunities for young refugees, most of whom
With funding provided by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation are situated in Africa and the Middle East
and Development (BMZ), 20 Syrian refugees and 20 Jordanians received
scholarships to pursue a Masters degree at one of four Jordanian uni- Solving problems through partnership
versities. To ensure a successful start, the Syrian scholarship holders first
complete a three-month preparatory course at the German Jordanian A core principle of the sustainability agenda
University. Forty additional scholarships will be awarded in 2016. is to rely on the strength of partnerships to
solve problems The North-South partnership
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between the Inter-University Council for East help drive implementation of the sustainability After exploring the causes
Africa (IUCEA) and the DAAD is an example agenda around the world. The programme will and effects of forced
of one such strong partnership. From 2006 also rely on increased use of digital learning migration at the DAAD-
to 2015, the DAAD, the German Rectors technologies. supported winter school at
Conference (HRK) and the IUCEA collabo- the University Magdeburg,
rated to establish an international quality DAAD alumni at the Intersolar participants present their
assurance system in East Africa to ensure that exhibition results during a visit to the
curricula are aligned with the needs of the Federal Foreign Office.
labour market. Following the successful final A global energy transition is essential to
evaluation in 2015, which highlighted more achieving the Sustainable Development Goals,
than 70successful pilot projects, the IUCEA and this will require science, business and
is now financing the network and trainings national governments to collaborate more
on itsown. closely. The DAAD actively supports this
cooperation. As an example, the worlds most
Based on this model, the DAAD continues to important companies in the solar industry
increase its collaboration with the conference meet each year at the Intersolar exhibition in
of West African education ministers, marked Munich. In 2015, the DAAD selected 50 top
by the signing of a new agreement in 2015. Germany alumni from a pool of 302 applicants,
Another DAAD programme focused on the who then attended two summer schools to
Sustainable Development Goals was jointly prepare for the Intersolar. At the exhibition in
developed with the BMZ in 2015. Starting with Munich they served as valuable points of con-
six international centres, the programme will tact for exhibitors, providing information on
train a new generation of decision-makers and solar markets and the development potential of
university professors/instructors, who will the solar industry in their home countries.

Table 4 : Programmes for promoting development and dialogue in 2015
(selection)
Number of Number of Expenditures in
projects beneficiaries thousand EUR
DIES Dialogue on Innovative Higher Education Strategies 23 682 1,485
Subject-related academic partnerships with developing countries 91 1,205 3,265
exceed Higher Education Excellence in Development Cooperation 5 745 4,056
Special programme for Iraq/Middle East 30 390 1,510
Higher Education Dialogue with the Muslim World 30 876 1,464
German-Arab Transformation Partnership 75 1,336 5,965
Academic reconstruction in South-Eastern Europe 10 637 770
Academic reconstruction in Afghanistan 7 444 3,433
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Digital learning has huge potential for devel- the South African digitalisation
oping countries. The Inter- organisation ITOCA, which
The DAAD at the net gives more people access seeks to train East African DAAD
Global Media Forum to higher education, says scholarship holders in virtual
Haufe-Wadle, who points out collaboration and get them
Digital learning offerings are the added effect of positive actively involved in the use of
a must for universities who pressure on the institutions. free-of-charge d
igital libraries
want to compete internation- Educational offerings become and databases.
ally today, says Katrin Haufe- more transparent, and espe-
Wadle, senior desk officer for cially regional institutions of Online communication
digital higher education in the higher education are obliged to as an opportunity for
DAADs Internationalisation in define, focus and promote their intercultural cooperation
Research and Teaching section. strengths more clearly.
The DAAD already supports The workshop also demon-
At the Global Media Forum 2015, strated how virtual dialogue
The Internet provides hosted by Deutsche Welle in

Bonn, the DAAD underscored
between people from different
regions can work effectively
more people access to the importance of digital learn- even without personal contact.
ing in development cooperation Through several examples we
higher education. as part of its workshop e
ntitled were able to show that online
Bringing people together: The communication and collabora-
over 100virtual formats as global power of virtual formats tion in virtual space really does
part of online and blended- in higher education. A leading work, says Haufe-Wadle. In
learning programmes, intern- event in the area of interna- the massive open online course
ship projects and strategic tional digital communication, (MOOC) Managing the Arts:
partnerships. The DAAD is also the forum focused on global Marketing for Cultural Organisa-
involved in the German Forum dialogue and its increasing tions, a continuing education
for Higher Education in the relevance for the opinion-making course offered jointly by the
Digital Age and a member of process, also with regard to Goethe-Institut and the Univer-
the expert teams supporting digital learning. sity of Lneburg in cooperation
the sector projects Information with Alumniportal Deutsch-
and Communication Technology Participants in the DAAD work- land, prospective managers
(ICT) and Digital World shop discussed technology of cultural organisations not
of the Deutsche G
esellschaft trends and methods of quality only studied via video lectures
fr Internationale Zusammen assurance. Another topic was but also collaborated with
arbeit(GIZ). e-literacy which addressed each other virtually in inter-
the knowledge required by disciplinary working groups to
Digital learning offers teachers and students in order develop solutions for various
great potential to implement and use digital work-related scenarios.
learning effectively, and how
With network coverage expand- this knowledge should be
ing and improving at a rapid conveyed. Also presented at
pace in regions such as Sub- the workshop was the joint
Saharan Africa, digital learning programme of the DAAD and
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When it comes to climate-change adaptation with decision-makers and universities to define
efforts, DAAD alumni in Vietnam also play a clear application standards and specifications
critical role Tran Kim Long, who studied at in order to clarify expectations and simplify the
TU Dresden from 1995 to 1997 in the devel- application and project planning process for
opment-related postgraduate course Tropical universities In 2015, the call for applications for
Forestry, is now department head in Vietnams university partnership programmes financed
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, through the BMZ was conducted according to
where he champions the new Vietnamese- this new model for the first time The effort
German programme to protect tropical forests clearly paid off with application numbers
remaining stable, there was a significant
Clear goals and good planning improvement in the planning quality and
overall clarity of the applications The DAAD
University partnerships do not automatically plans to continue pursuing this approach in
have an impact in terms of development policy;
this requires clear goals and a well thought-out
the future

strategy To this end, the DAAD works together
More PrACtICAl trAInInG At AFrICAn UnIVerSItIeS

Enhancing the employability of university students is the goal of the DAADs University-
business partnerships between higher education institutions and business partners in Germany
and developing countries programme, funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Coopera-
tion and Development (BMZ). At the second meeting of the network in September 2015
in Ghana, German and African project partners in Sub-Saharan Africa discussed best practices
for cooperation between universities and local industry. The information and experiences
shared by the participants met with particular interest in Ghana, where several of the
countrys technical universities, known as polytechnics, are to be converted into universities
of applied sciences based on the German model. The delegation visited two poly technics,
held discussions in Ghanas Ministry of Education together with minister Jane Opoku-Agye-
mang, provided recommendations, and presented two successful start-up companies born
out of the university-business partnership between the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University
of Applied Sciences in Germany and Ghanas University of Cape Coast.
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Highlight
The DAAD: 90 years later, more active than ever
90
It all began with Carl Joachim Friedrich, Three fundamental beliefs
a university student in Heidelberg,
Germany. After returning from a study In her speech, DAAD President Prof. Dr. Margret
tour to the US in 1922, he secured Wintermantel emphasised that the DAAD with
thirteen additional scholarships for his the exception of its alignment with the political
fellow students through the US-based ideology of the Nazi regime has remained true
Institute of International Education (IIE). to its core principles throughout the decades.
This lay the foundation for the Academic These principles can be summarised in three
Exchange Service, a precursor to the DAAD, fundamental beliefs:
which was officially founded on 1 January 1925.
n International exchange is the lifeblood of
Federal Foreign Minister 90 years later, the DAAD has become the worlds academic/scientific progress.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier largest organisation for international academic n The experience of study or work abroad
and DAAD President exchange with its unparalleled network of creates immeasurable value for an individuals
Prof. Margret Wintermantel offices across 60 countries. In 2015, the DAAD education and personal development.
greeted guests at the celebrated its 90th anniversary together with n International exchange and cooperation in
official anniversary gala friends, partners, supporters, scholarship holders teaching and research enhance a societys
celebration in Berlin; hosts and alumni. Throughout the year, numerous innovative capacity, promote its further
and guests alike were events, publications, websites and social media development and help ensure its economic
enthralled by the stories of campaigns honoured the DAAD for its contribu- well-being.
scholarship holders and tions to international understanding and peace,
alumni (from right to left: to worldwide academic exchange and to the These core principles, combined with its commit-
DAAD Secretary General internationalisation of higher education. ment to honouring academic excellence, have
Dr. Dorothea Rland, BMZ enabled the DAAD and its member universities
State Secretary Friedrich The official anniversary gala celebration took to successfully shape several decades of German
Kitschelt, BMBF State Sec- place in Berlin and was attended by numerous foreign cultural and educational policy, foreign
retary Cornelia Quennet- guests, including Federal Foreign Minister academic policy and development cooperation
Thielen, DAAD President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Cornelia Quennet- since the DAAD was newly founded in 1950.
Prof. Margret Wintermantel, Thielen, State Secretary in the German Federal
DAAD Vice President Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Some impressive results of this work were on
Prof. Joybrato Mukherjee, and Friedrich Kitschelt, State Secretary in display at the anniversary gala in Berlin, as inter-
Dr. Andreas Grgen, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation national DAAD scholarship holders and alumni
Director-General for Culture and Development (BMZ). shared their own stories, highlighting the positive
and Communication at the impact of international exchange on their own
Federal Foreign Office). lives and society as a whole.
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Festive spirit in Warsaw:
DAAD regional office
director Dr. Peter hiller
celebrates with rolf nikel,
German Ambassador to
Poland (top left) and the
entire team (top right)
I I . o U r G oA l S : e x p er t i Se f o r a C a d e m i C Co l l a b o r at i o n S
Expertise for academic

collaborations
Internationalisation requires diverse and differ- Academic expertise and regional knowledge is
entiated knowledge, which is why an important conveyed via the DAAD website and various
component of the DAAD strategy has been to publications In 2015, four new country profiles
provide Expertise for academic collaborations were published on Tunisia, Canada, Israel
one of three strategic fields of activity along and Peru Also in 2015, the higher education
with Scholarships for the best and Structures marketing series published new volumes on
for internationalisation Through ongoing Brazil, Central and South-Eastern Europe
dialogue with experts and its worldwide net-
Federal Minister of educa- work of regional offices and information centres, A guidebook titled How universities use
tion and research Johanna the DAAD is constantly and systematically social media for recruiting international
Wanka, DAAD President expanding and conveying its knowledge, which students was published as part of the online
Prof. Margret Wintermantel serves two main purposes: to support and series Marketingwissen Kompakt
and Dr. Ulrich heublein enhance the DAADs own work in the area of
from the German Centre knowledge-based funding, and to provide its As a way to further highlight and share
for higher education and partners in science, research and policy-making DAAD expertise, several articles by DAAD staff
Science research (DZhW) with the information, analyses, numbers and were published in external media As an
presented the report consulting support they need to make strategic example, Forschung & Lehre, Germanys widest
Wissenschaft weltoffen decisions and engage even more successfully in circulating higher education and science policy
2015 (from right to left) collaboration and international exchange journal, featured DAAD regional office reports
from Moscow, New York and Beijing, as well as
a by-lined article comparing the mobility goals
of countries around the world Various articles
on the subject of higher education marketing
were also published in professional journals
The Wissenschaft weltoffen report was in

great demand again in 2015 A compendium
edited by the DAAD, Wissenschaft weltoffen
provides a German perspective on all matters
related to mobility, exchange and interna-
tional academic collaboration The focus of
the 2015 issue was on International Masters
Students at German Higher Education
Institutions

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targeting the
mobile generation
7th GAte-Germany
Marketing Congress
We live in a networked world,

but so far universities are very
poorly networked with pro-
spective students, explained
Duleep Deosthale, a renowned emotional and intellectual level,
expert on the recruitment of said Deosthale.
international students, at GATE-
Germanys 7th Marketing networked Marketing
Congress.
The main theme of the con-
GATE-Germany, the consor- gress Networked Marketing
tium for international higher was the focus of numerous
education marketing funded workshops and lectures on the
by the DAAD and the German subject of digital marketing,
Rectors Conference (HRK), but was also considered from a
hosts its marketing congress regional perspective. Country- Congress participants also Participants in the
every two years a chance specific lectures by representa- agreed that precise knowledge 7th GAte-Germany
for representatives from tives of the DAADs regional of the target audience and its Marketing Congress
German universities to expand offices provided conference needs is the key to develop- learned about the latest
their knowledge of current participants with insight into ing attractive course offerings developments in higher
marketing strategies and local education markets and effective marketing activi- education marketing
instruments in dialogue with valuable knowledge which ties. Above all else we want to (top); the congress
guest experts and with rep- universities can use to improve recruit good students, so its was opened by DAAD
resentatives of the DAADs the effectiveness of their inter- not just about pure numbers, President Prof. Margret
worldwide network. national network-building, for said Stefan Hase-Bergen, who Wintermantel.
example through university heads the GATE-Germany Office
During his talk on Digital partnerships. Participants also and Marketing division at the
Marketing Deosthale urged discussed the structural chal- DAAD. For us and for German
listeners to keep their market- lenges that result from the universities, our presence in
ing activities focused on the de-centralised approach to international markets means
target audience: young people, marketing at many universities we need to continually advance
who communicate via social a challenge that marketing our understanding of our target
media, surf the Internet on managers must often face. One audiences.
their smartphones, and can conclusion drawn at the confer-
best be reached by keeping ence was that marketing can
information clear and simple. only be effective and impactful
You need to connect with if departments work together
this generation on both the and pool their resources.
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Moving with the times publication. The recommen- students, researchers, foreign
dation is also based on the university representatives
Digital tools in higher fact that the DAAD itself interested in possible partner-
education and research has had consistently positive ships and should be tailored
marketing experiences using digital tools to the needs of its users. This
to promote DAAD programmes is by no means easy to achieve.
Digitalisation is one of the and Germany as an interna- To help meet this need, GATE-
DAADs main areas of focus in tional centre for study and Germany offers German uni-
the field of higher education research. The DAAD makes use versities a professional check
and research. We look at it in of digital communication in two of their international websites,
the context of the internation- campaigns Study in Germany explains Hase-Bergen. The
alisation of higher education Land of Ideas and Research DAAD also makes sure that the
institutions, says S
tefan in Germany Land of Ideas design of its own online market-
Hase-Bergen, who heads the and to promote the services of ing campaigns is responsive, i.e.
DAADs Marketing division. GATE-Germany, the consortium optimised for mobile devices.
The DAAD recommends that for international higher educa- In emerging higher-education
universities do more to inte- tion marketing. Digital commu- markets such as Kenya, the
grate virtual formats into their nication also plays a major role target group communicates
marketing activities. in the study worldwide LIVE primarily by smartphone, says
THE EXPERIENCE! campaign, Hase-Bergen. The DAAD adjusts
This recommendation is based launched at the end of 2015 to its activities accordingly: We
in part on the results of the stimulate international mobility. try to serve as a trailblazer for
study The University 2.0. Inter- the universities.
nationalising German univer Mobile and virtual
sities by way of virtual teaching Social media presence is also
and learning scenarios, which A good website should serve as very important for international
appeared in late 2014 in both the central information p
latform marketing as more and more
print and as a free online for international target audiences students around the world use
Internet takes on a central role cultural and educational policy, and development
cooperation. The DAAD Positions series as
In the future, the DAAD website will serve with the DAAD Focus and DAAD Strategies
as the central communications channel for for Countries and Regions series is published
knowledge transfer. Since December, the newly in its own design.
designed DAAD website includes separate
sections devoted to knowledge transfer one Events are another important platform for
entitled Positions and the other Analyses and sharing knowledge with higher education
Surveys (German site only) both reached institutions. Some examples of events in 2015
via the link The DAAD in the main naviga- include the Marketing Congress hosted by
tion bar. Positions contains position papers in GATE-Germany (see p. 45), the Canada trip for
which the DAAD takes a stance on important university presidents, and an informational trip
issues of international academic cooperation to Spain by 16 presidents and chancellors. For
and shares its expertise in current debates on nearly 20 years the DAAD has organised these
higher education and science policy, foreign types of excursions, which are now coordinated

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I I . Ou r g o a l s : E x p e r t i s e f o r a c a d e m i c c o l l a b o r a t i o n s
Promoting Germany
anytime, anywhere:
the DAAD maintains a
presence at virtual
higher education fairs.
YouTube, Twitter or Facebook and more opportunities in But even if digitalisation is the
to access information and to this regard and demand is on order of the day, Hase-Bergen
engage in dialogue with the uni- therise. is careful to point out that
versities. The DAADs Facebook traditional communications
page for its Study in Germany The DAAD brings its own expe tools and channels remain
campaign, for example, has rience in e-learning to the table important. A cross-media mix
some 400,000 fans. Webinars as part of the German Forum can communicate the desired
also help spread information on for Higher E
ducation in the Dig- message even more successfully
study and research opportuni- ital Age. Here, senior experts to the various target groups,
ties in Germany a format that work together in six different he says.
makes it possible to establish subject areas to develop recom-
contacts and convey informa- mendations for implementing
tion anywhere around the world e-learning at German universities.
regardless of time and place. One of these experts is DAAD
For German higher education Secretary General Dr.Dorothea
institutions striving to com- Rland, who represents the
pete internationally and attract expert team on the subject
students to Germany, main- of Internationalisation and
taining a presence at virtual Marketing Strategies an area
higher education fairs has also that Rland considers pivotal.
become increasingly important. In the area of digitalisation
Since 2013, GATE-Germany there is still a lot of untapped
offers these institutions more potential, she says.
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I I . o U r G oA l S : e x p er t i Se f o r a C a d e m i C Co l l a b o r at i o n S
Delegation trip to Spain: A chance

for 16 university presidents and
chancellors to learn about higher
education policy in Spain
by the International DAAD Academy (iDA) In

2015, iDA offered a total of 121 seminars, which
were attended by 1,820 men and women eager
to pursue further education and training
One area of focus for iDA since 2010 has been
training for university administrative staff
Language courses in subject-specific English
are particularly popular
In addition, a special programme was added

in 2015 to provide university staff with addi- Berlin, including new formats aimed at strate-
tional knowledge and skills related to refugee gically important target audiences in politics,
science and education The office focuses on
The tremendous interest in iDAs

providing information by way of informal
meetings to members of the German Bundestag
special programme Counselling and who sit on DAAD-relevant committees Newly

established in 2015 was the Brown Bag Brief-
Support for Refugee Students ing a monthly gathering during which DAAD
experts report exclusively to Bundestag staffers
prompted the iDA to significantly on current issues and important fields of work
expand its offering for 2016. The DAAD also increased its interaction with
the embassies in Berlin As an example, the
applicants In nine courses, more than 200 par- Government Liaison Office together with the
ticipants learned basic knowledge about legal Strategy department and the newly formed
matters, entrance requirements and handling Regional Forums hosted an event entitled
refugee trauma Demand was so overwhelming Embassies in dialogue with the DAAD The
that iDA has expanded its offerings in this first dialogue event focused on Sub-Saharan
area for 2016 Africa; 37 embassy representatives from
25 countries in the region took advantage of
new formats established the opportunity to obtain information about
DAAD programmes and possible areas of
In 2015, the DAADs Government Liaison Office
in Berlin further intensified its efforts to pro-
cooperation with the DAAD

vide information to the political community in
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III.
The DAAD
worldwide
I I I . T h e D A A D w o r l dwid e : W e s t e r n , C e n t r a l a n d S o u t h - E a s t e r n E u r o p e
Western, Central and

South-Eastern Europe
Young researchers consider The ongoing financial crisis in parts of Southern

the lessons of history at Europe and its consequences for the Euro
a conference in Amsterdam pean economy as a whole has had an impact
(top) on the DAAD and its scholarship programmes.
The demand for German scholarships was
Participants of a Weimar especially strong in Southern European countries
Triangle summer school with high rates of unemployment among
in Munich discussed young people and academics. German students
Concepts of Europe: and graduates, on the other hand, continue
Past Present Future to prefer universities in Western European
(centre and bottom) countries, with Great Britain a particularly
popular destination.
Learning from history
Students and researchers throughout Europe

are investigating crises such as the euro crisis
and the refugee crisis as tests of Europes
commitment to its values. Against this backdrop,
the DAAD helped its scholarship holders
participate in various special events, such
as the European Summer Academy hosted
by the Gustav Stresemann Institut in Bonn
and a conference for young researchers in
Amsterdam on the lessons of history. As part
of the Weimar Triangle trilateral cooperation
funded by the DAAD, the Ludwig-Maximilians-
Universitt in Munich hosted a summer
school, during which university students and
young researchers from Germany, France,
Poland, Russia, Canada, Israel, Japan and Korea
considered Concepts of Europe: Past Present
Future. At a meeting in Riga, Latvia, DAAD
alumni discussed the challenge of ethics in
globalised knowledge societies.
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SeItenKoPF :
reSeArChInG GerMAn-GreeK relAtIonS

A milestone was reached in 2015 with regard
to support for worldwide centres for academic From the time of 19th century monarchs, to the post-war immigration
cooperation, as the DAAD and Cambridge of Gastarbeiter (migrant workers) into West Germany, to todays
University signed a Memorandum of Under- political and economic relations as members of the European Union,
standing for a German Studies centre, which Germany and Greece are bound by past and present. Relations between
will focus on interdisciplinary Germany the two countries also include dark chapters, such as Germanys
research occupation of Greece from 1941 to 1944. There has nevertheless been
little research into the shared history of these two countries. The
In March 2015 in Ankara, festivities to conclude DAADs German-Greek Future Fund programme wants to change this.
the German-Turkish Year of Research, Education Announced in 2014 by German Federal President Joachim Gauck during
and Innovation (DTWJ) marked a highlight in his visit to Greece and launched in 2015, the programme supports
academic relations with Turkey Throughout research on German-Greek relations with funds provided by the Federal
the year Turkish and German students and Foreign Office. In the first funding period, 125,000 euros were provided
researchers collaborated on numerous projects, for doctoral scholarships, visiting lectureships in Germany, as well as
and today there are over 1,200 university partner- academic symposia primarily in the field of history with a focus on the
ships between the two countries (in 2010, this Second World War.
number was just 400) In addition, Turkish
Weeks were held at 14 different German univer-
sities as part of DTWJ The DAAD and Turkeys Germany in demand
Council of Higher Education (YK) concluded
an agreement to expand German-Turkish As in the past, students and researchers from
relations in the area of higher education Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe
are extremely interested in an academic stay
The challenge of uniting Western Europe with in Germany This is evidenced not only by the
Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe consistently high numbers of applicants year
plays a major role in academic partnerships after year, but also by the many activities of
So far, however, there have been only few DAAD-funded programmes such as Degree
German applicants for study and research stays Programmes in German, Eastern European
in the new member states of the EU Academic Partnerships as well as Academic

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these partnerships are designed Universities in the Western
to strengthen universities Balkans especially in Serbia
in the region and help them have already successfully
meet international standards, secured funding and imple-
explains Beate Krner, who mented measures as part of
heads the section Erasmus+ Tempus, the precursor to the
Key Action 2: Partnerships Erasmus+ projects. German
and Cooperation Projects higher education institutions
within the DAADs National took part in nearly one-third of
Agency for EU Higher Educa- the 140 Tempus projects in the
tion Cooperation. The National region and were represented
Agency organised the con- in two-thirds of the 15 projects
ference together with the selected in 2015.
DAAD Information Centre in
Belgrade and Serbias National Degree programmes
Erasmus+ Office at the Univer- and curricula
sity of B
elgrade. Twenty-one
German university representa- Several universities presented
tives joined some 120 of their examples of successful col-
counterparts from Serbia, laboration at the conference,
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, e.g. the University of Pristina
Montenegro and Albania for which initiated collaboration
Information, exchange the conference in Serbias in the fields of engineering,
and networking: University Strengthening capital city. The DAAD supports architecture and environmen-
representatives from universities them in applying for Erasmus+ tal sciences with five other
Germany and the Western capacity-building projects. Western Balkan universities
Balkan countries met at Networking in the and RWTH Aachen in Germany.
the University of Belgrade Western Balkans While Western Balkan countries The partners develop tools and
for a conference on uni are in different stages of devel- work together to design degree
versity partnerships and The EU-Higher Education opment today, their agendas programmes and curricula,
providing support to Cooperation between Germany share one common priority: explains Krner. One impor-
universities in the region. and the Western Balkan region retaining talent, i.e. making tant factor is the issue of how
conference in September 2015 sure highly-educated graduates sustainable a project is and
brought German universities and researchers remain in the whether results can be used by
together with partners in the country or region. The idea is other universities. Along with
Western Balkans a chance to to counteract brain drain and best-practice examples, par-
get to know each other b
etter, stimulate brain circulation ticipants in Belgrade introduced
identify common ground, within the region and within new project ideas such as a
collaborate on project ideas, Europe by offering attractive climate network or a Masters
and learn from one another. and innovative degree programme in Information
With EU funding support, programmes, says Krner. Technology.
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Incentives for German region and very interesting in to one million euros in funding
universities terms of content, says Beate support. Additional information
Krner. In addition, EU funding on Erasmus+ capacity-building
German higher education insti- is an incentive to get involved projects is available at:
tutions have different reasons in bilateral partnerships and to 3 www.eu.daad.de/
for cooperating with university integrate these into the interna- capacity-building
partners in the Western Balkans. tionalisation strategies devel-
Agricultural and environmen- oped by the universities them-
tal sciences are strong in this selves. The projects receive up
Reconstruction in South Eastern Europe German and recognised by the University of

These programmes promote academic study in Passau in Germany So far, over 30 graduates
German at universities abroad, as well as the have successfully completed the double degree
mobility and academic exchange of German Masters programme
and foreign researchers and students At
Corvinus University of Budapest, for example, With support from the DAAD, the specialist
Hungarian students can pursue a Masters centres and regional centres in Central and
degree in Business Administration taught in South-Eastern Europe handle a demanding

PrIZeS For leADInG GerMAn-eUroPeAn reSeArCh
Every year the DAAD awards academic prizes to researchers from Italy and Spain who demonstrate both academic excellence
and a commitment to dialogue and exchange with Germany. In 2015, the Ladislao-Mittner Prize was awarded to two legal
scholars from Italy. Prof. Dr. Riccardo Omodei Sal from the University of Verona was honoured by the six-member jury for his
comparative work on German and Italian civil law; Dr. Alberto De Franceschi from the University of Ferrara was recognised for
his contribution to a better understanding of copyright law in Italy and Germany. Also upholding a long tradition of academic
exchange were the two winners of the Julin Sanz del Ro Prize, presented by the DAAD and Spains Ministry of Education.
Pilar Beatriz Garca Allende works at the Helmholtz Zentrum Mnchen (German Research Center for Environmental Health)
on methods for fluorescence imaging and tomography; Ander Ramos-Murguialday conducts research at the University of
Tbingen and develops brain-computer interfaces for applications in medicine.
Theawardwinnersofthe
L adislao-MittnerPrize(left)
andtheJulinSanzdelRio
Prize
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Andrssy Universitt in
Budapest receives a distin- range of responsibilities The Faculty of AUB serves as a role model for international
guished guest: German German Engineering Education and Industrial collaboration, bringing students together from
Chancellor Angela Merkel Management (FDIBA) in Bulgaria plans to different countries in internationally-oriented
in dialogue with students update its engineering programme with an degree programmes The DAAD has supported
innovative approach that combines teaching the development and further expansion of
with hands-on work experience Andrssy Andrssy Universitt Budapest since its founding
Universitt Budapest (AUB), which is the only
entirely German-speaking university outside
in 2001

the German-speaking world, offers students
and young researchers a diverse range of study
programmes and research opportunities in
the social sciences
An important event for Andrssy Universitt

in 2015 was the visit by German Chancellor
Angela Merkel Students from AUB and other
Hungarian universities took advantage of the
opportunity to join Chancellor Merkel in dis-
cussions on current issues such as the Ukraine
crisis or Germanys energy transition Here
at the university we see an example of how
closely knit Europe has become, said Merkel
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ensuring successful integration of refugees at universities
Roughly one million refugees came to Germany applicants, the TestAS, an assessment test for english-language infor-
in 2015, more than half of them younger than 25. foreign students funded by the DAAD and the mation for refugees:
Although there is too little data available to deter- BMBF, will be translated into Arabic. Refugees will 3 www.study-in.de/en/
mine how many of them hold a secondary school be able to take the test at designated locations refugees
diploma or have attended university before, the at German universities and will be exempt from
DAAD estimates that 30,000 to 50,000 refugees the usual testing fees. Information on DAAD
will pursue higher education. For higher education programmes and measures:
institutions in Germany the upcoming challenge To prepare young refugees for the rigours of 3 www.daad.de/der-daad/
will be to successfully integrate a large number of university study, the German federal government fluechtlinge/en
qualified and willing refugees into academic life. has agreed to finance some 2,400 additional
places each year for subject- and language-based
In September 2015, the DAAD met with university instruction at preparatory colleges (Studienkollegs)
representatives to determine what kind of support and other similar institutions at German univer-
universities need. The meeting focused on ways sities, and to provide higher education institutions
to prepare refugees for university study and what with flexible forms of funding to finance language
kind of infrastructure would be required to do so. and subject-specific preparatory measures. In
The meeting also considered how prior academic December, the DAAD issued a call for applications
achievement could be recognised. for its Integration of Refugees in Degree Pro-
grammes (INTEGRA) programme.
new package of support measures
Last but not least, the DAAD programme Welcome
Based on these considerations and negotiations Students Helping Refugees provides student
with the Federal Ministry of Education and and/or university-organised groups with financial
Research (BMBF), the DAAD put together a three- support for tutorials, translations and language
part package of support measures, amounting courses, as well as for hiring student assistants
to 100 million euros over four years. The pack- and purchasing the required materials. Presenting the support
age was presented in late 2015 at a press con- package for refugees were
ference at the Technische Universitt Berlin Federal Minister of
(TU Berlin) by Federal Minister of Education and education and research
Research Johanna Wanka, TU-Berlin President Johanna Wanka, tU-Berlin
Prof. Dr. Christian Thomsen and DAAD President President Prof. Christian
Prof. Dr. Margret Wintermantel. thomsen and DAAD
President Prof. Margret
To provide a quicker and more accurate assessment Wintermantel (from left
of the skills and academic qualifications of refugee to right)
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Eastern Europe,
Central Asia and
Southern Caucasus
The prolonged conflict in eastern Ukraine as programme Russland in der Praxis a

well as struggling economies in large portions chance to gain insight into Russian private-
of Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the South sector companies through internships
Caucasus region have created adverse conditions
for academic exchange Nevertheless, DAAD east-West dialogue
scholarships for study and research in Germany
remain very much in demand throughout Since 2009, the DAAD has supported higher
the region education partnerships focusing on conflict
resolution in this region In 2015, a large
Short stays in eastern There is also considerable interest among number of students and researchers took
europe are popular: German university students who want to learn part in this East-West dialogue; examples
504 German university more about Eastern Europe and gain experience include the German-Ukrainian seminar Infor-
students took part in a in the region for their professional development mation, Transparency, Democracy in Odessa
Go east Summer School in Most German students, however, are interested and the summer school in Kazakhstan on
2015, while 47 immersed in shorter stays in Eastern Europe This was Teaching and Implementing International
themselves in working evidenced by the many scholarship applications Law in Central Asia
life in russia through the for short stays in 2015, with 504 German uni-
Go east internship pro- versity students taking part in Go East Summer Especially during times of political crisis or
gramme russland in der Schools in Eastern Europe and 47 scholarship conflict, science and research take on a special
Praxis. holders taking part in the Go East internship role in building bridges between cultures One
BelArUS JoInS the BoloGnA ProCeSS

By joining the Bologna Process in 2015, Belarus laid the foundation for its integration into the
European higher education landscape. This builds on the DAADs prior engagement in Belarus;
in 2014, 117 German scholarship holders went to Belarus and an additional 435 Belarusians
studied, taught and conducted research in Germany. With the Bologna Process we should see
a continued increase in mobility, says Dr. Thomas Prahl, who heads the DAADs Eastern Europe,
Central Asia and South Caucasus section. But there is still a lot of work to be done here. In a
first important step, the Belarusian Minister of Education Dr. Mikhail Zhuravkov announced
the establishment of the three-level system of higher education (Bachelor, Master and PhD).
In addition, curricula will be recalibrated in line with the European Credit Transfer System
(ECTS) as a way to facilitate international comparability of standards and achievements in
higher education.
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reneWABleS MADe In GerMAnY

exhibition in russia
In 2015, the German House of Research
and Innovation (DWIH) in Moscow
presented future technologies in the
area of renewable energy by kicking off
a nationwide tour of the German Energy
Agencys exhibit entitled Renewables
Made in Germany. Reliable solutions
for the journey ahead. The exhibit was
presented in St. Petersburg, at Lomonosov
Moscow State University and at Siberian
Federal University in Krasnoyarsk. The
DWIH, for which the DAAD has assumed
consortium leadership, sees itself as a
forum for German-Russian exchange in the
area of science, research and technology.
Dr. Martin Krispin, project coordinator at
DWIH in Moscow, talked about the signifi-
cance of the joint project between DWIH
and the German Energy Agency not
only for science and research but also on
the political front: The exhibit demon-
strates how academic collaboration pro-
vides an appropriate and important way
to maintain dialogue with the partner
country even in times of political tension.
positive example is the international research Plachov, a German Studies specialist from
training group launched in 2015 by the Uni- Freiburg For Plachov, who considers academic
versity of Freiburg and the Russian State Uni- collaboration an important way to overcome
versity for the Humanities (RGGU) in Moscow boundaries, young academics provide an impor-
As part of this group, Russian and German tant link between Germany and Russia Over
doctoral students will collaborate over a nine- the last several years, the DAAD has supported
year period on the topic of Cultural Transfer the establishment and further development
and Cultural Identity German-Russian of the Thomas Mann chair at RGGU and the
Contacts in the European Context (see p 59) Institute for Russian-German Literary and
Cultural Relations (IRDLK) These form the
Katja Plachov is among the first to conduct foundation of the international research
research with the group We dont just talk training group, which is funded primarily by
about cultural exchange, we practice it, says the German Research Foundation (DFG)

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In front of the flags of
europe: the DAAD Centre
study tour included a
visit to the european Court
of Justice
German and russian This also applies to other large projects funded
researchers participating in by the DAAD At the German-Russian Institute
the Berlin-St. Petersburg for Advanced Technologies (GRIAT) in Kazan,
workshop on Structure young Russians study engineering according
and Dynamics of nano- to German curricula and standards Two large
scopic Matter at FU Berlin collaborative projects between the St Peters-
burg State University and its German partners
are based in St Petersburg: the German-Russian
Interdisciplinary Science Center (G-RISC), which
bundles the know-how of some 100 working
groups in physics, physical chemistry, geophysics
The importance of its role as bridge between and mathematics, and the Centre for German
cultures was mentioned several times during and European Studies (ZDES), a partnership
the IRTGs inaugural celebration in early March between St Petersburg State University and the
2015 There speakers emphasised the impor- University of Bielefeld, which offers interdisci-
tance of collaborative research among young plinary perspectives on research into Germany
students and researchers, and how this builds
the foundation for a common future Accord-
and Europe

ing to Mikhail Shvydkoi, the Russian Presi-
dents Special Representative for International
Cultural Cooperation, bringing together young
researchers is the best way for them to build
their professional networks
We will continue our work
Many Russian universities have been worried

that the DAAD might scale back its involvement
in Russia due to the ongoing political crisis
Russian partners are very intent on maintain-
ing existing contacts, says Dr Gregor Berghorn,
who was director of the DAAD Regional Office
in Moscow until March 2016 Berghorn has
reassuring words for the Russian partners:
We will continue our work, he says
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equal partners. This made it a small doctoral school as

possible for us to establish a well as a joint double degree
DFG International Research programme.
lasting structures Training Group. We have now
in russia put the structures in place that What is the idea behind
will allow us to maintain the these efforts?
Interview with DAAD long-term partnership into the future The vision developed by DAAD
lecturer Prof. Dirk Kemper something that cannot be Secretary General Dr. Dorothea
taken for granted in Russia. Rland and Regional Office
March 2015 saw the establish- head Dr. Gregor Berghorn was
ment of the German-Russian What challenges does German to establish a centre for German Prof. Dirk Kemper
international research training Studies face in Russia? Studies in Russia a beacon
group Cultural Transfer and In the former Soviet Union the that would send out its signal
Cultural Identity. In Russia it linguistics were recognised beyond the university to provide
is based at the Institute for because language instruction orientation and serve as an
Russian-German Literary and was deemed necessary. Literary initiator of new ideas and con-
Cultural Relations (IRDLK) at studies, on the other hand, was tacts. And this vision has been
the Russian State University considered ideological. Its role achieved; today we are recog-
for the Humanities (RGGU), and and importance was minimised nised across the country as a
in Germany at the University and it was closely monitored competence centre for students
of Freiburg. It is the first research by the chair of world literature; and young researchers in
training group in the humani- so on an institutional level they German Studies.
ties with Russia funded by the were considered separate from
German Research Foundation the linguistics. Even today, The first evaluation of the
(DFG). Prof. Dirk Kemper is literary studies receives little IRDLK was very positive. What is
Director of the IRDLK. funding and has very little the key to success?
opportunity to develop. The trilateral relationship
Professor Kemper, what is between Moscow, Freiburg
the basis for the new research What has the DAAD done for and the DAAD in Bonn is key.
training group? the Institute for Russian-German And the funds that we received
In the humanities its not easy Literary and Cultural Relations have borne fruit. At the IRDLK
to find partners in Russia who in Moscow? students work in a research-
can work on large projects on Establishing the IRDLK was oriented, German-speaking
the same level with German made possible by a combination environment. The best students
universities. But the cooperation of various forms of support. go to Freiburg early, Masters
between the IRDLK at RGGU At the heart of this was the graduates obtain a second
in Moscow and the University long-term lectureship in German degree there and doctoral
of Freiburg certainly provides Studies, which I took over in students receive advising
a very positive example of a 2002 at Lomonosov Moscow support from both sides. But
successful partnership. With State University, and since the key to success is also the
help from the DAAD our collabo- 2005 at RGGU. The IRDLK was academic recognition and
ration, initiated in 2008, has founded in 2008. The DAAD mutual respect on the part of
developed into a strong and also supported the partnership our Russian colleagues, which
productive partnership between with the University of Freiburg, must be constantly earned.
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North America
In 2015, opportunities to study in Germany More German students going abroad

were in demand among American college and
university students This growing interest was This positive trend was reflected in the numbers
partly in response to developments in 2014 published in autumn 2015 by the Institute of
when Lower Saxony became the last German International Education (IIE), which revealed that
state to completely eliminate university tuition in 2014, for the first time, more than 10,000 Amer-
For Americans its an idea nearly impossible icans came to Germany to study It is worth
to imagine: renowned universities inviting noting that more and more American students
students from around the world to pursue have shown interest in pursuing a German
higher education free of charge Considering university degree for several years now
that the average yearly tuition for a four-year
Bachelors degree programme is currently According to Germanys Federal Statistical
31,230 US dollars at a private US college or Office, the 2014/15 winter semester in Germany
9,140 US dollars at a state / public college, this saw a new record with 2,800 students At the
is sensational news and an opportunity that same time, the number of German university
makes the often-bemoaned language barrier students going overseas continues to increase
seem a lot less problematic in 2014/15 a total of 10,193 young men and
women
More and more North More and more German Bachelor students are
American university interested in short stays abroad The DAADs

Research Internships in Science and Engineer-
students are interested ing (RISE) Worldwide programme has kept
pace with this trend, facilitating and financing
in study opportunities research internships all around the world
in Germany.
The USA and Canada top the list of the most
popular destinations Application numbers for
DAAD one-year scholarships at North Americas
Attention turned to Germany after several top universities also remain very high
detailed reports in international media spread
the word about German universities As a result, Riding the wave of interest in Germany, the
the DAADs three North American offices in DAAD continues to raise awareness among
New York, San Francisco and Toronto saw North Americans, further promoting the
a significant increase in inquiries, also for strengths and benefits of higher education and
undergraduate studies in Germany research in Germany, as well as Germanys
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Canada and the US are

the most popular
destinations for research
internships abroad.
own scholarship programmes in North the growing numbers of North American

America. As part of its Study in Germany university students applying for Masters
and Research in Germany campaigns, the scholarships in Germany. Scholarships in the
DAAD conducts advertising and market- natural sciences are particularly high in
ing activities at universities all across North demand.
America.
RISE Germany as popular as ever
In 2015, for example, DAAD representatives
took part in some 130 Study Abroad events Another popular programme in the DAAD
and more than 40 conferences and fairs. portfolio is the RISE Germany scholarship
The success of this strategy is confirmed by programme for research internships, which

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A lively exchange at the

preparatory seminar for matches undergraduate students from North Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta and
one-year scholarship American and British universities with research the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh
holders heading off to internship opportunities at German universities on behalf of the TU9 consortium of Germanys
north America and research institutions nine leading Institutes of Technology The
goal was to identify opportunities for research
At the same time the goal is to focus recruit- collaboration with top universities in science
ment on selected target groups for the German and engineering
market For the first time an annual theme
German Engineering was announced for Together with the IIE, the DAAD hosted the
North America; this involved several events as 18th Annual Colloquium on International
well as a cooperative agreement signed between Engineering Education in New York in Novem-
the DAAD and the Canadian partner organisa- ber 2015 The conference was aimed prima-
tion Mitacs In September 2015, the DAAD rily at university representatives responsible
Regional Office in New York organised a tour for engineering degree programmes with an
of the University of California in Berkeley, the international focus, i e with language training
and study abroad components Some 130 par-
ticipants from the USA, Canada, Germany
More eXChAnGe WIth CAnADA
and other European countries, as well as Latin
So German! Si allemand! This is the title of the campaign launched America and Asia, took advantage of the two-
by the DAAD together with the German Embassy in Ottawa and the day event to expand their knowledge and
Goethe-Institut on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the cultural network of contacts
agreement signed between Germany and Canada. At the heart of the
campaign is a website with information on all events hosted by the Also in line with the years German Engineering
20 participating institutions. The goal of the partners is to raise public theme was the autumn 2015 trip to Canada
awareness for the close academic relations between Canada and together with ten German universities and organ-
Germany, and to interest young Canadians in an exchange with Germany. isations as part of the Research in Germany
To kick off the campaign, the DAAD and the Alexander von Humboldt campaign In Toronto and Vancouver the Ger-
Foundation hosted an alumni conference Migration and Multiculturalism man delegation met with representatives from
in Germany and Canada in Toronto in May. In 2016, the DAAD and the more than 20 Canadian universities, mainly to
Canadian funding organisation Mitacs launched their joint internship talk about projects in the fields of chemistry,
programme with a call for applications; the programme plans to award
scholarships to 120 German and Canadian university students for research
biology and environmental sciences

internships abroad in Canada and Germany, respectively.
3 www.sogerman.ca
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erasmus+: beyond europe
Launched in January 2014, the EU education and Eastern and Southern Europe as well as in Asia,
training programme Erasmus+ was significantly Central Asia, South Africa, Latin America and
expanded in 2015 to include the so-called interna- North America. Partnerships with Latin America
tional dimension, making it possible for European were in greatest demand, with requested fund-
higher education institutions to cooperate with ing exceeding six times the available budget.
many countries in Southern and Eastern Europe, as The good contacts with neighbouring regions
well as countries on other continents, in the areas in Eastern and Southern Europe also resulted in
of individual mobility and partnership projects. numerous project applications.
More and more university As part of its International Credit Mobility under German universities were particularly successful
staff and interns are Erasmus+ (student and staff mobility in- and in applying for funding for the partner countries
gaining international outbound), the European Commission established Israel, Russia and Serbia. With fact-finding missions
experience through various financing options in different regions for and contact seminars for German and regional
erasmus+. industrialised, emerging and developing countries. universities, the NA DAAD focused attention
In 2016, the options will be expanded to include on the Western Balkans and also succeeded in
cooperation opportunities with additional partner establishing a large number of partnerships
countries in Africa, the Caribbean and countries there (see p. 52).
bordering the Pacific. In response to the first call for
applications in 2015, German universities showed the Successful applications
greatest interest in the International Credit Mobil-
ity as compared to other European countries. The The international dimension of the Erasmus+
available budget about 15.5 million euros is the programme creates even more room for global
equivalent of roughly 3,000 semester scholarships. collaboration. Thanks to the NA DAADs individu-
As a comparison, for the traditional Erasmus+ mobil- alised consulting services for German univer-
ity within Europe, the DAADs National Agency for EU sities, as well as in-country networking seminars,
Higher Education Cooperation (NA DAAD) provided German applicants in 2015 enjoyed a high success
over 70 million euros to German higher education rate in applying for programmes administered
institutions for about 42,000 funding recipients. centrally by the EU Commission. In the case of
The year 2015 witnessed dynamic growth in mobil- capacity-building projects in higher education,
ity, especially among university staff and interns. the success rate was 25 percent, with a total of
82 German institutions participating in roughly one-
In great demand third of the selected projects (49). In the case of
Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees, German
In its second year, Erasmus+ provided German universities are involved in two-thirds of all selected
universities more partnership opportunities in projects (10 out of 15). Germany was also able to
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over 500 participants
attended the erasmus+
Annual Conference hosted
by humboldt-Universitt
zu Berlin
nearly double its involvement in Jean Monnet Great interest on the part of policy-makers
activities as compared to the previous year from
six up to eleven projects; the approval of four For members of the German Bundestag and
Centres of Excellence is particularly worth noting. German members of the European Parliament,
Erasmus+ has increasingly become a point of
The opportunities associated with this global focus. In various meetings together with
expansion of Erasmus+ were considered from vari- Erasmus+ representatives of higher education
ous viewpoints at the Erasmus+ Annual Conference institutions, the DAAD reported on the initial
held in Berlin. Representatives from Germanys challenges in implementing the programme
BMBF and the EU Commission discussed with and progress made so far. These productive
conference participants not only the Erasmus+ meetings also led to participation in the various
programme, but also the Bologna Process and group hearings of the European Parliaments
its reorientation following the Ministerial Con- Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) in
ference in Yerevan. It was the first time that the Brussels. Committee members emphasised
DAAD had chosen a university to host the con- their clear desire to increase funding for the
ference and selected a broad spectrum of topics programme and to improve it both technically
to be included. The response was very positive, and administratively.
with more than 500 participants attending the
conference at Humboldt-Universitt zu Berlin.
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Latin America
For many years the DAAD has maintained the opportunity to shed light on various aspects
close partnerships with large Latin American of the bilateral cooperation
countries such as Brazil and Mexico; in 2015,
attention was also focused on several smaller Continued support for marine research
countries in the region such as Colombia, Peru
and Cuba Certainly one prestigious collaboration in
marine research is the German-Colombian
In spring, a delegation of 70 high-ranking Center of Excellence in Marine Sciences
representatives from Colombian universities (CEMarin) located on Colombias Caribbean
and research institutions travelled to Germany coast The DAAD has supported the Center of
with support from the DAAD The guests Excellence since 2009 with funds from the
gained insight into the German higher edu- Federal Foreign Offices (AA) Foreign Academic
cation and research landscape, strengthened Initiative; the second phase of funding
their existing contacts, and agreed on concrete began in 2015 During his trip to Colombia
projects The visit marked the occasion of in February, Federal Foreign Minister Frank-
the second round of Scientific and Techno- Walter Steinmeier made a stop in Santa
logical Cooperation (WTZ) meetings between Marta for a closer look at CEMarin and its
Colombia and Germany, which took place in accomplishments
April at the Federal Ministry of Education
and Research (BMBF) The new director of The project consortium consists of six Colom-
Colombian university Colombias research funding organisation bian universities, Justus Liebig University
rectors on a visit to the Colciencias, Dr Janeth Giha, and DAAD Vice Giessen, the Colombian Ocean Commission
DAADs Berlin office President Prof Dr Joybrato Mukherjee took and the marine and coastal research institute
INVEMAR Also involved on the German
side are the internationally renowned Leibniz
Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT) in
Bremen along with marine researchers at the
University of Oldenburg CEMarin obtained
institutional status in May 2015
Closer collaboration with Peru
The DAAD intensified its collaboration with

Peru in 2015 Peruvian President Ollanta
Humala met with German Federal President
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Partner sought, Brasilia in March 2015. These
partner found events bring together partners
for research projects, explains
German-Brazilian research Ilona Daun, who, as senior desk To receive funding through Mariella Uzeda and Vanessa
projects officer within the DAADs section NoPa, German and Brazilian rodrgues osuna in a
Institution Building in Higher researchers must each submit matchmaking session
The funding programme NoPa Education, is responsible for the an application to their respec-
stands for Novas Parcerias programme. Moreover they tive funding organisations
German-Brazilian Partnerships can use these meetings to begin DAAD or CAPES and work
in Sustainable Development. work on their joint applications. together on their proposed
The programme provides fund- project. They are not, however,
ing to German-Brazilian research Supporting the application required to take part in the
projects seeking solutions to the process matchmaking events before
challenges facing Brazil today applying. Still, there is always a
issues such as the protection Representatives from the DAAD, lot of interest in these events,
and sustainable use of the coun- GIZ and CAPES also attend the reports Anja Munzig. In March,
trys rainforests, expanding the matchmaking events. In work- there were 130 participants
use of renewable energies and shops and lectures they intro- from Germany and Brazil.
promoting energy efficiency. As duce the programme, provide
part of the NoPa programme, information on the application Fresh ideas and energy
the DAAD has cooperated with process and answer questions.
the Deutsche Gesellschaft fr This year for the first time there Following the March event, a
Internationale Zusammenarbeit was a seminar on designing total of 36 applications were
(GIZ) and with Coordenao de effective and practice-oriented submitted; five were accepted.
Aper-feioamento de Pessoal projects, says Anja Munzig who But for the participants, securing
de Nvel Superior (CAPES), the represented the DAAD team financing is only one aspect of
funding agency within Brazils responsible for NoPa at the the event: Its not just about the
Ministry of Education. In 2015, event and supported German funding, which only a few will
funding was awarded for participants in the application be able to receive, emphasises
research in the field of sustain- process. Special excursions Ilona Daun. Another important
ability for the third time. including a visit to the National element is the dynamic that
Institute of Meteorology and these events generate, and that
Prior to each new NoPa funding the waste processing station carries over beyond the event
round, German and Brazilian ETE Parano also provided itself; its about meeting new
researchers, policymakers and participants with valuable net- people, building networks and
industry representatives are working opportunities and the developing ideas together.
invited to take part in a match- chance to engage with experts 3 nopa-brasil.net
making event, this time held in on practice-relevant topics.
Joachim Gauck to send off the first nine scholar- also underscored the significance of academic With its information centre
ship holders in the country-related coopera- collaboration between Germany and Peru in lima, the DAAD has
tion programme with Peru ALEPRONA (see maintained a presence in
box insert p 69) The establishment of a DAAD Along with regular DAAD scholarship funding, Peru since August 2015.
Information Centre in Lima in August 2015 jointly financed programmes such as ALEPRONA

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Profound interest in aca- Dialogue resumed

demic exchange: Cuban
delegation of high-ranking Germany and Cuba
science policy experts and
university representatives After years of diplomatic stand- There is tremendous interest provided German higher educa-
on their visit to the DAAD still due to political tensions, in collaborative projects tion institutions with a number
in Bonn in November 2015 Germany revived bilateral rela- between German and Cuban of different opportunities to
tions with Cuba in 2015. In July, universities. During her visit further develop collaborative
DAAD President Prof. Margret to Cubas Ministry of Higher relationships with Cuban part-
Wintermantel travelled to Cuba Education in Havana, DAAD ners, says Christine Arndt, who
as part of a delegation led by President Wintermantel person- is the Latin America expert in the
German Foreign Minister Frank- ally extended an invitation to section Coordination of R
egional
Walter Steinmeier and helped Minister of Higher Education Expertise. Fortunately we no
lay the foundation for new Dr. Rodolfo Alarcn Ortz to lead longer need to hide the fact that
collaboration in science and his own delegation on a visit the DAAD, as a funding institu-
research. Even when relations to Germany. In fact, by Novem- tion, is what made this possible.
between the two c ountries were ber 2015, a Cuban delegation According to Lektor Ulrike Dor-
most strained, we always man- of high-ranking science policy fmller, Cubans are very intent
aged to maintain some form of experts and university repre- on establishing effective struc-
contact, said Wintermantel. sentatives visited Germany. tures at their universities which
But now we can once again will allow them to steer the
initiate talks at the institutional Establishing effective course of todays changes for
level and work to expand our structures the good of the country. Thanks
contacts and relationships; this to its own experience with
is a very positive development. During their tour of Germanys transformation processes in the
The stage has been set for a higher education and research 1990s, Germany can serve as an
new start. Dr.Ulrike Dorfmller, landscape, the delegation experienced partner for Cuba,
DAAD Lektor at the Univer- showed particular interest in says Dorfmller.
sity of Havana, sees the need opportunities for b
inational
for academic exchange and a doctoral studies. Other impor- Longstanding personal contacts
high degree of engagement to tant goals of the Cuban delega- support closer ties between
solidify the newly revitalised tion include establishing joint the two countries. Dr. Jos Luis
contacts and relationships. projects for research and devel- Garca Cuevas, who led the
According to Dorfmller, the opment, especially in engineer- Cuban delegation on its trip to
DAAD has been building bridges ing and natural sciences, and Germany in November, is an
over the years despite the politi- increased collaboration with advisor to Cubas Minister of
cal roadblocks and is now very German counterparts in the Higher Education and Germany
well positioned in Cuba. More- field of university management. alumnus. As a DAAD Lektor in
over, many Cubans are Germany Havana, Christine Arndt worked
alumni and carry with them Despite the political restric- closely with Cuevas before
very positive memories of their tions in the area of individual the diplomatic freeze in
years in Germany, she says. scholarships in place since 2003, 2003. Now we can join forces
the DAADs cooperation and again and get back to work,
institution building programmes saysArndt.
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oFFICIAl SenD-oFF For PerUVIAn SCholArShIP holDerS
play a very important role in the DAADs coop-
eration with Latin America Governmental At a festive ceremony
qualification initiatives go hand in hand with held at the end of
Latin American universities increased focus on March in Perus Gov-
internationalisation As a result, these univer- ernment Palace in
sities are becoming more attractive as collabora- Lima, nine Peruvian
tion partners for German universities Mexicos scholarship hold-
National Council on Science and Technology ers were officially
(CONACYT) has maintained a very successful sent off by German
postgraduate scholarship programme with Federal President
the DAAD since 1999 Demand for the Joachim Gauck
programme has been growing continuously, and Peruvian President Ollanta Humala. Each scholarship holder will
with Germany now in third place behind be studying in Germany thanks to a scholarship programme jointly
the United States and Canada for number of financed by the DAAD and Perus Ministry of Education. The first call
CONACYT scholarships awarded for applications for the co-financed ALEPRONA programme was issued
in 2014. The programme makes it possible for up to 100 scholarship
The Science without Borders (CsF) scholar- holders per year to begin Masters or PhD programmes at German
ship programme initiated by the Brazilian universities. Scholarship holders are subjected to a rigorous selection
government in 2011 also got off to a fast start process, which ensures the academic excellence of the ALEPRONA
In September 2015, the DAAD organised a programme. Perus top students are interested in Germany for its
networking seminar in Bonn for 120 CsF practice-oriented training, the option of studying in English as well as
doctoral candidates, which reflected the pro- German, and the extensive scholarship benefits, including additional
grammes high aspirations However, due to allowances for accompanying partners or children.
the current government crisis in Brazil, the
future of this programme, which the DAAD
coordinates for Germany, remains uncertain and Colombia together with European partners
The second Andean conference for German
Multifaceted engagement teachers was attended by 290 participants from
over 17 countries Successors were appointed
Critical to the success of the DAADs work in to fill the DAAD-funded special chairs for
Latin America is its network of regional offices, German and European Studies at the Colegio
information centres, long-term lectureships and de Mxico and the Universidade de So Paulo
Lektorships, whose work in 2015 was diverse With seminars, event series and publications,
and wide-ranging Once again the postgraduate they make a clear contribution to bilateral
fair EuroPosgrados was organised in Mexico academic dialogue

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I I I . t h e DA A D Wo r l DW I D e : mid d l e e a S t, n o r t h a fri C a
Middle East,
North Africa
Syrian scholarship holders A lasting solution to the military conflicts in

together with Federal Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq will require engage-
Foreign Minister Frank- ment and constructive support on the part of
Walter Steinmeier (centre), Iran clearly a key player to Middle Eastern
DAAD President Prof. geopolitics All the more important that the
Margret Wintermantel DAAD, as a mediator of Germanys foreign
(right, next to Steinmeier) cultural and educational policy, has helped
and nrW Minister for to keep the doors open to Iran on the level of
Innovation, Science and higher education and civil society, even in the
research Svenja Schulze years of chilly diplomatic relations between
(6th from left). the two countries between the DAAD and Irans Ministry of
Science, Research and Technology a highlight
Irans careful opening under its new president in 2015 was the large alumni meeting at the
Hassan Rouhani, combined with the success- University of Tehran in October (see p 75)
ful conclusion of the 5+1 negotiations on the
Iranian nuclear programme, has created new leadership for Syria
opportunities for collaboration which the
DAAD is actively pursuing After initial steps Syria, now all but destroyed by civil war,
in 2014 including the re-opening of the Infor- had once been an important partner for
mation Centre in Tehran, a visit to Iran by a German universities Even after the outbreak
delegation of German university rectors, and of hostilities, the DAAD has remained com-
the establishment of a joint steering committee mitted to Syria and continued its funding
GreAt hoPe In AFGhAn GeoSCIentIStS

Although significant mineral deposits could help ensure Afghanistans development into the future, the country still lacks the
skilled professionals to exploit this resource. To overcome this obstacle, the DAAD has joined forces with the GIZ to develop the
Academic Mining Education in Afghanistan project, which will provide German support in establishing mining expertise at
Afghan universities and institutions. The programme was kicked off in spring 2015 as 15 Afghan university lecturers and Ministry
of Mines and Petroleum staff began work on their Master of Geosciences degree at TU Bergakademie Freiberg. In addition,
16 Afghan undergraduates in Geosciences completed a three-month study stay. All are tasked with sharing and implementing
their newly-acquired knowledge at their respective universities and organisations. At a ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistans Deputy
Minister of Higher Education Mohammed Osman Babury addressed the funding recipients: We are counting on you. You will be
the driving force for all of us to work under great pressure for the good of the country. I believe in the future and I believe in you.
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Alumni meeting in tehran
in october 2015 (bottom
right), a view of the tochal
mountain range north of
tehran (bottom left), and
an Iranian bazaar (top)
programmes Today, the DAADs additional As part of the Leadership for Syria programme,
scholarship programmes for Syrian university 200 of these scholarships are financed by the
students, which are unique around the world, Federal Foreign Office (AA) and 21 by the federal
have given 271 Syrians the opportunity to state of North Rhine-Westphalia; 50 additional
continue their academic training in Germany scholarships are funded by the federal state DAAD-funded additional
This includes a mandatory programme in of Baden-Wrttemberg in its own programme scholarship programmes
which the scholarship holders explore central administered by the DAAD Federal Foreign have made it possible for
questions related to social order and good Minister Steinmeier greeted all scholarship 271 Syrian scholarship
governance The hope is that these young holders together with both state ministers in holders to continue their
people will one day contribute to rebuilding October 2015 in the Weltsaal at the Federal academic training in
their country Foreign Office in Berlin
Germany.
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Strong bond provide the academic commu- not only to academia but also to
nity and general public with representatives in politics and
Fifty years of German-Israeli current information on Germany. journalism, says Ulrich Grothus,
relations At a joint conference in March Deputy Secretary General of
2015 held at Hebrew Univer- the DAAD. Conference guests
In 2015, the DAAD-funded sity of Jerusalems Center for learned, for example, about the
Centres for German and Euro German Studies (CGS), high- decades-long exchange between
pean Studies in Haifa and ranking representatives from Israel and Germany in the area
Jerusalem both established in science, research, politics and of law and the influence this has
2007 commemorated 50 years journalism from both countries had on the laws and legal prac-
of diplomatic relations between came together to consider the tice in both countries. Former
Germany and Israel, and sent topic Evaluating the Present, Israeli ambassador to Germany
a strong signal for many more Envisioning the Future. The Shimon Stein took part in a
years of fruitful collaboration opening lecture was delivered panel that explored diplomatic
between the two countries. The by Dr. Josef Joffe, publisher- relations over the last 50 years.
two centres in Israel are among editor of the German weekly
the Centres for German and Die Zeit. A matter of the heart
European Studies established
around the world with DAAD With their internationally re This was followed by debates
funding, which not only help nowned conference participants about economic exchange, col-
solidify bilateral relations in and chosen topic for the confer- laboration in the peace effort,
science and research, but also ence, the centres reached out reciprocal influences in the arts,
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evaluating the Present,

envisioning the Future
was the title of the
conference hosted
jointly by the Centers
for German and euro-
pean Studies in haifa
and Jerusalem, and held
at hebrew University
of Jerusalem. opening
addresses were given
by DAAD Deputy Secre-
tary General Ulrich
Grothus (top right) and
Deputy head of the
German embassy
Monika Iwersen (bot-
tom left). the opening
lecture was delivered
by Dr. Josef Joffe,
publisher- editor of the
and the perceptions of each The joint conference between for German and European German weekly Die Zeit
country in the other countrys CGS Jerusalem and the Haifa Studies in the section Project ( bottom right).
media; the participants Center for German & European Funding for German Language,
included correspondents from Studies (HCGES) marked the Alumni Projects, Research
Die Welt, Neue Zrcher Zeitung highlight of their collaborative Mobility (PPP) of the DAAD.
and the editor-in-chief of the work thus far. The fact that
The relationship between

Israel Broadcasting Authority. two Centres for German and
Grothus was struck by both European Studies could be
countries pursuit of knowledge
and common interest in big-
established in Israel at once
shows the great interest in
Germany and Israel is still
picture issues. Over the course the exchange relationships a priority among political,
of the conference it became with Germany. Both centres
clear that the relationship have established a Masters in academic and journalistic
elites in both countries.
between Germany and Israel is German Studies and each has a
still a priority among political, DAAD Lektorship for teaching
academic and journalistic elites German language and culture.
in both countries and a mat- Young researchers from both With a large number of events
ter of the heart, says Grothus. centres meet regularly for open to the public, the cen-
Both sides are doing a lot to workshops, and there are study tres reach a broad audience
reach out to the general public trips to Germany, explains far beyond just the academic
and make it a matter of general Christian Strowa, who is community.
public interest. responsible for the Centers
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GerMAn-JorDAnIAn UnIVerSItY ten YeArS on

The German-Jordanian University (GJU) can look back on an important
year in its history. Before hosting Germanys Federal President Joachim
Gauck in December, the GJU celebrated its ten-year anniversary in
May 2015 together with distinguished guests such as Jordans Prime
Minister Abdullah Ensour, Federal Minister of Education and Research
Johanna Wanka, and DAAD President Prof. Dr. Margret Wintermantel.
With support from the Transnational education programme of the

DAAD, the GJU is among the best universities in Jordan today. GJUs
anniversary motto The best of both worlds has been key to the a post-war order and contributes significantly
universitys work ever since its foundation. The GJU is based on the to the rebuilding of institutions of higher
model of Germanys universities of applied sciences, with a curricu- education
lum oriented towards the economic and social needs of the region.
Today, the GJU provides some 4,000 enrolled students a high-quality Because demand for vocational education and
university-level training in the region of the Middle East is very
education made high, the importance of German transnational
in Germany with a education projects, which have established an
strong emphasis on excellent reputation in their countries and in
practical training. the region as a whole, continues to grow The
German-Jordanian University (GJU) in Amman,
in particular, is considered a model example
even outside the Arab world in countries
such as Iran and Afghanistan, mainly because
it caters to the specific needs of the local,
More scholarship programmes regional and international labour market (see
box insert)
Scholarship programmes that provide oppor-
tunities for academic training in Germany are rebuilding higher education in Afghanistan
gaining significance in the Middle East and are
transnational education increasingly financed by home governments Afghanistan has been a focus country for the
project with high inter- such as Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Egypt DAAD since 2002 Today, even after the Inter-
national visibility: the The support provided by the DAAD takes into national Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
German-Jordanian Univer- consideration the often difficult conditions in completed its mandate and moved on, the DAAD
sity in Amman is consid- the partner countries and offers the universities remains committed to the process of system-
ered a model example even flexible forms of collaboration, such as locat- atic academic rebuilding While economics,
outside the Arab world in ing activities in a neighbouring country The business sciences and information technol-
countries such as Iran and year 2015 saw the continuation of the success- ogy have retained the main emphasis, a new
Afghanistan. ful German-Arab Transformation Partnership German-Afghan mining education project was
projects, which are now offered in Jordan and launched in 2015, further extending the DAADs
Morocco in addition to Egypt and Tunisia The spectrum of cooperation (see box insert p 70)
DAAD also supports academic programmes Programmes are also in place for cooperation
in Libya and Yemen This makes it possible
to maintain relationships and make new con-
with Iraq and Pakistan

tacts, which serves an important function in
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Highlight
Iran Joining forces on sustainable development
October 2015 saw the first major alumni meeting

in Iran. In attendance were not only 180 alumni,
but also Federal Foreign Minister Frank-Walter
Steinmeier, who opened the event together with
DAAD President Prof. Dr. Margret Wintermantel
and joined in a panel discussion.
The traditionally strong relationship between

Germany and Iran in the area of higher education never meets a mountain, but a man meets a At the first major alumni
took a significant step forward with the arrival of man, said Steinmeier, quoting a Persian proverb. meeting in Iran, an audito-
Irans new president Hassan Rouhani; this may be rium full of former DAAD
the only way to explain why the DAAD was invited People coming together scholarship holders focuses
to organise a public podium discussion at the on the events opening
countrys leading university in Tehran featuring Indeed, the alumni meeting was not just about session in tehran (top);
German and Iranian researchers and a German researchers sharing ideas; it was, perhaps even Federal Foreign Minister
federal minister. DAAD President Wintermantel more, about people coming together. Particularly Frank-Walter Steinmeier
emphasised the DAADs desire to help intensify impressive was the tremendous curiosity of the (left, 3rd from left) and
dialogue and exchange in the future. young, mostly secularly-oriented alumni and DAAD Secretary General
students who hope their country will continue Dr. Dorothea rland
Sustainable development in all its varieties was to open up, witness further domestic reforms and (1st from left) listen to
the focus of the panel discussion and subsequent improve conditions for work and research. DAAD DAAD President Prof.
forums. From Germanys energy transition Secretary General Dr. Dorothea Rland, who spent Margret Wintermantel
(Energiewende) and Irans possible policy shift the alumni event in intensive discussions with (right) as she greets the
towards renewable energies, to a viable water Iranian alumni and researchers, summed it up as many guests.
policy for semi-arid Iran, to sustainable urban follows: I see a lot of potential for academic
planning: Iranian participants in the event showed exchange with Iran and very much hope that the
great interest in understanding and discussing the recent opening-up of the country will be sustained
German / European experience as a way to find over the long term.
their own solutions to global challenges.
In his address, Federal Foreign Minister Steinmeier

stressed the tremendous importance of cultural,
academic and social contact between the two
countries and the critical role of DAAD alumni
in maintaining these relationships. A mountain
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Sub-Saharan Africa
In 2015, the DAAD focused its activities in the recently discovered natural resources The
Sub-Saharan Africa region, in particular on Centres of African Excellence programme
training for specialists and management profes- is tailored to the special needs of African uni-
sionals, in-country capacity building and the versities and by strengthening university
establishment of sustainable institutional infra- teaching and research capacities contributes
structure These emphases are aligned with the to improved education and training for future
DAADs Africa Strategy guideline, published leaders
at the end of 2014
Also opened and inaugurated in 2015 was the
new centres of excellence East and South African-German Centre for
for Kenya Educational Research at Moi University in
Kenya, established jointly by the University of
In the area of project funding, well-established Oldenburg and Nelson Mandela Metropolitan
and successful programmes were further University (South Africa) The first Masters
expanded and developed As an example, the and PhD scholarship holders have already been
Centres of African Excellence programme selected Faculty also received training to
initiated a call for the establishment of a improve their ability to advise students and
Kenyan-German Centre of Excellence for secure funding
Applied Resource Management The goal of
the new centre is to prepare Kenya and neigh- Promotional films produced in 2015 (see
bouring countries for future challenges over www african-excellence de) feature the DAAD-
the next ten years both in terms of specialist funded centres of excellence, the benefits
know-how and strategy This includes, for of training at the centres, and how African
example, the extraction and utilisation of and German researchers use the centres for
their collaborative projects
Presentation of scholarship
certificates and inaugu-
Multifaceted university partnerships
ration of the new east and
South African-German
The Welcome to Africa and ICT Measures
Centre for educational
for Africa programmes were successfully
research at Moi University
concluded with a closing event, featuring also
in eldoret, Kenya
the presentation of recommendations for con-
tinued action The programmes have helped
create a robust network of German and African
universities for future partnerships
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III. the DA AD WorlDWIDe : Sub-Sahar an afriC a
Filmed at various locations, several promotional videos feature the DAAD-funded

Centres of African excellence, the benefits of training at the centres, and how African
and German researchers use the centres for their collaborative projects.
The call for proposals issued at the end of 2015 with the international office commissioned
Partnerships for sustainable solutions with by the BMBF
Sub-Saharan Africa: measures for research
and integrated postgraduate education and Africa was also a focus of German foreign affairs
training, financed by the Federal Ministry of in 2015 DAAD President Prof Dr Margret
Education and Research (BMBF), aims to estab- Wintermantel was twice invited by the Federal Focus on east Africa:
lish structured postgraduate training as well Foreign Office (AA) to serve as a member of the DAAD president
as strengthen teaching and research staff at the Foreign Ministers delegation, taking part in accompanied Germanys
partner universities For the first time, the DAAD trips to Mozambique, Zambia, Uganda, Tanzania foreign minister to east
has taken on project management together and the Democratic Republic of Congo
Africa twice in 2015.
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III. the DA AD WorlDWIDe : Sub-Sahar an afriC a
For peace and security Leipzig and the Institute for are trained at a high academic
Peace and Security Studies at level so that they can assume
Degree programme celebrates Addis Ababa University jointly responsibility and an active role
first graduates offer the degree programme in their home countries in
with funding from the DAAD. higher education, for example
In February 2015, the first Instructors from both partner upon completing the pro-
twelve graduates of the four- institutions provide various gramme. In addition, curricula
semester Global Studies: Peace perspectives on topics such are taught according to German
and Security in Africa Masters
degree programme gathered in
Addis Ababa to celebrate com-
The Masters programme
pletion of the unique interdis- provides contact to
ciplinary course. All graduates
are very proud of what they experienced professionals.
have achieved, says Dr. Stephan
Geifes, who heads the DAADs as globalisation or peace and standards by both German
division Transnational Education security, with one semester instructors and by the foreign
and Cooperation Programmes. taught in Leipzig and the partners, so that they can later
Now they are highly moti- remainder in Addis Ababa. offer the courses on their own.
vated to apply what they have
learned and make a positive As the site of the African Union Participants in the programme,
contribution to society. headquarters, Addis Ababa all of whom already have pro-
offers programme participants fessional experience, pay tuition
Between leipzig and the chance to come in contact for the programme, which may
Addis Ababa with experienced professionals be covered by their employer.
such as members of the Peace This shows the market-driven
And this is precisely what they and Security Council or Panel nature of the programme and
were trained for to take on of the Wise already during its strong appeal, says Stephan
the first graduates in responsibility in their home the course of their studies. I Geifes. The Masters programme
Global Studies: Peace and countries within government, learned how these institutions offers more than just a tailored
Security in Africa proudly in the educational system or in work and what measures they response to local training needs.
celebrate their successful supranational organisations. The employ to help ensure peace and With students from eleven
completion of the Masters Global and European Studies security on the African conti- different countries, it is also a
programme. Institute at the University of nent, says graduate Bethlehem forum for intercultural exchange
Taye, who is now Director for a fact highlighted by the
Research and Publications at mayors of Leipzig and Addis
the International Leadership Ababa during their keynote
Institute in Addis Ababa. addresses at the graduation
ceremony.
The DAADs goal in funding the
Masters programme is to make
a long-term investment in edu-
cation. The programme works
on several levels. First, students
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UnBUreAUCrAtIC helP
In early April 2015, the Somalian terrorist
group Al-Shabaab carried out an attack
on Garissa University College in Kenya.
Over 140 students were killed and many
more suffered injuries and trauma. To help
survivors quickly resume their studies, the
DAAD provided 300 students with scholar-
ships beginning in May. Our priority was
to enable assistance quickly and free of
bureaucratic burdens, says Cay Etzold,
who heads the Africa section within the
DAADs Scholarships department. The DAAD
has made up to 550,000 euros available
from its regular scholarship fund, with
initial support planned until April 2016.
Garissa University College was temporarily
closed following the attacks, with some
600 students meanwhile enrolled at
Moi University in Eldoret.
Motivation for successful

Dialogue on the DAADs Africa Strategy for Africa introduced new quality standards in studies: Dr. helmut
2015 for the process of selecting universities Blumbach, director of the
Representatives from 24 African countries, Together with its long-time partner, the Inter- DAAD regional office in
including six ambassadors, DAAD staff and University Council for East Africa (IUCEA), nairobi, presents a student
research advisors for several members of the and university representatives from Ethiopia, with his scholarship
German Bundestag, convened in September at Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, the DAAD certificate
the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences selected 20 institutions to receive sur-place and
to discuss the DAADs Africa Strategy Hosted in-country / in-region scholarships for Masters
by Ulrich Grothus, Deputy Secretary General and PhD courses over the next three years A
of the DAAD, the event succeeded in providing corresponding course selection is planned for
a platform for dialogue on funding for the western and southern Africa
region In the area of individual funding, the
sur-place and in-country / in-region programmes Ethiopia saw the launch of a new partnership
programme In autumn 2015, the first 22 Ethio-
pian doctoral candidates began their studies in
Germany For the first time, scholarship holders
will travel up to three times to Germany for
six-month stays at German universities Their
PhD certificates are then awarded in their home
country Additional partnership programmes
with Rwanda, for example are being
finalised
Small group, intensive
exchange: embassies in
Dialogue in Berlin
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Asia, Pacific
The DAAD continues to Good things come to those who wait in a new chapter in German-Indian academic
expand its relationship October 2015, the DAAD signed an agree- relations.
with India not least with ment with the University Grants Commission
the new Indo-German- of India for the new university partnership In 2015, the Strategic Partnerships and
Partnerships in Higher programme Indo-German-Partnerships in Thematic Networks programme entered its
Education programme. Higher Education. The agreement, which second application period, selecting a total of
was finalised during the third Indo-German 28 projects for future funding. Asian univer
intergovernmental consultations, concluded sities are once again well represented among
several years of intensive talks. The pro- the project partners. China leads the way again
grammes primary aim is to intensify coopera- with 14 partner universities. Partnerships
tion between universities in both countries with Australian (6) and Japanese (5) univer
through the exchange of students and faculty. sities also increased as compared to the first
The joint financing of the programme opens applicationperiod.

Serving justice German partners include the we actively participate in
universities in Frankfurt/Main, political reform discussions,
Excellence centre works Mnster and Passau. legal reforms and training for
on reform young legal professionals, says
Support with everyday Henning Glaser, CPG Director,
The German-Southeast Asian legal issues who has also been a member
Center of Excellence for of the Faculty of Law at
Public Policy and Good Gov- CPGs work focuses on research Thammasat University for the
ernance (CPG), located at and teaching, legal advice, last seven years. In this way
Thammasat University in governmental consulting and we make a contribution to
Bangkok, focuses its efforts on practitioner training. CPG is raising awareness for standards
promoting democracy, the rule actively involved in every in the area of rule of law and
of law and human rights all day legal matters in Thailand human rights, as well as for
of which remain critical issues in ministries, courts or Germanys development
in Thailand following the 2014 police departments, making cooperation work on behalf
military coup. The CPG has been recommendations for legal of Thailands economy and its
supported by the DAAD since reform and offering training political and legal system. In
2009 with funding from the seminars. With our diverse and 2015, the CPG organised a total
Federal Foreign Office (AA); its well-coordinated programme, of 38 public events, inviting
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I I I . T h e D A A D w o r l dwid e : As i a , P a c i f i c
With its numerous

activities and successful
networking, the German-
Southeast Asian Center of
Excellence for Public Policy
and Good Governance
(CPG) is present today
throughout the Asian
more than 140scholars and events hosted by its German Bangkok, because he feels the region. Headquartered
practitioners from 21countries partner universities, the CPG organisation is an important at Thammasat University
as guest speakers. also stimulates legal discussions stabilising factor for public law in Bangkok, the CPG is
and debate in Germany. in the region. Since the found- led by Henning Glaser
Due to the CPGs numerous ing of the CPG six years ago, (bottom row, centre).
activities and successful net- A common tradition interest in justice as a field of
working, the CPG is now active academic study has increased
throughout the Asian region. By the early 20th century, significantly, says Kanithasen.
Its activities include conducting Thailand had largely adopted As a result, the excellence
training seminars on human German law, with the first Thai centre has become a special
rights standards for the Office students traveling to Germany kind of academic institution in
of the Supreme Peoples Pros- to study law in the thirties. A Southeast Asia.
ecutor in Laos, or taking part in few decades later, Dr. Warawit
discussions on constitutional Kanithasen also made his way
law in Indonesia. The CPG has to Germany to study law, receiv-
also made a name for itself ing his PhD in International Law
among international organisa- in Bonn in 1975. Since 2010,
tions and Western diplomats in Kanithasen has served as Senior
the region. And with numerous Research Fellow for CPG in
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I I I . th e DA A D Wo rlDWI D e : a Si a , paCifi C
With its ShAre project, record-breaking number of applications European Union Support for Higher Educa-
the DAAD supports tion in the ASEAN Region (SHARE) Through-
the harmonisation of In early 2015, an agreement with Universities out the region, the Bologna Process and the
Asias higher education Australia (UA) expanded the Universities progress towards a single European Higher
landscape. Australia-DAAD Joint Research Cooperation Education Area is regarded as a success story
Scheme (PPP) to include all 39 UA member As a result, ASEAN countries have expressed
growing interest in harmonising their own
The German language higher education landscape The DAAD is part

of a European consortium that is supporting
helps to establish ties in ASEAN countries in this process through the
SHARE project
South East Asia.
Strengthening networks across Asias higher
universities This led to a record 380 applications education landscape was also the focus of a
submitted to the DAAD, of which 101 project major DAAD event in the region In March
proposals were approved (see box insert p 84) 2015, some 350 guests attended an alumni
meeting entitled Getting ready The Impor-
In Southeast Asia the DAAD is working more tance of the Indonesian University Landscape
and more across national borders, as evidenced for ASEAN to celebrate the 25th anniversary
not only by the in-country / in-region scholar- of the DAAD Regional Office in Jakarta In
ships, but also by the newly funded project attendance were former Indonesian President
eASt ASIAn Center ConFerenCe

In October 2015, over 20 researchers from
three DAAD-funded Centers for German and
European Studies from China, Korea and Japan
met for the first time to explore the topics
of nation, National Socialism and national
memory. Hosted by Peking University, the
interdisciplinary conference brought together
researchers from nine different fields. Also on hand were experts from Germany, who took
advantage of the opportunity to strengthen relationships with their East-Asian colleagues. Due
to the very positive feedback, a second conference is already planned for Japan in 2017.
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B J Habibie and Director of the Southeast The German language also helps to establish
Asian Ministers of Education Organization ties within the region Since its founding just a
(SEAMEO) Gatot Priowirjanto both DAAD few years ago, a very active German teachers
alumni who received their doctoral degrees association in Vietnam has assumed a leading
in Aachen role in Southeast Asia In October 2015, it hosted

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I I I . th e DA A D Wo rlDWI D e : a Si a , paCifi C
German Federal President a symposium in Hanoi on the topic of German number of applications from South Korea for
Joachim Gauck in conver- as a foreign language, which was attended by one-year scholarships strongly suggests that the
sation with representatives association representatives from India, Indo- intensified cooperation with South Korea
of Koreas ADeKo. Some nesia, Malaysia and Thailand The event made is bearing fruit; in 2015, the number of appli-
800 participants came to very clear the value of professional dialogue cants increased by 100 percent Also in October,
Seoul for ADeKos largest and exchange in the region and the importance some 70 alumni convened in North Korea
conference to date, of platforms that facilitate this exchange
which was also attended Projects in China also received high-level
by nobel Prize winner Constant contact with industry attention German Chancellor Angela Merkel
Prof. Christiane nsslein- joined Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on a visit to
Volhard. Vietnams leading universities, including Hanoi Hefei University, where the DAAD currently
University of Science and Technology, which is supports two programmes offered by German
the site of the DAAD Regional Office in Hanoi, universities Li Keqiang announced the Chinese
are focusing more and more on application- governments plans to make Hefei University
oriented research and maintaining close ties to a model example of educational partnership
industry The Vietnamese-German University
(VGU), which has already established numer-
between China and Germany

ous partnerships with private-sector companies,
serves as a model in this regard Two highly
GreAter FoCUS on AUStrAlIA
respected international conferences hosted by
the VGU and attended by well over 150 par- The DAAD expanded its collaboration with
ticipants Global Conference on Sustainable Australias universities in 2015. Based on the
Manufacturing and The Future of Ho Chi Memorandum of Understanding signed
Minh City Metropolitan Area demonstrate at the end of 2014 between the DAAD and
the tremendous importance of maintaining this the Australian higher education association
constant dialogue with industry Universities of Australia (UA), the call for
applications in the Project-related exchange
More than 800 guests gathered in Seoul in Programme (PPP) was issued to all 39 UA
October 2015 for the largest conference to date member universities in 2015. The tremendous
hosted by the Korean alumni network ADeKO, demand for this programme was reflect-
which focused on the topic of Science and ed in some 400 applications. Starting in
Innovation Among the participants were January 2016, the DAAD will be funding
German Federal President Joachim Gauck and 101 German-Australian research projects
winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine Prof with up to one million euros per year.
Dr Christiane Nsslein-Volhard The growing
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IV.
Facts and figures
Overview of DAAD funding
Table 5 : DAAD funding for foreigners and Germans in 2015 according to countries of origin/destination and funding areas
Western, Central and South-Eastern Europe
Czech Republic
lease see Table 12 on page 100
P
Herzegovina
Bosniaand
for explanation of tables.
Denmark
Hungary
Bulgaria
Belgium
Albania
Finland
Estonia
Croatia
Iceland
Austria
Ireland
Greece
Cyprus
France
G = Scholarship holders from Germany
F = Scholarship holders from abroad
G 20 81 76 21 26 64 43 73 54 20 51 374 33 55 16 45
I. Individual funding Total
F 63 14 15 69 119 42 7 155 10 34 56 207 162 177 6 27
1. By status
G 16 4 24 16 15 10 4 9 10 76 6 1 1 15
Undergraduate students
F 32 1 4 38 72 18 5 98 7 20 53 126 61 90 1 21
G 47 34 2 5 21 22 38 3 22 156 8 22 8 13
Students already holding a first degree (graduates)
F 29 11 8 28 40 22 2 47 2 10 2 66 90 63 5 2
G 32 18 5 21 20 12 3 19 58 8 20 7 6
of these, PhD students
F 5 6 3 6 11 8 16 1 3 2 39 26 32 2 2
G 4 30 18 5 9 59 22 41 12 8 19 142 19 32 7 17
Academics und university lecturers (incl. postdocs)
F 2 2 3 3 7 2 10 1 4 1 15 11 24 4
2. By duration of funding
G 16 52 25 12 12 58 40 39 11 11 29 93 13 26 12 9
< 1 month
F 22 2 18 47 11 1 87 7 14 50 34 29 67 1 14
G 15 29 5 7 4 8 2 8 80 6 2 2 14
16 months
F 2 4 6 16 5 11 4 19 4 1 128 16 38 6
G 4 14 22 4 7 6 3 30 35 7 14 201 14 27 2 22
> 6 months (long-term funding)
F 39 10 7 35 67 20 2 49 3 16 5 45 117 72 5 7
G 38 197 177 28 92 163 15 399 47 61 170 454 445 389 7 103

II. Project funding Total
F 107 80 94 177 358 171 8 550 19 74 14 304 371 503 39 27
1. By status
G 18 110 85 1 7 47 3 174 18 24 70 195 163 185 82

F 30 15 4 65 75 9 102 1 13 3 102 93 165 37 12
G 10 79 69 9 24 71 1 110 29 19 64 157 163 83 7 17
F 36 33 43 60 105 76 5 163 13 28 10 139 111 177 1 10
G 2 38 23 5 22 25 1 79 14 8 43 119 81 36 3 2
F 22 12 20 26 45 32 4 100 4 15 6 48 60 72 1 5
G 10 8 23 18 61 45 11 115 18 36 102 119 121 4
F 41 32 47 52 178 86 3 285 5 33 1 63 167 161 1 5
G 37 176 157 26 86 151 12 372 27 55 112 366 379 355 4 31

< 1 month
F 93 58 82 164 254 157 6 460 16 53 7 199 299 319 39 8
G 1 18 16 2 5 11 3 17 17 6 23 37 30 11 3 64
16 months
F 12 19 9 9 92 11 1 57 2 17 7 81 50 144 11
G 3 4 1 1 10 3 35 51 36 23 8
F 2 3 3 4 12 3 1 33 1 4 24 22 40 8
G 1,301 920 149 130 82 750 1,004 346 2,036 6,219 344 859 215 1,421
III. EU mobility funding Total*
F 20 2 1 1 1 14 2 8 1 1 4 1 2
1. By status
G 758 549 56 68 52 413 590 193 1,226 4,456 178 539 121 1,127
F
G 332 286 29 30 7 206 366 101 489 1,385 78 179 53 229
F
G 4 2 2 1 20 1 1 1 2
F
G 211 85 64 32 23 131 48 52 321 378 88 141 41 65
F 20 2 1 1 1 14 2 8 1 1 4 1 2
G 212 85 64 32 23 131 48 52 321 379 88 142 41 65

< 1 month
F 20 2 1 1 1 14 2 8 1 1 4 1 2
G 929 748 75 93 57 554 833 280 1,502 4,426 214 645 158 1,110
16 months
F
G 160 87 10 5 2 65 123 14 213 1,414 42 72 16 246
F
G 58 1,579 1,173 49 267 357 140 1,222 1,105 427 2,257 7,047 822 1,303 238 1,569
DAAD funding Total (I + II + III)
F 170 114 111 246 478 214 15 706 43 110 78 512 534 684 46 56
DAAD funding Germans and foreigners, total 228 1,693 1,284 295 745 571 155 1,928 1,148 537 2,335 7,559 1,356 1,987 284 1,625
* For technical reasons, the statistical data presented here for the 2014/15 academic year consists of preliminary statistical data from the Erasmus+ European mobility funding programme
for the period 1 June 2014 31 December 2015. Finalised data will be available in fall 2016 after programme reorganisation has been completed.
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I V . F ac t s a n d figu r e s : DAAD F u n d i n g
United Kingdom
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Montenegro
Netherlands
Vatican City
Switzerland
Macedonia
Lithuania
Romania
Portugal
Slovenia
Slovakia
Norway
Sweden
Kosovo
Poland
Turkey
Serbia
Latvia
Malta
Spain
Total
Italy
229 3 19 27 1 10 6 1 97 50 125 35 55 17 12 16 158 71 152 106 1 585 2,828

344 24 41 40 64 13 27 20 7 338 52 151 118 77 43 194 20 14 345 232 3,327
38 8 22 6 5 7 29 3 26 8 1 9 30 5 34 33 74 545
58 10 21 27 32 11 21 7 4 194 35 54 35 59 19 107 11 3 156 136 1,647
125 1 1 67 25 27 11 2 3 2 63 44 96 23 1 366 1,258
185 14 17 11 31 2 6 10 2 96 16 80 73 16 17 67 7 9 167 73 1,326
108 1 31 18 22 7 1 2 2 37 20 21 13 1 130 643
116 1 5 2 7 7 44 7 36 15 4 3 47 5 6 28 37 532
66 3 10 5 4 6 1 25 18 69 21 27 6 11 5 65 22 22 50 145 1,025
101 3 2 1 3 1 48 1 17 10 2 7 20 2 2 22 23 354
63 1 9 22 1 2 28 26 67 18 25 5 1 9 62 21 23 18 105 964
51 1 13 21 21 9 13 6 1 177 26 31 25 42 18 43 7 2 54 96 1,061
44 4 5 18 10 9 6 10 6 2 2 38 11 49 39 1 90 526
122 4 3 2 10 2 2 6 4 70 14 26 37 4 12 79 5 4 93 78 837
122 2 6 5 5 4 1 51 14 49 11 20 6 9 5 58 39 80 49 390 1,338
171 19 25 17 33 2 12 8 2 91 12 94 56 31 13 72 8 8 198 58 1,429
683 5 75 70 78 36 7 2 166 115 572 136 146 116 86 41 437 119 264 357 1 599 6,896
330 51 125 110 10 146 21 166 27 1,205 53 376 260 183 52 267 52 55 507 415 7,307
405 1 15 43 70 13 3 65 38 200 12 35 10 7 20 233 38 147 134 320 2,991

38 7 23 30 2 31 8 32 1 325 7 114 23 26 4 59 2 9 232 77 1,776
224 2 49 17 6 10 4 91 39 206 77 51 66 33 6 150 54 105 100 1 245 2,448
148 25 69 31 1 52 4 69 17 417 24 120 130 52 21 101 24 23 122 156 2,616
72 3 2 1 2 34 27 68 56 9 28 25 5 77 21 30 27 84 1,072
98 12 8 10 1 30 1 16 7 166 14 39 80 30 8 53 15 9 31 110 1,210
54 2 11 10 2 13 2 10 38 166 47 60 40 46 15 54 27 12 123 34 1,457
144 19 33 49 7 63 9 65 9 463 22 142 107 105 27 107 26 23 153 182 2,915
563 2 74 59 77 36 2 2 88 82 477 109 133 105 84 39 269 51 182 263 297 5,340
229 46 99 91 7 114 19 92 25 1,044 38 248 198 166 45 194 47 43 383 370 5,712
60 3 1 11 1 5 41 20 59 11 10 10 2 1 53 32 79 37 1 203 904
53 4 13 13 3 27 2 71 1 137 8 87 54 9 5 55 1 10 80 23 1,178
60 37 13 36 16 3 1 1 115 36 3 57 99 652
48 1 13 6 5 3 1 24 7 41 8 8 2 18 4 2 44 22 417
2,462 301 9 279 114 9 175 1,545 1,471 1,357 957 222 121 182 6,897 2,610 2,589 5,464 42,540
3 1 3 30 6 6 1 4 2 4 22 140
1,504 169 7 151 89 1 112 998 894 687 612 82 65 103 5,262 1,598 1,901 3,843 28,404
624 61 2 61 19 2 25 404 482 343 258 24 32 50 1,100 880 451 1,162 9,750
7 1 4 2 2 1 6 4 2 17 80
334 71 67 6 6 38 143 95 327 87 116 24 29 535 132 237 459 4,386

3 1 3 30 6 6 1 4 2 4 22 140
334 71 67 6 6 38 142 95 328 87 113 24 29 536 132 237 459 4,387

3 1 3 30 6 6 1 4 2 4 22 140
1,696 221 7 202 88 3 134 1,268 1,189 917 741 92 91 145 5,286 2,119 2,066 3,850 31,739
432 9 2 10 20 3 135 187 112 129 17 6 8 1,075 359 286 1,155 6,414
3,374 8 395 9 376 193 55 188 3 1,808 1,636 2,054 1,128 423 133 219 239 7,492 2,800 416 3,052 2 6,648 52,264
677 75 166 151 10 210 16 48 216 40 1,549 105 527 378 261 95 465 74 69 856 669 10,774
4,051 83 561 9 527 203 265 204 51 2,024 1,676 3,603 1,233 950 511 480 334 7,957 2,874 485 3,908 2 7,317 63,038
87
Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Southern Caucasus

P
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Georgia
Belarus
G 18 5 51 37
F 125 147 130 148
1. By status
G 8 1 36 21
F 36 43 60 58
G 1
F 70 93 56 62
G
F 30 15 14 23
G 10 4 15 15
F 19 11 14 28
G 10 2 35 24
< 1 month
F 33 31 44 37
G 1 1 1 4
16 months
F 25 13 18 28
G 7 2 15 9
F 67 103 68 83
G 64 14 56 109
F 134 179 223 331
1. By status
G 35 28 10
F 28 30 116 102
G 20 5 10 33
F 53 65 51 121
G 7 15
F 15 17 26 58
G 9 9 18 66
F 53 84 56 108
G 63 12 44 94
< 1 month
F 95 149 148 227
G 1 2 11 14
16 months
F 32 22 61 86
G 1 1
F 7 8 14 18
G 82 19 107 146
DAAD funding Total (I + II)
F 259 326 353 479
DAAD funding Germans and foreigners, total 341 345 460 625
88
Turkmenistan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Federation
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan
Moldavia
Ukraine
Russian
Total
44 28 17 453 15 10 72 17 767
203 111 47 1,081 80 35 320 93 2,520
24 13 14 321 8 45 11 502
117 51 13 466 37 9 149 28 1,067
1 28 1 31
77 53 30 471 38 26 135 51 1,162
15 15
13 13 6 255 9 2 39 16 435
19 15 3 104 6 10 27 6 234
9 7 4 144 5 36 14 291
21 17 12 249 3 2 45 11 431
74 33 15 296 25 9 115 19 731
9 2 2 37 8 2 1 68
22 19 4 226 12 57 15 439
14 9 3 167 4 8 25 5 268
107 59 28 559 43 26 148 59 1,350
62 62 52 1,441 15 1 265 20 2,161

593 346 186 2,934 103 30 1,544 255 6,858
8 27 18 571 1 72 7 777
429 210 52 1,057 41 15 548 109 2,737
25 9 12 390 2 76 6 588
94 36 67 979 38 3 603 47 2,157
2 2 1 51 25 1 104
12 12 12 248 3 154 5 562
29 26 22 480 12 1 117 7 796
70 100 67 898 24 12 393 99 1,964
54 44 49 1,051 13 1 249 13 1,687

141 169 131 1,978 98 30 1,109 216 4,491
8 18 3 353 2 15 7 434
414 72 55 727 2 333 22 1,826
37 1 40
38 105 229 3 102 17 541
106 90 69 1,894 30 11 337 37 2,928

796 457 233 4,015 183 65 1,864 348 9,378
902 547 302 5,909 213 76 2,201 385 12,306
89
North America
United States
P
of America
Canada
Total
G 382 1,826 2,208
F 148 703 851
1. By status
G 109 248 357

F 95 357 452
G 136 875 1,011
F 35 259 294
G 117 655 772
F 22 116 138
G 137 703 840
F 18 87 105
G 208 961 1,169

< 1 month
F 25 79 104
G 105 335 440
16 months
F 92 372 464
G 69 530 599
F 31 252 283
G 680 3,157 3,837

F 219 836 1,055
1. By status
G 334 1,715 2,049

F 70 255 325
G 296 1,212 1,508
F 86 266 352
G 63 280 343
F 36 140 176
G 50 230 280
F 63 315 378
G 185 973 1,158

< 1 month
F 151 531 682
G 437 1,857 2,294
16 months
F 61 257 318
G 58 327 385
F 7 48 55
G 1,062 4,983 6,045

F 367 1,539 1,906
DAAD funding Germans and foreigners, total 1,429 6,522 7,951
90
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Latin America

P
Dominican
Costa Rica
Argentina
Colombia
Barbados
Bahamas
Republic
Bolivia
Belize
Brazil
Cuba
Chile
G 79 1 28 259 83 91 34 16 7
F 347 34 4,389 275 474 83 33 5
1. By status
G 34 16 131 35 47 20 1 6
F 125 3 3,654 156 124 8
G 15 8 42 19 12 6 3 1
F 180 31 623 111 306 59 11 5
G 10 5 21 13 10 4 3
F 78 11 517 73 87 34 7
G 30 1 4 86 29 32 8 12
F 42 112 8 44 16 22
G 18 1 5 44 15 6 3 8
< 1 month
F 8 25 16 49 15 10
G 34 18 130 37 45 21 3 7
16 months
F 111 2 248 33 24 6 14
G 27 5 85 31 40 10 5
F 228 32 4,116 226 401 62 9 5
G 314 2 5 28 553 322 271 74 117 2

F 331 3 27 520 390 526 54 323 4
1. By status
G 127 1 4 17 213 164 151 36 55 1

F 71 4 156 34 251 8 21 1
G 106 1 1 11 182 86 82 16 31 1
F 125 7 148 92 123 26 79 1
G 23 1 75 15 26 13
F 55 3 52 27 26 6 49
G 81 158 72 38 22 31
F 135 3 16 216 264 152 20 223 2
G 124 266 101 87 16 67

< 1 month
F 161 3 18 387 213 344 28 298
G 164 2 5 28 254 208 166 51 50 2
16 months
F 109 5 101 122 128 20 24 1
G 26 33 13 18 7
F 61 4 32 55 54 6 1 3
G 393 2 6 56 812 405 362 108 133 9

F 678 3 61 4,909 665 1,000 137 356 9
DAAD funding Germans and foreigners, total 1,071 2 6 3 117 5,721 1,070 1,362 245 489 18
92
and Grenadines
Saint Vincent
Trinidad and
Guatemala
El Salvador
Saint Lucia
Venezuela
Nicaragua
Honduras
Suriname
Paraguay
Uruguay
Grenada
Panama
Ecuador
Jamaica
Guyana
Tobago
Mexico
Total
Haiti
Peru
37 9 7 1 1 3 103 13 18 7 38 2 1 13 3 854
74 52 3 47 3 57 2 815 48 53 19 85 1 1 3 21 37 6,961
29 2 2 1 49 6 11 4 26 1 11 432
26 13 1 2 375 3 1 6 18 7 5 4,527
3 2 1 1 1 1 29 1 4 2 4 2 1 1 159
47 39 2 45 3 57 2 428 44 52 13 65 1 1 3 12 30 2,170
1 2 1 1 1 1 16 1 2 3 1 1 97
23 9 12 15 152 7 9 6 25 2 7 22 1,096
5 5 4 1 25 6 3 1 8 1 2 263
1 12 1 2 2 2 264
1 7 1 1 17 4 7 138
11 4 1 3 1 20 3 1 1 7 5 180
30 2 3 1 1 2 40 9 12 6 20 2 1 12 1 437
9 4 6 7 16 7 3 5 9 8 3 515
6 3 46 4 2 1 11 1 2 279
54 44 2 38 3 49 2 779 38 49 13 69 1 1 3 13 29 6,266
69 1 9 1 1 7 447 25 18 6 161 1 5 14 2,453

124 13 12 3 17 1 291 13 28 20 122 18 38 2,878
48 1 7 1 5 218 19 9 5 72 1 3 11 1,169
39 3 2 1 2 96 4 10 3 27 17 750
16 2 1 2 174 6 8 1 71 2 3 803
40 2 7 2 9 1 96 1 9 3 54 8 16 849
1 26 1 1 4 1 187
12 1 1 1 1 26 1 3 15 5 6 290
5 55 1 18 481
45 8 3 6 99 8 9 14 41 10 5 1,279
10 1 119 3 6 41 2 1 844
83 6 7 1 3 1 153 5 24 15 45 14 17 1,826
58 1 9 1 1 6 288 22 12 6 99 1 3 13 1,450
22 2 2 2 7 92 4 1 4 33 4 18 701
1 40 21 159
19 5 3 7 46 4 3 1 44 3 351
106 10 16 1 1 2 10 550 38 36 13 199 2 1 6 27 3 3,307

198 65 3 59 3 3 74 3 1,106 61 81 39 207 1 1 3 39 75 9,839
304 75 3 75 4 4 76 13 1,656 99 117 52 406 3 1 1 9 66 78 13,146
93
Middle East, North Africa

P
Afghanistan
Bahrain
Algeria
Jordan
Egypt
Israel
Iran
Iraq
G 6 1 76 2 29 121 40
F 111 37 523 152 228 76 114
1. By status
G 14 20 72 23
F 1 12 94 9 24 49 29
G 42 2 30 10
F 110 19 391 135 187 20 79
G 4 1 24 3
F 18 15 282 91 148 8 37
G 6 1 20 2 7 19 7
F 6 38 8 17 7 6
G 1 2 18 1
< 1 month
F 1 13 65 9 24 22 27
G 10 19 28 26
16 months
F 2 6 28 7 27 33 9
G 6 1 65 2 8 75 13
F 108 18 430 136 177 21 78
G 10 71 1 416 29 165 382 196

F 441 61 1 1,224 360 388 251 540
1. By status
G 24 1 47 3 67 231 72
F 54 4 125 92 41 52 333
G 2 11 162 9 48 94 16
F 288 41 608 62 264 113 83
G 1 5 65 2 13 32 4
F 16 6 149 40 136 30 15
G 8 36 207 17 50 57 108
F 99 16 1 491 206 83 86 124
G 5 65 308 24 145 269 111

< 1 month
F 239 49 1 822 241 203 147 236
G 2 6 1 70 5 17 110 33
16 months
F 50 5 229 55 158 42 73
G 3 38 3 3 52
F 152 7 173 64 27 62 231
G 16 72 1 492 31 194 503 236

F 552 98 1 1,747 512 616 327 654
DAAD funding Germans and foreigners, total 568 170 2 2,239 543 810 830 890
* Nation in the making
94
Saudi Arabia
United Arab
Territories *
Palestinian
Emirates
Morocco
Pakistan
Lebanon
Kuwait
Tunisia
Yemen
Oman
Qatar
Libya
Total
Syria
21 14 14 5 19 1 3 12 4 368
9 33 1 43 132 390 156 2 330 352 110 4 91 2,894
7 7 9 1 10 1 1 2 167
9 15 27 130 1 15 2 233 43 80 4 777
9 3 1 1 4 102
14 1 16 384 119 95 308 25 90 1,993
2 1 1 4 40
9 14 278 48 6 79 21 16 1,070
5 4 4 4 8 3 7 2 99
4 2 5 22 2 1 5 1 124
1 1 5 1 1 2 33
5 28 6 2 17 6 2 31 1 2 261
11 7 10 1 8 1 1 122
7 2 14 23 18 2 2 5 12 3 6 206
9 7 3 4 6 3 10 1 213
9 21 1 13 112 365 121 322 345 67 83 2,427
64 106 34 40 105 1 1 133 68 6 1,828

87 12 251 156 276 171 14 5 110 434 24 41 4,847
28 65 10 49 1 21 19 4 642
25 178 144 35 61 8 3 27 66 14 11 1,273
21 17 24 20 38 43 41 546
30 4 43 5 179 54 3 1 69 212 2 15 2,076
2 11 7 15 3 24 2 186
8 2 19 1 65 13 1 31 80 3 615
15 24 20 18 1 69 8 2 640
32 8 30 7 62 56 3 1 14 156 8 15 1,498
38 87 15 32 68 1 109 53 4 1,334
55 8 135 93 131 57 14 4 35 328 24 9 2,831
26 17 15 7 12 1 11 11 2 346
24 4 58 3 132 72 1 58 86 24 1,074
2 4 1 25 13 4 148
8 58 60 13 42 17 20 8 942
85 120 48 45 124 2 4 145 72 6 2,196

9 120 13 294 288 666 327 16 335 462 544 28 132 7,741
9 205 13 414 336 711 451 18 339 462 689 100 138 9,937
95
Sub-Saharan Africa
Central African
cratic Republic
Congo, Demo-
P
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Cameroon
Botswana
Comoros
Republic
Ethiopia
Djibouti
Burundi
Gambia
Guinea
Angola
Eritrea
Gabon
Ghana
Congo
Benin
Chad
G 3 2 2 9 1 1 1 14 1 2 49
F 1 47 8 22 8 77 2 2 1 3 16 1 222 13 2 7 203 3
1. By status
G 1 1 1 2 39
F 3 7 3 2 2 2 3 51
G 2 1 1 2 5
F 1 43 8 12 8 69 2 2 1 3 14 1 211 13 4 148 3
G 1 1 1 5
F 27 5 3 55 2 1 1 1 9 124 1 89 1
G 2 2 8 1 11 1 5
F 1 3 5 9 4
G 1 1 1 1 3
< 1 month
F 3 3 7 7 2 1 23
G 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 40
16 months
F 2 3 5 9 2 36
G 2 2 1 6 1 12 6
F 1 42 8 16 8 65 2 2 1 3 16 1 206 13 4 144 3
G 5 20 8 16 3 86 15 1 3 1 115 8 96
F 9 93 9 44 5 373 13 2 2 1 5 59 357 1 28 4 199 3
1. By status
G 3 2 32 3 2 30 1 38
F 4 4 3 3 1 159 25 13 7
G 1 12 2 3 22 7 1 1 38 1 45
F 1 24 15 2 125 2 2 1 1 5 52 128 6 2 107 1
G 1 2 1 3 1 14 1 6
F 12 4 31 1 5 6 47 4 1 57
G 4 8 3 14 32 5 1 47 6 13
F 4 65 6 26 2 89 11 1 7 204 1 9 2 85 2
G 4 20 5 10 62 15 1 1 81 6 31
< 1 month
F 4 70 6 17 2 118 12 1 8 281 1 15 2 109
G 1 3 6 3 22 1 2 33 2 63
16 months
F 5 13 3 14 215 1 2 2 55 7 41 1
G 2 1 2
F 10 13 3 40 1 1 5 49 21 6 2 49 2
G 5 23 8 18 5 95 16 1 4 2 129 9 2 145
F 10 140 17 66 13 450 13 4 4 2 8 75 1 579 14 30 11 402 6
DAAD funding Germans and foreigners, total 15 163 25 84 18 545 29 5 4 2 12 77 1 708 14 39 13 547 6
96
Mozambique
South Sudan
and Principe
South Africa
Sierra Leone
Madagascar
Ivory Coast
Mauritania
Zimbabwe
Seychelles
Swaziland
Mauritius
Sao Tome
Tanzania
Namibia
Rwanda
Somalia
Senegal
Lesotho
Uganda
Zambia
Malawi
Nigeria
Liberia
Sudan
Kenya
Niger
Total
Togo
Mali
27 9 2 5 1 8 2 18 4 1 11 4 128 3 1 21 2 11 1 3 347
318 22 4 7 14 12 13 2 17 67 8 68 30 21 8 5 232 8 148 2 194 30 139 19 70 2,096
17 3 1 1 6 1 6 2 2 4 73 2 1 9 3 175
22 4 3 3 7 7 1 2 7 5 1 3 2 8 148
6 2 1 1 2 5 1 5 26 8 4 1 3 76
295 17 4 7 10 12 10 2 17 58 7 54 29 13 8 5 217 8 135 2 192 25 133 19 61 1,883
3 2 1 1 4 1 1 20 6 2 2 51
184 7 1 10 2 4 1 9 17 4 28 8 10 127 99 1 113 9 54 7 26 1,040
4 4 4 1 7 2 4 29 1 4 2 4 96
1 1 1 2 1 7 6 8 8 1 2 4 1 65
5 2 25 2 2 43
6 4 3 3 2 6 1 4 6 2 4 5 1 93
22 4 1 2 7 1 9 2 2 4 65 2 1 15 1 5 191
26 2 1 1 6 9 1 3 29 12 2 1 4 8 162
5 5 1 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 7 38 1 4 1 6 1 1 113
286 16 4 7 10 12 10 2 16 59 8 53 28 14 8 5 203 8 130 2 190 25 130 19 61 1,841
99 11 2 21 9 2 5 28 158 1 5 26 1 27 6 449 20 144 1 28 5 1 1,426

315 40 1 1 46 18 5 1 3 48 73 7 144 102 82 2 200 63 1 135 28 112 9 18 2,661
42 6 2 9 5 1 4 93 1 3 10 4 4 249 62 1 21 5 633
38 9 1 1 28 1 6 59 18 36 5 4 3 2 430
29 1 12 1 1 3 3 39 7 1 10 2 147 7 52 6 1 455
76 10 1 38 2 1 18 20 1 65 9 11 65 15 43 7 29 5 13 903
6 1 1 8 4 1 7 2 18 3 16 1 97
36 6 1 1 10 3 14 4 4 23 4 15 4 10 7 310
28 4 3 1 1 21 26 2 9 13 53 13 30 1 338
201 21 1 7 16 5 1 1 30 25 5 73 34 53 2 99 43 1 88 18 81 4 5 1,328
51 10 11 3 3 22 48 1 3 14 18 2 150 18 79 3 672
240 23 39 10 1 1 2 35 41 88 95 53 147 47 1 100 14 94 4 9 1,690
46 1 2 10 6 1 2 6 107 2 12 1 9 4 289 2 65 1 25 5 1 733
40 3 5 6 1 12 9 2 30 4 15 41 12 17 6 1 2 2 567
2 1 3 10 21
35 14 1 1 2 2 4 1 23 5 26 3 14 2 12 4 18 8 17 3 7 404
126 20 4 26 10 2 13 30 176 1 9 26 2 38 10 577 23 1 165 3 39 6 4 1,773

633 62 5 8 60 30 18 1 5 65 140 15 212 132 103 10 5 432 8 211 3 329 58 251 28 88 4,757
759 82 9 8 86 40 20 1 18 95 316 16 221 158 2 141 10 10 5 1,009 8 234 4 494 61 290 34 92 6,530
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Asia, Pacific
Peoples Republic
em.
P
Korea, the D
Bangladesh
Hong Kong
Cambodia
Indonesia
Australia
Bhutan
Brunei
Japan
China
(CN)*
India
Fiji
G 241 8 14 358 28 3 103 46 252 1
F 113 98 2 14 395 23 641 258 104 9
1. By status
G 65 6 10 78 14 2 64 22 57
F 55 2 86 13 187 43 42
G 112 1 2 111 8 1 15 9 143
F 44 85 2 14 208 9 408 201 52 8
G 78 1 58 6 1 10 5 74
F 24 39 1 92 8 184 109 32 6
G 64 1 2 169 6 24 15 52 1
F 14 11 101 1 46 14 10 1
G 65 3 159 7 14 3 72
< 1 month
F 13 1 52 10 35 39 26
G 86 7 9 70 11 3 71 21 43
16 months
F 67 11 99 6 229 12 25
G 90 1 2 129 10 18 22 137 1
F 33 86 2 14 244 7 377 207 53 9
G 873 15 4 1 15 1,321 110 6 664 227 571

F 85 106 17 24 1,474 14 2 861 408 226
1. By status
G 410 1 1 1 7 446 54 5 208 120 267

F 20 6 6 564 11 107 85 86
G 367 8 1 4 517 29 1 337 65 236
F 21 76 2 3 646 1 555 95 92
G 101 2 107 20 64 17 70
F 11 17 185 159 43 26
G 96 6 2 4 358 27 119 42 68
F 44 24 9 21 264 2 2 199 228 48
G 205 6 2 1 587 61 237 79 198

< 1 month
F 46 44 10 12 567 2 2 382 336 132
G 658 8 2 1 10 602 38 6 408 131 275
16 months
F 35 56 6 3 656 12 437 52 69
G 10 1 4 132 11 19 17 98
F 4 6 1 9 251 42 20 25
G 1,114 23 4 1 29 1,679 138 9 767 273 823 1

F 198 204 19 38 1,869 37 2 1,502 666 330 9
DAAD funding Germans and foreigners, total 1,312 227 23 1 67 3,548 175 11 2,269 939 1,153 10
* Dependent territory
98
New Zealand
Macao (CN)*
New Guinea
Timor-Leste
Republic of
Philippines
Korea, the
Singapore
Myanmar
Mongolia
Sri Lanka
Malaysia
Thailand
Vietnam
Taiwan*
Papua-
Samoa
Nauru
Tonga
Nepal
Total
Laos
61 1 1 15 16 18 13 53 28 1 41 21 73 48 1 10 38 1,493
93 18 1 22 91 59 68 37 36 6 24 98 78 1 170 2,459
17 1 1 9 2 10 6 14 19 17 18 31 22 10 14 509
18 2 1 2 21 3 17 3 2 4 18 35 8 562
23 3 3 4 23 6 1 12 1 27 7 1 5 518
55 16 17 55 53 65 13 31 3 19 76 36 1 152 1,623
8 2 1 2 19 3 1 11 13 3 1 2 299
32 4 14 12 24 13 9 15 3 8 67 24 100 820
21 3 14 5 3 16 3 12 2 15 19 19 466
20 3 15 6 7 2 1 1 4 7 10 274
14 3 4 13 2 14 3 16 7 4 5 408
19 2 3 9 2 1 1 2 2 2 20 23 15 277
23 1 1 9 3 12 7 16 23 1 17 18 34 26 6 19 537
16 1 1 3 17 4 4 25 2 3 15 19 3 562
24 3 9 6 6 24 3 10 23 15 1 14 548
58 15 16 65 53 63 11 32 4 19 63 36 1 152 1,620
312 10 126 38 31 1 52 197 1 35 2 139 35 189 179 252 5,406

235 61 92 87 47 118 8 57 100 32 40 230 3 446 4,773
187 85 5 8 1 30 125 20 1 65 17 104 93 37 2,298

71 2 19 33 1 13 1 8 41 4 16 51 44 1,189
92 4 31 7 20 19 71 1 6 1 72 9 63 60 61 2,082
132 15 37 17 22 59 5 13 55 12 13 101 1 189 2,162
15 1 5 5 2 4 3 4 1 16 6 19 462
34 8 15 6 2 8 3 5 5 6 2 25 1 47 608
33 6 10 26 3 3 1 9 2 9 22 26 154 1,026
32 44 36 37 24 46 2 36 4 16 11 78 2 213 1,422
95 10 29 27 25 4 26 12 10 11 70 41 203 1,939
100 52 48 75 25 85 5 45 10 24 19 140 1 231 2,393
163 95 11 6 1 45 171 1 23 2 124 24 104 124 43 3,076
122 5 38 11 9 29 3 9 90 8 19 37 2 88 1,796
54 2 3 5 15 14 6 391
13 4 6 1 13 4 3 2 53 127 584
373 11 1 141 54 49 1 65 250 1 63 3 180 56 262 227 1 10 290 6,899

328 79 1 114 178 106 186 45 93 106 56 138 308 4 616 7,232
701 90 2 255 232 155 1 251 295 1 156 3 286 112 400 535 5 10 906 14,131
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Table 12 : DAAD funding for foreigners and Germans
Overall for 2014/15 by funding area
Foreigners funded Germans funded Total funded newly funded

Calendar year 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2015
I. Individual funding Total 19,994 21,108 9,117 8,865 29,111 29,973 16,981
1. By status
Undergraduate students 8,399 9,180 2,486 2,687 10,885 11,867 7,233
Students already holding a first degree (graduates) 10,241 10,451 3,283 3,155 13,524 13,606 6,414
of these, PhD students 4,591 5,131 1,899 1,917 6,490 7,048 3,403
Academics und university lecturers (incl. postdocs) 1,354 1,477 3,348 3,023 4,702 4,500 3,334
< 1 month 2,601 2,707 3,635 3,186 6,236 5,893 5,839
16 months 3,484 3,185 2,343 2,321 5,827 5,506 5,159
> 6 months (long-term funding) 13,909 15,216 3,139 3,358 17,048 18,574 5,983
3. By selected programmes
DAAD one-year scholarships for research and study 4,199 4,252 1,413 1,420 5,612 5,672 1,955
Scholarships as part of third-party-funded programmes 7,012 7,777 37 26 7,049 7,803 2,001
Sur Place and in-country/in-region programme 1,374 1,386 1,374 1,386 630
Lektor programme 608 591 608 591 107
Long-term lectureships, visiting lectureships, professorships 8 131 110 139 110 44
Conference travel and lecture tours 2,774 2,413 2,774 2,413 2,413
Specialist and language courses 2,372 2,339 2,372 2,339 2,336
Interns 1,525 1,514 1,819 1,961 3,344 3,475 3,318
Research visits for university lecturers 847 753 73 53 920 806 803
II. Project funding Total 28,170 30,379 23,103 24,007 51,273 54,386 44,073
1. By status
Undergraduate students 8,602 8,480 12,047 10,559 20,649 19,039 17,346
Students already holding a first degree (graduates) 10,290 11,115 6,532 8,430 16,822 19,545 15,988
of these, PhD students 3,304 3,771 1,498 2,451 4,802 6,222 4,973
Academics und university lecturers (incl. postdocs) 9,278 10,784 4,524 5,018 13,802 15,802 10,739
< 1 month 18,537 19,625 11,551** 12,974 26,652 32,599 26,716
16 months 6,678 7,460 10,126** 9,237 20,240 16,697 14,860
> 6 months (long-term funding) 2,955 3,294 1,426 1,796 4,381 5,090 2,497
3. By selected programmes
PROMOS Programme to enhance mobility 11,388 11,003 11,388 11,003 11,003
International study and exchange programmes (ISAP, double degrees, Bachelor Plus) 641 741 2,190 2,269 2,831 3,010 2,029
Scholarship and guidance-counselling programmes (STIBET) 4,216 4,537 4,216 4,537 3,740
Project-related exchange programmes (PPP) 610 575 1,591 1,643 2,201 2,218 1,405
Academic year 2013/14 2014/15* 2013/14 2014/15* 2013/14 2014/15* 2014/15*

III. EU mobility funding Total 90 140 40,642 42,540 40,732 42,680 42,680
1. By status
Undergraduate students 27,574 28,404 27,574 28,404 28,404
Students already holding a first degree (graduates) 8,682 9,750 8,682 9,750 9,750
of these, PhD students 67 80 67 80 80
Academics und university lecturers (incl. postdocs) 90 140 4,386 4,386 4,476 4,526 4,526
< 1 month 90 140 4,361 4,387 4,451 4,527 4,527
16 months 29,283 31,739 29,283 31,739 31,739
> 6 months (long-term funding) 6,998 6,414 6,998 6,414 6,414
3. By programmes
Erasmus student mobility for studies 29,982 30,684 29,982 30,684 30,684
Erasmus student mobility for placements/traineeships 6,274 7,473 6,274 7,473 7,473
Erasmus staff mobility (lecturers, other staff) 90 140 4,386 4,383 4,476 4,523 4,523
DAAD funding Total (I + II + III) 48,254 51,627 72,862 75,412 121,116

127,039 103,734
The organisations funding figures are presented according to the DAADs three funding areas. The DAADs individual funding provides support to bachelor students, graduates, academics and
university lecturers who have applied for a DAAD scholarship. DAADs project funding pertains to funding provided primarily to projects that promote structures of internationality. As a national
agency for EU higher education collaboration, the DAAD also provides funding to German higher education institutions active in enhancing the international mobility of German students within
Europe (EU mobility funding).
* For technical reasons, the statistical data presented here for the 2014/15 academic year consists of preliminary statistical data from the Erasmus+ European mobility funding programme for the period
1 June 2014 31 December 2015. Finalised data will be available in fall 2016 after programme reorganisation has been completed. | ** Changes based on current data as compared to the 2014 Annual Report.
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I V. FAC t S A n D F I G U r e S : da a d f u n d i n g
Chart 1 : Share of female scholarship holders by academic status

(in %)
Individual funding Project funding EU mobility funding
Undergraduate students 52 58 65
Students already holding a
degree (graduates, not including 50 52 57
PhD students)
PhD students 43 46 54
Academics and university lecturers

44 38 47
(incl. postdocs)
total 48 50 61
Chart 2 : Funding by subject and funding area

(number of individuals funded)
law, economics,
42,023
social sciences
language and
24,231
cultural studies
engineering 23,015
Mathematics and
18,911
natural sciences
human medicine 6,038
Art, music and sports science 5,965
Veterinary medicine, agronomy, for- Individual funding

4,355
estry & nutritional sciences, ecology Project funding
Interdisciplinary / other 2,501 EU mobility funding
Chart 3 : Funding by region

and funding area
eastern europe,
Western, Central 52,264 Central Asia and
and South-eastern 10,774 2,928 Southern Caucasus
europe 63,038 9,378 IF PF
IF PF eU-M 767 2,161
2,828 6,896 42,540
12,306 2,520 6,858
3,327 7,307 140 3,287 9,019
north 6,155 14,203 42,680
America 6,045
IF PF 1,906
2,208 3,837
851 1,055 7,951
3,059 4,892
Middle east,
2,196 north Africa Asia, Pacific
latin America 7,741 IF PF IF PF
3,307 368 1,828 6,899 1,493 5,406
9,839
IF PF 9,937 7,232
854 2,453 2,894 4,847 2,459 4,773
13,146 6,961 2,878 3,262 6,675 14,131 3,952 10,179
7,815 5,331
Sub-Saharan
IF = Individual funding 1,773 Africa
PF = Project funding 4,757 IF PF
eU-M = EU mobility funding
347 1,426
6,530 2,096 2,661
2,443 4,087
G Germans funded (total)
F Foreigners funded (total)
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Financial Statement
Table 13 : 2015 Financial Statement
Overall funds Overall expenditure
EUR EUR
Section III Institutional administrative budget
Institutional administrative budget (operation incl. investments)
1. Domestic income
Own income 1,142,417.48 1,142,417.48
City State of Berlin 342,596.92 342,596.92
Federal Foreign Office (AA) 15,158,466.07 15,133,930.26
Sum Domestic income 16,643,480.47 16,618,944.66
2. Income from abroad
Own income 517,621.84 517,621.84
Federal Foreign Office (AA) 6,790,222.45 6,790,222.45
Sum Income from abroad 7,307,844.29 7,307,844.29
Sum Section III 23,951,324.76 23,926,788.95
Section III Institutional operating funds

Institutional operating funds (Federal Foreign Office programme budget)
Programme costs 140,929,000.00 140,513,974.48
Project-related administrative costs 7,030,000.00 7,429,895.29
Sum Section III 147,959,000.00 147,943,869.77
Section IV Project budget / Public donors

Project budget / Public donors
1. Federal Government funding
Federal Foreign Office (AA)
Programme costs 12,894,772.63 12,045,432.15
Sum AA 15,140,016.07 14,197,975.76
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Programme costs 97,707,084.97 95,634,163.03
Sum BMBF 112,606,118.82 109,966,326.89
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Programme costs 40,070,442.48 39,352,693.59
Sum BMZ 45,279,600.00 44,468,543.76
Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi)
Programme costs 920,354.36 948,257.36
Project-related administrative costs 119,646.07 123,273.46
Sum BMWi 1,040,000.43 1,071,530.82
2. State funding
State Ministers of Cultural Affairs 39,507.66 39,506.62
Berlin Senate 50,403.08 50,403.08
State of Baden-Wrttemberg 516,916.00 401,177.11
Programme costs 362,953.00 281,501.99
State of North Rhine-Westphalia 339,000.00 261,719.27
Programme costs 299,000.00 239,481.56
Sum States 945,826.74 752,806.08
3. European Union (EU) funding
Programme costs 104,344,981.88 83,371,558.07
Sum EU 106,014,059.99 84,979,279.09
Total programme costs (1, 2 and 3) 256,689,500.06 231,962,997.45
Total project-related administrative costs (1, 2 and 3) 24,336,121.99 23,473,464.95
Sum Section IV 281,025,622.05 255,436,462.40
Total programme costs (sections IIV) 397,618,500.06 372,476,971.93

Total project-related administrative costs (sections IIV) 55,317,446.75 54,830,149.19
Sum Sections IIV 452,935,946.81 427,307,121.12
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Overall funds Overall expenditure

EUR EUR
Section V Project budget / Own funds and third-party funding
A) Own funds sector (Measures in the project and assets sector)
Measures in the project and assets sector
Programme costs 19,507.90 19,507.90
Investment and project-related administrative costs 37,938.95 37,883.01
Sum A Own funds sector 57,446.85 57,390.91
B) Third-party funding sector

1. Liaison and university offices
Programme costs 287,853.49 482,712.90
Project-related administrative costs
Total 287,853.49 482,712.90
2. German Houses of Science and Innovation (DWIH)
Programme costs 541,073.24 636,677.04
Project-related administrative costs
Total 541,073.24 636,677.04
3. GATE-Germany Consortium for higher education marketing
Programme costs 551,694.34 551,694.34
Total 1,382,207.75 1,382,207.75
4. International DAAD Academy (iDA)
Programme costs 20,958.52 20,958.52
Total 519,202.38 519,202.38
5. Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Programme costs 5,566,769.73 4,164,419.72
Total 7,343,339.16 5,649,570.14
6. Cooperation projects with German and foreign partners
Programme costs 32,670,878.53 25,448,905.67
Total 34,147,149.77 30,695,479.22
7. Stifterverband fr die Deutsche Wissenschaft
Programme costs 999,756.02 970,382.06
Total 1,238,229.44 1,208,825.90
8. Dr. Mildred Scheel Foundation for Cancer Research
Programme costs 1,020,143.89 1,083,571.75
Total 1,054,561.24 1,116,242.29
9. Various donors
Programme costs 2,126,988.33 1,406,976.54
Total 2,814,988.38 2,404,538.88
Sum B Third-party funding sector 49,328,604.85 44,095,456.50
Total programme costs (A and B) 43,805,623.99 34,785,806.44
Total project-related administrative costs (A and B) 5,580,427.71 9,367,040.97
Sum Section V 49,386,051.70 44,152,847.41
Total programme costs (Sections IV) 441,424,124.05 407,262,778.37

Total administrative costs (Sections IV) 60,897,874.46 64,197,190.16
Sum Sections IV 502,321,998.51 471,459,968.53
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DAAD bodies
Executive Committee
Term of office 20122015
President: Prof.Dr.Margret Wintermantel Vice President: Prof.Dr.Joybrato Mukherjee University of Giessen

Other elected members: Prof.Dr.Ali Mfit Bahadir Braunschweig University of Technology Dr.Birgit Barden University
of Hanover Prof.Dr.Andreas Geiger Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences Dr.Ursula Hans Humboldt Univer
sity Berlin Prof.Dr.-Ing. Dieter Leonhard Hochschule Mannheim (University of Applied Sciences) Prof.Dr.Eva Neuland
University of Wuppertal Prof.Dr.Peter Scharff Ilmenau University of Technology Hon.-Prof.Baldur Harry Veit Reutlingen
University of Applied Sciences Prof.Dr.Walter Ch. Zimmerli Humboldt University Berlin Student representatives
(20142015): Melanie Frhlich University of Mainz Johannes Glembek University of Ulm Andreas Hanka University of
Freiburg Peixin Xian University of Bielefeld Guest Members: Dr.Andreas Grgen Head of Directorate-General for
Culture and Communication, Federal Foreign Office Ulrich Schller Head of Science System Department, Federal Ministry
of Education and Research (BMBF) Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven Head of Directorate General for Global Issues, Sector Policies
and Programmes, Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Udo Michallik, State Secretary
(retired) Secretary General, Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Lnder in the
Federal Republic of Germany (KMK) Prof.Dr.Andreas Schlter Secretary General, Donors Association for the Promotion
of Science and the Humanities in Germany Permanent Guests: Prof.Dr.Helmut Schwarz President, Alexander von
Humboldt Foundation Prof.Dr.Klaus-Dieter Lehmann President, Goethe-Institut Prof.Dr.Horst Hippler President,
German Rectors Conference (HRK)
Board of Trustees
Term of office 20122015
President: Prof.Dr.Margret Wintermantel Vice President: Prof.Dr.Joybrato Mukherjee University of Giessen

Appointed members: Federal Ministry Representatives Dr.Andreas Grgen Federal Foreign Office Ulrich Schller
Federal Ministry of Education and Research Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
Development Vera Bade Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs Johanna Bittner-Kelber Federal Ministry of
Economics and Technology Dr.Stephanie Schulz-Hombach Federal Government Representative for Culture and the Media
Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Lnder in the Federal Republic of
Germany Udo Michallik, State Secretary (retired) Secretary General, Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education
and Cultural Affairs of the Lnder in the Federal Republic of Germany (KMK) Dr.Rolf Bernhardt Hessian Ministry
of Higher Education, Research and the Arts Harald Dierl Bavarian State Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts
German Rectors Conference Prof.Dr.Horst Hippler President, German Rectors Conference (HRK) Prof.Dr.Karl-Dieter
Grske President of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Prof.Dr.Ursula Lehmkuhl University of Trier Prof.Dr.Dieter
Lenzen President of the University of Hamburg Prof.Dr.Joachim Metzner TH Kln University of Applied Sciences
Institutions Dr.Enno Aufderheide Secretary General, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Dorothee Dzwonnek Secretary
General, German Research Foundation (DFG) Achim Meyer auf der Heyde Secretary General, German National Association
for Student Affairs Prof.Dr.Christoph Wulf German UNESCO Commission Johannes Ebert Secretary General, Goethe-
Institut Dr.Michael Hartmer Executive Director, German Association of University Professors and Lecturers Dr.Volker
Meyer-Guckel Deputy Secretary General, Donors Association for the Promotion of Science and the Humanities in
Germany Dr.Annette Julius Secretary General, German National Academic Foundation Prof.Dr.Gerald Gerlach German
Federation of Technical and Scientific Organisations Elected members: Prof.Dr.Klaus Landfried former President,
German Rectors Conference Prof.Dr.Andreas Pinkwart Dean of the Leipzig Graduate School of Management Student
representatives (term of office 20142015): Florian Pranghe University of Cologne Stanislaw Bondarew TU Dresden
Pierre Vicky Sonkeng Tegouffo University of Potsdam
Members
As per 31.12.2015
Member higher education institutions: 238 Member student bodies: 107
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I V . F ac t s a n d figu r e s : DAAD B o d i e s / S e l e c t i o n C o m m i t t e e s
Selection committees
Members of the Selection Committees

appointed by the Executive Committee
As per 31.12.2015
Scholarship and Lektor programmes: Prof.Dr.Awudu Abdulai University of Kiel, Nutrition Economics, Consumer
Studies and Food Security Prof.Dr.-Ing. Martin Achmus University of Hanover, Foundation Engineering, Soil Mechanics
and Hydraulic Energy Engineering Prof.Dr.Karin Aguado University of Kassel, German as a Foreign Language
Prof.Dr.Ruth Albert University of Marburg, German as a Foreign Language, Linguistics Prof.Dr.Tilman Allert University
of Frankfurt/Main, Sociology and Social Psychology Prof.Dr.Hanjo Allinger University of Applied Sciences Deggendorf,
Ecomomics Prof.Dr.Bjrn Alpermann University of Wrzburg, Sinology Prof.Dr.Claus Altmayer University of Leipzig,
German as a Foreign Language Prof.Dr.Dr.h.c. Kai Ambos University of Gttingen, Constitutional Law Prof.Dr.Iwo Amelung
University of Frankfurt/Main, Sinology Prof.Dr.Jrgen Appell University of Wrzburg, Mathematics Prof.Dr.Hans-
Dieter Arndt University of Jena, Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry Prof.Dr.Judit Arokay University of
Heidelberg, Japanese Studies Prof.Dr.Christoph Asmuth Berlin University of Technology, Philosophy Prof.Dr.Burak
Atakan University of Duisburg-Essen, Thermodynamics Prof.Dr.Achim Aurnhammer University of Freiburg, German
Language and Literature Prof.Dr.Raphaela Averkorn University of Siegen, Medieval History Prof.Dr.Rafig Azzam RWTH
Aachen University, Engineering Geology, Hydrogeology Dr.Gabriele Bcker Ruhr University Bochum, Development
Research Prof.Dr.Moritz Blz, University of Frankfurt/Main, Law Prof.Dr.Christoph Barmeyer University of Passau,
Romance Cultural Studies Prof.Dr.Christopher Barner-Kowollik Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Macromolecular
Chemistry and Polymer Chemistry Prof.Dr.Andreas Bartels University of Bonn, Natural and Science Philosophy
Dr.Matthias Basedau GIGA-Leibniz Institute, Political Sciences Prof.Dr.Petra Bauer University of Dsseldorf, Botany
Prof.em. Dr.Siegfried Bauer University of Giessen, Agriculture, Project and Regional Planning in Rural Areas Prof.Dr.Cerstin
Bauer-Funke University of Mnster, French Literature and Cultural Studies Prof.Dr.Lale Behzadi University of Bamberg,
Arabic Literature and Intellectual History Prof.Dr.Katja Bender Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, E conomic
and Social Development Prof.Henning Berg Hochschule fr Musik und Tanz Kln, Jazz, Trombone Prof.Dr.Annette
Berndt Dresden University of Technology, German as a Foreign Language Prof.Pepe Berns University for Music and
Theatre of Leipzig, Jazz, Double Bass Prof.Dr.Dr.Christian Betzel University of Hamburg, Chemistry Prof.Dr.-Ing. Franz
Bischof University of Applied Sciences Amberg-Weiden, Water and Wastewater Treatment Prof.Dr.Andreas Bltte
University of Duisburg-Essen, Political Sciences Prof.Dr.Gerhard Blechinger Salzburg University of Applied Science, Art
History Prof.Dr.Jrgen Bode Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Business Administration Prof.Andreas
Boettger Hanover University for Music, Theatre and Media, Drums, Percussion Prof.Dr.Astrid Bger University of
Hamburg, English Language and Literature Prof.Dr.Andrea Bogner University of Gttingen, Intercultural Linguistics
Prof.Dr.-Ing. Peter Bhm Trier University of Applied Sciences, Mechanical Engineering Prof.Dr.Petra Bhnke University
of Hamburg, Sociology of Social Changes Prof.Dr.Michael Bollig University of Cologne, Ethnology Prof.Dr.Jrgen Bolten
University of Jena, German as a Foreign Language Prof.Dr.Hans-Jrgen Bmelburg University of Giessen, History
Prof.Dr.Thorsten Bonacker University of Marburg, Sociology Prof.Clemens Bonnen Bremen University of Applied
Sciences, Architecture Prof.Dr.Georg Borges University of the Saar, Law Prof.Dr.Iris Bschen Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University
of Applied Sciences, Political Sciences Prof.Dr.Kristian Bosselmann-Cyran Koblenz University of Applied Sciences,
German Language and Literature Prof.Dr.Frank Brand Berlin School of Economics and Law, Business Mathematics
Prof.Dr.Dr.h.c. Christian Brauweiler Zwickau University of Applied Sciences, Management Accounting and Internal Audit
Prof.Dr.Burkhard Breig Freie Universitt Berlin, Private Law Prof.Dr.Christoph Breitkreuz TU Bergakademie Freiberg,
Geology Prof.Dr.Michael Brenner University of Jena, Law Prof.Dr.Kai-Thomas Brinkmann University of Giessen,
Radiation Physics Prof.Dr.Alexander Bruns University of Freiburg, Law Prof.Dr.Thorsten Buch Munich University
of Technology, Medical Microbiology Prof.Dr.Claudia Bchel University of Frankfurt/Main, Biology Prof.Dr.Peter
Buchholz Dortmund University of Technology, Computer Science Prof.Dr.Dirk Burdinski TH Kln University of
Applied Sciences, Material Sciences Prof.Dr.Nicolai Burzlaff University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Inorganic Chemistry and
Analytical Chemistry Prof.Dr.Rainer Busch Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences, Business Administration
Prof.Dr.Andreas Busch University of Gttingen, Political Sciences Prof.Dr.Holger Butenschn University of Hanover,
Organic Chemistry Dr.med. vet. Bianca Carstanjen Freie Universitt Berlin, Veterinary Medicine Prof.Dr.Thomas Cleff
Hochschule Pforzheim, Economics and Business Administration Prof.Dr.Wolfgang Conrad Braunschweig University of
Technology, German Literature Prof.Dr.Srgio Costa Freie Universitt Berlin, Sociology Prof.Dr.Hans-Joachim Cremer
University of Mannheim, Public Law Prof.Dr.Dittmar Dahlmann University of Bonn, Eastern European History
Prof.Dr.Wim Damen University of Jena, Biosciences Prof.Dr.Philipp Dann University of Giessen, Public Law Dr.Manfred
Denich University of Bonn, Ecology Prof.Dr.Claudia Derichs University of Marburg, Political Sciences Prof.Dr.Thomas
Martin Deserno RWTH Aachen University, Medical Information Systems, Image Processing Prof.Dr.Olivia Dibelius Evange-
lische Hochschule Berlin, Nurse Management Prof.Dr.Heinrich J. Dingeldein University of Marburg, German Language
and Literature Prof.Dr.Andreas Dittmann University of Giessen, Geography Prof.Dr.Rolf Drechsler University of Bremen,
Mathematics Prof.Dr.Martin Dressel University of Stuttgart, Experimental Physics Prof.Dr.Heinz Drgh University of
Frankfurt/Main, Literary History Dr.Roman Duelli University of Heidelberg, Medicine Prof.Dr.Jrg Dnne University
of Erfurt, Romance Languages and Literature Prof.Dr.Andreas Ebbinghaus University of Wrzburg, Slavonic Studies
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Prof.Dr.Alexander Ebner University of Frankfurt/Main, Political Sciences Prof.Dr.Andreas Eckart University of Cologne,
Physics Prof.Dr.Alfred Effenberg University of Hanover, Sports Sciences Prof.Dr.Thomas Eggermann RWTH Aachen
University, Human Genetics Prof.Dr.Arno Ehresmann University of Kassel, Experimental Physics Prof.Dr.Thomas Eich
University of Hamburg, Islamic Studies, Medieval History, Iranian Studies Prof.Dr.Ludwig Eichinger Institut fr Deutsche
Sprache (IDS), Mannheim, German Linguistics Prof.Dr.Daniela Eisele Hamburg School of Business Administration,
Human Resources Management Prof.Dr.Wolfgang Elser Darmstadt University of Technology, Physics Prof.Dr.Jens Ivo
Engels Darmstadt University of Technology, History Prof.Dr.Matthias Epple University of Duisburg-Essen, Inorganic
Chemistry Prof.Dr.Hans-Peter Erb University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Social Psychology Dipl.-Ing.
Mathias Essig Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin, Building Construction and Designing Prof.Dr.Christian
Fandrych University of Leipzig, Linguistics of German as a Foreign Language Prof.Dr.Ursel Fantz University of Augsburg,
Experimental Plasma Physics Prof.Dr.Astrid Fellner University of the Saar, American and English Language and Literature
Prof.Dr.Ute Fendler University of Bayreuth, Romance Languages and Literature Prof.Dr.Andreas Feuerborn University
of Dsseldorf, Law Prof.Dr.Sonja Fielitz University of Marburg, English Language and Literature Sarah Finke OECD Paris
Prof.Eckhard Fischer Detmold University of Music, Violin Prof.Dr.Nicola Fohrer University of Kiel, Hydrology and
Water Management Prof.Dr.Josef Freise Catholic University of Applied Sciences of North Rhine-Westphalia, Social Work
in the Migration Society and Interreligious Education Prof.Dr.Richard Frensch University of Regensburg, Economics and
Business Administration Prof.Dr.Christian Frevel Ruhr University Bochum, Catholic Theology Prof.Dr.Johann-Christoph
Freytag Humboldt University Berlin, Databases and Information Systems Prof.Dr.-Ing. Nicolas Fritz Stuttgart State
Academy of Art and Design, Architecture Prof.Dr.Manuel Frhlich University of Jena, Political Sciences Prof.Dr.Hans-
Joachim Fuchs University of Mainz, Geography Dr.-Ing. Stephan Fuchs Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Water and River
Basin M anagement Prof.Dr.Hartmut Gaese TH Kln University of Applied Sciences, Technology in the Tropics
Prof.Michael Gais Cologne International School of Design, Communications Design Prof.Dr.Carsten Gansel University
of Giessen, Literary Studies and Didactics Prof.Crister S. Garrett University of Leipzig, American Studies Prof.Dr.Stefan
Garsztecki TU Chemnitz, Political Sciences Prof.Dr.Winand Gellner University of Passau, Political Sciences Frank George
World Health Organisation, Bonn, Economics Prof.Dr.Ulrike Gerhard University of Heidelberg, Geography of North
America Prof.Dr.Jessica C. E. Gienow-Hecht Freie Universitt Berlin, International History Prof.Dr.Hartmut Gnuschke
Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Internal Combustion Engines Prof.Dr.Ingrid Gogolin University of
Hamburg, Educational Sciences Prof.Dr.Michael Gke FOM University of Applied Sciences, Essen, Economics Prof.Dr.Frank
Golczewski University of Hamburg, Eastern European History Prof.Sabine Golde University of Art and Design Halle,
Book Art Prof.Dr.phil. Constantin Goschler Ruhr University Bochum, Contemporary History Prof.Dr.Daniel Gossel
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, International Studies (English-language Cultures) Prof.Dr.Tim Goydke Bremen
University of Applied Sciences, Economics and Business Administration Prof.Dr.Michael Grings University of Halle-
Wittenberg, Agricultural Economics Prof.Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Gross University of Technology Bergakademie Freiberg, Technical
Thermodynamics Prof.Dr.Nikolai Grube University of Bonn, Ethnology Prof.Dr.Regina Grundmann University of
Mnster, Jewish Studies Jean-Franois Guiton Bremen University of the Arts, Fine Arts Prof.Dr.Marjaana Gunkel
University of Lneburg, Economics and Business Administration Prof.Dr.Hans-Jrgen Gursky Clausthal University of
Technology, Sedimentary Geology Prof.Dr.Ortrud Gutjahr University of Hamburg, Modern German Literature
Prof.Dr.Marion Gymnich University of Bonn, English Language, Literature and Cultural Studies Prof.Dr.Jrgen Haase
University of Leipzig, Physics Prof.Dr.med. Roman Haberl University of Munich, Neurology Bernhard Hackstette
University of Gttingen, Alumni Gttingen e.V. Prof.Dr.Harald Hagemann University of Hohenheim, Economics
Prof.Dr.-Ing. Michael Hahn Hochschule fr Technik Stuttgart, Computer Sciences, Surveying Prof.Dr.med. Hermann
Haller Hannover Medical School, Medicine Prof.Dr.-Ing. Manfred J. Hampe Darmstadt University of Technology, Thermic
Process Engineering Prof.Dr.-Ing. Uwe D. Hanebeck Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Technical Computer
Sciences Prof.Dr.Hendrik Hansen University of Budapest (AUB), Political Sciences Prof.Dr.Cilja Harders Freie Univer-
sitt Berlin, Middle Eastern Politics Prof.Dr.Jan Harff Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Warnemnde, Marine and
Coastal Geology Prof.Dr.Philipp Harms University of Mainz, Economics Prof.Dr.med. Gundel Harms-Zwingenberger
Charit Berlin, Tropical Medicine Prof.Dr.Dorothee Haroske University of Jena, Mathematics Prof.Dr.Andreas Hasenclever
University of Tbingen, Political Sciences Dr.Ursula Hassel TH Kln University of Applied Sciences, Language Teaching
Research Prof.Dr.Eva Haverkamp University of Munich, Jewish History and Culture Dipl.-Ing. Rdiger Heidebrecht
German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA), Hennef, Water Management Prof.Dr.Wolfgang Heiden
Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Computer Sciences, Media Computer S ciences Prof.Dr.Matthias Heinz
University of Salzburg, Romance Languages and Literature Prof.Dr.Rdiger Hell University of Heidelberg, Molecular
Plant Biology Prof.Dr.Gunther Hellmann University of Frankfurt/Main, Political Sciences Prof.Christoph Henkel Freiburg
University of Music, Violoncello Prof.Dr.Angelika Hennecke TH Kln University of Applied Sciences, Translation
Prof.Dr.-Ing. Bertram Hentschel University of Technology Bergakademie Freiberg, Mechanical Engineering Prof.Sabine
Herken Berlin University of the Arts, Acting Prof.Dr.Stefan Herlitze University of Bochum, Zoology and Neurobiology
Prof.Dr.Carsten Herrmann-Pillath Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, East Asian Economics, China Prof.Dr.Dietmar
Herz University of Erfurt, Political Sciences Prof.Dr.Michael Hietschold TU Chemnitz, Analytics on Solid-State Surfaces
Prof.Dr.Almut Hille University of Gttingen, German as a Foreign Language Prof.Dr.Gerhard Hilt University of Marburg,
Chemistry Prof.Dr.Wolfram Hilz University of Bonn, Political Sciences Prof.Dr.Thomas Hintermaier University of Bonn,
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Economics and Business Administration Prof.Dr.Heribert Hirte, University of Hamburg, Law Prof.Dr.med. Achim
Hoerauf University of Bonn, Medical Microbiology Prof.Dr.Ralf Hofestdt University of Bielefeld, Bioinformatics
Prof.Dr.-Ing. Rdiger Hffer Ruhr University Bochum, Civil Engineering Prof.Dr.Norbert P. Hoffmann Hamburg-Harburg
University of Technology, Mechanical Engineering Dr.habil. Heide Hoffmann Humboldt University Berlin, Crop and
Animal Sciences Prof.Dr.Dieter Hogrefe University of Gttingen, Applied Computer Sciences Prof.Albrecht Holder
University of Music Wrzburg, Musicology, History of Music Prof.Dr.Karin Holm-Mller University of Bonn, Resource
and Environmental Economics Prof.Dr.-Ing. Robert Hnl Furtwangen University of Applied Sciences, Measurement
Engineering and Control Engineering Prof.Dr.Wolfgang Hpken University of Leipzig, Eastern and South-Eastern
European History Prof.Dr.Christoph Horn University of Bonn, Philosophy Prof.Dr.Hans-Detlef Horn University of
Marburg, Public Law Prof.Dr.Michael Hrner University of G ttingen, Biology Prof.Dr.Bernd Hmmer Nuremberg
University of Applied Sciences, Business Administration Prof.Dr.Hans-Werner Huneke Freiburg University of Education,
Linguistics and Didactics Prof.Dr.Axel Hunger University of Duisburg-Essen, Electrical Engineering Prof.Dr.Pierre
Ibisch Eberswalde University of Sustainable Development, Biodiversity Prof.Tjark Ihmels University of Applied Sciences
Mainz, Interactive Design Prof.Dr.Stephan Jacobs University of Applied Sciences Aachen, Business Computing Prof.Alfred
Jacoby Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Architecture and Civil Engineering Prof.Dr.Wolfram Jaegermann
University of Darmstadt, Physics Prof.Dr.Albrecht Jahn University of Heidelberg, Gynaecology Prof.Dr.Wilhelm
Jahnen-Dechent RWTH Aachen University, Biosciences Prof.Dr.Georg Jansen University of Duisburg-Essen, Chemistry
Prof.Dr.Florian Jarre University of Dsseldorf, Mathematical O ptimization Prof.Dr.Marja Jrventausta University of
Cologne, Finno-Ugrian Studies Prof.Dr.Kurt Jax Helmholz Centre Leipzig, Biodiversity and Terrestrial Ecosystems
Prof.Dr.Jrgen Jerger University of Regensburg, Economics and Business Administration Prof.Diethelm Jonas Univer-
sity of Music Lbeck, Oboe Prof.Dr.Uwe Jun University of Trier, Political Sciences Prof.Dr.Susanne Junker Beuth Univer-
sity of Applied Sciences Berlin, Design, Interior Design, Visualisation Prof.Dr.Klaus Jrgens University of Rostock,
Marine Biology Prof.Dr.Annette Kaiser Fraunhofer Institute Aachen, Biochemistry Prof.Dr.Manfred Kammer University
of Halle-Wittenberg, Media Sciences Prof.Dr.Rainer Kampling Freie Universitt Berlin, Catholic Theology Prof.Dr.Katja
Kanzler Dresden University of Technology, American Studies Prof.Dr.Axel Karenberg University of Cologne, History of
Medicine and Medical Ethics Prof.Dr.Raimund Kastenholz University of Mainz, African Studies Dr.Ren Kegelmann
Karlsruhe University of Education, German Studies Prof.Dr.Ralph Kehlenbach University of Gttingen, Biochemistry
Prof.Dr.Annette Kehnel University of Mannheim, History Prof.em. Dr.Heidi Keller University of Osnabrck, Cultural
Studies Prof.Dr.Dr.Andreas Kelletat University of Mainz, Intercultural German Studies Prof.Dr.Gabriele Kern-Isberner
Dortmund University of Technology, Computer Science Prof.Dr.Holger Kersten University of Magdeburg, American
Studies Prof.Dr.Oliver Kessler University of Erfurt, Political Sciences Prof.Dr.Urs Kindhuser University of Bonn,
Criminal Law and Procedure Prof.Dr.med. Thomas Kistemann University of Bonn, Public Health Prof.Dr.Tobias Klass
University of Wuppertal, Philosophy Prof.Dr.Hans-Henning Klau Dresden University of Technology, Solid State Physics
Prof.Dr.Arno Kleber Dresden University of Technology, Earth Sciences Prof.Dr.Axel Klein University of Cologne,
Inorganic Chemistry Prof.Dr.Wolf Peter Klein University of Wrzburg, German Language and Literature, Linguistics
Prof.Ulrich Klieber University of Art and Design Halle, Basics of Sculpturing Prof.Karin Kneffel Akademie der Bildenden
Knste Mnchen, Free Art, Painting Prof.Dr.Karl-Wilhelm Koch University of Oldenburg, Biochemistry of Signal
Transduction Prof.Dr.Ursula Kocher University of Wuppertal, Literary Studies, Literary Theory Prof.Dr.Matthias Koenig
University of Gttingen, Sociology Prof.Markus Khler Detmold University of Music, Singing Prof.Hans Kornacher
TH Kln University of Applied Sciences, Production and Design of Audiovisual Media Prof.Dr.Frank Kostrzewa Karlsruhe
University of Education, Linguistics Prof.Dr.Helga Kotthoff University of Freiburg, Linguistics Prof.Dr.Manfred
Krafczyk Braunschweig University of Technology, Civil Engineering Prof.Dr.Gerhard Kraft University of Halle-Witten-
berg, Business Taxation Prof.Dr.Johannes Kramer University of Trier, Romance Languages and Literature Prof.Dr.Stefan
Kramer University of Cologne, East Asian Studies Prof.Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Krautschneider Hamburg-Harburg University
of Technology, Engineering Prof.Dr.Michael Krawinkel University of Giessen, Medicine, Dietetics Prof.Dr.Hermann
Kreutzmann Freie Universitt Berlin, Anthropogeography Prof.Dr.Alexander Kreuzer University of Hamburg, Mathematics
Prof.Dr.Ulrich Krohs University of Mnster, Philosophy Prof.Dr.Gnther Kronenbitter University of Augsburg, Modern,
Recent and Contemporary History Prof.Dr.Gerhard Krost University of Duisburg-Essen, Electrical Engineering Prof.Raimund
Krumme Academie of Media Arts Cologne, Experimental Animation Film and Television Prof.Dr.Michael Kruse University
of Hohenheim, Seed Science and Technology Prof.Dr.Herbert Kuchen University of Mnster, Business Computing
Prof.Dr.Angelika Khnle University of Mainz, Physical Chemistry Prof.Dr.Gunter Krble University of Applied Sciences
Kaiserslautern, Business Administration Prof.Dr.Hans-Joachim Kuss University of Bremen, Geosciences Prof.Michael
Kttner University of Music and Performing Arts Mannheim, Musicology, Jazz, Drums Dr.-Ing. Jrgen Lademann Charit
Berlin, Dermatology Prof.Dr.Reiner Lammers University of Tbingen, Cytobiology, Molecular Biology Prof.Dr.Peter
Langer University of Rostock, Organic Chemistry Prof.Dr.Hermann Lassleben Reutlingen University, International
Business Processes Prof.Dr.Franz Lebsanft University of Bonn, Romance Philology Prof.Dr.Daniel Leese University
of Freiburg, Sinology Prof.Dr.Bernd Lehmann Clausthal University of Technology, Geology Prof.Dr.Anja Lemke Univer-
sity of Cologne, Modern German Literature Prof.Dr.Norbert Lennartz University of Vechta, English L anguage and
Literature Prof.Dr.habil. Annette Leonhardt University of Munich, Education of the Deaf and the Hearing Impaired
Prof.Rodolpho Leoni Folkwang University of the Arts Essen, Dance Dr.Thomas Liehr University of Jena, Human Genetics
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Prof.Dr.Fabienne Liptay University of Zurich, Media Sciences Prof.Dr.Martina Lw Berlin University of Technology,
Sociology of Planning and Architecture Prof.Dr.med. Dieter Lttje Klinikum Osnabrck (University of Osnabrck
Teaching Hospital), Medicine Prof.Dr.Georg Maag University of Stuttgart, Italian Literature Prof.Dieter Mack University
of Music Lbeck, Musicology, Musical History Prof.Dr.Karsten Mder University of Halle-Wittenberg, Pharmacy
Prof.Dr.Horst Malchow University of Osnabrck, Environmental Systems Research Prof.Dr.Werner Mntele University
of Frankfurt/Main, Biophysics Prof.Dr.Thilo Marauhn University of Giessen, Public Law Prof.Dr.med. Udo R. Markert
University of Jena, Medicine Prof.Patricia Martin Folkwang University of the Arts Essen, Musical Prof.Dr.Christian
Martin University of Kiel, Political Sciences Prof.Dr.Dieter Martin University of Freiburg, Modern German Literature
Prof.Dr.Hans Peter Marutschke University of Hagen, Law Prof.Dr.Nicole Marx University of Bremen, Language
Teaching Research, German as a Foreign Language Prof.Dr.-Ing. Jorge Marx Gomez University of Oldenburg, Business
Computing David Matern World Food Programme, Rome, Political Sciences Prof.Dr.rer.nat Jrg Matschullatt University
of Technology Bergakademie Freiberg, Geochemistry Tim Maxian Rusche European Commission Legal Service, Brussels,
Law Prof.Dr.Peter Mayer University of Applied Sciences Osnabrck, Business Administration Prof.Dr.Christof Melcher
RWTH Aachen University, Mathematics Prof.Dr.Gunter Menz University of Bonn, Geography Prof.Dr.-Ing. Brbel
Mertsching University of Paderborn, Electrical Engineering Prof.Dr.Bernard Metsch University of Bonn, Radiation
Physics and Nuclear Physics Prof.Dr.Justus Meyer University of Leipzig, Law Dr.Ingo Meyer Berlin University of
Technology, TU Berlin Alumni Programme Prof.Dr.-Ing. Norbert Meyer Clausthal University of Technology, Geoengineering
Prof.Brian Michaels Folkwang University of the Arts Essen, Drama, Drama Direction Prof.Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Michalik
Dresden University of Applied Sciences, Electrical Engineering Prof.Dr.-Ing. Andreas Mockenhaupt University of Applied
Sciences Albstadt-Sigmaringen, Technology and Innovation Management Prof.Dr.med. Andreas Mgge Ruhr University
Bochum Clinic, Internal Medicine Prof.Dr.-Ing. Jens Mller Ilmenau University of Technology, Electrical Engineering
Prof.Dr.-Ing. Michel Mller TH Kln University of Applied Sciences, Architecture Prof.Dr.Ferdinand Mller-Rommel
University of Lneburg, Political Sciences Prof.Dr.Gabriele Multhoff Munich University of Technology, Molecular
Oncology Prof.Dr.Josef Nerb Freiburg University of Education, Psychology Prof.Dr.Eva Neuland University of Wuppertal,
German Language and Literature Dr.Heike Niebergall-Lackner ICRC Geneva, Law Prof.Dr.Matthias Niedobitek TU
Chemnitz, Law Prof.Dr.-Ing. Andr Niemann University of Duisburg-Essen, Engineering Sciences Prof.Dr.Katharina
Niemeyer University of Cologne, Romance Philology Prof.Dr.Peter Niesen University of Hamburg, Political Sciences
Prof.Dr.Bernhard Nietert University of Marburg, Economics and Business Administration Prof.Dr.Brigitte Nixdorf
Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, Water Protection Prof.Dr.Hans-Christoph Nrk University of Tbingen,
Diagnostics and Cognitive Neuropsychology Prof.Dr.Corinna Onnen University of Vechta, Sociology Prof.Gunhild Ott
Folkwang University of the Arts Essen, Flute Prof.Dr.-Ing. Mario Pacas University of Siegen, Electrical Engineering
Prof.Dr.Rolf Parr University of Duisburg-Essen, German Language and Literature, Literary Studies, Media Sciences
Prof.Dr.Werner Pascha University of Duisburg-Essen, Economics, in particular East Asian Economics Prof.Dr.Elke
Pawelzik University of Gttingen, Crop Sciences Prof.Dr.-Ing. Mary Pepchinski University of Applied Sciences Dresden,
Architecture Prof.Dr.Christer Petersen Cottbus University of Technology, Media Sciences Prof.Dr.Kerstin Pezoldt
Ilmenau University of Technology, Marketing Prof.Dr.Eva-Maria Pfeiffer University of Hamburg, Biology Prof.Dr.Hans-
Joachim Pflger Freie Universitt Berlin, Neurobiology, Biosciences Prof.Dr.Michael Pflger University of Wrzburg,
International Economics Prof.Dr.Herbert Pfnr University of Hanover, Physics Prof.Dr.Manfred Pienemann
University of Paderborn, English Language and Literature Dr.Anke Pieper Ruhr University Bochum, Chinese Language
Prof.Dr.Johannes Pinnekamp RWTH Aachen University, Water Management Prof.Dr.Daniela Pirazzini University of
Bonn, French Linguistics Prof.Dr.Ute Planert University of Wuppertal, History Prof.Dr.Andreas Podelski University of
Freiburg, Computer Sciences Prof.Dr.-Ing. Frank Phler Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Mechanical Engineer-
ing and Mechatronics Prof.Dr.rer.nat Valentin Popov Berlin University of Technology, Physics Prof.Jack Poppell Folk-
wang University of the Arts Essen, Musical Prof.Dr.-Ing. Stefan Posch University of Halle-Wittenberg, Computer Science
Prof.Dr.Christian Prunitsch Dresden University of Technology, Slavonic Studies Prof.Dr.Martin F. Quaas University
of Kiel, Environmental, Resource and Ecological Economics Prof.Dr.-Ing. Franz Quint Karlsruhe University of Applied
Sciences, Communications and Information Technology Prof.Dr.Thomas Raab Cottbus University of Technology,
Geography Prof.Dr.Boike Rehbein Humboldt University Berlin, Asian Studies Prof.Dieter Rehm Akademie der Bildenden
Knste Mnchen, Fine Arts Prof.Dr.Wolfgang Reichel Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Mathematics
Prof.Dr.Barbara Reichert University of Bonn, Geology Prof.Uwe J. Reinhardt Dsseldorf University of Applied Science,
Communications Design, Creative Writing Prof.Dr.Oliver Reiser University of Regensburg, Chemistry Prof.em.Dr.Rdiger
Robert University of Mnster, Political Sciences Silke Rodenberg University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg Alumni
International Prof.Dr.Beate Rder Humboldt University Berlin, Photobiophysics: Physics and Biophysics Prof.Dr.Jan
Rhnert Braunschweig University of Technology, Modern German Literature Prof.Dr.Gertrud Maria Rsch University of
Heidelberg, German as a Foreign Language Prof.Dr.Gerd-Volker Rschenthaler Jacobs University Bremen, Inorganic
Chemistry Birgit Roser University of Trier, International Office Prof.Dr.Andrea Rssler University of Hanover, Didactics
of Roman L anguages Prof.Dr.rer.nat Peter Rossmanith RWTH Aachen University, Theoretical Information Systems
Prof.Dr.Uli Rothfuss Faber-Castell Academy, Stein, Cultural Studies Prof.Dr.Magnus Rping RWTH Aachen University,
Organic Chemistry Prof.Dr.Thomas Saalfeld University of Bamberg, Political Sciences Prof.Dr.Ute Sacksofsky
University of Frankfurt/Main, Comparative Law Prof.Dr.Hans Georg Sahl University of Bonn, Special Microbiology
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Prof.Vera Sander Hochschule fr Musik und Tanz Cologne, Dance Education, Contemporary Dance Prof.Dr.-Ing. Oliver
Sawodny University of Stuttgart, Engineering Prof.Dr.Michael Schfer Darmstadt University of Technology, Mechanical
Engineering Prof.Dr.Monika Schausten University of Cologne, Early German Literature and Language Prof.Dr.Ralf
Schellhase Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Marketing Prof.Ulrich Schendzielorz Schwbisch Gmnd
University of Applied Sciences for Design, Media Authoring Dr.Ute Schepers Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT),
Organic C hemistry and Biochemistry Prof.Dr.Christoph Scherrer University of Kassel, Political Sciences Prof.Dr.Hans
J. Scheuer Humboldt University Berlin, German Literature Prof.Dr.Bernhard Schipp Dresden University of Technology,
Business Administration Prof.Dr.Christian Schlag University of Frankfurt/Main, Economics and Business Administration
Prof.Dr.Christopher Schlgel University of Magdeburg, International Business Prof.Dr.Ralf Schlauderer University of
Applied Sciences Weihenstephan Freising, Applied Agricultural Management Prof.Dr.Ing. Andreas Schlenkhoff Univer-
sity of Wuppertal, Water Management Prof.Dr.-Ing. Michael Schlter Hamburg-Harburg University of Technology, Fluid
Mechanics Prof.Dr.-Ing. Burkhard Schmager University of Applied Sciences Jena, Business Administration, Production
Management Prof.Dr.Jrg Schmalian Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Theoretical Physics Prof.Dr.phil. Lars
Schmelter University of Wuppertal, Romance Languages and Literature Prof.Dr.Michael Schmidt Cottbus University of
Technology, Urban and Landscape Planning Prof.Dr.Thomas Schmidt Flensburg University of Applied Sciences, Business
Informatics Prof.Dr.Jens-Peter Schneider University of Freiburg, Media and Information Law Prof.Dr.Lothar Schneider
University of Giessen, German Language and Literature Prof.Dr.Martin Schneider University of Paderborn, Business
Administration, Human Resources Management Prof.Dr.Franziska Schler University of Trier, German Language and
Literature Prof.Dr.Karen Schramm University of Vienna, German as a Foreign Language Prof.Dr.Wolfram Schrettl Freie
Universitt Berlin, Economics and Business Administration Werner Schrietter Karlsruhe University of Music, Musicology,
Musical History Prof.Dr.Christoph Schroeder University of Potsdam, German Language and Literature Prof.Michael
Schubert Detmold University of Music, Music Transfer Prof.Dr.-Ing. Lothar Schssele University of Applied Sciences
Offenburg, Electrical Engineering Prof.Dr.-Ing. Hans-Eberhard Schurk University of Applied Sciences Augsburg, Mechanical
Engineering Prof.Dr.Lutz Schweikhard University of Greifswald, Physics Daniela Schweitzer Karlsruhe University of
Applied Science, Law Dr.Ulrich Seidenberger Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, Law, Human Resource Policy for IO
Prof.Dr.Maria Selig University of Regensburg, Romance Languages and Literature Prof.Dr.Mark O. Sellenthin Koblenz
University of Applied Science, Economics and Business Administration Prof.Dr.Dr.Peter Sester University of St.Gallen,
Law Prof.Dr.Shingo Shimada University of Dsseldorf, Japanese Studies Prof.Christian Sikorski Hochschule fr Musik
und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart, Violin Dr.h.c. Hans-Jrgen Simm University of Bielefeld, Law Prof.Dr.Horst Simon
Freie Universitt Berlin, Historical Linguistics Prof.Dr.-Ing. Peter C. Slansky University of Television and Film Munich,
Film, Camera Prof.Dr.-Ing. Dirk Sffker University of Duisburg-Essen, Mechanical Engineering Prof.Dr.phil. Hans-Joachim
Solms University of Halle-Wittenberg, German Language and Literature Regina Sonntag-Krupp University of Konstanz,
International Office Prof.Dr.Anne Spang University of Basel, Biochemistry Prof.Dr.med. Tim Sparwasser TWINCORE
Hannover, Infection Immunology, Microbiology Prof.Roland Spiller University of Frankfurt/Main, Romance Languages
and Literature Prof.Dr.Dr.Michael Spiteller Dortmund University of Technology, Chemistry, Environmental Engineering
Prof.Dr.Bernhard Stahl University of Passau, Political Sciences Prof.Dr.Klaus Stanjek Film University Babelsberg,
Film, Direction Prof.Dr.-Ing. Stephan Staudacher University of Stuttgart, Aviation Propulsion Systems, Turbo-engines
Prof.Dr.Thomas Stehl University of Potsdam, Romance Philology Prof.Dr.Ludwig Steindorff University of Kiel, Eastern
European History Prof.Norbert Stertz Detmold University of Music, Horn Prof.Dr.Joachim Stiensmeier-Pelster
University of Giessen, Educational Psychology Prof.Dr.-Ing. Gerd Stock University of Applied Sciences Kiel, Electrical
Engineering Prof.Dr.rer.nat Ursula Stockhorst University of Osnabrck, Biological Psychology Prof.Ulrike Stoltz
Braunschweig University of Art, Typography Prof.Dr.Jens Stoye University of Bielefeld, Genome Informatics Prof.Dr.-
Ing. Jens Strackeljan University of Magdeburg, Mechanical Engineering Prof.Dr.-Ing. Natalie Stranghner University
of Duisburg-Essen, Metal Lightweight Construction Prof.Dr.rer.nat Olaf Strau Charit Berlin, Ophthalmology
Prof.Dr.Guido Hendrikus Sweers University of Cologne, Mathematics Prof.Dr.Dr.h.c. Martin Tamcke University of
Gttingen, Christian Cultures of Middle East Prof.Dr.Marina Tamm Wismar University of Applied Sciences Technology,
Business Law Dr.Stefan Thalhammer University of Augsburg, Nanotechnology Prof.Dr.Robert Thimme University of
Freiburg, Internal Medicine Prof.Nina Tichman Hochschule fr Musik und Tanz Cologne, Piano Prof.Dr.Peter Tillmann
University of Giessen, Economics and Business Administration Prof.Dr.Michael Tilly University of Tbingen, Protestant
Theology Prof.Dr.Dagmar Timmann-Braun University of Duisburg-Essen, Experimental Neurology Prof.Dr.Doris
Tophinke University of Paderborn, German and General Linguistics Prof.Dr.Walter Traunspurger University of Bielefeld,
Animal Ecology Prof.Dr.Wolfgang Tremel University of Mainz, Inorganic Chemistry Prof.Dr.Tobias Trger University of
Frankfurt/Main, Civil Law Prof.Dr.Alexander Trunk University of Kiel, Eastern European Law Prof.Dr.Erwin Tschirner
University of Leipzig, German as a Foreign Language Prof.Dr.Dr.h.c. Joachim Ulrich University of Halle-Wittenberg,
Process Engineering Prof.Dr.Dr.Christian Ulrichs Humboldt University Berlin, Agricultural Sciences Prof.Dr.-Ing. Sandor
Vajna University of Magdeburg, Mechanical Engineering Prof.Dr.Hermann van Ahlen University of Osnabrck, Medicine
Prof.Dr.Gerhard van der Emde University of Bonn, Zoology Prof.Olaf Van Gonnissen Hamburg University of Music and
Theatre, Guitar Prof.Dr.Christoph Vatter University of the Saar, Intercultural Communication Prof.Dr.Miguel Vences
Braunschweig University of Technology, Evolutionary Biology Prof.Dr.Stefan Vidal University of Gttingen, Agricultural
Entomology Prof.Dr.Christian Vogel University of Rostock, Carbohydrate Chemistry Prof.Dr.Gabriele Vogt University of
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Hamburg, Japanese Politics and Society Prof.Dr.Uwe Vollmer University of Leipzig, Economics Julia Volz University
of Giessen, International Office Prof.Dr.Dagmar von Hoff University of Mainz, German Language and Literature
Prof.Dr.Christian von Tschilschke University of Siegen, Romance Literature, Gender Research Prof.Dr.Utz von Wagner
Berlin University of Technology, Mechanical Engineering Prof.Dr.Ute C. Vothknecht University of Munich, Molecular
Cell Architecture and Trafficking Prof.Elisabeth Wagner Mutheus Kunsthochschule Kiel, Sculpting Prof.Dr.-Ing. Lothar
Wagner Clausthal University of Technology, Engineering and Technical Sciences Prof.Dr.Michael Wala Ruhr University
Bochum, North American History Prof.Dr.Rainer Waldhardt University of Giessen, Landscape Ecology and Development
Prof.Dr.Ursula Walkenhorst University of Osnabrck, Didactics of Human Services Professions Prof.Dr.Heike Walles
University of Wrzburg, Bioprocess Engineering Prof.Dr.Klaus Peter Walter University of Passau, Romance Languages
and Literature Prof.Dr.Heribert Warzecha University of Darmstadt, Plant Biotechnology Prof.Dr.Gerhard Wscher
University of Magdeburg, Business Administration Prof.Dr.Gabriel Weber Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences,
Product and Furniture Design Prof.Dr.Heide Wegener University of Potsdam, German as a Foreign Language, Linguistics
Prof.Dr.Wolfgang Weigand University of Jena, Inorganic Chemistry Prof.Dr.-Ing. Thomas Christian Weik University of
Applied Sciences Mnster, Database Systems Prof.Dr.-Ing. Martin Weischer University of Applied Sciences Mnster,
Construction Management Prof.Dr.Norman Wei University of Potsdam, Law Prof.Dr.Karin Welkert-Schmitt University
of Applied Sciences Dsseldorf, Art, Design, Film Prof.Dr.rer.pol. Ulrich Welland University of Applied Sciences
Flensburg, Business Administration Prof.Dr.Peter Welzel University of Augsburg, Economics Prof.Dr.Klaus Wendt
University of Mainz, Physics Peter Weniger Berlin University oft the Arts, Jazz/Saxophone Prof.Dr.Daniel Wentzel
RWTH Aachen University, Marketing Prof.Dr.Dirk Werner Freie Universitt Berlin, Mathematics Prof.Ehrhard Wetz
University of Music and Performing Arts Mannheim, Musicology, Musical History Prof.Dr.Claudia Wich-Reif University
of Bonn, History of the German Language and Linguistic Variation Prof.Dr.-Ing. Renatus Widmann University of
Duisburg-Essen, Civil Engineering Prof.Dr.Thomas Wiedemann University of Applied Sciences Dresden, Computer
Science Prof.Dr.Dirk Wiemann University of Potsdam, German as a Foreign Language Prof.Dr.-Ing. Silke Wieprecht
University of Stuttgart, Hydraulic Engineering Prof.Carola Wiese TH Kln University of Applied Sciences, Structural
Design and Engineering, Building and Construction Machinery Prof.Dr.Hans Wiesmeth Dresden University of Technol-
ogy, Economics and Business Administration Prof.Dr.Christian Wild University of Bremen, Ecology Prof.Dr.Gerhard
Wilde University of Mnster, Material Physics Prof.Dr.Thomas Wilke University of Giessen, Zoology Dr.Max Wilke
University of Potsdam, Petrology, Mineralogy Prof.Dr.Eva-Maria Willkop University of Mainz, Linguistics, German as a
Foreign Language Prof.Dr.Michael Wink University of Heidelberg, Molecular Biotechnology Prof.Dr.Walter Witke
University of Bonn, Genetics, Cytology Prof.Dr.Jan-Henrik Witthaus University of Kassel, Spanish and Latin American
Literature Studies Prof.Dr.Fabian Wittreck University of Mnster, Public Law Prof.Dr.Dr.Yvonne Wbben University
of Bochum, German Language and Literature Prof.Dr.Ulrich Wurzel HTW Berlin, Economics Prof.Dr.Dieter Zapf
University of Frankfurt/Main, Occupational and Organisational Psychology Priv.-Doz. Frank Zaucke University of
Cologne, Biology Prof.Jrgen Znotka Gelsenkirchen University of Applied Science, Computer Sciences Prof.Dr.Reinhard
Zllner University of Bonn, Japanese Studies Prof.Angela Zumpe Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Design
Prof.Carola Zwick Weiensee Kunsthochschule Berlin, Product Design
Members of the Commission and the Committee of Independent Peer reviewers

of the Placement Office for German Scientists and Scholars Abroad
As per 31.12.2015
Commission of the Placement Office: Prof.Dr.Margret Wintermantel President of the German Academic Exchange
Service, represented by Stefan Bienefeld Head of Division P3 Ingrid Jung Federal Foreign Office Ministerialrat Roland
Lindenthal Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Dr.Jrg Schneider German Research Foundation
Marijke Wahlers German Rectors Conference Margarete Beye Ministry of Innovation, Science, Research and Technology
of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia Dr.Birgit Galler Federal Ministry of Education and Research Committee of
Independent Peer reviewers: Committee I (Natural Sciences) Prof.Dr.Reinhold Hanel University of Kiel, IFM-GEOMAR,
Marine Biology Prof.Dr.Evamarie Hey-Hawkins University of Leipzig, Inorganic Chemistry (Organometallic Chemistry/
Photochemistry) Prof.Dr.habil. Gerhard Kost University of Marburg, Botany, Mycology Prof.Dr.Lothar Ratschbacher
University of Technology Bergakademie Freiberg, Geology (Tectonophysics) Prof.Dr.Paul Reuber University of Mnster,
Geography (Social Geography, Geography of Tourism, Political Geography) Prof.Dr.Ludger A. Wessjohann Leibniz
Institute for Plant Biochemistry Halle, Chemistry, Biochemistry Committee II (Agricultural Science/Forestry) Prof.Dr.Wulf
Amelung University of Bonn, Agricultural Sciences Prof.Dr.Martina Gerken University of Gttingen, Agricultural Sciences,
Ecology, Veterinary Medicine Prof.Dr.Ralph Mitlhner University of Gttingen, Forestry Committee III (Engineering
Sciences) Prof.Dr.Rainer Otto Bender University of Applied Sciences Offenburg, Engineering Sciences (Process and
Environmental Engineering) Prof.Dr.Hans-Ulrich Heiss Berlin University of Technology, Mathematics, Computer Sciences
Committee IV (Medicine, Veterinary Medicine) Prof.Dr.med. Winrich Breipohl Medical Faculty of the University of
Witten-Herdecke and Institute for Work and Technology Gelsenkirchen Prof.Dr.med. Oliver Liesenfeld Freie Universitt
Berlin, Medicine, Microbiology, Infection Immunology Committee V (Humanities) Prof.Dr.Hermann-Josef Blanke
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University of Erfurt, Law Prof.Dr.Reiner Clement Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Economics, Innovation
Economics Prof.Dr.Stefan Garsztecki TU Chemnitz, Political Sciences, History Prof.Dr.Daniel Gler University of Passau,
Political Sciences, European Studies Prof.Dr.Carsten Herrmann-Pillath Frankfurt-School of Finance & Management,
Economics Prof.Dr.Wolf Peter Klein University of Erfurt, Germanistic Linguistics, Language History Prof.Dieter Mack
University of Music Lbeck, Musical Theory, Composition, Ethno-Musicology Prof.Dr.Gnther Maihold German Institute
for International and Security Affairs, Berlin, Political Sciences Prof.Dr.Matas Martnez University of Wuppertal,
General and Comparative Literary Studies and Modern German Literary History Prof.Dr.phil. habil. Wolfram Martini
University of Giessen, Classical Archaeology Prof.Dr.Peter W. Marx University of Cologne, Institute of Media Culture and
Theatre Prof.Dr.Wolfgang Patzig University of Magdeburg-Stendal, Economics Prof.Dr.Monika Rathert University of
Wuppertal, German Language and Literature, Linguistics Prof.Dr.Wolfgang Schffner Humboldt University Berlin, Cultural
Studies Prof.Dr.Oliver Schlumberger University of Tbingen, Political Sciences Prof.Dr.Bernhard Stahl University of
Passau, Political Science
Members of the Jury for the Artists-in-Berlin Programme

As per 31.12.2015
Fine Arts: Adam Budak National Gallery Prague, Czech Republic Elena Filipovic Kunsthalle Basel Sarah Rifky exhibition
space Beirut, Cairo Maria Ins Rodrguez CAPC musee dart contemporain de Bordeaux Nicolaus Schafhausen Kunsthalle
Wien, Austria Adam Szymczyk documenta 14, Kassel Film: Nicole Brenez Universite Paris 3 / Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris
Ulrich Gregor Arsenal Institute for Film and Video Art, Berlin Doris Hegner Head of Film Division, Haus der Kulturen
der Welt, Berlin Birgit Kohler Arsenal Institute for Film and Video Art, Berlin Barbara Schweizerhof editor epd film,
Frankfurt/Main Klaus Stanjek documentary film director, Potsdam Literature: Priya Basil author, Berlin Katharina Doebler
author, editor, literary criticism, Berlin Gregor Dotzauer literary editor, Tagesspiegel, Berlin Rainer G. Schmidt translator
and author, Berlin Stefan Weidner author and translator, chief editor Fikrun wa Fann (magazine), Kln Music: Marcus
Gammel editor Hrspiel / Klangkunst Deutschlandradio Kultur Thorbjrn Tnder Hansen SNYK Zentrum fr zeitgens-
sische Musik, Denmark Dr.Lydia Jeschke Wort/Musik, SWR, Freiburg Bettina Junge ensemble mosaik, Berlin Dr.Thomas
Schfer Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt Prof.Oliver Schneller Composition, hmtm Hannover
Members of the Advisory Council on German Language and Literature

As per 31.12.2015
Prof.Dr.Lesaw Cirko Instytut Filologii Germaskiej, Uniwersytet Wrocawski Prof.Dr.Peter Colliander (associated member)
Institut for internationale kultur- og kommunikationsstudier, Copenhagen Business School Prof.Dr.Martine Dalmas
(associated member) UFR dtudes germaniques, Universit Paris IV, Sorbonne Prof.Dr.Ludwig M. Eichinger Institute for the
German Language, Mannheim Prof.Dr.Christian Fandrych (Chair) Herder-Institut, University of Leipzig Prof.Dr.Marina
Foschi Dipartimento di Linguistica, Universit di Pisa Prof.Dr.Susanne Gnthner (Deputy Chair) Department of German
Studies, University of Mnster Prof.Dr.Martin Huber (Chair) Modern German Literature, Bayreuth University Prof.Dr.Karin
Kleppin Department of Language Teaching Research, Ruhr University Bochum Prof.Dr.Gerhard Lauer Department of
German Philology, University of Gttingen Prof.Dr.Eva Neuland Dept. A, German Language and Literature, University of
Wuppertal Prof.Dr.Franziska Schler Dept. II, German Language and Literature, Modern German Literature, University
of Trier Prof.Dr.Edgar Wolfrum Zentrum fr Europische Geschichte und Kulturwissenschaften (ZEGK), History D epartment,
University of Heidelberg
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DAAD regions
The DAAD statistics are based on North America Sub-Saharan Africa

the following regional structuring
Canada, United States of America Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina
(as per 2015):
Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape
Verde, Central African Republic,
Latin America
Chad, Comoros, Congo, Congo/
Western, Middle and
Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Democratic Republic, Djibouti,
South-Eastern Europe
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Gabon, Gambia,
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia Costa Rica, Cuba, D ominican Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Ivory Coast,
and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic, Ecuador, E l Salvador, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Malawi, Mali, M auritania, Mauritius,
Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger,
Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Nigeria, Rwanda, So Tom and
Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Peru, Saint Lucia, SaintVincent Prncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, and the Grenadines, Suriname, Leone, Somalia, South Africa,
Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland,
Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Venezuela Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia,
Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Zimbabwe
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey,
Middle East, North Africa
Vatican City, United Kingdom
Asia, Pacific
Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt,
Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan,
Eastern Europe, Central Asia
Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong
and Southern Caucasus
Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Kong (CN), Macao (CN), Fiji,
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea/the
Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, United Arab E mirates, Yemen Democratic Peoples Republic,
Moldavia, Russian Federation, Korea/the Republic of, Laos,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar,
Uzbekistan Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Papua
New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa,
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan,
Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga,
Vietnam
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I V . F ac t s a n d figu r e s : DAAD R e g i o n s / L i s t o f A b b r e v i a t i o n s
List of abbreviations
AA Federal Foreign Office EPOS Development-Related PPGG Public Policy and Good
Postgraduate Courses Governance
ADeKo German Korean Alumni
Network Erasmus/Erasmus+ European P.R.I.M.E Postdoctoral Researchers
Community Action Scheme for the International Mobility Experience
AUB Andrassy Universitt Budapest Mobility of University Students
PROMOS Mobility Programme
AvH Alexander von Humboldt EU European Union for Students and Postgraduates of
Foundation German Universities
GAIN German Academic Inter
BIDS Support Initiative for PASCH national Network RISE Research Internships in
Schools (Betreuungsintiative Science and Engineering
Deutsche Auslands- und GATE-Germany Guide to Academic
Partnerschulen) Training and Education (Germany) SDG Sustainable Development
Goals
BKP Artists-in-Berlin programme GIP German Institute Partnerships
SHARE Support for Higher
BMBF Federal Ministry of Education GIZ Gesellschaft fr Internationale Education in the ASEAN Region
and Research Zusammenarbeit
STIBET Grant and Support
BMZ Federal Ministry for Economic GJU German Jordanian University rogramme for Foreign Students
P
Cooperation and Development and Doctoral Students
GRIAT German-Russian Institute
CIS Commonwealth of of Advanced Technologies TDU Turkish-German University
Independant States
GSSP Graduate School Scholarship TNE Transnational education
COFUND Co-funding of Regional, Programme
National, and International UNESCO United Nations Educational,
Programmes Marie Curie Actions GUC German University in Cairo Scientific and Cultural Organization
CsF Science without Boders GUTech German University VGU Vietnamese-German

(Cincia sem Fronteiras) of Technology University
CULT Committee on Culture HRK German Rectors Conference ZDS Centre for German Studies
and Education of the European
Parliament IC Information Centre
DFG German Research Foundation iDA International DAAD Academy
DIES Dialogue on Innovative Higher IIE Institute of International

Education Strategies Education
DLR German Aerospace Center IULI International University

Liaison Indonesia
DTWJ German-Turkish Year of
Research, Education and Innovation NA DAAD National agency for
EU higher education collaboration
DWIH German Houses of Science within the DAAD
and Innovation
NAFSA Association of International
ECTS European Credit Transfer Educators
System
PASCH Schools: Partners for
the Future
PAU Pan African University
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Addresses in Germany and abroad
DAAD Head Office Bonn Cairo (since 1960) Mexico City (since 2000)
Responsible for Egypt and Sudan Responsible for Mexico
German Academic Exchange Service
Kennedyallee 50 German Academic Exchange Service Servicio Alemn de Intercambio
53175 Bonn (Germany) 11 Sharia Al-Saleh Ayoub Acadmico
Postfach 200404 Cairo-Zamalek (Egypt) Calle Kepler 157
53134 Bonn (Germany) Tel. +20 (2) 27352726 Col. Nueva Anzures
Tel. +49 (228) 882-0 Fax +20 (2) 27384136 Del. Miguel Hidalgo
Fax +49 (228) 882-444 info@daadcairo.org C.P. 11590 Ciudad de Mxico
postmaster@daad.de http://cairo.daad.de (Mexico)
www.daad.de Tel. +52 (55) 52501883
Fax +52 (55) 52501804
Hanoi (since 2003)
info@daadmx.org
Berlin Office Responsible for Vietnam, Cambodia,
www.daadmx.org
Laos and Myanmar
WissenschaftsForum German Academic Exchange Service
Moscow (since 1993)
am Gendarmenmarkt The Vietnamese-German Centre
Responsible for the Russian
Markgrafenstrae 37 Trung Tam Viet Duc
Federation
10117 Berlin (Germany) Hanoi University of Science
Government Liaison Office and Technology German Academic Exchange Service
Tel. +49 (30) 202208-0 Dai Co Viet / Tran Dai Nghia Leninskij Prospekt 95a
Fax +49 (30) 2041267 Hanoi (Vietnam) 119313 Moscow
DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Programme Tel. +84 (4) 38683773 (Russian Federation)
Tel. (0049/30) 202208-20 Fax +84 (4) 38683772 Tel. +7 (499) 1324992
bkp.berlin@daad.de daad@daadvn.org Fax +7 (499) 1324988
www.berliner- www.daadvn.org daad@daad.ru
kuenstlerprogramm.de www.daad.ru
Jakarta (since 1990)
Regional Offices Responsible for Indonesia, Malaysia Nairobi (since 1973)
and Singapore Responsible for Kenya, Burundi,
Ethiopia, Rwanda, South Sudan,
Brussels (since 2006) German Academic Exchange Service
Tanzania and Uganda
Responsible for EU Institutions Jl. Jend. Sudirman, Kav. 6162
Summitmas II, 14th Floor German Academic Exchange Service
12190 Jakarta (Indonesia) Madison Insurance House
Rue dArlon 22-24
Tel. +62 (21) 5200870, 5252807 3rd floor, Upper Hill Close
1050 Brussels (Belgium)
Fax +62 (21) 5252822 00800 Nairobi (Kenya)
Tel. +32 (2) 6095285
info@daadjkt.org P.O. Box 14050
Fax +32 (2) 6095289
www.daadjkt.org 00800 Nairobi (Kenya)
buero.bruessel@daad.de
Tel. +254 (20) 2729741
http://bruessel.daad.de
Fax +254 (20) 2716710
London (since 1952)
info@daadafrica.org
Responsible for the United Kingdom
Beijing (since 1994) http://nairobi.daad.de
and Ireland
Responsible for China
(including Hong Kong) German Academic Exchange Service
New Delhi (since 1960)
1 Southampton Place
German Academic Exchange Service Responsible for India, Bangladesh,
WC1A 2DA London
Unit 1718, Landmark Tower 2 Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka
(United Kingdom)
8 North Dongsanhuan Road
Tel. +44 (20) 7831-9511 German Academic Exchange Service
Chaoyang District
Fax +44 (20) 7831-8575 DLTA Complex,
100004 Beijing (PR China)
info@daad.org.uk R.K. Khanna Stadium,
Tel. +86 (10) 6590-6656
www.daad.org.uk 1 Africa Avenue
Fax +86 (10) 6590-6393
110 029 New Delhi (India)
postmaster@daad.org.cn
Tel. +91 (11) 66465500
www.daad.org.cn
Fax +91 (11) 66465555
info@daaddelhi.org
www.daaddelhi.org
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I V . F ac t s a n d figu r e s : A d d r e ss e s
New York (since 1971) Warsaw (since 1997)

Responsible for USA and Canada Responsible for Poland
German Academic Exchange Service Niemiecka Centrala Wymiany

871 United Nations Plaza Akademickiej
10017 New York, N.Y. (USA) ul. Czeska 24/2
Tel. +1 (212) 7583223 03-902 Warszawa (Poland)
Fax +1 (212) 7555780 Tel. +48 (22) 6174847
daadny@daad.org Fax +48 (22) 6161296
www.daad.org daad@daad.pl
www.daad.pl
Paris (since 1963)
Responsible for France
Office Allemand dEchanges You will find the websites of

Universitaires the information centres (ICs) under:
Htel Duret de Chevry www.daad.de/offices
8, rue du Parc-Royal
75003 Paris (France)
Tel. +33 (1) 44170230
Fax +33 (1) 44170231
info-paris@daad.de
http://paris.daad.de
Rio de Janeiro (since 1972)

Responsible for Brazil
Servio Alemo de Intercmbio

Acadmico
Rua Professor Alfredo Gomes, 37
Botafogo
22251-080 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Tel. +55 (21) 25533296
Fax +55 (21) 25539261
info@daad.org.br
www.daad.org.br
Tokyo (since 1978)

Responsible for Japan and
the Republic of Korea (South)

German Cultural Centre
Akasaka 7-5-56, Minato-ku
107-0052 Tokyo (Japan)
Tel. +81 (3) 35825962
Fax +81 (3) 35825554
daad-tokyo@daadjp.com
http://tokyo.daad.de
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I V . F ac t s a n d figu r e s : O r g a n i s a t i o n a l c h a r t
Organisational chart Committees
German Academic General Assembly

Exchange Service (DAAD)
Board of Trustees
Executive Committee
Selection Committees
A Department Z Department S
Regional Offices Central Administration Strategy
Director: Rudolf Boden (Tel. -200) Director: Christian Mller (Tel. -204)
A03 A15 Z01 S1
Paris Tokyo Finance and Controlling Strategic Planning

Christiane Schmeken Dr. Ursula Toyka Ralf Gandras (Tel. -536) Dr. Simone Burkhart (Tel. -480)
A04 A16 Z02 S11
Accounting and Financial Transactions Strategic Development and
London Hanoi Wolfgang Gartzke (Tel. -247), Higher Education Policy
Dr. Georg Krawietz Anke Stahl Markus Klaas (Tel. -705) Katharina Maschke (Tel. -850)
A05 A17 Z03 S12
Moscow Jakarta IT Security Monitoring, Evaluation and Studies

Dr. Peter Hiller Dr. Irene Jansen Tibet mrbek (Tel. -742) Bea Knippenberg (Tel. -829)
A06 S13
A18 Z1
Warsaw Development Cooperation
Dr. Klaudia Knabel Maison Heinrich Heine, Paris Internal Services Christoph Hansert (Tel. -265)
Dr. Christiane Deussen Nicole Friegel (Tel. -258)
A07 S14
Z11 German Studies, German Language and
Brussels Lektor Programme
Nina Salden Human Resources and Organisation Dr. Ursula Paintner (Tel. -832)
Ute Schmitz-Wester (Tel. -128)
A08 S15
Z12 Internationalisation in Research
New York HR Financial Department and and Teaching
Dr. Nina Lemmens Travel Expense Accounting Dr. Christian Schfer (Tel. -339)
Nicole Friegel (Tel. -258)
A09
Z13 S2
Mexico City Knowledge Exchange and
Dr. Alexander Au Legal Affairs Network
Anke Geburzyk (Tel. -306) Dr. Klaus Birk (Tel. -288)
A10
Z14 S21
Rio de Janeiro
Dr. Martina Schulze General Administration and Purchasing Coordination of Regional Expertise
Christoph Weber (Tel. -126) Dr. Klaus Birk (Tel. -288)
A11
Z15 S22
Cairo
Dr. Roman Luckscheiter Quality Management DAAD Network
Susanne Reinbott (Tel. -8669) Ruth Krahe (Tel. -583)
A12
Z16 S23
Nairobi
Dr. Helmut Blumbach Facility Management International DAAD Academy (iDA)
Silke Marschall (Tel. -409) Dr. Gabriele Althoff (Tel. -707)
A13
S24
Z2
New Delhi
Heike Mock Third-Party Funding and DAAD-Stiftung
IT N.N.
A14 Oliver Kraemer (Tel. -8630)
Z21 Friends of the DAAD
Beijing
Dr. Thomas Schmidt-Drr
IT Business Process Management Management
Oliver Kraemer (Tel. -8630) Stefanie Lohmann (Tel. -835)
Z22
IT Infrastructure
Alexander Hepting (Tel. -590)
Z23
Please find the organisational chart online: IT Applications

3 w ww.daad.de/organigram Sascha Nthen (Tel. -116)
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President Vice President
Executive Staff Berlin Office
SB01
Executive Office Head

Lena von Eichborn (Tel. -581) Ulrich Grothus (Tel. +49 (30) 202208-53)
Prof. Dr. Margret Wintermantel Prof. Dr. Joybrato Mukherjee
SB02 A01
Secretary General Deputy Secretary General Internal Auditing Government Liaison Office
Jrgen Stricker (Tel. -324) Daniel Zimmermann (Tel. +49 (30) 202208-18)
SB03 A02
Press Office Artists-in-Berlin Programme

Dr. Dorothea Rland (Tel. -215) Ulrich Grothus (Tel. +49 (30) 202208-53) Anke Sobieraj (Tel. -454) Katharina Narbutovic (Tel. +49 (30) 202208-25)
Department ST Department P Department K Department EU

Communications
Scholarships Projects Director: Dr. Michael Harms National Agency for EU Higher Education Cooperation
Director: Dr. Birgit Klsener (Tel. -137) Director: Dr. Anette Pieper (Tel. -346) (Tel. -357) Director: Dr. Hanns Sylvester (Tel. -349)
ST01 ST3 P01 P3 K1 EU01 EU03

Scholarship Programmes Development Cooperation and Public Relations Erasmus+ Key Action 2:
Financial Management Department ST Southern Hemisphere Financial Management Department P Transregional Programmes Acting Head of Division: Communication, Quality and Audit Partnerships and Cooperation Projects
Stephan Jeworski (Tel. -7983) Dr. Christian Hlshrster (Tel. -545) Dr. Hendrik Kelzenberg (Tel. -8687) Stefan Bienefeld (Tel. -600) Dr. Michael Harms (Tel. -357) Agnes Schulze-von Laszewski (Tel. -645) Beate Krner (Tel. -257)
ST31 P31 K11 EU02 EU04
ST1 Latin America P1 Erasmus+ Key Action 1: Erasmus+ Key Action 3:
Scholarship Policies and Almut Mester (Tel. -315), Project Policies and Internat. of Institution Building in Higher Education Info Centre Mobility of Individuals Policy Support
Financial Support Dr. Sybilla Tinapp (Tel. -8631) Higher Education in Germany Lars Gerold (Tel. -685) N.N. Dr. Markus Symmank (Tel. -556) Martin Schifferings (Tel. -716)
Dr. Andreas Hoeschen (Tel. -512) Dr. Christian Thimme (Tel. -217)
ST32 P32 K12
ST11 P11 Development Cooperation:
Scholarship Policies and Alumni Affairs Africa Partnership Programmes and Higher Internal Communications
Acting Head of Section: Cay Etzold (Tel. -686) Project Funding Policies Education Management Anja Schnabel (Tel. -8729)
Karin Mller (Tel. -631) Frank Merkle (Tel. -658) Michael Hrig (Tel. -8686)
ST33 K13
ST12 P12 P33
Middle East, North Africa Project Funding for German Language, External Communications
Financial Support, German Scholarship Holders Dr. Katharina Fleckenstein (Tel. -8611) Project Auditing Alumni Projects, Research Mobility Theresa Holz (Tel. -245)
Ute Funke (Tel. -436) Birte Wehnsen (Tel. -8744) Stephanie Knobloch (Tel. -573)
ST34 K14
ST13 P13
Asia, Pacific Internationalisation Programmes Events
Financial Support, Foreign Scholarship Holders Hannelore Bossmann (Tel. -342) Tabea Kaiser (Tel. -670), Kirsten Habbich (Tel. -206)
Claudia Petersen (Tel. -722) Birgit Siebe-Herbig (Tel. -168)
ST35
ST14 Joint Scholarship Programmes Middle East, P14 K2
North Africa Mobility Programmes and Student
Financial Support, Teaching Staff Abroad Dr. Zahar Barth-Manzoori (Tel. -800) Support Services Marketing
Elisabeth Schler (Tel. -352) Gebhard Reul (Tel. -252) Stefan Hase-Bergen (Tel. -388)
ST15 ST4 P15 K20
Transregional Scholarship GATE Germany Office and
Insurance Programmes Higher Education Programmes for Refugees Marketing Expertise
Marina Palm (Tel. -294) Dr. Gisela Schneider (Tel. -358) Katharina Riehle (Tel. -259) Dorothea Mahnke (Tel. -188)
ST41 K21
ST2 German Schools Abroad, Internships, P2
Scholarship Programmes Summer Schools Transnational Education and International Higher Education Marketing
Northern Hemisphere Dr. Meltem Gben (Tel. -653) Cooperation Programmes Dr. Guido Schnieders (Tel. -669)
Benedikt Brisch (Tel. -314) Dr. Stephan Geifes (Tel. -326)
ST42 K22
ST21 P20
Scholarships for Development Cooperation Office of the Consortium for the International Research Marketing
East Central Europe, South East Europe, Turkey Gabriele von Fircks (Tel. -127) Vietnamese-German University (VGU) Dr. Katja Lasch (Tel. -146)
Antje Schlamm (Tel. -284) Nicole Binder (Tel. -8650)
ST43 K23
ST22 P21
Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Research Fellowship Programmes Transnational Education Projects in Europe Information on Studying in Germany
South Caucasus and Central Asia Works Council
Dr. Holger Finken (Tel. -334) Dr. Ursula Egyptien (Tel. -648)
Kai Franke (Tel. -205), Susanne Otte (Tel. -219)
Dr. Thomas Prahl (Tel. -405) K24 Bonn
P22 Chairperson: Torsten Meisel (Tel. -426)
ST23 Transnational Education Projects in the Information on Studying Abroad
Middle East, Asia, Africa, Latin America Works Council
Alexander Haridi (Tel. -763)
North America, RISE Isabell Mering (Tel. -8717) Berlin
Gabriele Knieps (Tel. -271) Chairperson: Sebastian Brehmer
P23 (Tel. +49 (30) 202208-17)
ST24 Cooperation Projects in Europe,
South Caucasus, Central Asia Works Council
Western, Northern and Southern Europe Dr. Randolf Oberschmidt (Tel. -367)
Wolfgang Gairing (Tel. -469) Central Works Council
P24 Chairperson: Torsten Meisel (Tel. -426)
Cooperation Projects in the Middle East,
Asia, Africa, Latin America
Dr. Renate Dieterich (Tel. -8738)
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2015

Latin America: 33 So Paulo Rio de Janeiro

Santiago de Chile Buenos Aires

aound Kuala Lumpur

Native of Belarus and winner of the Nobel Prize

The people researcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

The DAAD: 90 years later, more active than ever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Ensuring successful integration of refugees at universities . . . . . . . . 55

Erasmus+: beyond Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Iran Joining forces on sustainable development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

II. Our goals

Structures for internationalisation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Expertise for academic collaborations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

III. The DAAD worldwide

Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Southern Caucasus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Middle East, North Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

IV. Facts and figures

Financial Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

DAAD bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Selection committees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

DAAD regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

List of abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Addresses in Germany and abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Organisational chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

re-connecting with Germany and strengthening ties

a number which now seems well within reach

were launched as part of this programme

at preparatory colleges and universities WELCOME encourages university students to help

display of such initiative at universities across Germany

knowledge and society

Prof. Dr. Margret Wintermantel

90 years of DAAD doors to a diverse range of study opportunities

table 1 : Key figures in

1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2014 2015

Headquarters, Berlin Office, Regional Offices, Heinrich Heine House Paris 4 6 10 14 16 18 18 18

238 member higher education institutions 107 member student bodies

new structure All of the individual scholarship programmes are

Federal Ministry for Economic

Prof. Dr. Joybrato Mukherjee, who is also Presi-

The DAAD budget is primarily comprised of

Scholarships for foreigners

The selection committees

applied strict selection scholarships starting in 2016. The selection

awarded one-year scholarships

Especially in developing countries, the DAAD

The DAADs flagship programmes for Conference on the leader-

Most scholarship programmes for foreigners hope for a better future:

Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation Foreign government scholarship programmes

Launched You spent twelve months in the

Scholarships for Germans

More APPlICAtIonS eVerY YeAr

Aside from academic degree programmes

the people researcher

Svetlana Alexievich was born in 1948 in the town

University internationalisation strategies

territory can still be found in At the BIDS conference in

The highly qualified

Dialogue and exchange around

The exchange of information and best-practice

German higher education

G 18 110 85 1 7 47 3 174 18 24 70 195 163 185 82

G 37 176 157 26 86 151 12 372 27 55 112 366 379 355 4 31

G 212 85 64 32 23 131 48 52 321 379 88 142 41 65