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DAAD | Scholarships

• Largest funding organisation in the world supporting the international exchange of students and scholars

• Registered association; its members are German institutions of higher education and student bodies

• Since it was founded in 1925, more than 1.5 million scholars in Germany and abroad have received DAAD funding

DAAD | Beyond Scholarships

• Support of the internationalisation of German universities

• Promotion of German studies and the German language abroad

• Assistance for developing countries in establishing effective universities

• Consultancy for decision makers on matters of cultural, education and development policy

DAAD | Offices & Information Centres

DAAD | DAAD-Lecturers

America (Latin)

Asia / Australia / Oceania

Europe (Central, East)

Europe (West)

Africa / Subsahara

Africa (North) / Near East

America (North)16

30

28

156

154

20

76

480 DAAD-Lecturers in 105 Countries

DAAD | Budget 2010

Higher Education Co-operation

with Developing Countries

72 Mio. €

Internationalisationof German Universities

68 Mio. €

Promotion of German Studies

and German Language

48 Mio. €

Grants & Scholarshipsfor Foreigners

87 Mio. €

Grants & Scholarshipsfor Germans

109 Mio. €

DAAD | Grants & Scholarships for Africans

• Research scholarships for doctoral candidates, young academics & scientists

• Research stays for university academics & scientists• Postgraduate courses with relevance to developing countries• Public Policy & Good Governance Programme• African Good Governance Network• Alumni programmes• In-Country & In-Region scholarships• Etc.

DAAD | Grants & Scholarships for Germans

• Research scholarships for doctoral candidates, young academics & scientists

• German studies & German language lectureships• Long-term & visiting lectureships• Short-term lectureships• Partnership programmes• Fact-finding missions• Etc.

DAAD | Grants & Scholarships 2010*

5.403

3.275

1.541

4.817

5.979

15.727

6.817

7.395

2.080

5.152

6.834

3.144

1.764

3.732

America (North)

America (Latin)

Europe (West)

Europe (Central, East)

Asia / Australia / Oceania

Africa (Subsahara)

Africa (North) / Near East

Germans 31.613Foreigners 42.047

*excl. EU-Programmes

DAAD | Grants & Scholarships for Africa 2010

3.732 (2.761) Africans+ 1.764 (1.676) Germans

5.496 (4.437)

Total amount in EUR: 32.445.631

DAAD | Internationalisation of German Universities

• Export of German Study Programmes• Public Policy and Good Governance• African Good Governance Network• Etc.

DAAD | Internationalisation of German Universities

• Export of German Study Programmes (example):

Uni Bochum > Uni Western Cape (MA Development Management)

DAAD | Co-operation with Developing Countries

• Subject-related partnerships• DIES – Dialogue on Innovative Higher

Education Strategies (dialogue, training, partnerships)

• exceed – Excellence Centers for Exchange and Development

• Etc.

DAAD | Co-operation with Developing Countries

• Subject-related partnerships (examples):

Uni Gießen – Ethiopia – Namibia – South Africa – Uganda (Academic Partnership for Environment and Development Innovations in Africa APEDIA)

Uni Siegen – Zambia (M.Sc. Environmental Engineering, Monitoring and Management)

TUni Berlin – Brazil – South Africa – Chile – Botswana (Global Engineering Teams GET)

DAAD | Co-operation with Developing Countries

• DIES (examples):

DIES-Partnership: Unis Moi – Bayreuth (SEED – New ICT Strategies for the Enhancement of Higher Education Management)

DIES-Training: Unis Berlin – Bonn – Göttingen – Hohenheim – Makerere (Proposal Writing Courses)

DIES-Project: DAAD – HRK – Inter University Council for East Africa (Quality Assurance)

DAAD | Co-operation with Developing Countries

• exceed (examples):

Food Security Center: Uni Hohenheim – Tanzania – Uganda – Costa Rica – Thailand – Philippines

Center for International Health: LM Uni München – Ethiopia – Tanzania – Chile – Vietnam

International Center for Development & Decent Work: Uni Kassel – Kenya – South Africa – Brazil – Mexico – India – Pakistan

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