DAAD Presentation

DST, 12 December 2007

Mrs Samia ChasiDAAD Information Centre Johannesburg

a self-governing organisation of German universities:

231 member universities124 student bodies

Deutscher Akademischer AustauschDienst /

German Academic Exchange Service

The DAAD is ...

DAAD stands for...

The DAAD's aims and objectives

To advance international academic exchange To promote the German system of higher education through

participation in higher education fairs; print and electronic publications as well as special events (alumni meetings etc.)

To establish networks in Germany and abroad To grant organisational and (limited) financial support to

universities To award scholarships and grants To provide information and counselling

45 Information Centres (IC)14 DAAD Regional Offices

The DAAD worldwide

Auckland

Kiev

Buenos Aires

Accra

AnkaraIstanbul

St. Petersburg

Prague

Novosibirsk

San Francisco

Sao Paulo

Seoul

Auckland

Sydney

Bangkok

Caracas

Santiago de Chile

Bucharest

New Delhi

New York

Mexico City

Rio de Janeiro

Nairobi

MoscowLondon

Paris

TokyoBeijing

Jakarta

Cairo

Warsaw

Chennai

TaipeiHong Kong

Hanoi

Kuala Lumpur

Ho Chi Minh City

Singapore

San José

Johannesburg

Jerusalem

Toronto Budapest

Guangzhou

Havana

Athens

Teheran Shanghai

Minsk

Khartoum

Tiflis

BakuYerevan

Tashkent AlmatyBishkek

DushanbeRome

Barcelona

Riga

DAAD programmes in Sub-Sahara Africa

Inter-university partnerships

Visiting lecturers from Germany Bilateral exchange of academics (DAAD-NRF)

In-region/In-country scholarships for postgraduate studies (DAAD-NRF)

In-region/Third-country scholarships for postgraduate studies Research grants for doctoral candidates and young academics and

scientists, including the “Sandwich” model “Studies and Research in Sustainability” scholarships

DAAD programmes in Sub-Sahara Africa (cont.)

Postgraduate courses for professionals with relevance to developing countries

Practical traineeships (IAESTE)

Study visits to Germany

Summer academies

Alumni programmes (e.g. re-invitation programme)

Other DAAD activities in South Africa

DAAD-VWSA International Chair in Automotive Engineering at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

Willy Brandt Chair, currently at the University of Stellenbosch

DAAD lecturer and language assistant at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

Other DAAD activities in South Africa (cont.)

DAAD-supported African networks of excellence• Human Rights; Centre for Human Rights at the University of

Pretoria• Development Management; Institute for Social Development

(ISD) at the University of the Western Cape• Two new networks in 2008?

German - South African Research Lecture Series 2007

German Pavilion INSITE 2004 and 2006

Contact details

DAAD Information Centre JohannesburgDr Andreas Hettiger (from February 2008: Dr Ralf Hermann), Mrs Samia Chasi

PO Box 269, Wits 2050

Tel 011 – 717 9334Fax 011 – 717 9335Email daad@wits.ac.zaWWW http://ic.daad.de/johannesburg, www.daad.de