German Academic Exchange Service

{{Infobox organization

| name = German Academic Exchange Service

| native_name = Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst

| native_name_lang = de

| logo = Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst logo.svg

| image =

| image_upright = .7

| abbreviation = DAAD

| type = Eingetragener Verein (registered association)

| budget = EUR 471m (2015){{cite web|title=DAAD annual report 2015|url=https://www.daad.de/der-daad/zahlen-und-fakten/en/30736-budget-and-funding-bodies/|access-date=2016-12-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119121359/https://www.daad.de/der-daad/zahlen-und-fakten/en/30736-budget-and-funding-bodies/|archive-date=2019-01-19|url-status=dead}}

| formation = 1925

| leader_title = President

| num_staff = approx. 1000

| leader_name = Joybrato Mukherjee

| headquarters = Bonn, Germany

| website = {{URL|www.daad.de/en/index.html|www.daad.de}}

}}

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD; {{langx|de|Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst}}), founded in 1925, is a joint organization of German universities and student bodies to foster their international relations. Since 1 January 2020, the president has been Joybrato Mukherjee.{{cite web | url=https://www2.daad.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/de/71935-prof-dr-joybrato-mukherjee-zum-neuen-daad-praesidenten-gewaehlt/ | title=Prof. Dr. Joybrato Mukherjee zum neuen DAAD-Präsidenten gewählt - DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst }}

Organisation

DAAD is a private, federally funded and state-funded, self-governing national agency of the institutions of higher education in Germany, representing 365 German higher education institutions (100 universities and technical universities, 162 general universities of applied sciences, and 52 colleges of music and art) [2003].

The DAAD itself does not offer programs of study or courses, but awards competitive, merit-based grants for use toward study and/or research in Germany at any of the accredited German institutions of higher education. It also awards grants to German students, doctoral students, and scholars for studies and research abroad. With an annual budget of 522 million Euros and supporting approximately 140.000 individuals world-wide,{{Cite web|url=https://www.daad.de/medien-und-publikationen/de/29887-jahresbericht/|title=Jahresbericht - DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst|website=www.daad.de|access-date=2019-04-29|archive-date=2019-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430032509/https://www.daad.de/medien-und-publikationen/de/29887-jahresbericht/|url-status=dead}} the DAAD is in fact the largest such academic grant organisation worldwide{{Cite web|url=https://www.daad.de/medien/daad_jahresbericht_2017.pdf|title=Jahresbericht|last=DAAD|date=2017|website=DAAD|access-date=April 29, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www2.daad.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/de/64076-weiterer-aufwaertstrend-bei-stipendien-und-programmen-daad-zieht-positive-bilanz-fuer-den-wissenschaftsaustausch-2017/|title=Weiterer Aufwärtstrend bei Stipendien und Programmen: DAAD zieht positive Bilanz für den Wissenschaftsaustausch 2017 - DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst|website=www2.daad.de|access-date=2020-03-29}} The organisation was founded on 1 January 1925 but closed down in 1945, only to be re-founded again in 1950.

Headquarters and regional offices

The DAAD headquarters are in Bonn and there are 21 regional offices that exist to provide information and advice on study and research opportunities, as well as available grants, tailored to students and academics within their region.

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The DAAD New York office serves residents of the United States and Canada who are enrolled or employed at American and Canadian higher education institutions and would like to study or pursue research in Germany. From the perspective of this side of the exchange, the DAAD's mission is to facilitate American and Canadian students' access to the distinguished German institutions of higher education and research—from research universities (Universitäten) to universities of applied sciences (Fachhochschule), colleges of music and art, libraries and archives, and research institutions such as the Max Planck Institutes.File:Hauptgebäude DAAD.jpg]]

DAAD scholarships and programmes

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The DAAD scholarship grants{{Cite web|url=https://daadscholarship.com/|title=DAAD Scholarships 2023 - Study for Free in Germany|website=DAAD Scholarship 2023 - DAAD German Scholarship Application Call Letter}} administered by the DAAD abroad are available to students of all academic disciplines and at each academic degree level, including undergraduates, graduating undergraduates and recent graduates with a BA, master's degree students, doctoral students, PhD candidates and postdoctoral scholars, and faculty.

The DAAD worldwide network also includes around 50 information centers{{Cite web|url=https://www.daad.org/en/about-us/who-we-are/about-the-daad/|title=About DAAD|date=2015-11-18|website=DAAD Office New York|language=en|access-date=2020-03-29}} and around 450 DAAD lecturer positions.

[https://europeanscholarship.com/daad-scholarships/ DAAD scholarship] is one of the top scholarships offered by European country Germany for outstanding international students. Every year Students are selected on merit basis and offered a [https://scholarshipshub.info/daad-scholarships-in-germany/ DAAD scholarship] to study postgraduate degree masters and PhD in German universities.

Notable DAAD Alumni

DAAD alumni have occupied key roles in government, academia and industry. The alumni include winners of prestigious awards such as the Pulitzer Prize, MacArthur Fellows Program, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, Grammy Awards, Academy Awards (Oscars) as well as several heads of state.

Additionally, at least 12 Nobel Prize Winners are DAAD alumni.{{Cite web|url=https://www.daad.de/en/the-daad/who-we-are/history/|title=History|website=www.daad.de|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326002814/https://www.daad.de/en/the-daad/who-we-are/history/|archive-date=2020-03-26|access-date=2020-03-26}} For example, Günter Blobel (1999),{{Cite web|url=https://www.eventme.com/invitation/daad.aspx|title=DAAD, New York City: Sound Understanding - A Gala Concert in Carnegie Hall|website=www.eventme.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326002940/https://www.eventme.com/invitation/daad.aspx|archive-date=2020-03-26|access-date=2020-03-25}} Gao Xingjian (2000),{{Cite web|url=http://www.berliner-kuenstlerprogramm.de/en/news_druck.php?id=111|title=Berliner Künstlerprogramm|website=www.berliner-kuenstlerprogramm.de|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326003156/http://www.berliner-kuenstlerprogramm.de/en/news_druck.php?id=111|archive-date=2020-03-26|access-date=2020-03-25}} Wolfgang Ketterle (2001),{{Cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2001/ketterle/facts/|title=Wolfgang Ketterle {{!}} The Nobel Prize|website=NobelPrize.org|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326003252/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2001/ketterle/facts/|archive-date=2020-03-26|access-date=2020-03-25}} Imre Kertész (2002), Wangari Maathai (2004),{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/kenyan-environmental-activist-wins-nobel-peace-prize/a-1352886|title=Kenyan environmental Activist wins Nobel Peace Prize {{!}} Deutsche Welle DW|website=Deutsche Welle|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326003416/https://www.dw.com/en/kenyan-environmental-activist-wins-nobel-peace-prize/a-1352886|archive-date=2020-03-26|access-date=2020-03-25}} Herta Müller (2009),{{Cite web|url=https://idw-online.de/de/news338186|title=Informationsdienst Wissenschaft|website=idw-online.de|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326003549/https://idw-online.de/de/news338186|archive-date=2020-03-26|access-date=2020-03-25}} Mario Vargas Llosa (2009), Svetlana Alexievich (2015), Leo Hoffmann-Axthelm (2017),{{Cite web|url=https://www2.daad.de/der-daad/daad-aktuell/de/60320-friedensnobelpreis-2017-fuer-eine-welt-ohne-atomwaffen/|title=Friedensnobelpreis 2017: Für eine Welt ohne Atomwaffen - DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst|website=www2.daad.de|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326003742/https://www2.daad.de/der-daad/daad-aktuell/de/60320-friedensnobelpreis-2017-fuer-eine-welt-ohne-atomwaffen/|archive-date=2020-03-26|access-date=2020-03-25}} Olga Tokarczuk (2018), Peter Handke (2019),{{Cite web|url=https://www2.daad.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/de/74410-literaturnobelpreise-gehen-an-daad-alumni/|title=Literature Nobel Prizes go to DAAD-Alumni - DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst|website=www2.daad.de|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326003910/https://www2.daad.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/de/74410-literaturnobelpreise-gehen-an-daad-alumni/|archive-date=2020-03-26|access-date=2020-03-25}} Reinhard Genzel (2020){{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-10-15 |title=Physik-Nobelpreis für DAAD-Alumnus |url=https://www2.daad.de/der-daad/daad-aktuell/de/78099-physik-nobelpreis-fuer-daad-alumnus/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=DAAD}} and others.

= List of notable DAAD alumni =

== Politics and public service ==

Michelle Bachelet, politician, former president of Chile{{cite web |url=https://www.daad.de/en/alumni/gallery/portrait/michelle-bachelet/ |title=Michelle Bachelet |website=www.daad.de |access-date=29 June 2021}} and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Karl Lauterbach,{{Cite web |date=2015-10-05 |title=Prof. Dr. Karl Lauterbach |url=https://www.daad.de/de/alumni/galerie/portraet/prof-dr-karl-lauterbach/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=DAAD}} German scientist, physician, politician and Federal Minister of Health since 2021
William Ruto,{{Cite web |date=2023-04-03 |title=Präsident Dr. William Ruto trifft den DAAD Generalsekretär Dr. Kai Sicks in Berlin |url=https://www.daad-kenya.org/de/2023/04/03/praesident-dr-william-ruto-trifft-den-daad-generalsekretaer-dr-kai-sicks-in-berlin/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=DAAD Kenia}} Kenyan politician and fifth president of Kenya
Khin San Yi,{{Cite web |date=2014-10-23 |title=A minister on an educational trip |url=https://www.deutschland.de/en/topic/knowledge/education-learning/a-minister-on-an-educational-trip |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=deutschland.de}} Burmese development economist, former Minister for Education of Myanmar and Minister for Science and Technology of Myanmar
Harold Oscar Levy, American lawyer, venture capital investor, educator and former Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education
Gitanas Nausėda, Lithuanian politician, economist, banker and ninth president of Lithuania

== Academia and sience ==

Söhnke M. Bartram, financial economist
Ghil'ad Zuckermann, linguist and revivalist[https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/ghilad.zuckermann The University of Adelaide: Researcher's Profile], retrieved 16 September 2016.
Claudia Kemfert, German (environmental) economist and head of the Energy, Transportation, and Environment department at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
Juliane Kokott, German Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and Professor at the University of St. Gallen
Jennifer Hunt, professor of economics at Rutgers University, former deputy assistant secretary for microeconomic analysis at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and former Chief Economist to the U.S. Secretary of Labor

== Literature and journalism ==

Jeffrey Eugenides, American writer (e.g., Middlesex) and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2003)
Margaret Atwood, Canadia writer (e.g., The Handmaid’s Tale), novelist, poet, literary critic, inventor and two-times Booker Prize Winner
Ryszard Kapuściński, Polish journalist, photographer, poet, author and was considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature
Susan Sontag, American writer, critic, and public intellectual
Richard Ford,{{Cite news |last=Sturm |first=Rüdiger |date=2023-08-19 |title=US-Autor Richard Ford: „Ich habe meinen Pakt mit dem Teufel gemacht“ |url=https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/kultur/gesellschaft/interview-us-autor-richard-ford-ich-habe-meinen-pakt-mit-dem-teufel-gemacht-id67549206.html |access-date=2025-04-10 |work=Augsburger Allgemeine}} American novelist, short story author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize (Independence Day)
Cristina Rivera Garza,{{Cite web |date=2022-09-22 |title=Professor Cristina Rivera Garza to give 2024 lecture in Bedri Distinguished Writers Series |url=https://english.berkeley.edu/news/professor-cristina-rivera-garza-give-2024-lecture-bedri-distinguished-writers-series-0 |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=UC Berkeley}} Mexican author, professor, winner of Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur Fellow
László Krasznahorkai, Hungarian novelist and screenwriter
Carlos Fuentes,{{Cite web |date=2004-06-23 |title=Carlos Fuentes |url=https://www.lai.fu-berlin.de/internationales/ehrungen/ehrendoktoren/fuentes.html |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=Freie Universität Berlin, Lateinamerika-Institut (LAI)}} Mexican novelist and essayist

== Film, theater and visual arts ==

Willie Doherty, Irish artist and two-times Turner Prize nominee
Jim Jarmusch, American film director (e.g., Ghost Dog, Paterson), screenwriter and musician
Nam June Paik, South Korean artist
Bob Wilson, American theatre director
Emmett Williams, American Fluxus poet and visual artist
Sebastián Lelio, Chilean director, screenwriter, editor and producer and winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (A Fantastic Woman)

== Music and composition ==

Unsuk Chin, South Korean composer{{Cite web|url=https://www.swr.de/swr2/programm/sendungen/jetztmusik/chin-unsuk/-/id=659442/did=3056682/nid=659442/1hcyggp/index.html|title=Chin, Unsuk {{!}} JetztMusik {{!}} SWR2|date=2008-01-18|website=swr.online|language=de|access-date=2020-03-28|archive-date=2020-03-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328224841/https://www.swr.de/swr2/programm/sendungen/jetztmusik/chin-unsuk/-/id%3D659442/did%3D3056682/nid%3D659442/1hcyggp/index.html|url-status=dead}}
Krzysztof Penderecki,{{Cite web |title=Krzysztof Penderecki |url=https://www.daad.de/en/alumni/gallery/portrait/krzysztof-penderecki/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=DAAD}} Polish composer, conductor and holder of four Grammy Awards
Shelley Hirsch, American vocalist, performance artist, composer, improviser and writer

== Design and architecture ==

Philippa Lindenthal, German fashion designer and professor
Thomas Spiegelhalter, German-American academic and architect

Funding

The DAAD is mainly funded by the German government and the European Union. In 2017, the DAAD received 522 million Euro.

Foreign Office (Germany): EUR 185m
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany): EUR 137m
Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany): EUR 54m
European Union: EUR 110m
Others: EUR 36m

Leadership for Syria Programme

During the fall of 2014, the DAAD, supported by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, launched a program called the Leadership for Syria.{{cite web |url=http://www.german-foreign-policy.com/en/fulltext/58907 |title=Leadership for Syria |date=18 December 2015 |website=German-Foreign-Policy.com |publisher=German News Information Services GmbH |access-date=12 February 2016 |archive-date=9 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109232552/http://www.german-foreign-policy.com/en/fulltext/58907 |url-status=dead }} The declared aim of the program was to create "a select elite among Syria's future leadership" for "active participation in organizing" post-war Syria. In the initial stage of the program, 271 Syrians seen as suitable for university scholarships were chosen from potential candidates who were "either still living in Syria or in one of the bordering countries (Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey), or who had fled to Germany". The former were then brought to Germany to join those participants who were already there. The scholarships were to various universities throughout Germany. The German Foreign Office funded the bulk of the scholarships (200) with the balance being sponsored by Baden-Württemberg (50) and North Rhine-Westphalia (21). The scholarship curriculum included an introductory language course for those students who were not already fluent in, or otherwise had no prior knowledge of, German. Alongside this was a concomitant obligatory element intended to imbue the planned future Syrian elite with the "fundamental and practical knowledge and skills in political sciences, economics, social sciences, as well as operational competence."