German Academic Exchange Service
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| Type: | Government Agency |
| Industry: | Higher Education |
| Founded: | 1925 |
| Headquarters: | Bonn |
| Country: | Germany |
| Employees: | 501-1000 (2016) |
| Email: | daadca@daad.org |
| Website: | DAAD Website |
| Facebook: | DAAD Facebook |
| LinkedIn: | DAAD LinkedIn |
The German Academic Exchange Service (German: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)) is a self governing organization of higher education institutions in Germany that promotes international academic relations and cooperation by offering mobility programs primarily for students and faculty, but also for administrators and others in the higher education realm. The DAAD funding programs provide scholarships which help finance a semester abroad, doctoral programs and internships, guest lectureships, visits to information events, and even the establishment of new universities abroad.
History
The DAAD was founded in 1925 by the German student Carl Joachim Friedrich who was able to obtain 13 fellowships from the Institute of International Education for Germans in the social sciences, after having had a positive experience studying in the United States.[1] Since it was founded, it has supported more than 2.0 million academics in Germany and abroad.[2]
Funding
In 2014, the operating budget for the DAAD was approximately 441 million euros. Its most important funding providers include the Federal Foreign Office – AA (40%), the Federal Ministry of Education and Research – BMBF (23%), the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) (9%) and the European Union – EU (15%). The sixteen states of the Federal Republic of Germany are responsible for covering the tuition costs of the foreign scholarship holders. Other sponsors include foreign governments, companies, foundations and the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft.[3]
DAAD scholarships and programs
References
- ↑ https://www.daad.de/der-daad/zahlen-und-fakten/en/30736-budget-and-funding-bodies/ History of DAAD, Retrieved 3rd July 2016
- ↑ https://www.daad.de/der-daad/zahlen-und-fakten/en/ Important statistics, Retrieved 3rd July 2016
- ↑ https://www.daad.de/der-daad/zahlen-und-fakten/en/30736-budget-and-funding-bodies/ Fundiing for the DAAD, Retrieved 3rd July 2016