About the DAAD
Thomas Pankau/DAAD
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is a joint organization of German institutions of higher education and their student bodies, devoted to internationalising the academic and scientific research system. With the scholarship programmes, the DAAD enables students, researchers, and university lecturers to take advantage of the best study and research opportunities available. It promotes transnational cooperation and university partnerships, and is the German national agency for EU higher education cooperation. The DAAD operates a network of 71 Regional Offices and Information Centres worldwide.
Since it was founded in 1925, about 2 million scholars in Germany and abroad have received DAAD funding. Its head office is in Bonn, but the DAAD also has an office in the German capital, Berlin, to which the well-known Berlin Artists-in-Residence Programme (Berliner Künstlerprogramm) is closely affiliated.
Facts & Numbers
- The DAAD has…
- supported more than 2 million young academics in Germany and abroad
- funded more than 120.000 students and scholars worldwide in 2014
- 15 Regional Offices (Außenstellen), 56 Information Centres, and more than 500 “Lektoren” worldwide
- its roots in Heidelberg, where it was founded in 1925
- The DAAD is financed primarily by the Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt), the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung), the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the European Union
- President: Prof. Dr. Margret Wintermantel, Secretary General: Dr. Dorothea Rüland
Funding programmes
- Information for Foreigners - Study and research in Germany
Germany is one of the most popular destinations for international students and researchers. Find out here what you have to know to successfully do your studies or research in Germany. - Information for Germans - Studying, researching and teaching abroad
There are many possibilities for German students and researchers abroad: They can study, do research, or teach, do an internship, or learn a language.
