Dr. Andreas Jäger
Australian representative of the
DAAD
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
German Academic Exchange Service
The DAAD
and the Academic Exchange
with
Australia
The University of Sydney
Lecturer for German Studies / German as a Foreign language /
German Linguistics at the
Department of Germanic Studies
DAAD stands for ...
Deutscher Akademischer
Austausch-Dienst
German Academic
Exchange Service
The DAAD represents ...
... more than 229 German member
universities and equivalent institutions of
higher education.
The DAAD also is ...
… an Intermediary Organisation for the
- Implementation of Foreign Cultural Policies,
- German Higher Education Policies, and
- Development of Co-operation Measures.
As such the DAAD is the major organisation in Germany
responsible for the management of the
country's government-sponsored programmes for the
support of higher education cooperation
and exchange with all other parts of the world.
In fact the DAAD is one of the largest
academic exchange institutions worldwide.
Introduction to the DAAD
The DAAD has...
• 63 Regional Offices and Information
Centres (IC) all over the world
• an annual budget of around 300 Mio Euro
• 475 DAAD Lecturers
 The
•
National Agency for EU-Mobility
Programmes
•
National IAESTE Secretariat
(traineeships and internships)
•
(Co-)responsible for the Marketing
Consortium GATE
•
(Co-)responsible for the TestDaF Institut
•
(Co-)responsible for “uni-assist”
• 55.000 DAAD scholarship holders
• around 600 professors on 90 selection
committees
DAAD is...
Structure and Organisation
President
Prof. Dr. Stefan E.
Hormuth
Secretary
General
Dr. Christian Bode
Offices
in
Bonn and Berlin
Regional
Offices
Information Centres
Executive
Committee
Selection
Committees
Universities
Vice-President
Prof. Dr. Max Huber
Board of Trustees
General Assembly
Student
Bodies
Goals and expenditures of the DAAD (2008)
Internationalisation
Scholarships
Scholarships
for
for foreigners
of
Germans



Promoting young foreign elites
at German universities and
research institutes
Promoting young German
leaders of the future
in their studies and research
abroad (including ERASMUS)
68
mio euros
83
German
studies and
 the German language
 abroad

Promoting German studies, German
language and area studies
programmes (including Lektors)
at foreign universities
37mio euros
Increasing the international
appeal of German universities
(including marketing) and promoting
the international
dimension in

German higher education

mio euros
Promoting
German universities
60 mio euros
Educational
cooperation
with
developing countries

Promoting academic, economic,
and democratic development
in developing and reform countries
51
mio euros

DAAD Funding with Australia
Persons
participating in the
academic exchange in 2007:
for the academic
exchange in 2007:
DAAD
Expenses
Australians Germans
Students, graduates
150
546
Scientists, artists
15
30
and administrators
Total:
about

€ 2,8 Mio
165
Number of academics and scientists on the
big rise since 2008 (due to new programs)
So far around 1.300 Australians have been
funded by the DAAD.
576
The DAAD's international network
International Exchange - Germany Host Country No. 3 and
Country of Origin No. 4 (in total numbers)
Main
Countries of Origine
China
India
South Korea
Germany
Japan
France
Turkey
Morocco
Source:
2008
Wissenschaft Weltoffen
405.000
139.000
96.000
67.000
63.000
54.000
52.000
52.000
Target
Therefrom
to Germany
27.000
4.500
5.500
-2.500
6.500
25.500
8.000
Countries
USA
UK
Germany
France
Australia
Japan
Russia
590.000
318.000
260.000
237.000
211.000
126.000
90.000
Development of International Students in Germany
%
180
1999 = 100%
166
172
174
150
160
173
131
140
120
International
Students:
188,436 (2007)
116
104
111
100
80
99
100 104
108 112
110
Students
109
in
Germany:
1,98 Mio. (2007)
60
1999
2000
2001 2002
2003
2004
2005 2006
2007
Source: Wissenschaft Weltoffen 2008

German Students in Australia
Rank
8
4%
5%
20%
Netherlands
11%
United Kingdom
Austria
United States
2000
2,764
Switzerland
12%
18%
1500
France
Sweden
Germany
1000
471
500
14%
16%
0
2000
2005
Quelle: Wissenschaft Weltoffen 2008
Increase
of 500% in 5
years
German Students in Australia and Australian Students in
Germany by subject groups
Australians
in Germany 2007
Agricultural,
Forestry,
Nutritional
Sciences
1%
Art, Art Theory
12%
Engineering
10%
Agricultural,
Forestry,
Nutritional
Sciences
1%
Human Medicine
3%
Germans
Language and
Cultural Studies
37%
341
in Australia 2005
Engineering
6% Art, Art Theory
7%
Language and
Cultural Studies
18%
Human Medicine
5%
Mathematics,
Natural Sciences
15%
2.764
Mathematics,
Natural Sciences
16%
Law, Economics,
Social Sciences
21%
Law, Economics,
Social Sciences
48%
Quelle: Wissenschaft Weltoffen 2008
DAAD
German Academic Exchange Service
Information Centre Sydney
c/o Goethe Institut
Studying or doing research in Germany – 1001 opportunities at
universities !
Research and technology enjoy high priority in Germany. In many fields the work
accomplished here is world-leading. One reason for this is the broad range of educational
and research institutions.

370 institutions of Higher Education (Universities, Universities of Applied Sciences,
Colleges of Art, Film and Music) with almost 2m students, 10% of foreign countries

Bologna-Process in order to have degrees equally structured throughout Europe: 3 – 2 – 3
(Bachelor – Masters – PhD)

Internationalisation of German universities – more exchange on all levels to mutual
benefits, better service

Excellence Initiative in order to make excellence in certain fields at certain unis more
transparent
Studying or doing research in Germany – 1001 opportunities at
research institutes !
Over 100 research institutes
 Max Planck Institutes, world leading, perform basic research in the natural sciences,
life sciences, social sciences, and the humanities. English spoken research
environment. MPIs claim 16 Nobel Price Laureats among their ranks.
 The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft conducts contract research in all fields of the
engineering sciences. Europe's leading organization for technical and organizational
innovations.
~ CSIROs
 With its 15 research centres and annual budget of approx 2.2 billion euros the
Helmholtz Association is Germany’s largest research institution. 24 000 employees.
The Association identifies and takes on the grand challenges of society, science and
the economy, in particular through the investigation of highly complex systems.
 The Leibniz Association with their 1700 national and 1200 international scientific
cooperations contribute considerably to Germany’s research potential. Members: 84
non-university research institutes and service facilities. The research work carried out
and services provided are of national significance.
 The German Research Foundation (DFG) is the central, self-governing research
funding organisation that promotes research at universities and other publicly financed
research institutions in Germany.
~ ARC
Sources of funding for a study or research stay in Germany

International exchange programmes from university to university

Several international exchange programme scholarships by Australian universities

There's a range of German university scholarship programs available. At
http://www.study-in-germany.de/german/1.24.1.1.html you’ll find 370 German universities
listed. Please look up their offers. Most post graduate programs (Graduiertenkollegs) as
well as jobs at universities and research institutes can be found at:
http://www.academics.com, the biggest online job market for universities and research in
German speaking countries.

Work and Study – German universities are very cheap (max 500 EUR/mth) or don’t cost
anything. It is possible to study and have a well paid job that finances a significant part of
the study and living costs.
Please contact the International offices for exchange and university based funding programmes.
There is additional funding administered by the International Office, the “OS-HELP Loan”. This is an Australian
Government loan worth up to a maximum of $5,299 in 2009 for a six month study period. A second loan
can be requested for a second six month study period. Strict eligibility criteria apply, as outlined by
government policy.
Australian students, u/grads and p/grads, can apply for several DAAD
scholarships, eg.:
 Brushing up (your good) German? Adding areal and cultural studies?
> German University Winter Course grants (€ 1,850 + tuition fee + health insurance)
 Studying German? > One semester scholarships for uni students reading
German Studies (€ 650/month + lump sum for flight, insurance, books)

Studying European Studies? > Encounter Europe Program
 Doing a Master’s degree, partly or fully in Germany? > 1 yr study scholarships
for Graduates of all Disciplines (€ 750/month + flight, insurance)
 Are you an artist with a first degree in Australia, seeking for further studies in
Germany? > 1 yr study scholarships for Artists (€ 715/month + flight, insurance)
Towards a PhD:
 Doing research in Germany for your PhD? > Research grants (for
Doctoral Candidates, in exceptional cases also for postgraduate research
students – € 1,000/month + flight, insurance)
 DLR-DAAD-Research Fellowships in the fields of Space, Aeronautics,
Energy and Transportation Research > offer outstanding scientists and
researchers the opportunity to conduct special research at the institutes of the
DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt) in Germany (1-36 months)
Funding possibilities for Australian academics or researchers 1:

Research Stays for University Academics and Scientists - These scholarships aim to provide
foreign academics and scientists working in higher education or at research institutes with an
opportunity to carry out a 1-3 month research project at a university or research institute in
Germany (€ 1,840 – 1,990/mth + travel lump sum).

Already having been funded for 1 year by the DAAD? > Re-invitation Programme for Former
Scholarship Holders

Doing research as a Group of Eight university member? > Group of 8 Australia-Germany Joint
Research Co-operation Scheme
(The scheme aims to foster research collaborations between Australian researchers from Go8
universities and German researchers by supporting exchanges between Australian and German
researchers, for more, cf: http://www.go8.edu.au/)
The current round (applications for stays in 2010) has closed on the 30 June 2009.
Please note: To be successful, Australian applicants must ensure that their German collaborators submit a
corresponding application with the same title to the DAAD in Germany!

Visiting Professorships Programme > aims to enable foreign academics on longer term visiting
lectureships or professorships to teach at universities in Germany, at the same time acting as
important disseminators who enable their German host university to deepen and develop its
international relations and who help to encourage foreign students to study in Germany. (3 months
up to a max. of 2 years, in the case of visiting university chairs up to four years)
Funding possibilities for Australian academics or researchers 1:
 Working in an European Cooperation in the Fields of Scientific and Technical
Research? > COST offers Travel Scholarships of € 2,500 to support travel and
living expenses for Australians going to Europe (cf. http://www.cost.esf.org)
 EU: Industrialised Countries Instrument Education Cooperation Programme (ICI
ECP)
> a multi-country call for proposals launched by the European Commission, Australia
and other countries to support international curriculum development projects that
involve short term mobility between the EU and the partner ICI countries
Consortia applying for projects under this call are formed by at least 3 institutions from the
EU and 2 institutions from a given partner country. Selected consortia will set up a
framework for student mobility whereby EU students will typically spend one
semester in the partner country institution and vice versa with full recognition of the
study period abroad by the home institution. Support includes mobility grants for
students and members of the academic and administrative staff.
Funding possibilities for Australian academics or
researchers 2:
 Humboldt Research Fellowship for postdoctoral researchers - Being a
highly-qualified Australian PhD holder (max 4yrs after PhD) and wanting to go
to Germany to work on a research project? > The Alexander von Humboldt
Foundation (AvH) enables to complete a long-term research project (6-24
months, € 2,250 /month + travel lump sum + family allowances + language
fellowship (incl. partner) + monthly research costs allowance). You may apply
directly at any time (http://www.avh.de/en/programme/stip_aus/stp.htm).
 Sofja Kovalevskaja Award - for successful top-flight junior researchers who
may use the award to spend five years carrying out research of their own choice
at research institutions in Germany and building up their own working groups.
Value of the award: 1.65 million EUR.
Funding possibilities for Australian academics or researchers 3:
 Being a highly-qualified Australian Assistant Professor or Junior Research
Group Leader (max 12ys after PhD) and wanting to go to Germany to work on a
research project? > A Humboldt Research Fellowship for experienced
researchers allows you to carry out a long-term research project (6-18 months)
you have selected yourself in cooperation with an academic host you have
selected yourself at a research institution in Germany. You may apply directly
at any time. The fellowship is worth 2.450 EUR /month including mobility costs
and health insurance + family allowances + language fellowship (incl. partner) +
monthly research costs allowance + evtl. Travel expenses
(http://www.avh.de/en/programme/stip_aus/stp.htm).
 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award - for academics who have already
gained international recognition in their fields. Award winners are invited to
spend a period of six to twelve months on academic collaboration with specialist
colleagues in Germany. Value of the award: 45,000 EUR.
Funding possibilities for Australian academics or researchers 4:
 Humboldt Research Award - for outstanding academics at the peak of their careers.
Award winners are invited to spend a period of six to twelve months on academic
collaboration with specialist colleagues in Germany. Value of the award: 60,000 EUR.
 Helmholtz-Humboldt-Research Award - for academics at the peak of their careers who
are world authorities on fields of research within the remit of Helmholtz Centres. Award
winners are invited to spend a period of six to twelve months on academic collaboration in
Germany with a colleague at a university and at a Helmholtz Centre respectively. Value of
the award: 60,000 EUR.
 Max-Planck-Research Award - to sponsor international collaboration between excellent
academics in annually changing disciplines. Every year, the award is granted to one
researcher working in Germany and one working abroad with the aim of initiating and
carrying out research with partners in Germany and abroad respectively. Value of the
award: 750,000 EUR.
 Reimar Lüst Award - for distinguished humanities and social science scholars who
have made an exceptional contribution to the enduring promotion of bilateral relations
between Germany and their own countries as multipliers in and through the field of
academic study. Award winners are invited to spend a period of six to twelve months in
Germany. Value of the award: 50,000 EUR.
Besides …
 Germany is no boring place at all to go to ...
Some well-known places
... and there’s a lot to do ...
As well as some interesting people …
Explore the origins of Mozart and Einstein,
of Goethe and Karl Marx,
of Martin Luther and the pope,
and of Hansel and Gretel …
Some well-known people
Some good reasons to get into some German
German is the language of 100m mother tongue speakers and thus
number ONE mother language in the EU.


German is the number TWO 2nd language in the European Union.

2nd most internet pages to almost any question are written in German

German is the language of the world’s leading export nation
German is the language in which many inventions are being thought up
or discussed. Some of the most important ones only of the last century
were the car, Aspirin, tooth paste and tea bag, periodic table, miniature
camera, TV, rocket, jet engine and helicopter, computer, scanner, chip
card, The Greens, airbag, mp3 format, CFC-free fridge …

Deutscher Erfindergeist
Protestantismus
AIRBAG
Motorrad
Kernspaltung / nuclear fision
Gummibärchen
Handball
MP3
Dübel / dowel, stud
Mundharmonika / harp
FCKW-freier Kühlschrank
Computer
Kaffeefilter
Dieselmotor
Magnet-Schwebebahn / maglev
Chipkarte
Bier
Hubschrauber /
helicopter
Zahnpasta
Thermoskanne / - flask
Rakete
Periodensystem /
periodic table
Museum
Künstliche Spinnenseide
/ artificial spider silk
Christbaum
Kleinbildkamera
Dynamo
AUTO
Fernsehen / TV
Aspirin
Telefon
Relativitätstheorie
Glühbirne / elec. bulb
C-Leg (Knieprothese)
Wankelmotor
Comics
Homöopathie
Buchdruck
Kommunismus
Jeans
Bakteriologie
Düsentriebwerk / jet engine
All together …
Aims of the DAAD:
 More exchange on all student and academic levels (to mutual
benefits)
 Seek partners for special tuition fee arrangements for German
scholarship holders
 Enhance opportunities for double degrees
 Provide assistance for learning German
 Collect and connect our alumni (26-28 March 2010!!!)
The DAAD in Australia
http://ic.daad.de/sydney
 Get more information on study and research
in Germany:


Homepage of the Australian DAAD
Information Centre: http://ic.daad.de/sydney
Dr Andreas Jaeger
DAAD Information Centre
c/o Goethe-Institut Sydney
PO Box 37
Woollahra, NSW 2025
E-Mail: daad.australia@gmail.com