Dr. Andreas JägerAustralian representative of the

DAADDeutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst

German Academic Exchange Service

The DAADand 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

... more than 229 German member universities and equivalent institutions of higher education.

Deutscher Akademischer Austausch-Dienst

German Academic Exchange Service

The DAAD represents ...

DAAD stands for ...

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

• 55.000 DAAD scholarship holders

• around 600 professors on 90 selection committees

The DAAD is...• 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”

Regional Offices Information Centres

Board of Trustees

General Assembly

PresidentProf. Dr. Stefan E. Hormuth

Vice-PresidentProf. Dr. Max Huber

Secretary GeneralDr. Christian Bode

Structure and Organisation

Offices inBonn and Berlin

Executive

Committee

Selection Committees

Student BodiesUniversities

Goals and expenditures of the DAAD (2008)

Educational cooperation with

developing countries

Promoting academic, economic,and democratic development

in developing and reform countries

51 mio euros

Internationalisationof German universities

Increasing the international appeal of German universities

(including marketing) and promotingthe international dimension in

German higher education

60 mio euros

PromotingGerman studies and

the German language abroad

Promoting German studies, German language and area studies

programmes (including Lektors) at foreign universities

37mio euros

Scholarshipsfor foreigners

Promoting young foreign elitesat German universities and

research institutes

68 mio euros

Scholarships for Germans

Promoting young Germanleaders of the future

in their studies and researchabroad (including ERASMUS)

83 mio euros

DAAD Funding with Australia

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.

Persons participating in the academic exchange in 2007:

Australians GermansStudents, graduates 150 546Scientists, artists and administrators

15 30

165 576

DA

AD

Total:

about

€ 2,8 Mio

Expenses for the academic exchange in 2007:

The DAAD's international network

Main Countries of Origine Target Countries

International Exchange - Germany Host Country No. 3 and Country of Origin No. 4 (in total numbers)

Therefrom to Germany

China 405.000 27.000 USA 590.000 India 139.000 4.500 UK 318.000 South Korea 96.000 5.500 Germany 260.000 Germany 67.000 -- France 237.000 Japan 63.000 2.500 Australia 211.000 France 54.000 6.500 Japan 126.000 Turkey 52.000 25.500 Russia 90.000 Morocco 52.000 8.000

Source: Wissenschaft Weltoffen 2008

1999 = 100%

Students inGermany:1,98 Mio. (2007)

173

111 110

174

104116

131

150

166 172

99100 104 108 112 109

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

International Students: 188,436 (2007)

Development of International Students in Germany

Source: Wissenschaft Weltoffen 2008

%

20002005

471

2,764

0

500

1000

1500

2000

German Students in Australia

Quelle: Wissenschaft Weltoffen 2008

20%

18%

16%

14%

12%

11%

5%4%

Netherlands

United Kingdom

Austria

United States

Switzerland

France

Sweden

Germany

Rank 8

Increase of 500% in 5 years

German Students in Australia and Australian Students in Germany by subject groups

Language and Cultural Studies

37%

Law, Economics, Social Sciences

21%

Mathematics, Natural Sciences

16%

Art, Art Theory12%

Agricultural, Forestry,

Nutritional Sciences

1%

Engineering10%

Human Medicine3%

Language and Cultural Studies

18%

Law, Economics, Social Sciences

48%

Human Medicine5%

Engineering6%

Agricultural, Forestry,

Nutritional Sciences

1%

Art, Art Theory7%

Mathematics, Natural Sciences

15%

Quelle: Wissenschaft Weltoffen 2008

341 2.764

Australians in Germany 2007 Germans in Australia 2005

DAADGerman 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.

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.

Funding possibilities for Australian academics or researchers 4:

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

AIRBAG

Aspirin

Fernsehen / TV

Dieselmotor

Chipkarte

Museum

Kommunismus

Künstliche Spinnenseide / artificial spider silk

Kleinbildkamera

MP3Rakete

C-Leg (Knieprothese)

Computer

AUTO

Glühbirne / elec. bulb

Zahnpasta

Handball

Protestantismus

BuchdruckWankelmotor

Telefon

Relativitätstheorie

Comics

Gummibärchen

Dübel / dowel, stud

Kaffeefilter

Thermoskanne / - flask

Jeans

Mundharmonika / harp

Düsentriebwerk / jet engine

Bier

Bakteriologie

Hubschrauber / helicopter

Homöopathie

Dynamo

Magnet-Schwebebahn / maglev

FCKW-freier Kühlschrank

Kernspaltung / nuclear fision

Periodensystem / periodic table

Motorrad

Christbaum

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

Get more information on study and research in Germany:

Homepage of the Australian DAAD Information Centre: http://ic.daad.de/sydney

Dr Andreas JaegerDAAD Information Centrec/o Goethe-Institut SydneyPO Box 37Woollahra, NSW 2025E-Mail: daad.australia@gmail.com

http://ic.daad.de/sydney