DAAD stands for “Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst” – “German Academic Exchange Service”. The DAAD is the major organisation in Germany responsible for the management of the country’s government-sponsored programs for the support of higher education cooperation and exchange with all other parts of the world. Its programs are open to all countries and disciplines, to foreigners as well as to Germans.

DAAD carries out the planning and administration of scholarship schemes, fellowship programs, the assignment of German teaching staff to higher education institutions abroad and institutional projects for numerous Federal Ministries, notably those dealing with Foreign Affairs, Education, Sciences, Research & Technology, and Development Cooperation, as well as private organisations. It also provides the academic community in Germany and abroad with a wide range of advisory and information services as regards to the institutions’ participation in international cooperative ventures, and carries out the function of national agency for a number of European Union programs. The DAAD also supports the higher education institutions in their international activities by providing a number of services, such as information programs, publications, consultancy and advice, guidance and counselling.

To find out more about DAAD’s goals and roles, its programs and projects, its structure and organisation, and about its history, click here.