Brenda Akia, DAAD alumna, becomes first Ugandan to be elected to UN CEDAW leadership

We congratulate Dr. Brenda Akia, DAAD alumna, who has become the first Ugandan to be elected at the United Nations as the Vice Chair and Rapporteur of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Committee, as well as the Chair of the African Group.

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Job Vacancy at DAAD Addis Ababa

The DAAD Information Centre in Addis Ababa is looking for a committed and multi-skilled full-time employee for study counselling, administration and programme coordination starting from 1st of March 2025.

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The new DAAD Strategy 2030

In January of the anniversary year 2025, the DAAD has presented its new strategy. The DAAD Strategy 2030 analyses the conditions for international academic cooperation in challenging times and, on this basis, formulates the DAAD's priorities and objectives for the next five years.

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Call for applications for small Alumni events in East Africa 2025

Call for applications for small Alumni events in East Africa 2025

DAAD invites former DAAD scholarship holders from East Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, South Sudan, DR Congo, Somalia) who are planning small Alumni events scheduled between April and October 2025 to submit their applications for funding.

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Germany is number 2 worldwide for international academics and researchers

Germany is number 2 worldwide for international academics and researchers

Germany is the second most important host country for international academics and researchers after the USA, according to the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in the publication "Wissenschaft weltoffen" published today. Over 75,000 researchers from all over the world worked in Germany. In addition, 380,000 international students were enrolled at German universities - a new record.

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Internationalisation of Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS.International)

Internationalisation of Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS.International)

Universities of applied sciences are highly regarded in Germany and around the world, especially for their practical orientation. Many of these universities wish to enhance their international standing even further. To this end, the DAAD is helping students and researchers at universities of applied sciences carry out study and research visits abroad. It is also supporting universities in their efforts to establish cooperation projects with international partners.

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Networking Forum „EU-Higher Education Cooperation between Germany and Eastern Africa”

‘People to people contacts and networks are at the heart of Erasmus+,’ said the EU Ambassador to Kenya, Henriette Geiger, at the opening of the Erasmus+ Networking Forum “EU-Higher Education Cooperation between Germany and Eastern Africa” on 12 September in Nairobi, Kenya. This is precisely what the 120 or so university representatives from East Africa and Germany who took part in the two-day conference from 12-13 September 2024 have implemented in concrete terms. Many new contacts have been made and project ideas have been exchanged with the aim of establishing new partnerships and launching joint cooperation projects.

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Innovating Education: How Germany’s oldest Distance Learning University makes it work

Innovating Education: How Germany’s oldest Distance Learning University makes it work

In September, the DAAD Regional Office in Nairobi hosted Dr. Rahel Hutgens, Director of the International Office at the FernUniversität in Hagen, for a presentation and dinner with representatives from the Kenyan university sector and beyond. Dr. Hutgens shared insights on the Evolution and Impact of the FernUniversität’s Distance Learning Model. The Distance Learning University in Hagen is Germany’s first and oldest public institution offering studies from the comfort of their students’ homes since 1975. Her talk prompted a lively discussion among almost 40 attendees.

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The English Version of the DAAD Annual Report is now available!

The Annual Report provides information on the main areas of action, key figures and activities of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

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DAAD Global Centres

Nature-Based Solutions for Business in the African Savannas

Upon the invitation of African Climate and Environment Center–Future African Savannas (AFAS), one of the DAAD Global Centres for Climate and Environment hosted at the Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation (ICCA), University of Nairobi, the DAAD participated at a breakfast meeting focussed on Nature-based Solutions for Business.

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