Funding for Institutional Cooperation
For this purpose, DAAD offers various instruments and program lines with which partnerships and cooperation projects can be funded.
Cooperation with German higher education institutions
There are multiple examples of successful academic cooperation between foreign universities and German higher education institutions (HEI) involving the exchange of students and/or professors, as well as joint academic projects. Nevertheless, there is an even greater potential for establishing new collaboration in diverse fields of science.
German universities: Strong partners for cooperation
Germany is one of the most attractive study destinations in the world. German HEIs are renowned in areas of university cooperation, particularly as concerns potential for innovation, secular tradition, engagement with international cooperation and a focus on internationalization.
There are three kinds of HEIs in Germany; Universities, Applied Science Universities focusing on applied research (Fachhochschulen) and Art and Music Academies (Kunst- und Musikhochschulen). Most HEIs are funded through public financing, and thus are subject to State-run quality control systems. More information available at the Higher Education Compass portal.
Please find more information below:
| Name of the programme | Targets and target group | Benefits | Duration | Call for applications |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fact Finding Missions | The Fact Finding Missions programme helps universities to meet potential cooperation partners in DAC countries. The aim is to use preparatory visits to set up long-term collaboration.
Expert delegations of German university lecturers followed by visits of the foreign partners to Germany |
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depending on the programme | Fact Finding Missions – DAAD |
| SDG Partnerships | Contribution to sustainable development in the sense of the 2030 Agenda, the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the development of efficient and cosmopolitan universities.
German universities with at least one partner university in a developing country |
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1-4 years | SDG-Partnerschaften – DAAD
(In German) |
| University Advisory Programme | In order to meet the growing need for advisory and consultancy services in developing countries, the University Advisory Programme hires German academics and research managers as consultants.
Researchers and German professors |
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2 weeks – 3 monthsup to 4 trips in 2 years | University Advisory Programme – DAAD |
| Transnational Education – Study Programmes abroad | Transnational education (TNE) refers
to universities, degree courses and individual study modules which are offered abroad essentially for students from the respective host country or region, under the main academic responsibility of a university in another country. German universities with at least one partner university in a foreign country |
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According tot he call for applications | Transnationale Bildung – DAAD (In German) |
| University-Business-Partnerships between Higher Education Institutions and Business Partners in Germany and in Developing Countries University-Business-Partnerships | The programme of “Universitiy-Business Partnership Programme” is intended to promote in particular this transfer of knowledge between higher education institutions and the industry in order to contribute to the interlinking of institutions of higher education and the industry and to expand the dialogue. In the medium term, the programme contributes to ensuring that higher education is better adapted to the requirements and developments of the labour market.
Ethiopia: Textile industry, food processing industry Rwanda: economics (economy), information and communication technology, tourism, sustainable urban development, mobility concepts (incl. electric mobility), creative industries/film, economy/ statistics |
Partnership-related exchange of university teaching staff, mid-level staff, graduates (e.g. doctoral candidates) and students form Germany and the partner countries
Eligible measures are in particular:
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up to 4 years | University-Business-Partnerships between Higher Education Institutions and Business Partners in Germany and in Developing Countries – DAAD |
| African Excellence – Centres of African Excellence | African Excellence supports African universities to establish centres of excellence, improve the quality of the education they provide, and increase their research capacities, thus enabling future decision-makers in Africa to be trained in line with international standards.
German and foreign universities |
In the long term, the programme aims
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up to 10 years | African Excellence – Centres of African Excellence – DAAD |
| Partnerships for sustainable solutions with Sub-Saharan Africa– measures for research and integrated postgraduate education and further training | The programme “Partnerships for sustainable solutions with Sub-Saharan Africa – measures for research and integrated postgraduate education and training” supports cooperative partnerships between African partners and German universities, non-university research institutes and companies.
The aim of this integrated approach is to interlink joint work on a research topic and its practical implementation with measures for joint postgraduate education and training. The key areas of the cooperative partnerships are urban development, bioeconomy and resource management (funding period 2016-2021) as well as circular economy, food production and processing, logistics and traffic (funding period 2021-2024). German universities and research institutes |
Trips and stays of German scientists as well as short stays of graduates and doctoral candidates in the framework of their postgradual training | Up to four years | Partnerships for sustainable solutions with Sub-Saharan Africa– measures for research and integrated postgraduate education and further training – DAAD |
