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The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is a joint organisation of German institutions of higher education and the world’s largest funding organisation for the international exchange of students and researchers. The DAAD offers foreign (junior) researchers funding opportunities to become acquainted with the German research landscape. Another goal of the DAAD is to strengthen the international networking of German higher education institutions and make them more attractive. Additionally, it promotes German studies and the German language abroad, supports developing countries in establishing effective institutions of higher education and advises decision-makers in the fields of cultural, education and development policy.

The DAAD supports Germans and foreigners in more than 250 programmes. A wide range of initiatives are funded, from short-term scholarships for doctoral students to visiting lectureships.

Facts and Figures

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The DAAD maintains a head office in Bonn and a capital city office in Berlin.

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In 2010, the DAAD supported over 73.660 people from Germany and all over the world.

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International exchange, contacts and advice abroad are maintained by a network of 14 offices and 50 information centres.

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Its budget is 384 million euros, of which 87 million euros is spent on scholarships for foreigners.
(2010)

Budget

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The DAAD budget (2010: 384 million euros) stems largely from federal funds provided by various ministries, above all by the Federal Foreign Office (AA), the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the European Union (EU) and companies, organisations and foreign governments.