The great number and variety of DAAD programmes
can be arranged into fivestrategic goals which facilitate
their long-term orientation. These are shown in
the following, which is modelled on the Olympic
Rings, symbols ofpeaceful competition. In fact,
they simultaneously visualise the intersections,
interdependencies and interactions which exist between
the various action fields.These five goals are:
These five goals are:
To promote young foreign elites as a means
of gaining future leadersin education, science,
research and culture, in business and industry,
inpolitics and in the media as partners and friends
of Germany. (Goal 1)
The DAAD funds the academic and personal qualification
of young foreign elites at Germany’s universities and
research institutes by awarding scholarships and grants
largely funded from budget resources provided by the
Federal ForeignOffice (Auswärtiges Amt – AA) and
the Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development
(Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeitund
Entwicklung – BMZ). Target groups for this funding are
students, student trainees and interns, doctoral students,
and academics and researchers. Successful candidates
are chosen from among the many applicants by the independent
academic Selection Committees. The DAAD provides its
former scholarship holders (alumni) with follow-up offerings
which extend beyond the funding term in Germany and
so creates a worldwide network of leading figures with
a positive attitude towards Germany.
To promote young German elites in order to
qualify them asopen-minded future leading figures
in education, science and research,in culture,
in business and industry, in politics and in the
media in thespirit of international and intercultural
experience. (Goal 2)
The DAAD funds the further academic and personal qualification
of outstanding German students, interns and student
trainees, (post)graduates and young academics and researchers.
Successful candidates are chosen from among the many
applicants by the independent academic Selection Committees.
The DAAD enables them to complete study or research
stays at the best universities around the worldby awarding
scholarships and grants which are largely funded from
the resources of the Federal Ministry of Education and
Research (Bundesministerium fürBildung und Forschung
– BMBF). As far as possible and necessary, the DAAD
supports these scholarship holders at their place of
study or assignment and maintains contacts with DAAD
alumni once the funding has come to an end.
To promote the internationality and appeal
of Germany’s universitiesto ensure that Germany
remains a leading address for young academicsand
researchers from all around the world. (Goal 3)
The DAAD funds the development and introduction of high-quality,
internationally competitivestudy and research programmes
for appropriately-qualified foreign students, (post)graduates,
academics and researchers who, for their part, contributeto
the outstanding teaching and research offered in Germany.
The DAAD also encourages the creation of hospitable
frameworks for foreigners (status and workpermit legislation,
guidance-counselling, and much more) and helps higher
education institutions position themselves in the international
"education market" by carrying out information and advertising
campaigns. Germany can only maintainand develop the
quality of its academic, science and research institutions
by working together with the best foreign students,
(post)graduates, academics and researchers.
To promote German studies, the German language,
literature andarea studies at selected universities
around the world in order tostrengthen German
as a major international cultural language andlingua
franca and to advance interest in, knowledge of
and understandingfor Germany. (Goal 4)
Using funds provided by the Federal Foreign Office,
the DAAD promotes Germanstudies, German language and
area studies and corresponding teacher trainingmeasures
at foreign universities with its Lektors, scholarships
and grants, special events and publications. In addition,
the DAAD is establishing German Studies Centres at selected
leading universities abroad to qualify young students
and (post)graduates as future specialists on Germany.
In Germany itself, the DAAD also sees the field of German
as a foreign language (DaF) as an important topic due
to the significance which German language skills have
for the admission offoreign students to Germany’s higher
education institutions. This includes, not least, the
development and worldwide use of a standardised German
as a foreign language test (TestDaF) as well as funding
for study-integrated German language courses for foreigners
matriculated at German universities.
To promote academic and scientific advancement
in developingcountries and in the transformation
countries of Central and EasternEurope as a means
of supporting the economic and democraticreform
process there. (Goal 5)
Using funds largely provided by the Federal
Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the
DAAD promotes the creation of high-quality and permanently
self-sufficient higher education structures in developing
and transformation countries. Core areas include support
for the initial and continuing education andtraining
of young university teachers and other experts and specialists
in the formof grants and scholarships for stays in Germany
and sur-place scholarships for studies in the respective
home countries, plus the development of partnerships
with German higher education institutions. Here, too,
the creation of sustainable networks involving DAAD
funding recipients constitutes an integral part of the
programme. Funding for stays at German higher education
institutions by these students, academics and researchers
additionally serves to advance an understanding for
the developing countries and the need for development-policy
cooperation.
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