| 1925 |
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- The "Akademischer Austauschdienst e.V." (Academic
Exchange Service) is founded in Heidelberg on
1 January.
- The student Carl Joachim Friedrich provides
the initiative for this move when he succeeds
in acquiring scholarships from the New York
Institute of International Education (IIE) for
13 German students reading social and political
sciences. Exchange activities focus at first
on German-US student exchange in these subjects.
- October of the same year sees the young organisation
move its registered office to Berlin, where
it is henceforth responsible for arranging student
and academic exchange for all disciplines.
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| 1933 |
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- The "Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
e.V." - bearing this name as a registered association
since 1931 - maintains relations with ten countries
involving a total of 110 exchange scholarships.
Exchange activities continue to focus on the
United States.
- Between 1923 and 1937 nine branches of the
exchange service are established in Europe.
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| 1934 |
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- The head of the DAAD, Adolf Morsbach, is
arrested, following the political Gleichschaltung
of the DAAD Presiding Committee a year earlier
which compulsorily aligned all activities to
Nazi doctrine. After spending two months in
prison, Morsbach never returns to the DAAD;
increasing political monopolisation of the DAAD
occurs at the hand of the state authorities.
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| 1943 |
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- All the files of the DAAD are destroyed in
the night of bombing on 23 November.
- The exchange service ceases its activities.
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| 1950 |
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- Following the founding of the Federal Republic
of Germany, the process of academic exchange
is also revived.
- At the suggestion of the British, the Deutscher
Akademischer Austauschdienst is formally refounded
on 5 August.
- In the first year, the service has a budget
of 7000 marks.
- A handful of staff commence their work in
Bonn. Their work mainly involves the provision
of foreign currency for academic stays abroad,
the first scholarships for foreigners coming
to West Germany to study, scholarships for Germans
going abroad, and the exchange of practical
interns/student trainees.
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| 1951 |
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- Following the reopening of the German embassy
in Britain (1955), the DAAD sets up its regional
office in London, beginning professorial exchange
with Britain.
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| 1958 |
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- The amendment of the statutes means that members
of the DAAD are no longer individual persons,
but rather the higher education institutions
and student bodies.
- The DAAD's legal status remains that of a
registered association
- . Its budgetary resources mainly come from
the government and amount to DM 7.5 million.
Total number of people receiving support: 1,231,
of which 1,078 are foreigners and 153 are Germans.
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| 1960 |
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- The DAAD's Cairo and New Delhi Regional Offices
are opened.
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| 1962 |
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- The DAAD offers its first scholarships to
African students beginning their studies at
higher education institutions in countries of
Africa (so-called Sur-Place-Scholarships).
- The staff of the DAAD move into a dedicated
building in Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Kennedyallee
50.
- The DAAD opens its regional office in Paris.
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| 1964 |
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- The new DAAD office in Berlin takes on a
programme previously funded and managed by the
Ford Foundation, the so-called "Artists in Residence"
programme, which even today - under the name
of "Berliner Künstlerprogramm" (Artists in Berlin)
- enables artists from all around the world
to complete a stay in Berlin.
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| 1965 |
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- This year marks the first time that the DAAD
invites its foreign alumni to a post-scholarship
follow-up contact seminar. A practice that has
continued ever since. Meetings are held in Britain,
India, Japan and Thailand.
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| 1966 |
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- 420 professors and lecturers from Central
and Eastern Europe accept an invitation from
the DAAD to visit Germany on study visits.
- Budget is DM 34 million (DM), with 18 countries
participating in the professorial exchange programme,
and 233 Lektors on assignment abroad.
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| 1970 |
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- The DAAD starts the series of bilateral and
multinational meetings of German studies experts
with a first meeting in Brighton, England, a
programme that continues to this very day.
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| 1971 |
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- The DAAD has regional offices in New York,
Rio de Janeiro, and Nairobi.
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| 1975 |
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- Budget is DM 87.7 million, with 188 staff.
Total number of people receiving support: 13,180,
of which 8,982 are foreigners and 4,288 are
Germans; 120 long-term and 77 short-term lecturers
placed on assignments.
- The DAAD decides to gradually incorporate
"Fachhochschule" institutions into
the support programmes.
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| 1978 |
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- The DAAD regional office in Tokyo opens.
Exchange activities with China are intensified.
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| 1980 |
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- The beginning of the year sees the DAAD publish
its first issue of DAAD Letter, the follow-up
contact magazine with which it continues to
provide its former scholarship holders abroad
with information about Germany.
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| 1985 |
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- The DAAD San José, Costa Rica office is opened.
- Budget: 170.1 million (DM). Total number of
people receiving support: 23,180, of which 14,834
are foreigners and 8,346 are Germans.
- 1986 marks the first time that DAAD Lektors
are placed at higher education institutions
in the Soviet Union; subsequent years see other
Socialist countries follow.
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| 1987 |
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- "Fachhochschule" institutions become
members of the DAAD. At the same time, the DAAD
becomes the German national agency for the European
Community higher education programmes.
- The year also witnesses the start of a new
scholarship programme for graduates from developing
countries. They attend postgraduate degree courses
in Germany whose topics are of relevance to
developing countries.
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| 1989 |
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- The DAAD extends its support programmes to
cover the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.
German-German exchange programmes are arranged
with East Germany.
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| 1990 |
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- Following reunification, the DAAD takes on
the East German scholarship programmes, meaning
an additional 10,035 scholarship holders. The
DAAD is now responsible for all German higher
education institutions. The budget rises to
DM 263.2 million. Total number of people receiving
support: 38,883, of which 21,974 are foreigners
and 16,909 are Germans.
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| 1991 |
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- Budget: 340.4 million(DM), employees: 380
in Bonn plus 31 in the Berlin-Mitte Office.
40,380 people receive support, of whom 18,660
are foreigners and 21,720 are Germans, plus,
10,810 persons taken on from East German programmes
= 51,190 persons in total.
- The higher education institutions and student
bodies in eastern Germany become members of
the DAAD. The DAAD opens a regional office in
Jakarta.
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| 1993 |
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- The DAAD opens its regional office in Moscow,
followed a year later by a regional office in
Peking.
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| 1997 |
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- The DAAD begins with the implementation of
a comprehensive Action Programme encompassing
a range of 30 measures with which the international
appeal of Germany as an academic and scientific
base is to be increased.
- These measures include international degree
programmes, the promotion of partnerships
with higher education institutions in the
Third World, longer-term guest lectureships
by foreign professors at Germany's higher
education institutions.
- In view of the ever-increasing requirements
which academic exchange is expected to meet
and the simultaneous restrictions on funding,
the DAAD launches several programmes funded
with donations from German business and industry.
- The DAAD opens a regional office in Warsaw.
- Around the world in nine countries, from Australia
to the United States, the DAAD's foreign alumni
get together for the DAAD seminars.
- The DAAD also begins to use the Internet
to provide information on its support programmes.
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| 1999 |
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- The DAAD budget is DM 422.3 million, and 462
DAAD staff organise exchange programmes for
more than 60,000 scholarship holders. Of these,
just under 26,000 are foreigners and just over
34,000 Germans (including EU scholarship holders).
- Women take a 44% share of scholarship holders
across all DAAD programmes.
- Some 500 DAAD Lektors are on teaching assignments
around the world. The DAAD is represented abroad
through its 13 regional offices.
- The DAAD takes on the important role of international
higher education marketing and presents its
information and advice at more than 40 trade
fairs and exhibitions worldwide.
- The number of former Alumni Associations established
by DAAD scholarship holders around the globe
increases to 113.
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2000/
2001 |
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- Budget: 427.9 million (DM). Employees: 468.
Total number of scholarship holders: 64,047
– of those, 26,596 international and 37,451
German.
- By the end of 2000, 231 Higher Education
Institutions and 127 Student Bodies at various
HE Institutions are members of the DAAD.
- The DAAD’s ‘Lektoren’ Programme
is the main recipient of funding and plays a
significant cultural role in the DAAD’s
commitment to German Studies and the German
Language. In 2000 the DAAD funds 544 ‘Lektoren’
in 90 countries at 469 different HE institutions.
- The DAAD’s presence at student fairs
becomes more significant. The DAAD attends over
60 student fairs and events all around the world,
enhancing international awareness of Higher
Education and Research in Germany.
- The DAAD celebrates its 75th anniversary this
year with the motto: ‘Traces into the
Future’
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| 2001 |
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- Due to the high number of university enquiries
and visa applications at the German Embassy
in Beijing, the DAAD decides to open an additional
office with the function of verifying academic
qualifications.
- In 2001 the number of students and researchers
funded by the DAAD increases considerably. The
number of scholarship holders (including those
on the EU programme, administered by the DAAD)
is 67,599 - of those, 28,059 international and
39,540 German.
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| 2002 |
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- The events of September 11th bring the DAAD’s
experience and knowledge in the fields of Crisis
Prevention and Peace Keeping to the forefront.
- In 2002 the DAAD receives extra funding to
set up intensive talks with HE Institutions
in Islamic countries. Over 100 German and 400
international participants become involved in
this special programme.
- At the beginning of 2002 the DAAD creates
an exciting new website, publishing all its
existing, as well as some new information, in
a clearer and improved format.
- Budget: 256.5 million (EUR). Total number
of scholarship holders 47,768 (not including
the scholarship holders on the EU programme,
administered by the DAAD) of those, 18,703 international
and 29,065 German.
- A total of 20,816 scholarship holders are
funded under the EU Mobility Programme.
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| 2003 |
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- The DAAD introduces several new programmes
in partnership with, and predominantly funded
by professional companies. Among others, these
include:
- The company ‘Roche-Diagnostics’
funds a DAAD programme for postgraduate researchers
from EU countries and the USA in the fields
of Biology and Chemistry
- Daimler Chrysler in Japan, funds two young
Japanese researchers through the DAAD in the
fields of Geriatrics and HIV/Aids research.
- In 2003 the DAAD funds a total of 51,962
students and researchers. A further 20,799 scholarship
holders are funded under the EU Mobility Programme.
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| 2004 |
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- The DAAD branch office in Paris celebrates
its 40th anniversary.
- In the winter semester 2004/5 the DAAD introduces
the European Free-Mover Programme. This is a
programme funded by the BMBF (Bundesministerium
für Bildung und Forschung; Federal Ministry
for Education and Research).
- Tsunami Aid:
- Following the devastating consequences of
the Tsunami, the DAAD calls upon its partner
sponsors for aid to assist students in affected
areas. The university in Aceh is completely
destroyed by the floods.
- The DAAD secures extra funds of 400,000 Euros
from the ‘Bundesministerium für wirtschafliche
Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung’ (Federal
Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development)
and the Stifterverband für die Deutsche
Wissenschaft to fund additional scholarship
holders.
- 50 German universities take part in the pilot
test for the new Uni-Assist Service which administers
and checks international student applications
to German universities.
- The DAAD launches a new ‘Action Programme’
with the aim of raising the international profile
of German universities and creating a competitive
environment within the German Higher Education
system. The proposal includes suggestions on
making study and research in Germany more attractive
within the global market, increasing the number
of post-doctoral German researchers with international
qualifications, creating professional structures
at HE Institutions and introducing a more international
emphasis into its marketing strategies.
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