Dr. Annette Julius Head of Northern Hemisphere Department and DAAD Office Berlin Excellence in Internationalisation Goals and Programmes of the German

Dr. Annette JuliusHead of Northern Hemisphere Department and DAAD Office Berlin

Excellence in Internationalisation

Goals and Programmes of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Rome, 27 May 2011

Dr. Annette Julius05/11

Outline

1. DAAD: Overall Structure and Goals

2. Excellence in Internationalisationa. Supporting the best and brightestb. International Competitiveness of German Higher

Education Institutions c. Excellence in Development Cooperation

3. Academic Cooperation between Germany and Italy

1. DAAD: Overall Structure and Goals

2. Excellence in Internationalisationa. Supporting the best and brightestb. International Competitiveness of German Higher

Education Institutions c. Excellence in Development Cooperation

3. Academic Cooperation between Germany and Italy


A self-governing organisation of the German institutions of higher education

with 232 member institutionsand 123 student bodies

Deutscher

Akademischer

Austausch

Dienst

1. DAAD: Overall structure


Regional Offices Information Centres

Board of Trustees

General Assembly

PresidentN.N.

Vice-PresidentProf. Dr. Max Huber

Secretary GeneralDr. Dorothea Rüland

1. DAAD: Overall structure

Offices inBonn and Berlin

Executive

Committee

Selection Committees

Student BodiesUniversities


1. DAAD: Overall Budget 2011

373 Mio. EUR

Ministry of Foreign Affairs: 168 Mio. € = 45,10%

Federal Ministry of Education

85,8 Mio. € = 23%

EU51 Mio. € = 13,7%

Federal Ministry of Cooperation

and Development34,9 Mio. € =

9,4%

Other sources: 33 Mio. € = 8,8%


1. DAAD: Goals and expenditures (2010)

Educational cooperation with

developing countries

Promoting academic, economic,and democratic development

in developing and reform countries

€ 76 m

Internationalisationof German universities

Increasing the international appeal of German universities

and promotingthe international dimension in

German higher education

€ 75 m

PromotingGerman Studies and

the German language abroad

Promoting the German language and German Studiesat foreign universities

€ 47 m

Scholarshipsfor foreigners

Supporting future foreign elitesat German universities and

research institutes

€ 83 m

Scholarships for Germans

Supporting future GermanLeaders in their studies and

Research abroad (including ERASMUS)

€ 111 m


2a: Excellence in Internationalisation:

Quality management in DAAD

- looks at suitability, efficiency and effectiveness with regard goals of programmes and programme families

- involves monitoring at all stages of programmes and activities selection process during ongoing programmes evaluation of results

- types of external evaluation individual programmes comprehensive evaluation or programme families

- is an ongoing, dynamic process involving all stakeholders (funding ministries, universities, student bodies, alumni)


2a: Excellence in Internationalisation: Supporting the best and brightest

Scholarships for Incomings and Outgoings

The best and brightest are supported with individual mobility grants no matter whether they are

foreigners or Germans scientists or artists undergraduates, graduates, PhDs, postdocs,

Grants available for general scholarship schemes open to all subjects, countries

and for all host institutions specific programmes, e.g. for

• certain elite institutions (like ENA, European University Institute…)• fields with special relevance for international cooperation


DAADBMBF

Graduates

Doctoral Students

Postdocs

Senior ScientistsU Stuttgart

TU Berlin

TU Berlin

U Heidelberg

AT Stuttgart

Ifak Magdeburg

U Duisburg

TU Cottbus

HU Berlin

Ho Chi Minh City

Hyderabad

Shanghai

Johannesburg

Tehran

Casablanca

Urumqui

Addis Abeba

Lima

India

Countries

Peru

South Africa

Morocco

Iran

China

Ethiopia

Foreign FellowsResearch Projects

Vietnam

2 a: Excellence in Internationalisation: Supporting the best and brightest

Thematic Programme: Megacities of Tomorrow


Selection criteria academic or artistic qualification (research) project personality / social skills proficiency in language(s)


Selection Procedures in individual grant schemes

Selection process:

- over 100 selection committees with more than 500 professors of German universities from all fields

- involvement of international professors and experts- involvement of German and foreign alumni- competitive ratios: 1:6 on average and up to 1:17



Welcome meetings – Seminars - Alumni Work

Assistance for scholarship holders before, while and after their stay in Germany

- Pre-departure meetings- Welcome seminars- Conferences- Meetings of scholarship holders

Alumni-Network:- re-invitation programme - more than 160 Alumni-Clubs worldwide- newsletter- internet portal- conferences - specialist literature, small equipment and material resources- expert alumni network



Results: Evaluation of Scholarship Programmes

more than 50% of foreign DAAD-alumni and 37% of German DAAD-alumni hold a PhD

more than 50% of foreign as well as German DAAD-alumni hold an exposed leadership position in either science, culture, economy, politics or the arts

vast majority of professionals among foreign DAAD-alumni collaborate with Germany

vast majority of professionals among German DAAD-alumni collaborate with their former host country



Results: Our alumni

Imre Kertész

Nobel Prize in Literature

Vassilios SkourisPresident of the European Court

of Justice

Wolfgang KetterleNobel Prize in Physics

Wolfgang KetterleNobel Prize in Physics

Auma Rita ObamaCoordinator for

the aid organisation

CARE in East Africa

Auma Rita ObamaCoordinator for

the aid organisation

CARE in East Africa

Wangari MatthaiNobel Peace PrizeWangari MatthaiNobel Peace Prize

Mario Molina Nobel Prize in ChemistryMario Molina Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Birgitta WolffMinister of Economic Affairs

of Saxony-Anhalt

Birgitta WolffMinister of Economic Affairs

of Saxony-Anhalt


2b: Excellence in Internationalisation: Competitiveness of German Higher Education

Growing war on talents



Position Germany as a global player for Higher Education and Research

Attract qualified students and researchers from abroad to German universities and colleges

Export German study programmes

• Develop new attractive study programmes for international students

• Enhance the general framework conditions of studying in Germany for international students

• Start a global marketing and public relations campaign both for the HE system itself and specific programmes of the HEIs


2b: Excellence in Internationalisation: Competitiveness of German Higher Education Attractive study programmes and framework conditions for international students

more than 1.000 international degree programs (50 % taught in English)

400 international Graduate Schools

400 double degree programs

300 summer schools in Germany

improved working opportunities for international students and visa regulations for international students and graduates

professionalization of student services

standardised language testing available in countries of origin


Research Marketing:90 projects2008/2009:

33 projects in 18 countries

GATE Germany further training

Testimonial-Campaign63 testimonials from 32 countries

02/10

108 workshops and training courses

ECOGERMA: Leitmesse Umwelttechnologien, Sao Paulo, März 2009

50 Information Centres worldwide

Excellency in Internationalisation

2. Internationalizing German Universities


Higher Education Marketing

Higher Education Marketing1,256 presentations at Higher Education Fairs, including 178 participations with a German Pavilion in over 80 countries


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75.000

100.000

125.000

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250.000

1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

Foreign students in Germany

Quelle: http://www.wissenschaft-weltoffen.de/daten

German students abroad

German students in the ERASMUS programme


Results: Mobility Trends over the 20 years



Results: Internationalization Strategies

DAAD-Prize for the best Internationalization Strategy:

international competitiveness internationalization concept international dimension in studies and teaching integration of international elements into curricula integration of international students and scientists

50.000 € to invest in further internationalization



Results: Internationalization Strategies

The Concept of the “International Network University”

strengthening and expanding international research networksenhance the University’s visibility and attractiveness worldwidesupport international cooperative research projects and programspromote the mobility of excellent professors and junior scholars

The Concept of the “International Network University”

strengthening and expanding international research networksenhance the University’s visibility and attractiveness worldwidesupport international cooperative research projects and programspromote the mobility of excellent professors and junior scholars



Results: Germany top in recent BC study on internationalization

Criteria: Openness:

strategy on internationalizationvisa & migration policies favourable environment for institutions

Quality assurance and degree recognitioncross-border quality assurance and accreditationrecognition of international qualificationsentry standards and quality of provision

Access and Equity promotion of outbound mobilitypromotion of inbound mobilitysustainable development policies

Competition between

11 Countries:

Australia, Brazil, China,

Germany, Great Britain,

India, Japan, Malaysia,

Nigeria, Russia, USA



Results: Long-term perspectives for international graduates

3.9693.8323.8513.415

18.306

15.88415.50514.240

4.820

5.9354.421

2.742

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5.000

10.000

15.000

20.000

25.000

30.000

2006 2007 2008 2009

no. of graduates from countries with restricted access to labour market employed in Germany after graduation

no. of graduates of German universities from countries with restricted acces to German labour market (new EU-member states + third countries )

no. of graduates of German universities from EU 15+2-member states

20.397

23.77725.651

27.095


Exchange ofKnow-How

DIES, Studying Programmes ofGerman universities abroad

Exchange ofKnow-How

DIES, Studying Programmes ofGerman universities abroad

Regional & intra-regional

Cooperation

Exceed,Academic Reconstruction of SSE

Regional & intra-regional

Cooperation

Exceed,Academic Reconstruction of SSE

Interculturalunderstanding &

Good governance

German Arab/Iranian HE Dialouge, Partnership

Programme Iraq, PPGG

Local capacitybuilding

Scholarship programmes,Centers of African Excellence

Local capacitybuilding

Scholarship programmes,Centers of African Excellence

2c: Excellence in Internationalisation: Excellence in Development Cooperation

Principles for Cooperation with Developing Countries


Creating modern educational capacities in selected fields with supraregional influence…

…based on existing cooperations with partners from Africa and Germany

Goal: To prepare excellent young academics to become the next generation of African leaders


Five Centres of Excellence in Africa


Berlin, June 9th 2009


Exceed: Excellence Centres for Exchange and Development


3. Excellence in Internationalisation: Academic Cooperation between Germany and Italy

Growing exchange rates

2009/10: 1.834 Italians to Germany (3) 1.415 Germans to Italy (5)

2009/10: 1.834 Italians to Germany (3) 1.415 Germans to Italy (5)



DAAD-Programmes and Grants for Italy (2010) Individual Grants for Italians to Germany:

50 summer language and summer-school courses 38 students on study trips 6 grants for two-year Masters 11 long-term PhD grants 6 short-term research grants4 postdoctoral grants

Individual Grants for Germans to Italy:16 summer language and summer-school courses63 students on study trips 17 semester grants 98 long-term PhD- and Master grants28 short-term research grants 1 postdoctoral grant

Competitive ratios 1:6 or 1:8Competitive ratios 1:6 or 1:8


3. Excellency in Internationalisation: Academic Cooperation between Germany and Italy

DAAD-Programmes and Grants for Italy (2010)

Mobility in bilateral research projects (Programma Vigoni): 35 projects funded annually, each for a period of two years

12 double- and joint-degree study programs

15 Lecturers for German Language and German Studies at Italian Universities

German-Italian Historian Commission



Results: Our Italian alumni

Elena Esposito

Professor of Sociology at the

Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia

DAAD-scholarship 1986-1988

Premio Ladislao Mittner 2009

Leoluca Orlando

Member of the European Parliament


Luca Lombardi

Composer


Berlin Artists Programme 1998-99

Science Politics Arts



Awards for young Italian and German researchers

Premio Ladislao Mittner2002: Philosophy2003: Law2004: History2005: German Literature2006: Translation 2007: Political Sciences2008: Economics2009: Sociology2010: German Linguistics2011: Education Sciences

Clemens Brentano Preis 2006: Archaeology

2007: Political Science 2010: Economics

Clemens Brentano Preis 2006: Archaeology

2007: Political Science 2010: Economics

Dr. Annette JuliusHead of Northern Hemisphere Department and DAAD Office Berlin

Grazie mille!

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