2016 Annual Report the DAAD worldwide St. Petersburg Moscow Riga Minsk Kazan Novosibirsk Berlin London Warsaw Brussels Prague Kiev Paris Bonn Budapest Almaty Toronto Belgrade Bucharest San Francisco Tbilisi Tashkent Beijing New York Rome Istanbul Ankara Bishkek Madrid Baku Seoul Tokyo Athens Yerevan Dushanbe Tunis Erbil Tehran Kabul Western, Central and South-Eastern Europe: 210 Beirut Shanghai Tel Aviv Amman Islamabad Cairo North America: 20 East Jerusalem New Delhi Taipei City Abu Dhabi Guangzhou Hong Kong Hanoi Mexico City Pune Chennai Bangkok San José Ho Chi Minh City Addis Ababa Accra Bogotá Yaoundé Kuala Lumpur Singapore Nairobi Jakarta Lima Latin America: 32 São Paulo Rio de Janeiro Johannesburg Santiago de Chile Buenos Aires Sydney Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Southern Caucasus: 72 St. Petersburg Moscow Riga Minsk Kazan Novosibirsk Berlin London Warsaw Brussels Prague Kiev Paris Bonn Budapest Almaty Toronto Belgrade Bucharest San Francisco Tbilisi Tashkent Beijing New York Rome Istanbul Ankara Bishkek Madrid Baku Seoul Tokyo Athens Yerevan Dushanbe Tunis Erbil Tehran Kabul Beirut Shanghai Tel Aviv Amman Islamabad Cairo East Jerusalem New Delhi Taipei City Abu Dhabi Guangzhou Hong Kong Hanoi Mexico City Middle East, North Africa: 31 Pune Chennai Bangkok San José Ho Chi Minh City Addis Ababa Accra Bogotá Yaoundé Kuala Lumpur Singapore Nairobi Jakarta Sub-Saharan Africa: 20 Lima Asia, Pacific: 60 São Paulo Rio de Janeiro Johannesburg Santiago de Chile Buenos Aires Sydney 15 Regional Offices 56 Information Centres (IC) DAAD Head Office and Berlin Office 445 Lectureships April 2017 Annual Report of the German Academic Exchange Service 2016 Between 1985 and 1987, using a DAAD grant, I lived in the Aramaic village of Maaloula in Syria in order to conduct linguistic field research. I then extensively documented the threat of the extinction of the language in this and two other neighbouring villages. The war in Syria means that it would now no longer be possible to conduct such research, which is why I am extremely grateful to the DAAD for supporting me. Prof. Dr. Werner Arnold Prof. Arnold is Head of Semitic Studies at Heidelberg University. After Maaloula was destroyed during the war, he founded an aid organisation to help the inhabitants rebuild their village. In 2016, 52 percent of all DAAD scholarship holders were women. sPotlIghts Digitalisation: new opportunities for internationalisation . 25 Participating in DAAD selection committees: worth the effort . 36 Refugees at German higher education institutions – successful interim assessment . 52 Delegation visits: plenty of information and new contacts . 69 Contents Foreword 6 I. Who we are Change by exchange 10 The DAAD 2016 – Insights 15 II. Our goals Scholarships for the best 20 Internationalisation of higher education institutions 30 Expertise for Academic Collaborations 38 III. Our fields of work Development and dialogue 44 German language and German studies 48 European cooperation on higher education 54 Internationalisation of research 58 Higher education and research marketing 62 Transnational education – higher education projects abroad 66 IV. Our funding worldwide Western, Central and South-Eastern Europe 72 Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Southern Caucasus 76 North America 80 Latin America 84 Middle East, North Africa 88 Sub-Saharan Africa 92 Asia, Pacific 96 Global overview 100 V. Annex Financial statement 104 DAAD bodies 106 Selection committees 107 List of abbreviations 113 Addresses in Germany and abroad 114 Organisational chart 116 5 Prof. Dr. Margret Wintermantel, President of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Dear readers, Promoting international cooperation in science and research is one of the core tasks of the German Academic Exchange Service We consider it both an enjoyable and an important task A task, however, that has not become easier in light of a climate increasingly defined by nationalist discourse in many parts of the world and the dawning of a supposedly post-factual age It should not really need to be said, but: there is no such thing as an “alternative fact” We need science because it is a necessary requirement for critical thinking; we need international cooperation in science because without it there are simply no solutions to the urgent problems facing our world To put it another way: science is not an opinion Observing the world based on “emotional perception” or limited to a national scope is not an option Based on this understanding, in 2016 the DAAD once again worked hard together with its member higher education institutions to strengthen and expand international higher education cooperation We consider ourselves fortunate that – particularly in these difficult times – financial backing and support for our work from our partners and our funding bodies remains undiminished At half 6 ForeWorD a billion euros, our budget has never been as high as it was in the past fiscal year (for details see chapter V) These funds enabled us to help talented students and academics conduct interna- tional study and research visits, and to promote cooperations between German higher education institutions and their international partners – and thus actively practice “change by exchange” We are grateful for the trust placed in us and hope to continue to drive international academic cooperation even in these times that are increasingly characterised by a wide variety of crises The following pages will tell you what has been particularly important to us over the past year Allow me to highlight one or two of the many measures, funding opportunities, projects and activities I believe illustrate the DAAD’s work over the previous year especially well First of all, our broad range of scholarships of course play a major role In terms of its origins and at its core, the DAAD is in large part a scholarship organisation Demand for individual funding for academic study or research visits has been growing steadily for years – and this trend persisted over the past year A very high proportion of our applications continues to come from Central Eastern and Eastern Europe, but interest in Germany as a location for research is also increasing steadily in other parts of the world Chapter II “Scholarships for Foreigners” will tell you which pro- grammes are especially popular with international students, while information on the DAAD-funded movement from and to individual countries can be found in chapter IV “Our Funding Worldwide” Our range of funding programmes for refugees was also a key aspect of our work in the past year – both in Germany and locally within the regions neighbouring Syria and Iraq In cooperation with various partners, and generously supported by the federal government, the DAAD has both created and expanded individual programmes for young refugees with appropriate qualifications and funded structural measures at German higher education institutions The “Welcome” and “Integra programmes offered by the DAAD met with a very positive response A project manager confer- ence held last year came to the conclusion that the German higher education institutions and their student bodies had so far mastered the challenges associated with integrating refugees into higher education institutions with remarkable dedication and significant élan Find out more in our Spotlight on page 52 f 7 ForeWorD Thanks to its work and its international networks, the DAAD’s expertise on international academic collaboration is much sought after It advises not only its members, the German higher education institutions and their student bodies, but also decision-makers in educational, foreign and develop ment policy An important channel for knowledge transfer celebrated a major anniversary last year: the International DAAD Academy (iDA) was founded ten years ago You can learn more about iDA’s work and discover our other knowledge transfer formats in the chapter “Knowledge for Academic Cooperations” In addition to the seminars and services provided by the International DAAD Academy, the DAAD offers many other knowledge-related products in digital format We believe digitalisation holds significant potential for our work in general; it opens up new opportunities to internationalise our higher education institutions How we use digital instruments for higher education and research marketing and what opportunities digital teaching offers is explained on page 25 So, you see, dear readers, you can expect a stimulating and fascinating read The only thing I can guarantee we will not offer you in this volume or any of our other publications are so-called alternative facts or “fake news” – they simply don’t mix with science Yours sincerely, Prof. Dr. Margret Wintermantel Bonn, April 2017 8 I. Who we are I. Who We Are : Change by exChange Change by exchange scholarships, cooperations, expertise since October 2010, supported by Ulrich Grothus, deputy secretary general from 2001 to 2004 and The DAAD works in the three fields of since 2008 “ Schol arships for the Best”, “Structures for Internationalisation” and “Expertise for Aca- The DAAD’s budget comes largely from federal the DAAD supports stu- demic Collaborations” The Scholarships funds assigned by various ministries, in partic- dent, researcher, graduate department is dedicated to individual funding, ular the Federal Foreign Office (AA), the Federal and artist mobility and while the Projects department is responsible Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) promotes the internation- for partner and cooperation programmes, struc-