1. DAAD scholarships and mobility programmes
EURIE, Istanbul
Dr. Wiebke Bachmann
DAAD IC Istanbul
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2. Structure and organisation
President
Prof. Dr. Margret Wintermantel
Secretary General
Dr. Dorothea Rüland
Vice President
Prof. Dr. Joybrato Mukherjee
Executive Committee
Headquarters Bonn Berlin Office
Selection Committees
Board of Trustees General Assembly
Regional Offices Information Centres
Universities
Student Bodies
Bosse und Meinhard (DAAD headquarters), Dörthe Hagenguth (old university), Michael Jordan (auditorium)
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3. The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is …
a self-governing organisation of German universities:
239 member universities
105 student bodies

4. DAAD Budget 2015
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ): € 44 million = 10 %
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF):  € 110 million = 23 %
European Union (EU): € 85 million =  18 %
BMZ
BMBF EU
Total:
Federal Foreign Office (AA): € 184 million =  39 %
€ 471
million
Other
Other funding bodies: € 48 million =  10 % AA

5. Prof. Dr. Margret Wintermantel, President of the DAAD
Content
“We must strive to be cosmopolitan, gather intercultural experience and hold the door open for others.”
Prof. Dr. Margret Wintermantel, President of the DAAD
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6. Goals and tasks of the DAAD
Three strategic areas of activity
Expertise for academic collaboration
Structures for internationalisation
Scholarships for the Best
Create structures that promote internationalisation
so that higher education institutions can improve the quality of research and instruction and address the challenges of the future with strong partners.
so that more people can cross borders and achieve success in study and research.
so that German remains an important language of culture and scholarship.
so that higher education institutions may contribute to development and build bridges to surmount conflicts.
Grant scholarships to the best
so that the professionals and leaders of tomorrow can gain qualifications at the best locations, prepare for positions of responsibility and cultivate contacts throughout the world.
Offer expertise for academic collaboration
so that academic and political leaders are able to make well-informed policy decisions.

7. The DAAD: Scholarships for the Best
Ensure that candidates are selected through a rigorous, fair competitive process
Enable scholarship holders to study and conduct research successfully
Cultivate a new generation of university lecturers and the leaders of tomorrow.
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8. Scholarships for the Best
Supporting students, researchers and artists from Germany and abroad
1,245,000
Germans have been supported
890,000
foreigners have been funded
(1950 – 2015)

9. Scholarships for the Best
Funding recipients in 2015
29,973
through individual funding
54,386
through project funding
42,680
through EU mobility funding

10. DAAD funding recipients (2015)
Germans
Foreigners
8,041
Academics
University lecturers
(incl. postdocs)
12,261
24,831
Students
Postgraduates
(incl. PhD students)
39,226

11. Origins and destinations of DAAD scholarship holders 2015*
9,378 IN
2,928
OUT
10,774 IN
52,264
OUT
1,906 IN
6,045
OUT
Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Southern Caucasus
Western, Middle and South-Eastern Europe
North America
Middle East, North Africa
7,741 IN
2,196
OUT
7,232 IN
6,899
OUT
Sub-Saharan Africa
Latin America
Asia, Pacific
4,757 IN
1,773
OUT
9,839 IN
3,307
OUT
51,627
Foreigners
75,412
Germans
*including EU
programmes

12. DAAD funding recipients (2015) – Subjects

13. DAAD Scholarship Programmes in Turkey
DAAD-Funding,

14. DAAD Scholarship Programmes in Turkey
2015: persons received funding from DAAD
This number consists of :
451 Individual scholarships (345 Turks / 106 Germans)
864 scholarships in the context of project funding (507 Turks / 357 Germans)
2.593 scholarship from EU Mobility funds

15. DAAD Schlarship programmes in Turkey
Language summer courses
Bachelor scholarship
Study scholarships for Master programmes
Arts and Music scholarships
PhD scholarships
Research scholarship for one years
Research stay
Re-invitation

16. DAAD Strategy 2020: Structures for Internationalisation
The DAAD aims to
Support higher education institutions as they implement their own internationalisation strategies.
Promote and use forms of virtual learning to reach new target groups.
Adapt funding measures and internationalisation structures to incorporate diversity and life-long learning.
Expertise for academic collaboration
Structures for Internationalisation
Scholarships for the best

17. Structures for Internationalisation
Transnational education
Internationalisation means here: promoting the mobility of structures instead of the mobility of people. In collaboration with local partners German universities offer study programmes abroad.
Various formats:
Jointly offered degree programmes
Binational universities
Overseas Campuses: (e.g. TU Berlin Campus El Gouna/Egypt)
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18. Structures for Internationalisation
Integrated international degree  programmes with a double degree
Programme goal – Support continuing internationalisation measures at higher education institutions and contribute to the structural development of study programmes.
Focus - Exchange of academics and students, esp. increased mobility of German students. 
Programme launched in 2000 – For the  academic year 2014/15, the DAAD funded  112 double degree projects.

19. University Cooperations funded by DAAD
Study Program
METU Ankara
HU zu Berlin
Social Sciences
Istanbul Aydin University
University of Applied Management Studies
International Sales Management
Bilgi University Istanbul
University of Frankfurt/Oder
Rechts-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften
University of Cologne
Turkish and German Business Law
Kemerburgaz University
Law
Istanbul University
University of Hamburg
German Studies
Ege University
University of Mainz
University of Paderborn

20. DAAD Strategy 2020: Expertise for Academic Cooperation
The DAAD wants to
Support institutions in education, science and culture with a global network of contact partners
Offer comprehensive professional and regional expertise on higher education institutions and possible academic cooperation partners
Adapt to changes in the international academic sector by means of flexible, differentiated funding measures.
Expertise for academic collaboration
Structures for Internationalisation
Scholarships for the Best

21. Der DAAD – Strategie 2020 Goals:
Enhancing innovation and economic development through the exchange of ideas and diversity
Supporting experiences abroad for students and teachers in order to built up soft skills such as language and intercultural knowledge
Gain in international reputation
Gaining friends and cultural embassadors worldwide
Demografic development / expectations (student recruitment)
International competitiveness on a global market (ideas, innovations, quality etc.)

22. Thank you for your attention.
Dr. Wiebke Bachmann Head of DAAD IC Istanbul
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23. German-Turkish Cooperations
Number of Cooperations:
1302 German-Turkish Cooperations of Higher Education Institutions
of this: ERASMUS Cooperations (03/2017)
Number of students abroad
App Turkish students study per year in Germany
1/10 with funding

24. Sonderprogramm „Studienstipendien Türkische Erziehungsstiftung“ (TEV)
Cooperation since 1989
Individualstipendien für türkische Graduierte
Stipendienzweck: Masterabschluss
Besondere Merkmale: Kofinanziertes Programm, d.h. gemeinsame Finanzierung durch Türk Eğitim Vakfı „TEV“ und DAAD sowie gemeinsame Auswahlen
1998 till 2016: 560 scholars
2009
2010
2011
2012
Anzahl Stipendien 32 35 40 39
Ausgaben DAAD (EUR)
,89
,49
,71
,76