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Dr. Annette Julius Head 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 Julius Head of Northern Hemisphere Department and DAAD Office Berlin. Outline. DAAD: Overall Structure and Goals Excellence in Internationalisation

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Dr. Annette Julius Head of Northern Hemisphere Department and DAAD Office Berlin

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  1. Excellence in InternationalisationGoals and Programmes of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)Rome, 27 May 2011 Dr. Annette JuliusHead of Northern Hemisphere Department and DAAD Office Berlin

  2. Outline • DAAD: Overall Structure and Goals • Excellence in Internationalisation • Supporting the best and brightest • International Competitiveness of German Higher Education Institutions • Excellence in Development Cooperation • 3. Academic Cooperation between Germany and Italy

  3. 1. DAAD: Overall structure Deutscher AkademischerAustauschDienst A self-governing organisation of the German institutions of higher education with 232 member institutions and 123 student bodies

  4. 1. DAAD: Overall structure PresidentN.N. Secretary GeneralDr. Dorothea Rüland Vice-PresidentProf. Dr. Max Huber Executive Committee Offices inBonn and Berlin Selection Committees Board of Trustees General Assembly Regional Offices Information Centres Universities Student Bodies

  5. 1. DAAD: Overall Budget 2011 EU 51 Mio. € = 13,7% Other sources: 33 Mio. € = 8,8% 373 Mio. EUR Federal Ministry of Cooperation and Development 34,9 Mio. € = 9,4% Ministry of Foreign Affairs: 168 Mio. € = 45,10% Federal Ministry of Education 85,8 Mio. € = 23%

  6. 1. DAAD: Goals and expenditures (2010) Scholarshipsfor foreigners Supporting future foreign elites at German universities andresearch institutes € 83 m Scholarships for Germans Supporting future German Leaders in their studies and Research abroad (including ERASMUS) € 111 m Internationalisation of German universities Increasing the international appeal of German universities and promoting the international dimension in German higher education € 75 m Educational cooperation with developing countries Promoting academic, economic, and democratic development in developing and reform countries € 76 m Promoting German Studies and the German language abroad Promoting the German language and German Studies at foreign universities € 47 m

  7. 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)

  8. 2a: Excellence in Internationalisation: Supporting the best and brightestScholarships 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, countriesand for all host institutions • specific programmes, e.g. for • certain elite institutions (like ENA, European University Institute…) • fields with special relevance for international cooperation

  9. 2 a: Excellence in Internationalisation: Supporting the best and brightestThematic Programme: Megacities of Tomorrow BMBF DAAD Research Projects Countries Foreign Fellows TU Cottbus Ho Chi Minh City HU Berlin Hyderabad Vietnam Graduates U Duisburg Shanghai India Doctoral Students U Heidelberg Urumqui China Iran TU Berlin Tehran Postdocs TU Berlin Casablanca Morocco AT Stuttgart Addis Abeba Ethiopia Senior Scientists U Stuttgart Johannesburg South Africa Ifak Magdeburg Lima Peru

  10. 2a: Excellence in Internationalisation: Supporting the best and brightestSelection 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 • Selection criteria • academic or artistic qualification • (research) project • personality / social skills • proficiency in language(s)

  11. 2a: Excellence in Internationalisation: Supporting the best and brightest 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

  12. 2a: Excellence in Internationalisation: Supporting the best and brightest 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

  13. 2a: Excellence in Internationalisation: Supporting the best and brightestResults: Our alumni Wolfgang Ketterle Nobel Prize in Physics Wangari Matthai Nobel Peace Prize Vassilios Skouris President of the European Court of Justice Mario Molina Nobel Prize in Chemistry Birgitta Wolff Minister of Economic Affairs of Saxony-Anhalt Auma Rita Obama Coordinator for the aid organisation CARE in East Africa Imre Kertész Nobel Prize in Literature

  14. 2b: Excellence in Internationalisation: Competitiveness of German Higher Education Growing war on talents

  15. 2b: Excellence in Internationalisation: Competitiveness of German Higher Education 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

  16. 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

  17. 2b: Excellence in Internationalisation: Competitiveness of German Higher Education Higher Education Marketing Excellency in Internationalisation 2. Internationalizing German Universities Research Marketing: 90 projects 2008/2009: 33 projects in 18 countries Higher Education Marketing 1,256 presentations at Higher Education Fairs, including 178 participations with a German Pavilion in over 80 countries ECOGERMA: Leitmesse Umwelttechnologien, Sao Paulo, März 2009 50 Information Centres worldwide GATE Germany further training Testimonial-Campaign63 testimonials from 32 countries 108 workshops and training courses 02/10

  18. 2b: Excellence in Internationalisation: Competitiveness of German Higher Education Results: Mobility Trends over the 20 years Foreign students in Germany German students abroad German students in the ERASMUS programme Quelle: http://www.wissenschaft-weltoffen.de/daten

  19. 2b: Excellence in Internationalisation: Competitiveness of German Higher EducationResults: 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

  20. 2b: Excellence in Internationalisation: Competitiveness of German Higher EducationResults: Internationalization Strategies • The Concept of the “International Network University” • strengthening and expanding international research networks • enhance the University’s visibility and attractiveness worldwide • support international cooperative research projects and programs • promote the mobility of excellent professors and junior scholars

  21. 2b: Excellence in Internationalisation: Competitiveness of German Higher EducationResults: Germany top in recent BC study on internationalization • Criteria: • Openness: • strategy on internationalization • visa & migration policies • favourable environment for institutions • Quality assurance and degree recognition • cross-border quality assurance and accreditation • recognition of international qualifications • entry standards and quality of provision • Access and Equity • promotion of outbound mobility • promotion of inbound mobility • sustainable development policies Competition between 11 Countries: Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, Great Britain, India, Japan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Russia, USA

  22. 2b: Excellence in Internationalisation: Competitiveness of German Higher EducationResults: Long-term perspectives for international graduates

  23. 2c: Excellence in Internationalisation:Excellence in Development Cooperation Principles for Cooperation with Developing Countries Regional & intra- regional Cooperation Exceed, Academic Reconstruction of SSE Exchange of Know-How DIES, Studying Programmes of German universities abroad Local capacity building Scholarship programmes, Centers of African Excellence Intercultural understanding & Good governance German Arab/Iranian HE Dialouge, Partnership Programme Iraq, PPGG

  24. 2c: Excellence in Internationalisation:Excellence in Development Cooperation Five Centres of Excellence in Africa 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

  25. 2c: Excellence in Internationalisation:Excellence in Development Cooperation Exceed: Excellence Centres for Exchange and Development Berlin, June 9th 2009

  26. 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)

  27. 3. Excellence in Internationalisation: Academic Cooperation between Germany and ItalyDAAD-Programmes and Grants for Italy (2010) • Individual Grants for Italians to Germany: • 50 summerlanguage and summer-school courses • 38 students on study trips • 6 grants for two-year Masters • 11 long-term PhD grants • 6 short-term research grants • 4 postdoctoral grants • Individual Grants for Germans to Italy: 16 summer language and summer-school courses 63 students on study trips 17 semester grants 98 long-term PhD- and Master grants 28 short-term research grants 1 postdoctoral grant Competitive ratios 1:6 or 1:8

  28. 3. Excellency in Internationalisation: Academic Cooperation between Germany and ItalyDAAD-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

  29. 3. Excellence in Internationalisation: Academic Cooperation between Germany and ItalyResults: Our Italian alumni Science Politics Arts 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 DAAD-scholarship 1969-70 Luca Lombardi Composer DAAD-scholarship 1968-69 Berlin Artists Programme 1998-99

  30. 3. Excellence in Internationalisation: Academic Cooperation between Germany and ItalyAwards for young Italian and German researchers Clemens Brentano Preis 2006: Archaeology 2007: Political Science 2010: Economics Premio Ladislao Mittner 2002: Philosophy 2003: Law 2004: History 2005: German Literature 2006: Translation 2007: Political Sciences 2008: Economics 2009: Sociology 2010: German Linguistics 2011: Education Sciences

  31. Grazie mille! Dr. Annette JuliusHead of Northern Hemisphere Department and DAAD Office Berlin

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