The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) provides different information for studies from abroad.

The pages Hands on Advise and Planning your Studies give answers of questions before the start of study and about life in Germany. An overview of language courses in Germany presents the page Summer Schools. Study in Germany is specially directed at foreign students.

Via various data bases admission conditions for students from abroad, offering of first degree studies and graduate studies in Germany as well as studies with international certificates can be recalled.

The support programmes of the DAAD are listed in the scholarship database. Information about further promotion presents the DAAD Branch Offices orthe Missions Abroad of the Federal Republic of Germany. Special information on scholarships for qualified and executive personnel from developing countries are compiled at the website Programmes for Developing and Transformation Countries.

In line with the German Iraqi Academic Exchange Programm tabadul several scholarships for Iraqi students and postgraduates are awarded.

ERASMUS offers university-level students the chance to go to another European country to study and do work placements (traineeships). Periods abroad should contribute to qualifications at home and help students get to know different cultures and languages as well as gain vital experience.

The programme Student Mobility for Studies enables students at higher education institutions to spend an integrated period of study of between three months and twelve months in another participating country.

The Intensive programmes are programmes of study which brings together students and teaching staff from higher education institutions of at least three participating countries. It can last from ten continuous full days to six weeks of subject related work.

Information about an applicationen for a ERASMUS scholarship at ERASMUS-Guide as well as the ERASMUS student initiatives on site.

The Programme Erasmus Mundus aims to enhance quality in higher education through scholarships and academic cooperation between Europe and the rest of the world. It offers financial support for institutions and scholarships for individuals. Funding is available for

European joint Masters and Doctorates,

Partnerships with non-European higher education institutions and scholarships for students and academics,

Projects to promote European higher education worldwide.

Further information in the Programme Guide.

With the programme Travel to Europe the Robert Bosch Foundation enables in collaboration with the Federal Foreign Office students from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia a four-week trip through the countries of the European Union. The students receive, beside a free Schengen Visa, health insurance, interrail train tickets, and a daily cash allowance.

The German Academic Refugee Initiative (DAFI) awards scholarships to recognised refugees in its country of asylum. The German Federal Government provides the appropriations to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).