International Research Cooperations

Here you will find programmes designed specifically to support exchanges and collaboration between research institutes in Germany and abroad. In addition to the support of research by individual scientists and higher education partnership schemes there are also programmes to promote academic exchange projects as part of the Cultural Exchange Programmes.

The European Union provides a set of support programmes for academic cooperation and the improvement of mobility of students, graduates and scientists.

Promotion of German Language (website in German)

The DAAD supports the establishing and running of local university courses taught in German in line with entertaining cooperations of German universities and universities of applied sciences with universities in Central and Eastern Europe as well as the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS, former Soviet Union).

The promotion of the German language, the programme Partnerships between Institutions Teaching German Studies is established with universities in Central and Eastern Europe as well as the countries of the former Soviet Union (CIS).

Management of Universities and Institution Building (website in German)

The programme Dialogue on Innovative Higher Education Strategies (DIES) would like to promote an international experience exchange of academics as well as the cooperation between universities in industry and developing countries.

The Professional Relationship with Universities in Development Countries assists academic exchange enhancing the situation of teaching and the configuration of lasting structures in apprenticeships.

University Partnerships with Eastern Europe intend to further relationships between German universities and institutions of higher learning in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe as well as in countries of the CIS.

Mobility and Partnerships (website in German)

The German-Arabic / Iranian Dialog of Higher Education focuses on the Arabic countries and Iran with the objective of supporting students and junior scientists in line with university cooperation.

The Professional Relationship with Universities in Developing Countries assists academic exchange enhancing the situation of teaching and the configuration of lasting structures in apprenticeships.

The initiative Go East would like to arouse German students’ and postgraduates’ interest in study abroad in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe as well as in countries of the CIS.

With Study Trips and Traineeships for German study groups to go abroad as well as foreign study groups to come to Germany the exchange of qualified knowledge should be promoted. The space of time is between seven and twelve days.

The International Study and Education Partnerships (ISAP-Programmes) promotes bilateral student exchanges with universities in those countries that have not been included in EU mobility programmes.

The international master course Integrated Management of Water furthers the qualification of German and Arabic skilled personnel in Jordan and Germany.

The Leonhard-Euler-Programme arranges contacts between Russian, Ukrainian, Belorussian and Moldavian young scientists and their German colleagues and to initiate combined research projects.

University Partnerships with Eastern Europe intend to further relationships between German universities and institutions of higher learning in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe as well as in countries of the CIS.

The Programme Partnerships with Japan und Korea aims to initiate and to intensify the exchange with Japanese and / or Korean universities by financial aid.

The Programmes for Project-Oriented Individuals Exchange (PPP) provide the advancement of academic cooperation.

The UNIBRAL is a programme for the cooperation of Brazilian and German universities.

German Summer Academies (website in German)

With the programme German Summer Academy highly qualified young scientists, graduates and advanced students from abroad are enabled to gain insight in teaching and research establishment in Germany and to establish with them long-termed contacts.

Double Diploma Programme (website in German)

The Integrated Binational University Courses with Double Diploma promote the development of new curricula which will enable students to graduate from universities in Germany or in another country with diplomas that are recognised in both.

Guest Lecturer Programme (website in German)

The programme Promotion of Foreign Guest Lecturers finances long-termed tutor stays for foreign scientists at German universities.

Promotion at Universities in Germany (website in German)

The fund serves the constitution of Doctoral Programmes for enhancement of promotions in Germany.

Programme for Support of International Structures at German Universities (website in German)

The programme PROFIS supports projects which in the long run should improve the framework for students from abroad, study abroad and the international relationships.

Scholarship and Support Programme (website in German)

The programme STIBET improves support of students and postgraduates from abroad.

German Universities (website in German)

This programme, Study Ranges of German Universities Abroad, aims to establish German universities in international education.

Summer Schools (website in German)

With the arrangement Internationale Marketing by Summer Schools Abroad highly qualified scientists are attracted and academic cooperation on an international level is furthered.

Stability and Growth Pact Afghanistan (website in German)

With the Stability and Growth Pact Afghanistan academic rebuilding in Afghanistan should be coordinated.

Stability and Growth South-East Europe (website in German)

With the Stability and Growth Pact South-East Europe project-oriented partnerships between German and South-East European universities are supported and scholarships for students and postgraduates are offered.

Sur-Place-Scholarship Programme for Bosnia-Herzegovina (website in German)

The BiHSP-Scholarship Programme aims to intensify contacts of young Bosnian Herzegovinian scientists to German universities and to provide joint research projects.

EU Programme with Non-EU Countries, support of preparatory trips in line with EU Programmes with Third Countries world-wide (website in German).

ERASMUS Mundus is a cooperation and mobility programme in the field of higher education that aims to enhance the quality of European higher education and cooperation with so called Third-Countries. As an EU sectoral-programme ERASMUS Mundus completes the activities of the ERASMUS programme in the field of higher education.

Grants for scientists as well as university staff from European and non-European countries are awarded in line with the

"Action 1: Joint Programmes" und 

"Action 2: Partnerships with Third Country higher education institutions"

activities of the ERASMUS Mundus programme. Receiving a ERASMUS Mundus grant depends on application to a current project. Applications therefore should be addressed directly to the persons in charge of your favoured ERASMUS Mundus project. The projects elected for funding are currently published on the website "ERASMUS Mundus - External Cooperation Window" issued by the European Comission.

TEMPUS is a sectoral EU-programme in the field of higher education. Its manifested aim is to support modernization in the field of higher education in Eastern Europe, the Russian Federation, Central Asia, the countries of the Western Balkan and the Mediterranean region. The German National Agency in charge of the TEMPUS IV-Programme is the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

Within line the TEMPUS IV-Programme the following activities in the field of higher education are eligible for funding:

Joint Projects:

aim at exchanging knowledge and practices between EU universities and institutions in the partner Countries. They are implemented at institutional level and pursue objectives such as curriculum development, university governance and issues of higher education and society.

Structural Measures:

are designed to support the structural reform of higher education systems and strategic framework development at the national level. They address issues linked to the reform of governance (qualification systems, quality assurance, etc.) or links between higher education and society. Structural Measures include studies and research, conferences and seminars, policy advice and dissemination of information.

For further information on application modalities please consult the related websites of the European Commission: "Who can participate?" and "How to apply?".

The special office for Development Cooperations of the DAAD looks after the programme Specialised Partnerships with Universities in Developing Countries.

internationale-kooperation.de

This internet portal initiated by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) contains information on cooperation programmes and projects as well as addresses and contacts.

forschungsportal.net

The search engine Forschungsportal.Net of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) informs about research institutions in Germany and introduces the leading scientific organisations, universities and extra-university educational programmes and opportunities.

idw-online.de

The Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (idw) is a non-profit association with several hundred institutions (universities, research institutes, foundations etc.). It provides one of the main platforms on the internet for scientific news in the German-speaking sector.