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Programme History.
In 1999 and 2000, the DAAD and Siemens promoted two joint
programmes aiming at highly qualified young engineers from selected
countries of Asia and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) who wanted
to take an English-language master course at a German university.
These two programmes were the „DAAD-Siemens Scholarship Programme
ASIA 21st Century“ (1999) and the „DAAD/Siemens initiative
for young engineers from CEE“ (2000).
Programme Goals.
The programmes have two objectives: First, to contribute to the
scientific and economic development of highly important world regions,
and secondly, to strengthen the international competitiveness of
German institutions of higher learning. In the framework of the
Bologna process, German universities have started offering English-language
Master Courses to the international student community especially
in the engineering disciplines.
Programme Performance.
For a period of 9 years (1999-2007) the two programmes
provide grants for about 250 graduate students from Asia (China,
India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand and
Vietnam) and the CEE countries (Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland,
Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary and Ukraine)
during their studies in Germany.
The programmes give them the opportunity to take a two-year international
master course in the fields of Automation Technology, Electrical
Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Communications Engineering,
Computer Sciences and Engineering Management.
Programme Results.
In October 2005, the last winners of DAAD/Siemens scholarships will
arrive in Germany. By 2007, the last DAAD/Siemens Master scholarship
holders will have completed their studies and returned to their
home countries. Both DAAD and Siemens are highly satisfied with
the results of the programmes.
„We have firmly established the idea that studying in Germany
is a realistic goal for foreign students well qualified in their
subject“, says Dr. Gregor Berghorn, Head of DAAD Department
32 “Eastern Europe / CIS / Turkey”. „In our international
master courses, knowledge of German is an asset but no longer a
requirement. Nevertheless, everybody is happy after two years to
be qualified both in their engineering field and in two world languages,
namely English and German.“
Programme Future.
Although the „DAAD/Siemens Scholarship Programme ASIA 21st Century“
and the „DAAD/Siemens initiative for young engineers from CEE“
will welcome their last grantholders in autumn 2005, DAAD and Siemens
will continue their cooperation in higher education. Follow-up schemes
for joint scholarship programmes are currently under discussion.
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