Spotlight on Alumni

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DAAD alumni can be found all over the world. Since 1950, the DAAD has supported more than 400,000 former scholarship holders in their study and research stays abroad. These are numerous impressive experiences, encounters and stories that have led to lasting developments.


Here you will find exciting stories and portraits of impressive personalities. Also DAAD alumni report on encounters, places and moments from the time of their stay abroad that they remember best. They tell how their stay abroad changed them personally and what influence the experience abroad had on their professional career.

DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst - German Academic Exchange Service