The DAAD funding programme IP Digital supports the digitalisation of existing international Masters' study programmes.

Digital transformation is changing the German and international higher education landscape to a significant degree. Germany's high appeal in the international eye as a location for study and academia has long been predicated on its offer of attendance programmes. This is rapidly changing, however, due to the huge digitalisation push that German higher education institutions have experienced given the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular in the Anglo-American area, the demand for digital courses is increasing and as a consequence their supply. Digital study programmes enable new forms of study as they overcome physical distance and frequent restrictions to mobility. The deployment of digital media, innovative teaching and learning tools and the use of virtual platforms for data exchange do not merely promote interaction between students. Digital study is also shaping a new image of higher education in Germany with innovative study programmes that are indispensable for international competitiveness. 

With the IP Digital funding programme, DAAD has supported the digitalisation of already successful, internationally oriented Master's degree programmes between 2020 and 2022. Higher education institutions should be enabled to meet the enormous increase in demand for digital degree programmes.

The programme ended in 2022 and will not be recalled. You can find programme results, voices from the projects and an overview of the funded projects in the sections below.