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Development cooperation

To support sustainable development DAAD offers both scholarships for studies – in Germany and within home regions – and university cooperation programmes. The programmes mainly enhance human capacity, further quality and relevance of learning, and contribute to solving global challenges.

Short portrait
The DAAD contributes to development cooperation in numerous ways and with a broad range of scholarships, partnership programmes and advising services.
Training professionals and managers
Professionals and managers can initiate lasting political, economic and social transformation processes and innovative solutions to problems.
Strengthening universities and higher education systems in developing countries
The DAAD helps strengthen universities and higher education systems in developing countries by funding cooperation projects and partnerships.
Results-oriented Monitoring
The DAAD is a learning organisation that constantly improves the quality and transparency of its work.
Funding programmes for Higher Education Institutions from A-Z
With the DAAD fundings higher education institutions and universities can extend their networks to set up strategies for internationalization.
Funding programmes for students from A to Z
The classic DAAD scholarship marked the start of DAAD commitment to development cooperation.
Funding programmes for alumni
Our alumni programmes provide ongoing support to former DAAD scholarship holders and offer them various funding opportunities.
Communication & publications
The DAAD not only shares its expertise with German institutions of higher education, but also its international partners.