Diversity and equal opportunity

Two young women sit in front of a notebook

Open access to higher education significantly contributes to greater equality. Consequently, the DAAD aims to continually increase the participation of lesser represented social groups in its programmes. Diversity and inclusion are distinctive characteristics of especially high-performance science systems. A diversity of personal backgrounds represents a veritable storehouse of knowledge and experience which encourages the development of new concepts and approaches in teaching and research. The DAAD sees diversity as an opportunity to increase the quality of its funding activities. With greater participation, it is possible to achieve even higher social and political acceptance, integrate a multitude of talented minds from diverse contexts into German and foreign universities, and tap the potential of new impulses and academic creativity. Therefore, the DAAD shall strive to develop all its programmes in such a way that encourages participation of lesser represented target groups, strengthens the diversity of its funding recipients, and thus adequately reflects the increasingly heterogenous profile of the students.

 

DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst - German Academic Exchange Service