Dr. Annette Julius Head of Policy Planning and Coordination

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Dr. Annette Julius Head of Policy Planning and
Co-ordination

• Mobility for the purpose of studies
• Initiatives at the national level

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DAAD stands for ...
Deutscher Akademischer AustauschDienst
DAAD is ...
A self-administrative organisationof the German
institutions of higher education 230 member
institutions 126 member student bodies

• 2002

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Objectives and Responsibilities
Internationalising the higher education
institutions To increase the international
appeal of Germany's higher education
institutions and research institutes for
students,academics and scientists from around
the world 68 Mio.
Scholarships for Germans To promote young
German academics and scientists in their studies
and research abroad (including Erasmus) 61 Mio.

Scholarships for foreigners To promote young,
international elites at German higher education
institutions and research institutes 56 Mio.
Educational cooperation with developing
countries To promote the academic, scientific,
economic and democratic advancement of the
developing and reform countries 36 Mio.
Promoting German studies and the German
language abroad To raise interest in the
German language and culture and a knowledge of
and empathy with Germany through (world-wide)
cultural exchange 37 Mio.

• 2003

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Mobility for the purpose of studiesInitiative(s)
in Germany

• 1. What are our goals? What are our motives?
• 2. What did we do?
• 3. What are the results so far?
• 4. What are the challenges right now?

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What are our goals?Overall Attracting more and
better qualified international students to Germany

• Goal I
• Improving the products Internationalisation of
  courses, programs, degrees etc.
• Goal II
• Improving general framework conditions (e.g. with
  regard to legislative conditions, student
  accomodation, foreign student counselling etc.)
• Goal III
• International marketing of German higher
  education Advertising and promoting Germany as a
  leading science, education and research country

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What are our motives?

• Science Our research and teaching activities
  will benefit by bright people from all over
  the world.
• Education We need to be able to work and live
  in a globalised world and accordingly prepare
  our own students to this end.
• Quality What is not attrative to others is not
  good enough for our own students, either.
• Economy Higher education is a global market.

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What did we do?Goal I Product improvement

• more than 1.600 international degree programs (50
  taught in English)
• 290 international Graduate Schools, 42
  international PHD-programs, 20 international
  Max-Planck-Research-Schools
• double degree and other co-operation and exchange
  programs
• summer schools
• quality control establishing accreditation
  agencies with internationally compatible
  standards
• programs for short- and long-term international
  guest lecturers

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Offshore activities by German universities
University, faculty or centre founded
Summer School opened
Cooperative range of studies established
Dubna
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Riga
Novosibirsk
Minsk
Kharkiv
Kiev
Donetsk
Almaty
Seoul
Qingdao
Cairo
Damascus
Shanghai
Hangzhou
Havana
Hanoi
Bangkok
Kuala Lumpur
Singapore
Jakarta
Rio de Janeiro
Sao Paulo
Pretoria
Santiago de Chile
Cape Town
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What did we do?Goal II Improving general
framework conditions

• Offering more and better opportunities to learn
  the German language abroad
• TestDaF a new tool to test German language
  skills all over the world
• The means for foreign student tutoring and
  guidance, support and promotion of
  best-practice-models were more than doubled.
• Improving legislative conditions relating to visa
  and general status conditions as well as work
  permits for foreign students and scientists

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Improving legislative conditions for foreign
students and scientistsI. Initiatives and
alleviations already achieved

• since 1998 the following administrative
  alleviations have been granted for foreign
  students o visa applicants do not have to give
  prove any more of adequate accommodation o
  visa applicants need to give proof of financial
  means for one (instead of five) years o
  students possibility to work 90 days without
  special work permit is no longer restricted
  to the holidayso scholarship holders,
  postgraduates and scientists are generally
  allowed to bring along their familieso the
  possible length of stay was raised from 10 to 15
  years, if a doctorate is started immediately
  after obtaining a degree in Germany
• consciousness-raising initiatives and campaigns
  in Germanyo award for Germanys friendliest
  Ausländerbehördeo awards of excellency for
  foreign students at German universitieso General
  campaigns against xenophobia

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Improving legislative conditions for foreign
students and scientistsII. The new German
Immigration Law (still pending) Important
changes concerning foreign students and scholars

• Expansion of job possibilities for foreign
  students and university graduates from third
  countries
• Students shall generally be allowed to work 90
  full days or alternatively 180 half days annually
  without a work permit
• on top of that a (part-time) student job at the
  university or another academic institution can be
  held without a work permit
• after graduation it shall be possible to stay on
  for further qualification (e.g. for an
  internship)
• after graduation it shall be possible to stay on
  for one year in order to find an appropriate job
  position
• if such a position is found, a permanent status
  shall be granted

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Improving legislative conditions for foreign
students and scientistsIII. The new German
Immigration Law (still pending) Important
changes concerning foreign students and scholars

• Reduction of labour hurdles for spouses of
  visiting scholars and students
• Student spouses shall be given permission to work
  in Germany on a case-by-case basis
• Spouses of scholars will be spared the one year
  waiting period imposed upon them at present
• Spouses of so-called "highly qualified" scholars
  shall not need permission by labour authorities
  in order to work

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Improving legislative conditions for foreign
students and scientistsIV. Green
Card-Initiative for IT-Specialists from abroad

• Goal recruitment of non-EU IT-specialists for
  the German labour market
• Specifications easier access to job market in
  Germany - faster visa proceedings -
  residence permit for up to five years -
  possibility to receive such a residence permit
  immediately after graduating in Germany
• Period of validity August 2000 to July
  2003 now extended until December 2003
• Number of Green Cards originally on offer 20.000
• Number of Green Cards actually conferred 15.360
  (August 2000 to October 2003)

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Goal III International Marketing of German
Higher Education
Joint Initiative International Marketing for
Education and Training 35 players from politics,
business and industry, science and education, and
the federal states
GATE-Germany Higher Education Consortium 110
universities and research institutes