News from DAAD and Germany: more centres, more international students
DAAD opens new information centres in Tel Aviv, Israel and Kazan, Russia
On 18 March the president of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Margret Wintermantel, inaugurated the new information centre of the DAAD at the University of Tel Aviv in Israel. The focus of the centre’s work will be on higher education cooperation with academic partners in Israel as well as the promotion of studies and research in Germany. Germany is becoming more attractive for students from Israel. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) 10% of Israeli students who go abroad for studies choose to go to Germany.
The DAAD has also opened a new information centre in Kazan, Russia. Alongside the offices in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Novosibirsk this is the fourth centre in Russia. It will be attached to the Kazan Federal University, one of the oldest higher education institutions in Russia. The centre will provide information about studying and research possibilities in Germany and promote cooperation between German and Russian universities. It will also have a role in setting up a German-Russian university in Kazan, called German-Russian Institute of Advanced Technologies (GRIAT). Cooperation between German and Russian higher education institutions has a long tradition. In the winter semester of 2012/2013 almost 11 000 Russian students studied in Germany. More...