The German Higher Education system and German- Russian cooperation within Tempus IV Unit 604 Tempus / Erasmus Mundus / EU-Third Country Cooperation 28. Januar 2011
German-Russian cooperation within Tempus IV 1. Introduction to DAAD 2. German Higher Education system 3. German-Russian cooperation within Tempus 4. DAAD Support & Contacts 2
Introduction to DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst The DAAD is... - a self-governing organisation of German universities: - 232 member universities 123 student bodies 3
Introduction to the DAAD The DAAD has... 64 Regional Offices and Information Centres (IC) all over the world an annual budget of around 392 Mio Euro 475 DAAD Lecturers 67.000 DAAD scholarship holders around 600 professors on 90 selection committees The DAAD is... National Agency for EU-Higher Education Cooperation National IAESTE Secretariat (traineeships and internships) (Co-)responsible for the Marketing Consortium GATE (Co-)responsible for the TestDaF Institut (Co-)responsible for uni-assist 4
Structure and organisation President vacant Secretary General Dr. Dorothee Rüland Offices in Bonn and Berlin Executive Committee Selection Committees Vice-President Prof. Dr. Max Huber Board of Trustees General Assembly Regional Offices Information Centres Universities Student Bodies 5
DAAD Network 6
General features of German Higher Education Types of Higher Education Institutions in Germany Source: BMBF 370 370 Higher Higher education institutions 1.957.330 students 121 Universities and equivalent institutions 100 Universities and Technical Universities (1.339.887 students) 15 Colleges of Theology (2.397 students) 6 Colleges of Education (21.129 students) 1.363.413 students 52 Colleges 197 Universities of Applied of Art and Sciences Music 168 General Universities of of Applied Sciences 29 29 (526.312 Civil Civil Service Service students) Universities Universities of of Applied Applied Sciences Sciences (36.401 (36.401 students) students) 31.204 562.713 students 7
Bologna Process in Germany: Degree Structure before Bologna after Bologna Fachhochschulen (Universities of Applied Science) Universities Fachhochschulen (Universities of Applied Science) Universities FH-Diplom 4 3 2 1 Assessment PHD 3 to 4 years Magister/ Dipl./ Staatsex. 5 4 3 2 1 5 MA 4 3 BA 2 1 PHD 22 3 to 411 years 4 5 MA 3 BA 2 1 8
Tempus IV (2007-2013) Eastern Neighbouring Area Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Moldova Russian Federation Ukraine 9
DAAD Unit 604 National Contact Point / National Structure for Tempus / Erasmus Mundus / EU-Third Country Cooperation Unit 604......conceives and organises national and international conferences and seminars...promotes EU-third country cooperation programmes at German and international universities and provides information and support...publishes: - DAADeuroletter - annual project compendium - conference readers Website: http://eu.daad.de 10
Unit 604 National Contact Point / National Structure for TEMPUS / Erasmus Mundus / EU-Third Country Cooperation Unit 604......co-operates with decision-makers in educational policy at national and EU-level...funds preparatory visits for German academics...analyses selection results 11
The EU-Programmes European Commission EACEA Tempus, Erasmus Mundus, ATLANTIS, ICI ECP Application Project financing Liaison Information German Universities/ HEIs DAAD Unit 604 Information Support 12
German-Russian cooperation in Tempus Tempus projects in Russia 50 45 10 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 5 7 16 6 9 12 14 26 2004 2005 2006 2008 2009 2010 0 9 11 2 7 5 1 4 3 Structural Measures Projects with German participation Joint Projects with German participation Projects with participation of Russia 13
German-Russian cooperation in Tempus IV (2007 2013) Tempus IV-Projects with Russia 45 40 35 14 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 10 6 4 5 18 4 3 10 2 5 3 1st call (2008) 2nd call (2009) 3rd call (2010) 1st - 3rd call with German Co-ordinator with German partner without Germany 14
Project examples Joint Projects: Curricula Reform in Space Technology in KZ, RU, UA (TU Berlin, BE, NL, KZ, RU, UA) Vocational Training in Rural Development and Ecology (U Hohenheim, FR, IT, PL, SK, RU) PhD Education in Energy Efficient Electrotechnologies at Russian Universities (U Hannover, IT, LV, PL, RU) Structural Measures: E-internationalization for collaborative learning (AT, U Ilmenau, SI, RU, UA) 15
Unit 604 National Contact Point for Tempus in Germany Support & Contacts Support Funding of preparatory visits (German academics to Russia only) Publication of Russian partner search requests on the DAAD website (http://eu.daad.de) Contacts Ms. Nina Salden (Head of Unit 604) salden@daad.de Mr. Marco Brueckner (Tempus, Cooperation with Industrialised Countries) brueckner@daad.de / + 49 882 228 477 Ms. Judith Lesch (Tempus) lesch@daad.de / + 49 882 228 466 16
Thank you very much for your attention! 17