The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is the organisation of German universities and their student bodies devoted to internationalising the academic and scientific research system. Through its scholarship programme, the DAAD enables students, researchers and instructors to take advantage of the best study and research opportunities available. It promotes transnational cooperation and university partnerships, and is the German national agency for EU higher education cooperation. Consequently, the DAAD supports Germany’s foreign cultural and educational policy goals, national scientific policies and development cooperation efforts. In addition to overseeing the International DAAD Academy (iDA), the DAAD operates a network of 70 branch offices and Information Centres and about 500 Lektors worldwide.
Most of its operating budget is financed by the German Federal Foreign Office and other federal ministries, the European Union, businesses, organisations and foreign governments.
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