DAAD Information Point Colombo – Change by Exchange
Would you like to study, carry out research or learn German in Germany and are you looking for funding? Then look no further! Every year, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) supports well over 100,000 German and international students and researchers around the globe – making it the world’s largest funding organisation of its kind. Team DAAD looks forward to the year and hopes together with the Research Ambassadors, Young Ambassadors, alumni networks, partners and friends to contribute to the increase of international exchange between Germany and the region.
The DAAD Information point in Colombo is housed in the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany and act as a contact point not only for students who wish to study in Germany but also for academic and research institutions in Sri Lanka that seek to cooperate with their German counterparts. The Information Point will also provide information on study and research in Germany, advise students and academicians on funding opportunities, and assist in building ties between German and Sri Lankan institutions of higher education. Its services include information sessions on higher studies and research opportunities in Germany, individual counseling and conduct presentations at partner institutions and universities on request.
There are funding programmes for various qualification phases and stages in a career, and it is open for any discipline. Development related masters programs serves fields like Engineering, Mathematics, Architecture, Agriculture, Forest Science, Natural Hazards, Environmental Science, Medicine, Social Science, Education, Law and Media studies. The number of foreign students registering themselves for a PhD has more than doubled in the last 12 years. The DAAD PhD research grant provides young academics and scientists with an opportunity to carry out research and continue their doctoral studies in Germany and bi nationally supervised doctoral programs.
The DAAD regards its alumni as long-term partners. DAAD may also award grants for scientific or topical alumni events that support the topical exchange and the networking and cooperation both among the alumni and with scientific, political, social, cultural, and economic institutions. In addition, DAAD extends its financial support through the means of a generousequipment grant as well and facilitates exchange programmes for groups of students between Germany and Sri Lanka.
“THE DAAD SCHOLARSHIP OF DEVELOPMENT RELATED MASTER’S PROGRAM IN SUSTAINABLE RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES HAS IMMENSELY SUPPORTED ME IN BROADENING MY HORIZON OF ENERGY ENGINEERING SPECTRUM, ESPECIALLY IN RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ITS INTEGRATION TO EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. I TRULY BELIEVE DAAD SCHOLARSHIP IS PLAYING AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN LEADING SRI LANKA TO A NEW PHASE OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT.” SURANGI LAKMINI WANNINAYAKE MASTER’S STUDENT AT UNIVERSITÄT OLDENBURG, GERMANY