Studying in Germany
Germany as a study location becomes more and more attractive: Internationally oriented university degrees like Bachelor or Master, study courses in English and an incentive scheme, which allows the accumulation and transfer of course and exam achievements.
Scholarships and grants for Pakistani students wishing to study in Germany are offered by different German Institutions. For example, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) offers scholarships for certain Master programmes as well as research grants. In addition, some German Universities offer a small number of scholarships for specific programmes.
Scholarships for Pakistan
Pakistani National wins DAAD Award of HAW Hamburg in 2011
The DAAD Award of the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW) was granted to the Pakistani student of „Information Engineering“, Hasan Nasir Shaikh, for his outstanding performance during his studies and his extraordinary dedication within the university. This award is the highest honour for foreign students bestowed by German universities and is endowed with 1,000 Euro.
The Bauhaus University in Weimar, Thuringia, describes itself as being eager to experiment, open and creative, and it seeks proximity to industrial practice. But now, it can also boast the title of “best international university 2011” in Germany. This year the university came first in the “international university” competition.
Weimar has the best international university in Germany
From welcome breakfasts to friendship programmes, German universities come up with lots of interesting ways of making it easier for international students to settle into their new surroundings. The DAAD offers them a combined scholarship and support programme (STIBET), which is funded by the Federal Foreign Office. It supports introductory events and country evenings as well as specialist support for foreign doctoral students. Projects like Die Brücke (The Bridge) in Münster have developed their own special approaches and act as examples for other universities.
Scholarship and support programme
"Explore Germany"
Dr. Thomas Ditt, Cultural Attaché at the German Embassy Islamabad, gave a farewell reception to 15 young Pakistani students who are currently in Germany on the study trip "Explore Germany" until the end of October 2011. The trip has been designed specifically for students from the Social Sciences. It is implemented by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) with fundings from the German Federal Foreign Office.
"DAAD Alumni Life Science Conference" in Islamabad
More than 30 scientists from Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa took part in the "DAAD Alumni Life Science Conference" from 19-21 September 2011 on the campus of the National Agricultural Research Council in Islamabad. Most of the participants were DAAD or HEC-Alumnis who have completed their PhDs in Germany.
The conference was organized by Prof. Dr. Muhammad Sayyar Khan from the Agricultural University Peshawar who has received his PhDs from Heidelberg University in 2008. The conference was financed by DAAD (German Academic Exchange Programme) with fundings from the German Federal Foreign Office.
Former DAAD scholarship holders often assume key positions in the fields of politics, research, business and culture in their home countries. They are therefore important partners for Germany. In order to ensure these global ties remain active over many years, the DAAD, with backing from the Federal Foreign Office, supports its alumni after they have completed their studies.
Alumni work
The Federal Foreign Office funds a variety of scholarship programmes, which are important for the implementation of its research and academic relations policy. The programmes enable the top international specialists of tomorrow to undertake periods of study or research in Germany. At the same time, they lay the foundation for research partnerships with the world’s best minds. Jun Zhu, a lawyer from China and doctoral student in Göttingen, is one of them. Like many highly qualified young graduates from abroad, he receives financial support from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
Scholarship programmes
Some 1.98 million students are currently studying at German institutions of higher education. Almost half of the them (48%) are women. A total of 376 higher education institutions offer study programm...
Facts about the German higher education system
The Initiative for Excellence, greater autonomy for institutions of higher education, the introduction of new subjects, more bachelors and masters degree courses and larger numbers of students from ab...
Germany is an attractive place to study
Hochschulkompass (University compass)
This Hochschulkompass offers information and links about all institutions of higher education in Germany, about the scope of studies, the options of graduation as well as about international coorperation agreements of German universities.
Choice of Degree / Major (Studienwahl)
Here you find a short discription of all degree courses and their possible locations
In the year it was founded, Berlin’s Humboldt University had 256 students and 52 lecturers. It has since produced 29 Nobel Prize winners and is regarded as the “mother” of all modern universities. In 2010, the university is celebrating its 200th anniversary.
Humboldt University
