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Why Alumni Programme?

DAAD sees the end of the scholarship or support as the beginning of a long-standing active relationship with its former scholarship holders. Our alumni work aims to:

• Continue contacts among alumni themselves and DAAD.
• Continue contacts with the alumni and their German host universities
• Maintain professional, academic and personal ties with Germany by providing a regular information service.
• Contribute to deepening and extending academic exchange between the alumni's home country and the host country, thereby making a positive contribution to the internationalisation of higher education
• Use the experience, knowledge and insights gained by alumni during their study and research stays in Germany to benefit the current generation of scholarship holders and others interested in studying in Germany in the future.

As a result various follow-up measures are available to DAAD alumni upon completion of their scholarship period. Please have a look at the various follow-up measures available.

DAAD maintains a database with information on its former scholarship holders. The database enables us to maintain contacts with you. 

Please click here to fill a questionnaire in order to be included in the database or to update your records.

and send to:

German Academic Service (DAAD)
Madison Insurance House, 3rd Floor
P.O. Box 14050-00800
Nairobi/ Kenya

Email: Jutta Quade

Individual Programmes

1. Scientific Literature:

   Former DAAD scholarship holders can apply once a year for scientific books and Journals produced by German publishers to help them advance their academic knowledge.

   Who can apply?
   DAAD alumni from all fields who spent at least one year in Germany at a higher education institution as well as former German studies scholarship holders (who received support for a period of at least 5 months)

   Funding:
   Maximum of 200 Euro per year

   Applications: Online
   Before applying for books online you must first register with the alumni forum to gain access. Click here to register.

   Application Deadline: January 1st until October 31st of each year

   Click here for more information

2. Re-invitation:

   The Re-invitation programme helps DAAD maintain contacts with its former scholarship holders who studied in Germany for at least one year.  Alumni meeting this requirement can apply for re-invitation to Germany to complete a research or work project at a state higher education institution or non-university research institute for a period of one to three months.

   Application deadline:
   October, 15th annually

   Click here for more information, Application form and Application details

   Programme Officer at DAAD Nairobi: Jutta Quade

3. Equipment Grants for Higher Education and Comparable Scientific & Research Institutions in Developing Countries

   This programme is aimed at supporting projects in developing countries in the field of teaching, research and development and to improve services at universities and  comparable scientific and research institutions in developing countries. Applications for equipment grants must be linked to a specific research, teaching, consultancy or service-oriented project.

   Who can apply?

   • Former DAAD scholarship holders from a developing country, who completed at least part of their studies at a German institution of higher learning, have an employment contract with their home institution of higher education and are in contact with German scientists/academics or scientific/research/higher education institutions.
   • Foreign academics from a developing country who completed part of their studies or research  at a German higher education institution with or without financial support from Germany, have an employment contract with their home institution of higher education and are in contact with German scientists/academics or scientific/research/higher education institutions.  
   • German academics working at an institution of higher education or similar institution in a developing country and have an employment contract with the foreign host institution.  The remaining duration of the employment contract must enable them to use the equipment for at least one full year after delivery.

   Funding:

   • Small-scale projects:
     Total value of up to EUR 3, 580.
   • Large-scale projects:
     Total value in excess of EUR 3580 and up to a maximum of EUR 20,450.
   • Exceeding the funding limit:
     In exceptional cases projects may exceed the funding limit of EUR  20,450.

   Application deadline:
   Ongoing

   Click here for more information and application form.

4. “Letter” Magazine

   DAAD alumni who spent at least one year in Germany can subscribe to the magazine “Letter” free of charge. The magazine is published three times a year and contains information on new developments and trends at German institutions of higher  learning as well as information on various DAAD supported activities. The magazine is only available in the German language.

   Click here to subscribe.

Group Programmes

1. Participation of DAAD alumni and alumni of German universities at scientific conferences/seminars/workshops:

   DAAD can support the participation of DAAD alumni and/ or other alumni of German universities as well as German speakers at scientific events such as conferences, workshops, symposiums etc..

   Who can apply?
   Applications can only be submitted by one or more members of the event organising committee (alumni or other). Individual applications from alumni are not possible.

   Funding:
   -Travel expenses
   -Accomodation
   -Meals

   Deadline: Minimum  6 weeks prior to the event but preferably until December of the year before the event.

   Click here for more information and application forms.

2. Major Alumni Seminars organised by DAAD:

   Each year DAAD organises subject-specific or interdisciplinary alumni seminars in various countries. The events are generally organised by DAAD in cooperation with the German diplomatic representations, local DAAD Lektors, the Goethe Institutes or alumni associations.

   Click here for a list of seminars organised this year

Alumni Associations

These are associations formed by DAAD alumni in their respective countries and are recognized by national law. They are independent organisations which autonomously govern their own affairs, their set up and their specific objectives.  DAAD Alumni are encouraged to register with the alumni associations in their respective countries;

Alumni Associations in East Africa

Ethiopia:
Association for Ethiopians educated in Germany: Click here for more information.

Kenya:
Kenya DAAD Scholars Association: Click here for more information.

Somalia:
Somali DAAD Scholars Association:  Click here for more information.

Sudan:
Sudan DAAD Scholars Association:  Click here for more information.

Tanzania:
Tanzania DAAD Scholars Association:  Click here for more information.

Uganda:
Uganda DAAD Scholars Association:  Click here for more information.

Click here for on other alumni associations in Africa.

Support for DAAD Alumni Associations

Alumni associations can apply for support to carry out the following activities:

• Provide advice and information for prospective students and for graduates of German higher education institutions living or working in  their home country.
• Cultivate contacts between alumni, encourage subject-specific exchange between alumni and offer continuing education for alumni.
• Provide advice and counselling for German scholarship holders, academics and scientists working or studying in their country.

Funding:

• Events
• Data Search
• Publications
• Provision of IT Equipment for newly founded associations

Application Deadline: Ongoing

Click here for more information.

Alumni Forum

DAAD alumni and current DAAD scholars have the opportunity to communicate with other alumni in different parts of the world and exchange ideas. The forum offers the following services:

1. Updating of personal details
2. Communication with others
3. Access to the specialist literature programme
4. Report database (You can look at the experience reports submitted by former scholarship holders or submit your own report)

To access the forum you will need your so–called PKZ  (indicated on your scholarship award letter e.g. A/82/12345)

Click here for more information.

Programmes for Alumni of German Universities

This programme targets German universities and their former students from developing countries. The support for economic, technological and social transformation processes in developing countries can only be effectively provided from outside, if it is based on cooperation with key local players.   Academics from developing countries who gained their university training or part of it in Germany can play an important role as key players in development cooperation.

Programme goals :

• Ongoing continuation of the education and training effects achieved during original stay in Germany.
• Maintainance and cultivation of contacts with individuals who can act as multipliers and disseminators for academic collaboration with Germany.
• Provision of current specialist and disciplinary information and knowledge from Germany that is of development policy relevance for the alumni and their countries of origin.
• Improved frameworks and prospects for collaboration between alumni and German development cooperation bodies and/or German business and industry

Who can apply?

• German universities
• Registered alumni clubs in developing countries
• Local/regional network centres of the specialist disciplinary alumni networks in agreement with the coordinating German university

Funding:
Module 1.:
Continuing training seminars/workshops for alumni 

Module 2:
Alumni summer/winter schools

Module 3:
Creation and extension of specialist subject networks in the target country respectively target region

Click here for more information and application forms.
 
Please also check your own German university website from time to time to see what seminars/workshops are taking place.