About Tabadul

Signing of the MoU

[taba:dul] is Arabic for exchange. The verb form emphasises the mutual aspect and the word’s basic meaning includes the notion of change. This defines what the DAAD, together with German universities, is doing in Iraq: supporting, in partnership, the rebuilding of the Iraqi university system and supporting change through exchange on a personal level.

From left: Rolf Ulrich (Consul General), Dr. Christian Fandrych (University of Leipzig), Kerstin Simonis (DAAD Information Centre), Dr. Christian Hülshörster (DAAD), Dr. Ali Saeed (Minister of Education, KRG)

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) has opened an information center at the European Technology and Training Center in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. The information center aims to strengthen the bridge between Iraqi students and German universities.

New round of BaghDAAD scholarships in 2012

DAAD´s Haridi and Minister al-Adeeb

The Iraqi Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, H.E. Ali al-Adeeb, and DAAD's representative Alexander Haridi have met in Bagdad and agreed upon launching a new round of jointly funded BaghDAAD scholarships. The maximum number of stipends in the next round will be 100, limited to PhD studies according to the request of the Ministry. Details on requirements and procedure will be published in January 2012.

 

MoHESR's press release (Arabic)

Vacant position to be filled from 1 September 2012 at the Salahaddin University in Erbil (SUH)

 

Lecturer of BA programme "German as a foreign language"

 

You can obtain further information from the official call for applications:

 

English version

 

German Version

The Citadel of Erbil

Click here to visit the brand new Tabadul blog. The blog is written by contributors working between the Iraqi and German cultures; they tell tales of their everyday experiences and of their academic lives. In April the blog will feature Ruediger Schroeder and his research into the historic citadel in Erbil.

German Class SUH

Salahaddin University in Erbil, the capital city of the Iraqi region of Kurdistan, has unveiled a new German language degree course.

Ali und Alaa

The Iraqi engineers Ali Khedher Kashin Al-Abadi  and Alaa Ruhma Kazim Al-Badri are completing their PhDs in Erlangen. They are both looking forward to returning to Iraq to help rebuild their home country.