Personal stories
“Why should I go abroad? Will I make friends easily? Who will look after me?” These are questions faced by everyone who decides to study and live in a foreign country. But who could answer these questions better than people that are actually studying abroad or those taking care of the foreign students? Tabadul met people from Iraq and Germany and listened to their stories. Each of them has their own insight into the MoHESR-DAAD scholarship programme and would like to share it with you.
Salahaddin University in Erbil, the capital city of the Iraqi region of Kurdistan, has unveiled a new German language degree course.
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.
The Institute for Signal Processing is a triangular building of medium height with a glazed stairwell. It stands behind the main University Hospital building on the campus of the University of Luebeck. In Room 30, on the first floor of the institute, DAAD scholarship student Rand Kasim Mohammed Almajidy has been working on her doctoral thesis since October.
From the beginning, they knew it was never going to be easy to study and raise a child, let alone in a foreign land. But due to their own good organization, a friendly neighbour and the university’s kindergarten, Heba al-Hashmi, her husband Kifah Salih and their daughter Dania, who live in Kaiserslautern in south western Germany, made it through.
With the help of German researchers, Iraqi scholars seek to best Mark Twain’s old nemesis: the German language.
The first scholarship holders of the new KurdDAAD program met for a workshop in Berlin. DAAD officials supported them with advice on how to have a sound start in the German university system,
The new B.A. study program for German as a foreign language at SUH has now started and the German language department has officially been opened. The department will foster academic exchange between the Kurdistan Region and Germany.
It is shortly before eleven o’clock. The round of introductions in the conference room of a Munich hotel is opening a two-day meeting, which the DAAD is holding for Iraqi scholars in Germany. Two women and 32 men have traveled from Heidelberg, Mainz, Darmstadt, Frankfurt, Nuremberg, and Stuttgart. Everyone who comes here to study attends such a meeting: to meet, to ask questions, and to see each city.
The BaghDAAD scholarship program has been suspended in 2011. Alexander Haridi, Head of Section Iraq / Iran of the DAAD explains the reasons of the suspension. He shows the future prospects of the program and possible alternatives for Iraqi students.
The countdown has started... there are only few days left until the launching of the new study programme for German as a Foreign Language / Deutsch als Fremdsprache (DaF) at Salahaddin University (SUH) in Erbil. By the end of November 2011, the first class of students will have registered in the four-year-study course and will make their first steps in studying German language and culture.
Everything is organised. You always have to be on time and quiet at night. The Iraqi scientist Ahmed Abdulkhadim talks about prejudices and the truth about German culture
The Baghdad-Erbil-Erlangen-Project” kicks off a conference with high-level speakers from Iraqi academia and politics, including head of Higher Education Committee in Iraqi Parliament.
On September 28th, TU University Berlin opened a three day-conference on Information Technology in Iraq.
Dr. Ahmed Dezaye, President of Salahaddin University (SUH) in Erbil visited Germany in the beginning of October 2011. Follow his tour in tabadul.de
Many Iraqis, who study in Germany on a DAAD scholarship, are already married and have children. The DAAD provides extra support to help them bring their families to Germany. However, before they do, there are some important details they should know. An interview with DAAD program officer Denise Walter.
Muss man in Deutschland an der roten Ampel warten, auch wenn man dadurch den letzten Nachtbus verpasst? Wenn verschiedene Kulturen aufeinander treffen, stellt sich oft Unverständnis über die Gepflogenheiten „der Anderen“ ein. Markus Hablizel mischte sich unter irakische Stipendiaten und stellte dabei Erstaunliches fest.
The DAAD has supported the University of Dohuk in establishing a new Political Science department. Prof. Dr. Ferhad Ibrahim Seyder managed that task. In this interview he talks about problems and opportunities in Iraqi Political Science.
German universities are highly regarded among young Iraqi scholars. Scholarship award holders from the German-Iraqi programmes BaghDAAD and KurdDAAD met in Bonn for a three-day orientation seminar to make sure they get off to a good start this fall when they start their studies in Germany.
The situation in Iraq and the Kurdistan issue are important topics in Political Science. A group of students from Bonn travelled to the Kurdistan Region to get their very own picture. Bahar Sayyas was among them and tells us about her impressions.
Iraq has the world’s third biggest oil reserves. But what happens when the oil runs dry? Renewable energy is supposed to guarantee the future energy supply. With a joint training centre German and Iraqi universities make a contribution to the build-up of an independent Iraqi industry in this field
The Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Regional Government should organize a special exhibition each year on higher education, says Dr. Abdulkader Kadauw
The student Muthanna Al-Janabi’s first impressions of Germany are rather strange. A portrait of a surprised scholar from Iraq
The Orientation Seminar for New DAAD and MoHESR Award Holders from Iraq
In the corridors of the DAAD, German DAAD-employees work tirelessly to help ensure that Iraq’s finest academic minds are supported and Iraq’s education system is rehabilitated and improved for the future
Whether you are the Prime Minister's son or just a normal student – the rules are the same for everybody. A member of the scholarship selection committee reveals the secrets of the process
More than 130 students attended the DAAD seminar on study opportunities in Germany in Erbil. Representatives of the Ministry of Higher Education of KRG and DAAD along with Iraqi students enrolled in Germany answered the questions of the attending KRG students.
The Ministry of Higher Education of Kurdistan Region and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) have signed a memorandum of understanding to launch a joint scholarship program for Master’s and PhD studies at German universities. The program, titled KurdDAAD, is now accepting applications from students in the Kurdistan Region.
The head of DAAD's Iraq Section, Alexander Haridi, has met H.E. Ail Adeeb, Minister of Higher Education and Scientic Research, in Baghdad.
From mid July to mid September some 20 students took part in a preparatory German language course at the European Technology & Training Center Erbil.
