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100 Years of DAAD - 100 Years of Change by Exchange

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The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2025. Since 1925, the DAAD has supported around three million students and academics from Germany, Europe and around the world. As an organisation for academic exchange, the DAAD is using its anniversary year to highlight the importance of international scientific cooperation in times of geopolitical crises and upheaval. The highlight of the anniversary year will be a ceremony on May 6th at the Humboldt Forum in Berlin. The anniversary will be accompanied by numerous events and activities in Germany and abroad, including the issue of a special postage stamp by the Federal Ministry of Finance.

“For 100 years, the DAAD has been promoting the international exchange of students, teachers and researchers – a task that is more important today than ever before,” said DAAD President Prof. Dr Joybrato Mukherjee in Bonn. In a world marked by conflicts and international tensions, the DAAD creates space for dialogue and academic cooperation. “Especially in geopolitically turbulent times, the academic networks created by the work of the DAAD are indispensable,” Mukherjee added.

“For us in Germany, a functioning academic cooperation area is essential. International academic exchange strengthens our innovative power and secures the conditions for our prosperity, for example by attracting international specialists. International scientific cooperation is also crucial if we are to meet the enormous challenges of the 21st century and shape the coming decades successfully and peacefully on this one planet we all share,” Mukherjee stressed.

For the entire DAAD 100 press release, click here.

For the DAAD 100 website, click here.

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