DAAD Branch Office in London - German Academic Exchange Service

🌍Think you know what the future looks like, in terms of climate change and ageing? and can you write it in German? 🤔 The @universityoflimerick and @universityofgalway are running a German-Language Student Creative Competition, with a 1st place prize of 500 euros! 💶 Your response must engage with both themes — climate change and ageing — as central ideas. One theme may be more prominent than the other, but both must meaningfully shape your piece. We invite you to take a decisive stance: envision, critique, or reimagine the future from your unique perspective. Entries must be in German. The winning entries will be presented at the conference at the University of Limerick, which will be open to the public, students, and academics. For logistical reasons, this competition will be limited to undergraduate students of German across Ireland & the UK. ⏱️Deadline: 15th April 2026 More information here: tinyurl.com/mvx65pht

The DAAD UK & Ireland will be attending Postgrad LIVE in Liverpool on the 25th February! Alongside several German universities, we'll be there to discuss our scholarships, funding opportunities and any questions you may have about studying in Germany. 📍 Guild of Students, University of Liverpool 📅 Wednesday 25 February ⏰ 12–3pm (drop in anytime, pre-fair talk starts at 11:15am) Registration is free, so come on down and find out more!

📚 Currently undertaking a PhD or Postdoc position? 🎓 The Research Grants in Germany Programme offers doctoral students and postdocs (up to 4 years after completing your doctorate) the opportunity to realise a research project at any German university, university of applied sciences, non-university research institute, music academy or art college. 💰Funding is provided for a period of 2 to 12 months for doctoral students and 2 to 6 months for postdocs. ⏰ Deadline: 16.02.2026 Find out more here: https://tinyurl.com/bz3ppeut

We are very pleased to finish off the year with the fantastic news that the UK will rejoin the Erasmus+ programme in 2027. 💫 We would like to give a big thanks to all our partner institutions, DAAD lecturers, Young Ambassadors, and all those who participated in our events and applied for our scholarships in 2025. We look forward to another successful year of academic exchange in 2026, and wish you all a Frohe Weihnachten und einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr. ☃️🎄

After the success of German Week in 2025, we invite you to join us once again for a week-long celebration of the German language and all the opportunities it brings! The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), alongside the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany London and the Goethe-Institut UK, invites you to take part in Hashtag#ShoutOutForGerman – a campaign highlighting the importance of German in education, careers, and cultural exchange. Posts can range from showcasing your school activities, favourite German words, travel memories, or even a clip of you dancing to a viral German song. Whether it’s a quick shout-out to your favourite German teacher, an homage to German traditions or your favourite German TV show, anything goes and will highlight the impact of German in classrooms, on campuses, and beyond. Make sure to use #ShoutOutForGerman when tagging your posts, so that we can share your German language journey!

🎓With the Master Studies for All Academic Disciplines Scholarship, you will receive comprehensive support to take up a Master’s course of any discipline in Germany. Monthly payments towards living costs as well as additional benefits are included. Find out more: https://ow.ly/3YnK50TMLAn The DAAD London is offering an information session about this scholarship on the 25th November at 2:30pm. Register to attend here: tinyurl.com/yc77ufn8

Last week, we welcomed to London the new cohort of DAAD scholarship holders studying in the UK and Ireland for our annual ‘Welcome Seminar’ at Woburn House. The Welcome Seminar provides an essential opportunity for scholarship holders to network with one another, hear from representatives of the DAAD office in London, and share impressions of their university experience so far at their institutions in the UK & Ireland. We would like to thank Dr Hans Josef Linkens for opening the seminar, to former scholarship holder, Mel Jahr, for giving an informative talk about life in the UK as a German student, and to Carolyn Sowa from UK Council for International Student Affairs, who spoke on the fantastic advisory services available to international students provided by UKCISA. Another highlight was an informative political panel discussion about ongoing UK-German relations, post Kensington Treaty. A massive thanks to Dr Jannike Wachowiak and Dr Ed Turner for taking part in this enlightening discussion. We wish all our scholarship holders the best of luck with their studies and hope that they have a fantastic stay in the UK and Ireland.

⏰Last chance to apply! The deadline for our University Summer Courses is tomorrow at 22:59pm ⏰ Take a look at what one of our scholarship holders Anastasija got up to during her time doing a summer course in Eichstätt this summer! 📚 Which Courses Are Funded? Explore the course list to find the perfect course for you! tinyurl.com/2vbexj38 🎓 Who Can Apply? Undergraduates and postgraduate students in ALL disciplines are eligible. Applicants must hold a minimum A2 level German certificate. ⏰ Deadlines Applications are due by October 30th 23:59 CET (22:59 GMT). Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity! Apply online through the DAAD Portal. 📅🖊️ For more detailed information on University Summer Course please visit our scholarships database tinyurl.com/5n8r87uf

RISE stands for Research Internships in Science and Engineering. RISE Professional offers summer research internships in Germany to Master’s and Ph.D. students from USA, Canada, Great Britain or Ireland at companies and non-university research institutions with strong relations to industry. Undergraduates who are RISE Germany alumni are also eligible. www.daad.de/rise/en/rise-professional/ Find out more about the programme in an online info session on 29th October from 3:30pm - 4:30 pm (GMT). tinyurl.com/3kaprvmn

⏰2 weeks left to apply for a university summer course! ⏰ Taking a University Summer Course doesn't just improve your German, it also lets you explore! One of our scholarship holders, Liza, took a day trip to Salzburg. 📚 Which Courses Are Funded? Explore the database to find the perfect course for you! tinyurl.com/msmym58k 🎓 Who Can Apply? Undergraduates and postgraduate students in ALL disciplines are eligible. Applicants must hold a minimum A2 level German certificate. ⏰ Deadlines Applications are due by October 30th 23:59 CET (22:59 GMT). Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity! Apply online through the DAAD Portal. 📅🖊️ For more detailed information on University Summer Course please visit our scholarships database tinyurl.com/5n8r87uf