DAAD Award for Foreign Students

DAAD-Preisträger 2018 — Ezchial Nikiema was honoured with the DAAD Award 2018. It was presented by Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Hans Georg Krauthäuser, TU Dresden's Vice-Rector for Academic and International Affairs.

Every year, TU Dresden honours a foreign student with the “DAAD Award for Foreign Students”. The award, endowed with 1,000 Euro, is presented to foreign students, who excel at their studies and are highly committed to social or intercultural causes.

Application deadline DAAD Award 2019: 31 May 2019

The award will be conferred to students who fulfil the following requirements:

Excellent academic achievements
Social or intercultural commitment (voluntary activities at TU Dresden, e.g. with a student initiative or voluntary work for a non-profit initiative, organisation or association)
Advanced BA studies, MA studies or Diplom/state exam studies (enrolment at least in the 3^rd semester of a bachelor's/Diplom/state exam programme or in the 2^nd semester of a master's programme)
Foreign nationality and a foreign university entrance qualification (graduates of German schools abroad and German Studienkollegs are also eligible to be nominated)

It is not possible for students to apply for the DAAD Award on their own, students have to be nominated by one of the professors of their study programme.

The following documents (originals / hard copies) have to be sent until 31 May 2019 to the International Office, see contacts below (by internal mail via a department or institute of TU Dresden):

Letter of nomination from a university teacher of the degree programme (download form)
Current list of examination results (transcript)
Confirmation of the examination office stating the achieved credits as well as the overall average grade (download form)
Current proof of social or intercultural commitment
Signed data protection form (download form)