DAAD  (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst)  is a founding association of German universities for the international exchange of students and researchers. 

In the Czech Republic, DAAD has been active since 1963. In 2000 the Information Centre in Prague was founded (today´s DAAD Information Point Prague, in Prague 1 district). DAAD scholarship offers are provided by the Academic Information Agency (AIA). 

Here are the most popular DAAD scholarships to Germany:

• Scholarships for master students: study stays of 10 up to 24 months at any university in Germany. Scholarship amount: 934,- Eur/month. Application deadline for mobilities in 2024/2025: 15.11.2023.

• Short stays (up to 6 months) or one-year-scholarships for doctoral students. Application deadline: 15.11.2023..   

A complete offer with applying conditions as well as other scholarship possibilities are available at the DAAD Czech Republic webpage.

Current information on the DAAD Česká Republika is also available on Facebook. Scholarship conditions for international students are available here.

AKTION Czech Republic is a programme funding bilateral cooperation between the Czech Republic and Austria. It supports cooperation between the two countries in education and research in the tertiary sector.

Two types of activities are supported:       

1)   individual 

- study and research internship scholarships with the aim of preparing a master thesis or  a Ph.D. dissertation. More information in the table below.

- Summer German language courses.

2)  institutional 

- funding of cooperation projects of Czech and Austrian higher education institutions. More information can be found here.

Scholarship offers are provided by the Academic Information Agency (AIA).

You can find actual information, offers, and contacts regarding AKTION programme here.  

SCHOLARSHIP OFFER FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/2025

Application and selection procedure

You need a Promise of acceptance from a potential Austrian instructor and a Letter of recommendation by two teachers from your home university. The application is done online at www.scholarships.at.  In addition to the documents above you will enclose your Registration Form, your diploma for the completed stage of university studies and the study results for any unfinished stage.

The selection is made on the basis of the online application (there isn’t any interview). Within 6 weeks the results will be published at www.dzs.cz. 

Scholarship conditions for international students available here.

Once back home our students share their experience abroad on the Exchange Experience Moodle platform.