56 ARMENIAN STUDENTS AND SCIENTISTS RECEIVES DAAD STUDENTSHIP

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
13.06.2009 21:12 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Today 56 Armenian citizens became scholarship
holders of DAAD (German Service of Academic Exchanges). Ambassador
of Germany to Armenia Mrs. Andrea Viktorin handed certificates to
scolars in Yerevan.

Graduate and postgraduate students, who received DAAD’s studentships
are given the opportunity to continue their studies and conduct
research in higher educational institutions and scientific research
centers in Germany. 25 Armenian students will improve their language
proficiency in Germany’s summer schools.

" Every DAAD scholar becomes RA ambassador in Germany. We highly
estimates cooperation of the Armenian ministry of education and
science with DAAD and the German Embassy," Mrs. Andrea Viktori,
Ambassador of Germany to Armenia said.

DAAD provides more than 800.000 euro annually for educational
programs in Armenia. Since 1991 some 1300 Armenians have received
DAAD studentships.

DAAD unites 230 German higher educational institutions and 126 student
organizations and mediates foreign cultural, educational and scientific
policy of the country. DAAD has 14 foreign representation offices and
48 information centers in the world and provides 50 000 studentships
a year.