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Application deadline for 2022 has expired!
The application deadline is 31 March 2022 at the International Office.
Self-nominations are not possible. Please note information on the nomination procedure.
In 2022, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) will provide the University of Potsdam with funds for the DAAD Prize for Outstanding Achievement of International Students. The selection of the prize winners is the responsibility of the university. The DAAD Prize helps to put faces to international students at German universities and link them with stories. Every single international student takes a piece of Germany back to their home country and leaves something of themselves here - thus enriching both sides. For the University of Potsdam, the DAAD Prize is the most important honor awarded to international students. This prize is a public recognition of their academic achievements by one of the most renowned scholarship organizations in Germany. Having been a DAAD scholarship holder or prize winner can make it easier to start a career. The "DAAD ALUMNI community" also offers prize winners an international network. DAAD scholarship holders generally remain connected to their universities and often return to the institution as doctoral students or researchers.
Enrolled international students (students who have obtained their university entrance qualification abroad) who show remarkable social, in particular intercultural, commitment and special academic achievements and are in the advanced stage of their Bachelor's (at least 2nd or 3rd year of study) or Master's degree (at least 2nd semester) vcan receive the DAAD Prize. In addition, young graduates and doctoral candidates may also be nominated if their graduation was not more than three months ago at the time of the award. Doctoral students will be considered if they have earned their master's degree at the University of Potsdam. The DAAD award is not a research prize and cannot be awarded as a prize for a doctoral thesis. The following groups of persons are not eligible for nomination: Guest or exchange students, students who have already left Germany, Bildungsinländer (foreign students who have acquired their university entrance qualification in Germany). The DAAD Prize may not be awarded twice to the same person.
Nominations for the DAAD Prize are made on the basis of suggestions from professors, lecturers or fellow students. Self-nominations are not possible.
Nominations can be submitted to the International Office until 31 March 2022. Self-nominations are not possible.
Please submit application documents in electronic form - preferably in PDF format.
The application consists of the following documents:
Selection procedure:
The Advisory Board for Internationalization of the University of Potsdam, extended by at least two student representatives of the Commission for Teaching and Studies, selects the prize winner based on the proposals submitted in writing, in accordance with the guidelines provided by the donor for this purpose.
It should therefore be expressly noted that, in addition to academic achievements, social/intercultural commitment is also taken into account in the decision-making process.
Prize money and award ceremony:
The prize money is EUR 1,000.
The prize will be awarded at the Graduation Ceremony in June.
Director of the International Office
Campus Am Neuen Palais
Am Neuen Palais 10, 14469 Potsdam
House 8, Room 1.06
consulting hours
by appointment