About Us
About DAAD
DAAD stands for "Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst"
- "German Academic Exchange Service". The DAAD,
which receives public funding, manages the country's government-sponsored
programmes in support of higher education cooperation and
exchange with all other parts of the world. Its programmes
are open to all countries and disciplines, to foreigners
as well as to Germans.
The DAAD carries out the planning and administration of
scholarship schemes, fellowship programs, the assignment
of German teaching staff to higher education institutions
abroad and institutional projects for several Federal Ministries.
It also provides the academic community in Germany and abroad
with a wide range of advisory and information services with
regard to the institutions' participation in international
cooperative ventures. In addition, the DAAD supports higher
education institutions in their international activities
by providing a number of services, such as information programmes,
publications, consultancy and advice, guidance and counselling.
About the
DAAD Information Centre Accra
The "DAAD Information Centre Accra" was established in October
2000. Since its establishment Information Centre staff have
been offering face-to-face advice and information on all matters
related to studying and doing research in Germany to more
than 5000 Ghanaians and other West-Africans (see opening hours
of the centre below). The services of the Information Centre
are provided by the DAAD, so there is no fee to be paid by
visitors. Due to the close co-operation with the Goethe-Institut
Accra, you can also find all DAAD information booklets in
the library of the Goethe-Institut.
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Dr. Heike Edelmann-Okinda, Director of the DAAD
Information Center Accra |
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Dr. Heike Edelmann-Okinda, the current
director of the DAAD Information Centre Accra, is available
for personal consultation at the German Embassy Accra and
in the DAAD Office in Goethe-Institut (next to NAFTI, East
Cantonments). For visits during regular office hours no
appointment is necessary. If you wish to arrange an appointment
outside regular office hours please send us an email to
daadghana@yahoo.com.
We are looking forward to talking to you!
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Felix Barnes, Programme Officer of the Information
Center Accra |
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Felix Barnes, Programme Officer of the
Information Center Accra, joined our team after some years
of study and professional experience outside Ghana. He did
his Masters in Sustainable Resource Management in Munich
- an International Degree Programme. Having studied in Germany
as a foreign student, he is in the best position to help
Ghanaian students wanting to study in Germany. He is available
for personal consultation at the DAAD Information Center
in the Goethe-Institut (next to NAFTI, East Cantonments).
DAAD Worldwide
The DAAD headoffice is located in Bonn, Germany,
but the organisation operates a far-reaching network of
branch offices and information centres.
Feel free to contact
one of the DAAD
Information Centres or DAAD
Branch Offices for further information on DAAD's activities
in the different regions in the world.
