DAAD-Price 2015 for Ayse Yildirir
This year the DAAD-Price has been awarded to Ayse Yildirir from Turkey, a Master student of Social Science.
The award of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is granted to international students who execute outstanding academic performances and demonstrate social commitment. The award is given during the annual meeting of DAAD scholarship holders and includes a price of 1000 €. The announcement is addressed to employees of the University for proposing qualified students.
This year’s awardee was nominated by Prof. Dr. Jürgen Straub of the Faculty of Social Science who also held the laudatory speech for Ms Yildirir. The Price was awarded by the Vice Rector for Academic Affairs and Professional Development of RUB Prof. Dr. Kornelia Freitag. Ms Yildirir was selected by a selection committee of the International Office due to her outstanding academic performances in the field of Social Science and due to her remarkable social commitment in integrative projects and especially within the context of the refugee relief at RUB.
Besides the awards ceremony, the annual DAAD scholarship holders’ meeting offers other interesting acts. The scholarship holders were given the opportunity to present their home countries by the host of the DAAD, Ms Dr. Birgit Klüsener. By means of interesting presentations, singing, dancing and delicious food, students from Mexico, Transylvania, Moldova, Ethiopia and Afghanistan presented their countries.
In total, students from Afghanistan, Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Chile, Costa Rica, France, Georgia, Ghana, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Cameroon, Kenia, Colombia, Cuba, Malawi, Mexico, Moldavia, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Zambia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, the Ukraine and Vietnam as well as former DAAD scholarship holders of RUB were invited.
The DAAD is one of the most significant funding organisations for international exchange of students and researchers all over the world and is funding annually about 150 international students who start studying at RUB. Furthermore, international students taking part in special projects, and RUB students who are studying abroad, are sponsored.
If you are interested in a DAAD scholarship, please contact the DAAD or the International Office for further information.