Marking the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a year ago, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) has called for an action plan until 2030 aimed at reconstructing the country’s higher education system, and forging lasting links between Ukrainian higher education and research institutions and European and German partners.
DAAD President Joybrato Mukherjee highlighted the situation of Ukrainian universities and appealed for further support for refugee Ukrainian students and researchers in Germany.
While higher education organisations in Germany had originally reckoned with up to 100,000 Ukrainian students coming to Germany, autumn 2022 statistics refer to over 30,000, nearly a third of them international students. Ukrainian refugee students tend to initially seek other eastern European countries for language reasons.
Financial support via Germany’s Foreign Office and education and development ministries enabled the DAAD to provide around €21 million (US$22 million) for maintaining higher education in Ukraine and assisting refugee Ukrainian students, academics and researchers in Germany.
Furthermore, it funded around 170 projects involving German and Ukrainian universities addressing issues such as digitisation of education and administration.
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