Alumni Stories

Germany alumni from Pakistan, Kosovo and Turkey win our Community Challenge 2024 with innovative ideas for digital education. Their projects aim to improve global education opportunities.

‘This programme was the turning point in my career’: how a fellowship in Berlin redirected Heidi Obermeyer’s career path and turned her into an expert in geopolitical risks.

Combating hunger, reducing aid dependency: learn how Germany alumni are promoting sustainable agriculture and food security.

Travelling to Freiburg on a cargo ship: Otto Plettner from Mexico came to Germany with a scholarship. The contacts he made became stepping stones for his business career.

Jointly developing new concepts for renewable energy supply: the DAAD SDG Alumni Project ‘The smarter E Europe 2024’

Getting his dream job in Germany: how controller Adrian Flaksbaum Moll from Brazil developed his professional skills and created a new life for himself in Germany.

Symposium for German DAAD alumnae and alumni in Economics and Business Administration: an exchange of views regarding the transformational potential of AI in the workplace, future scenarios and ethical aspects.

International partnership that serves the community: Relebohile Mabunda from South Africa talks about her inner driving forces and her experiences in Germany. 

Dr Rebecca Hahn wants to make her university more inclusive. She relates how she's organising Pride Month at the University of Tübingen and the impact it’s making on the entire city.

Tanka Nath Dhamala from Nepal relates how study and research stays furthered his career. Although it wasn’t obvious, especially in his childhood and youth, that Dhamala would one day accomplish so much.

EU Green Deal: experts attending the Alumniportal panel discussion examine the challenges and potential outcomes for global trade in agricultural products.

Germany alumna Aigul Zhalgassova explains why digital accessibility is more than just a question of inclusion for people with disabilities.