More than 20 German universities and science organisations will present their international PhD programmes and discuss future employment opportunities with highly qualified candidates from China.

On behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and its campaign  “Research in Germany – Land of Ideas”, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is organising the participation of 24 German institutions in the PhD Workshop China 2010.

The two-day career event offers Chinese graduate students a platform to learn more about PhD and research opportunities in foreign countries. Organised by the Chinese Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE), the event will provide aspiring doctoral candidates an opportunity to meet face-to-face with representatives of overseas colleges and universities.

With the intent to foster Sino-German research cooperation and bilateral exchange programmes for young scientists, the German delegation will also participate in a networking event with Chinese universities and science organisations on 25 and 26 November. Divided into groups by research subject, representatives from both countries will have the opportunity to join round-table discussions on joint projects.

The agenda of this preparatory event will include briefings and presentations by the Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC), the CEAIE and the DAAD which are supporting the internationalisation and cooperation efforts of their respective governments.

Participating Institutions:

• Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
• Comprehensive Pneumology Center (Helmholtz Centre Munich & Ludwigs-Maximilian University Munich)
• Freie Universität Berlin (Peking)
• Friedrich-Schiller Universität Jena (Peking)
• GRADE SCHOOL (Universität Frankfurt)
• Graduate School MUSIC (Universität Hannover)
• Graduate School of North American Studies (Freie Universität Berlin)
• Graduiertenschule der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
• Heidelberg Graduate School of Mathematical and Computational Methods for the Sciences (Universität Heidelberg)
• International Giessen Graduate School for the Life Sciences (GGL) (Universität Gießen)
• International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC) (Universität Gießen)
• International Max Planck Research School for Surface and Interface Engineering in Advanced Materials (SurMat)
• International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modelling
• Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
• RWTH Aachen
• Technische Universität München
• TU Bergakademie Freiberg
• Universität Bayreuth
• Universität Göttingen
• Universität Konstanz
• Paderborn Institute for Advanced Studies in Computer Science and Engineering (Universität Paderborn)
• Universität Rostock
• University of Würzburg Graduate Schools
• DAAD/Research in Germany

PhD Workshop China 2010 will be held on 27 and 28 November 2010 from 9 am to 5 pm at the Swissôtel Beijing, Ballroom 2F, No. 2 Chao Yang Men Bei Da Jie, 100027 Beijing.

More information on the PhD Workshop China 2010 can be found at
www.phdchina.org.

The Sino-German networking event will be a closed session.

For more information on the German delegation and the Sino-German networking event, please contact:
Sandra Roessler
German Academic Exchange Service
+ 49 228 882 114
roessler@daad.de

For more information on the campaign “Research in Germany”, please contact:
Anke Sobieraj
German Academic Exchange Service
+ 49 228 882 858
sobieraj@daad.de