What is the DAAD Prize?
Since 2012, the TH Wildau has been awarding the DAAD Prize of 1,000 euros annually to honour outstanding academic achievements and active participation in university life by international students. The DAAD Prize is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office and is aimed for international students who are enrolled as regular students at German universities.
Application and Deadlines:
Please note that students cannot submit applications. Instead, lecturers at TH Wildau must nominate students for the award.
Letters of recommendation must be submitted by e-mail to incoming(at)th-wildau.de by 12 July 2024, 12:00 at the latest.
Selection criteria:
Selection criteria are excellent academic performance and social/intercultural engagement.
Nominations may be made for:
- Students with foreign citizenship who have acquired their higher education entrance qualification abroad.
- Students who are enrolled in a regular degree programme at TH Wildau (no guest students, no exchange students, no participants in a preparatory programme).
- Students in an advanced study phase, i.e. at least in the 2nd year of study in the Bachelor's programme or 2nd semester in the Master's programme.
Selection:
The selection committee of the TH Wildau, consisting of members of the Presidential Board and the International Office, reviews the application documents and makes the decision on the award winner.
Award winners since 2012:Open areaClose area
- 2012: Alfredo Azmitia Rugg – Master Telematics - Guatemala
- 2013: Simon Devos - Master European Management – Belgium
- 2014: Tetyana Pishchyts – Master Business Administration – Ukraine
- 2015: Alexandra Makariti – Master Business Computing – Greece
- 2016: Andrés Gil Herrera – Master Telematics – Colombia
- 2017: Sara Elizabeth Canales Castro – Master European Management – El Salvador
- 2018: Florence Terryn – Master European Management – Belgium
- 2019: Samar Samara – Bachelor Automatium Technology – Syria
- 2020: Johannes Thyssen Tishman – Bachelor Mechanical Engineering – Mexico
- 2021: Jakub Dlouhy – Master Aviation Engineering/Aviation Management - Czech Republic
- 2022: Talgat Sultanov – Master Technical Management - Kazakhstan
- 2023: Yan Bulatov - Master Telematics - Kazakhstan