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DAAD Information Centre Kuala Lumpur, Issue October 2014
· Study with the champions!
page 1
· Meet us for information on
studying in Germany page 1
· Malaysian higher education
meets German universities p. 2
· New colleague at DAAD
Information Center KL p. 2
· New testcenter for TestAS
and TestDaF at UKM p. 3
· UM-students enjoy the
German experience page 4
· New DAAD teaching staff
at University of Malaya p. 4
· Interview miit Alumna p. 5
· Walls - part of our lives p. 6-7
· Advertisements page 8-9
Dr. Guido Schnieders
Director of DAAD Informa-tion Centre Kuala Lumpur
Topics of this issue
Study with the champions!
This summer has proven a very successful
one for Germany - not only in terms of winning the Football World Cup for the fourth time, but also with regards to its political, economic, and
social development in general. "This could be the start of a century of German success" states a recent article in Newsweek. Very
sinificant for Germany's success story is the ongoing internationalisation. Just like theGerman football team owes the championship
to players of Polish, Turkish, Tunesian, and Ghanaian descent, Germany as a whole profitsimmensely from the fact that the country has opened up to international talents in order to meet
the challenges of globalization. Be part of this success story - and study in Germany!
Meet us for information on studying in GermanyWe offer ����-�������� on studying in Germany, �� ��� ������ or ������. Both types of info-
sessions have the same content and comprise a presentation on important aspects of studying in Germany and an extended Q&A-session. The online info-sessions work with video and chat. You can see and hear our consultant and ask questions via chat box or verbally via
microphone. All you need is a computer and a stable internet connection.
Our schedule for ����-�������� until end of December is
F�����, 31�� O������ 2014, 10:30 �: on Bachelor's, 14:30 �: on Master's �� ��� ������
W��������, 5�� N������� 2014, 20:15 �: on Bachelor's degree ������F�����, 7�� N������� 2014, 11:00 �: on PhD in Germany �� ��� ������ F�����, 14�� N������� 2014, 14:45 �: on Master's degree ������
F�����, 21�� N������� 2014, 10:30 �: on Bachelor's, 14:30 �: on Master's �� ��� ������
W��������, 3�� D������� 2014, 20:15 �: on Bachelor's and Master's degree ������F�����, 5�� D������� 2014, 11:00 �: on PhD in Germany �� ��� ������ F�����, 12�� D������� 2014, 10:30 �: on Bachelor's, 14:30 �: on Master's �� ��� ������
Register for webinars and info-sessions through our schedule blog on www.daadkl.org
You can also meet us on the F���� F��� on Sat / Sun, 29-30th November, in KLCC, hall 6
We have an ����-������� �� P����� on Thursday, 4th December, 20:00 h in the Malaysian-German Society (MGS) (see www.mgs.org.my).
Visit our website:www.daadkl.org
Send us an e-mail:[email protected]
Find us on Facebook:DAAD Information CentreKuala Lumpur
DAAD Information Centre KLGerman Business Center, Suite 47.05Menara AmBankNo. 8 Jl. Yap Kwan Seng50450 Kuala Lumpur
Contact us
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DAAD KL eventsin pictures
DAAD-booth at the Star Fair in KLCC, June 2014
DAAD-presentation on the Star Fair, June 2014
DAAD-visit to Monash Univ. Malaysia, June 2014 (with Prof. David James Young, Head of School of Science)
DAAD-Presentation at the Penang Office for Human Development, June 2014
Presentation on study in Germany at MGS in Penang, June 2014
DAAD-booth at the Post-draduate Education Fair in Midvalley Megamall, 09/ 2014
Presentation on study in Germany at KBU College, September 2014
DAAD Information Centre Kuala Lumpur, Issue October 2014
Malaysian higher education meets German universities at DAAD-network conference in Bonn, Germany
Every two years, the DAAD invites representatives from German universities to meet the DAAD-network. With its 15
regional offices and 55 information centres, DAAD offers considerable global expertise on higher education systems world-wide. The DAAD-network conference makes this
expertise available to the German universities. In July this year, almost 100 German universities sent representatives to the DAAD headquarter in Bonn to talk about opportunities
for internationalization. The DAAD Information Centre Kuala Lumpur provided information on opportunities for German universities in Malaysia.
On behalf of Education Malaysia and the Malaysian Ministry of Education, Malaysian higher education was present at the
conference with a prominently placed booth where Mr. Aw Yoke Cheng offered information on study and research in Malaysia. The Malaysian presence was very remarkable
because it was one of the first countries sending an own representative to present its higher education system onthis conference. The Malaysian booth drew strong attention
from the German universities and helped a lot to present Malaysia as an important player in global higher education.
Ms. Norlis Simaa Mohd Ali has recently joined our team in DAAD Information Centre
Kuala Lumpur. Norlis studied in Germany and graduated with Dipl.-Ing. (FH) in Building Services Engineering from the University of
Applied Sciences Nuremberg, Germany.
Norlis, why did you choose the course in
Building Service Engineering?
Germany is really working hard towards
green technology – biofuel, recycling, renew-able energy etc. This really suits my field of interest. Let’s make the world greener!
Why do you work with DAAD now?
Germany offers so many opportunities for research and study purposes. Studying in Germany is a whole new and exciting
experience – and I want more Malaysian
New colleague at DAAD Information Centre KLstudents to have the same exciting
and challenging experience I had during my studies.
What do you think about studying in
Germany?
Universities in Germany enjoy high reputation all over the world. And most of the public universities charge no or only
moderate tuition fees. As Germany has become a popular destination for inter-national students, it is a great chance to
make new friends and of course learn about a new culture and also learn a new language. One will be spoiled by the vast choices of
cultural and leisure time offers!
The General Secretary of DAAD, Dr. Dorothea Rüland, with Mr. Awat the Malaysian booth in the DAAD headquarter in Bonn, Germany
The Malaysian booth drew strong attention from the representatives of the German universities
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DAAD Information Centre Kuala Lumpur, Issue October 2014
New testcenter for TestAS and TestDaF at UKM
Since 2003, the Mercator Office at the Faculty of Engineering of Universiti Kebangsaan
Malaysia (UKM) serves as a liaison office for the collaboration between UKM and the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. Now the Mercator office is licensed as testcenter for TestAS and TestDaF. Interested
candidates can take these two exams at UKM now.
What is TestAS?
TestAS (Test for Academic Studies) is a standardized aptitude test for international applicants who want to provide evidence of their capability
to enter universities in Germany. Each TestAS examination comprises an Online Language Test, a Core Test and a Subject Specific Module. When registering, candidates choose one of the four Subject Specific Modules:
· Humanities, Cultural Studies and Social Sciences
· Mathematics, Computer Science and Natural Sciences· Engineering· Economics
Many universities in Germany use the results of TestAS to select students for their study
programmes. Please find more information on the TestAS and test dates at www.testas.de.
What is TestDaF?
TestDaF is an advanced level language exam for foreign learners of German who plan to study in Germany. Its results are acknowledged by
German universities as proof of the required linguistic qualification to study at any German university. For more information please check www.testdaf.de.
What else does the Mercator Office offer?
Besides TestAS- and TestDaF-exams, Mercator Office at UKM offers German Language Courses. The courses are designed as blended
courses, combining language training
with technical language to prepare candidates for engineering programmes in Germany. In addition, Mercator Office also offers an Intercultural Communication Course. This course
of 25 hours provides information on intercultural matters and on structures of the German higher education system. It is thus an excellent preparation for studies in Germany.
Next TestAS: 04 March, 2015; registration from 10 November 2014 - 19 January 2015
Next TestDaF: 10 February, 2015; registration from 18 November 2014 - 13 January 2015
For more information please contact
Ms. Monika Jusdi Bolte, Mercator Office: [email protected]
Mr. Uwe Dippel (on TestAS): [email protected]. Renate Kärchner-Ober (on TestDaF): [email protected]
Recommendedweblinks
www.daad.de
The DAAD homepage pro-vides information on the Ger-man higher education system, on study and research oppor-tunities in Germany and on funding programmes.
www.study-in.de
This website offers a search-able database comprising all degree courses in Germany. In addition, the site gives detailed views of what life is like in Germany.
www.funding-guide.de
Looking for funds to study in Germany? This scholarship database lists funding oppor-tunities for international stu-dents, graduates and post-docs offered by DAAD and 60 other German organisations.
Where can I learn German?
This is one of the questions frequently asked by our visi-tors. Here in Kuala Lumpur, German language classes are offered in the Goethe-Institut.
www.goethe.de/kualalumpur
Outside KL, in Penang, the Malaysian-German Society also offers German language courses. Check their offers at
www.mgs.org.my
Learn German
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Did you know that...
...there are more than 1.200 international degree program-mes at German universities conducted entirely or partly in English. Check them out at
www.daad.de/idp
...after graduating from a German university you have easy access to the German labour market and are invited to work there.
...Germany is often refrerred to as the Land der Dichter und Denker (country of poets and thinkers). Germans love to go to museums, concerts and theaters.
...according to a BBC-survey, Germany is the most popular country in the world. Really! Check it out at
www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-22624104
DAAD Information Centre Kuala Lumpur, Issue October 2014
UM-students enjoy the German experience
In early September, 11 students of the BA-programme
'German with Education' and one academic teacher of the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics of UM had the opportunity to travel to Germany for two weeks for a study
and cultural visit. The study trip was sponsored and organized by DAAD. Its main tasks were to expose the students to academic settings of German as a Foreign
Language in Germany and to introduce them to the history and culture of Germany.
The group visited leading university institutes for German as a Foreign Language in Jena, Leipzig and Bielefeld and
discussed current trends in
German language teaching with German academics and German and international students.
Cultural visits lead the students to Weimar, Berlin and Frankfurt am Main.
In September, Jessica Heintges has joined the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics (FBL) of University Malaya (UM) as new
DAAD-sponsored visiting language teacher. Jessica studied Applied Linguistics, Literary and Cultural Studies, and Economics at
Technical University Dortmund, Germany. Here, she also gained the teaching certificate in German as a Foreign Language. During
her studies, she interned with a high school
New DAAD teaching staff at University of Malaya
and media stations in the US, taught German
in language programmes of the German parliament (the Bundestag) and worked as
editor for German TV.
After gaining her Master’s degree, for which she researched and taught at the German
Department of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, she taught German in integrational
classes for migrants in Dortmund, Germany.
As visiting language teacher at UM Jessica supports the two BA German programmes at
FBL. For one year she teaches German language and culture and coordinates projects with the DAAD Information Centre
Kuala Lumpur and the German Embassy. Jessica's teaching position is supported by DAAD with funds from the German Federal
Ministry of Education and Research.
...in the library of the University of Leipzig
...in Weimar ...on top of the Jena Tower in Jena
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DAAD Information Centre Kuala Lumpur, Issue October 2014
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Editor
Dr. Guido SchniedersDAAD Information Center KLGerman Business Center, Suite 47.05Menara AmBank,No. 8 Jalan Yap Kwan Seng50450 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaPhone: +60-3-92351841Mail: [email protected]: www.daadkl.org
Publisher
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Fotos
Page 1: Arne Müseler /www.arne-mueseler.de
Page 2: DAAD IC KL/ Norlis Simaa Mohd. Ali
Page 3: UDE Mercator Office at UKM
Page 4: Frank Luerweg / Jan Jacob Hofmann / Daniel Ziegert / Students FBL UM /Jessica Heintges
Page 5: Auliyana Djafar
scheinlich, weil ich bei einigen Programmen des International Office der HS Coburg aktiv mitgemacht habe, z.B. beim Sprachtandem
und beim Gastfamilien-Programm. Ich habe den Preis während meines 7. Semesters bekommen, in dem ich als Tutorin tätig war.
Der Preis hat für mich viele Türen geöffnet und ich bin dafür immer noch sehr dankbar.
Was machen Sie jetzt?
Ich arbeite seit Januar 2014 als Trainee im
Bereich Entwicklung bei der LuK GmbH & Co. KG in Bühl. Die LuK entwickelt und produziert Komponenten für die Antriebs-
stränge von Fahrzeugen. Das ist damit im Einklang mit meinem Interesse für Autos, das mich nach Deutschland geführt hat.
Interview mit AuliyanaDjafar, Alumna FH Coburg
Frau Auliyana Djafar, Sie haben an der FH Coburg Maschinenbau studiert. Warum
wollten Sie zum Studium nach Deutschland?
Für mich war es ein Kindheitstraum, in
Deutschland Ingenieurwesen zu studieren. Ich habe mit 11 Jahren angefangen, sehr leidenschaftlich die Formel 1 zu verfolgen.
Damals war das F1-Team BMW Sauber Partner von Petronas und bei Sauber arbeiteten malaysische Ingenieure. Das
wollte ich auch - Renningenieurin sein.
Was war am Anfang, als Sie in Deutschland
ankamen, merkwürdig und neu für Sie?
Schwierig war, dass ich alleine, ohne Familie
hier war. Und ich wusste nicht, wie man mit Deutschen 'Small Talk' macht. Die Sprach-barriere hat anfangs eine Rolle gespielt.
Was gefällt Ihnen in Deutschland am meisten?
Die Leute. Als Muslima habe ich in meinen 5 Jahren hier fast keine Probleme gehabt. Sie sind zwar neugierig, fragen z.B. warum ich
ein Kopftuch trage, Männern nicht die Hand gebe, 5mal am Tag bete... aber die Fragen führen immer zu interessanten Diskussionen.
Die Leute sind aufgeschlossen, wir respek-tieren uns. Ich fühle mich hier wohl, kann meine Religion frei praktizieren. Schön sind
hier auch die Freundlichkeit und Höflichkeit.
Sie haben 2012 den DAAD-Preis bekommen.
Wie kam es dazu?
Ehrlich gesagt, ich habe keine Ahnung. Es
war eine positive Überraschung als ich 2012 die Email wegen des Preises bekam. Wahr-
DAAD-Preisverleihung 2012
Auliyana mit ihrem Vater und Coburger Professoren
Schloss Ehrenburg in Coburg
Auliyana Djafar studied Mechanical Engi-neering at University of Applied Sciences Coburg. She won the DAAD-award for in-
ternational students in 2012. For an Inter-view in English, German and Malay with her please click here:
Interview with Auliyana Djafar
Walls – Part of Our Lives A Photo & Drawing Competition to Remember the Berlin Wall For 28 years, the Berlin Wall divided the German capital. It became the most striking symbol of the confrontation between East and West known as the Cold War. Many innocent people lost their lives trying to flee from Eastern Germany. 25 years ago, in 1989, the Berlin Wall came down in a peaceful revolution. This was one of the most significant political transformations in the 20th century. As we celebrate its “silver jubilee”, the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Goethe-Institut Kuala Lumpur are teaming up and inviting you to find an artistic approach to the role that walls play in our everyday lives. Walls can separate and mark a boundary. They can be bare or embellished with flowers. They can have spikes at the top or inviting openings in them. They can also serve as a backdrop for pieces of art or they are pieces of art themselves. So venture out. Push the boundaries of imagination. Show us how walls are a part of our lives.
Interested in participating? Please read the information on the next page carefully.
©picture alliance/Eibner-Pressefoto © dpa - Bildarchiv
‘Walls – Parts of our Lives’ photo & drawing competition RULES & REGULATIONS
1.Eligibility of participants • Entries will be accepted by participants currently residing in Malaysia • The minimum age of participation is 10 years
2.Information to accompany the submission • All entries must include:
i. Name of participant ii. Age of participant iii. Title and location of the drawing/photo iv. Participant’s permission for the use of his/her photo/drawing by the Germany
Embassy and Goethe-Institut for Facebook, websites and an exhibition. • Limited to ONE (1) submission per participant
3.Deadline • Until and including Tuesday, 28th of October 2014
4.Specific requirements for the submission of photos and drawings:
a) Photo submissions Only digital photographs are accepted Maximum file size of 2MB Send to [email protected]
b) Drawing submissions Scan your drawings and send them via email
Maximum file size of 2MB
Send to [email protected]
The original should be mailed to the German Embassy via regular mail or
Brought in person to the German Embassy (opening hours Monday to Friday 9am-12noon)
or to the Goethe-Institut (opening hours Monday to Friday 9am-6pm; Saturdays 9am-4pm).
Addresses are listed below.
5. Selection, award ceremony & judges’ decision • The best photos and drawings will be selected by a jury and receive a prize
• Lucky winners will be celebrated in a ceremony in Kuala Lumpur later this year
• The judges’ decision is final and no appeals or correspondence will be entertained at any
point
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
The addresses of the German Embassy and the Goethe-Institut are as follows:
Embassy of the Federal Goethe-Institut Malaysia Republic of Germany Suite 06-07, 6th Floor 26th floor, Menara Tan & Tan No. 374, Jalan Tun Razak No. 207, Jalan Tun Razak 50400 Kuala Lumpur 50400 Kuala Lumpur phone: 03-2164 2011
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New Interdisciplinary Master Course “Environmental Engineering” (MaEE)
at Lübeck University of Applied Science (LUAS)
The study programme Master Environmental Engineering is intended to further qualify experts in environmental protection based on sound environmental assessment and innovative technologies.
The study course attaches great importance to scientific methods, application orientation and problem-solving strategies in interaction with social requirements and at the intersection of different stakeholder interests. Course-integrated projects across the entire course duration aim at the training of skills to develop solution strategies, use of need-oriented, technical approaches and the development of a high level of social competence. Teams work on scientific and industrial projects of regional and international nature.
MaEE has been designed as non-consecutive international full-time study-course of 3 semesters with 90 CP (ECTS) in English language; the tuition fee is 12,000 EUR in total for 3 semesters. Applicants must have a degree of Bachelor of Engineering (or a corresponding, similar field) of at least 210 Credit Points (CP) and one year of professional experience in an environmental field.
Possible employers include public authorities, NGOs, scientific institutions, consulting firms and planning companies, corporations and environmental and water management services and organisations. The scope of duties may be of technically oriented and planning or advisory nature.
For more information, please refer to http://maee.fh-luebeck.deor contact [email protected].
DAAD Information Center Kuala Lumpur, October 2014
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