DAAD prize for international students

The International Office regularly solicits the DAAD prize for outstanding achievements of international students studying at German universities. The prize of €1,000 is awarded to international students who have distinguished themselves through special academic achievements and a remarkable social or intercultural commitment.

Junge Frau mit langen dunklen Haaren lächelt in die Kamera
© Gerhild Sieber

Prize winner 2023

Indian student Shivaani Anitha Sivakumar has been studying Embedded Systems at Saarland University since 2019, and since 2022, she has also been president of ESN Saarbrücken, the Saarbrücken section of the Erasmus Student Network, which aims to bring together international students from all the higher education institutions in Saarland. Events organized by the network range from sporting activities, hiking trips and arts and crafts activities to talks, parties and a regular get-together. Shivaani was recently awarded the 2023 DAAD Prize for her voluntary work on behalf of international students in Saarland.

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Previous prize winners

  • 2023: Shivaani Anitha Sivakumar (India, Embedded Systems)
  • 2022: Hacane Hechehouche (Algeria, Computer Science)
  • 2021: Velik Velikov (Bulgaria, Bioinformatics)
  • 2020: Pascal Ahiagble (Togo, Business Informatics)
  • 2019: Beytulla Halil (Bulgaria, Business Administration)
  • 2018: Angel Alfaro Vega (Peru, Romance Languages and Literature)
  • 2017: Nahid Ghadiri Jafarbigloo (Iran, Medicine)
  • 2016: Maria Stepanova (Russia, Pharmaceutical Science)
  • 2015: Bejard Simeu Noupa (Cameroon, Business Administration)
  • 2014: Alexey Gulyaev (Russia, Music Management)
  • 2013: Ayman Haidar Ahmad (Lebanon, Medicine)
  • 2012: Hussam Al Raheb (Syria, Medicine)
  • 2011: Yury Lyamin (Russia, Law)
  • 2010: Styben Igaza Gonzáles (Peru, Medicine)
  • 2009: H. Ruoppo (Belarus, Business Administration)
  • 2008: A. Macavei (Romania, Economics and Law)
  • 2007: P. Lison (Belgium, Computer Linguistics)