German Industry Scholarship Program

German Industry Scholarship Program

The German Industry Scholarship Program (GIS), started under
the auspices of the German Ambassador in 2001, has proven to be a
great success.

It has so far financially supported more than 30 high-
achieving undergraduates from select Indonesian universities in
their third and fourth years of study. The scholarship includes a
German language course and covers in some cases tuition fees and
monthly allowances.

One other very attractive feature of the scholarship package
is an internship at a German company in Indonesia.

GIS owes its success to concerted efforts on the German side.
22 sponsoring companies from German industry have been enrolled
in the GIS Promotion Society and have made initial funds of
91,000 euros available. This sum was doubled by public money from
part of the German Investment and Development Company (DEG).

Administration of the program lies in the hands of the German
Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), which also receives the
applications.

This successful cooperation has been formalized by means of a
treaty between the three parties, which will allow for these
scholarships to be offered to Indonesian students on a regular
basis in the years to come.

At a ceremony held on Sept. 19 at his residence, German
Ambassador Gerhard Fulda launched GIS program 2002/2003, which
will provide additional funds for 35 Indonesian students.

He also honored the first scholarship holders who had
successfully completed their studies with the support of GIS
during the occasion.