Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst ( Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) was founded in 1925 by the government of the Federal Republic of Germany as a non-profit organization responsible for academic, scientific and educational exchanges between Germany and the rest of the world. DAAD is headquartered in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

The German Academic Exchange Center was first established in It was abolished in 1945 and re-established in 1950 as a registered association with legal rights. By the end of 2001, its membership consisted of 231 German higher education institutions and 128 university student groups. About 68,000 university students and scientists have been sponsored by it, and nearly 500 university professors have been sent to teach around the world. The German Academic Exchange Service has 14 offices around the world to provide information and advice to local communities.

As a joint institution of German higher education, the main task of DAAD is to provide exchange study opportunities for university students, information support for German scientists and foreign scientists, and to provide opportunities for scientists to visit each other and to cooperate in international research projects, thereby promoting the links between German universities and foreign universities. The German universities and foreign universities.