International Prizes
Prize for Services in Internationalization
The Gesellschaft der Freunde und Förderer der Universität Siegen e.V. awards an annual “Prize for Services in Internationalization” [Preis für internationales Engagement] at the University of Siegen. It honors notable efforts to drive internationalization at the University of Siegen and encourages a comprehensive approach to internationalization that encompasses research, instruction, and administration. The guidelines can be viewed here. (Currently available only in German.).
The deadline for submitting proposals for the year 2024 is 28.04.2024.
DAAD Prize
The DAAD prize is awarded annually by the German Academic Exchange Service (with funding from the German Federal Foreign Office) to an outstanding foreign student or doctoral candidate who has distinguished themselves through notable academic achievement and in particular superlative engagement in societal or intercultural affairs. The next call for applications will occur in 2024, presuming funding is allocated.
The award winners of previous years:
| 2017 | Talish Babayev | Master student in business administrations | Presse release |
| 2018 | Amr Nahhas | Master student in mechatronics | Presse release |
| 2019 | Subramahmanya Siddharda Chelluri | Master student physics | Presse release |
| 2020 | Sabrina-Maria Anderson | Master student in political sciences | Presse release |
| 2021 | Yalda Yazdani | Doctoral candidate in music | Presse release |
| 2022 | Salwa Shaglel | Master student in physics | Presse release |
| 2023 | Kirill Perstenkov | Bachelor student in business administrations | Presse release |