Call for applications: DIES LEADx – Leadership for Transforming Higher Education Institutions

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK), and the University of Potsdam (UP), in partnership with a dedicated advisory board for this programme consisting of regional higher education organisations—the ASEAN University Network Gender Justice and Inclusion Thematic Network (AUN-GJI), the Espacio Latinoamericano y Caribeño de Educación Superior (ENLACES), the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA), the Southern African Regional Universities Association (SARUA)—invite female Vice Presidents (or equivalent positions) from higher education institutions in the designated target countries (see eligibility criteria) to apply for the DIES Executive Programme “LEADx – Leadership for Transforming Higher Education Institutions“.

DIES LEADx is part of the DIES programme (Dialogue on Innovative Higher Education Strategies), which aims at strengthening higher education management structures in countries of the Global South. DIES is jointly coordinated by the DAAD and the HRK and supported by funds of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

Deadine: 4 May 2025 (23:59 CET)

Download the guidelines here.

Call for applications: DIES LEADx – Leadership for Transforming Higher Education Institutions

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK), and the University of Potsdam (UP), in partnership with a dedicated advisory board for this programme consisting of regional higher education organisations—the ASEAN University Network Gender Justice and Inclusion Thematic Network (AUN-GJI), the Espacio Latinoamericano y Caribeño de Educación Superior (ENLACES), the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA), the Southern African Regional Universities Association (SARUA)—invite female Vice Presidents (or equivalent positions) from higher education institutions in the designated target countries (see eligibility criteria) to apply for the DIES Executive Programme “LEADx – Leadership for Transforming Higher Education Institutions“.

DIES LEADx is part of the DIES programme (Dialogue on Innovative Higher Education Strategies), which aims at strengthening higher education management structures in countries of the Global South. DIES is jointly coordinated by the DAAD and the HRK and supported by funds of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

Deadine: 4 May 2025 (23:59 CET)

Download the guidelines here.