About the DAUG
The German-Afghan University Association (DAUG) is a non-profit association based in Bonn, Germany, which was founded in September 2002 by German and Afghan professors. The two countries have been linked by a long-standing academic friendship with regular exchanges since the 1960s and 1970s.
During this time, for example, a team of mainly German academics worked at the Kabul University.
DAUG emerged from the initiative of participating scientists to support academic reconstruction at Afghanistan’s universities after September 11, 2001.
How it all began
More than 100 years of German-Afghan relations
German-Afghan relations began with the Niedermayer-Hentig expedition to Kabul in 1915.
The basis of the German-Afghan educational partnerships was the opening of the “Royal Amani Secondary School” in Kabul in 1924, where German teachers also taught.
In 1962, Kabul University established partnerships with the universities in Cologne, Bonn and Bochum.
Foundation of DAUG: September 9, 2002 in Bonn
A chair for Kabul - joint fundraising campaign with students from the universities of Bonn and the Department for International Affairs and Development, ASTA Bonn
- Basic equipment tables, cupboards, equipment, blackboards for the Faculty of Geosciences Kabul
- Chairs and electrification of the Faculty of Natural Sciences Kabul
- Basic equipment of 30 dictionaries for the German department Kabul
Further financing of infrastructure measures at universities in Afghanistan, e.g. furniture, materials for teaching staff, students, laboratories, participation in smaller building development measures
Ongoing support for scientific book projects, materials, furniture and equipment for scientific teaching and research at Afghanistan's universities
Presentation of DAUG at the CIM Forum "Afghan Diaspora for Development" in Hamburg