International Academic Cooperation in Humanities and Social Sciences

Enhancing Internationalisation and Managing Partnerships between Universities in Germany and Iran

Tehran, 3 - 4 July 2017

The German Rectors’ Conference organized a two-day DIES-Seminar in cooperation with the Allameh Tabataba‘i University in Tehran.  The focus of the seminar was the cooperation between German and Iranian universities.

At the event, 20 university leaders from Iran and Germany as well as around 60 academics and heads of international offices from both countries exchanged information and views on the implementation of internationalisation strategies and the expansion of existing cooperation structures. The main topic was cooperation in the humanities and social sciences. In addition to the seminar at Allameh Tabataba’i University, the German delegation visited the University of Tehran, the Iranian University of Science and Technology, the Toosi University of Technology and the Shahid Beheshti University.

Presentations of the DIES-Seminar