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Friedrich Schiller University is one of the largest and oldest universities in Germany. It is the only comprehensive university in Thuringia that offers all academic subjects including medicine, natural sciences, social sciences and the humanities. It has a wide range of study options, excellent research and teaching, and a large network of students and teachers. In total, there are over 200 different courses of study with different degrees (Bachelor, Master, State Exam, etc.).

Around 20,000 students are currently enrolled at the University, including around 2,200 international students. Over 50 partner universities from all over the world offer intercultural exchange programmes for a semester abroad. More than 300 professors and 4,000 employees are committed to good teaching and ensure an excellent learning environment. Together with internationally active companies such as ZEISS, Jenoptik or SCHOTT and independent institutes such as Max-Plank, Leibnitz or Fraunhofer Institutes, Jena offers a particularly successful scientific network. As a teaching and research institution, it enjoys high recognition all over the world.

The Chair of Sports Economics and Health Economics (FSU Jena) is one of the most prestigious chairs of the higher education system in Germany and trains qualified employees in the field of sports- and health economics. In the context of their research, the employees of the chair of sports economics and health economics deal with topics like quality management in sports associations, analysis of individual sports markets and commercialisation of sports.

The chair is the main sponsor of the bachelor's degree in “Sports Management” at the University of Jena. In addition to teaching and research, the chair organises the Jena Sports Management Conference every year and takes on a variety of advisory tasks.

The head of the chair is Prof. Dr Frank Daumann. At present, the chair employs six employees and five assistants.

Al-Farabi Kazakh National UniversityExternal link, also called KazNU, is a university in Almaty, Kazakhstan that was established in 1934.

Al-Farabi KazNU is one of the country's largest universities. It has 16 faculties, which offer 134 BA, 268 MA and 140 PhD educational programs in engineering, natural sciences, humanitarian and social sciences, medical sciences and economics. More than 20,000 students, post-graduates and PhD students study at KazNU, and there are more than 2500 faculty members working at KazNU, including 400 doctors of science, professors and more than 800 candidates of science and associate professors.

Al-Farabi KazNU was ranked 150 in the QS World University Rankings 2023, making it Kazakhstan’s highest ranked university. Al-Farabi KazNU is ranked 44th in the QS Asia University Rankings 2023. It is also the leader of the National Rankings among the universities of Kazakhstan. 

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)External link is the world's largest funding organisation for the international exchange of students and scientists. Since it was founded in 1925, the DAAD has supported around 2.6 million academics in Germany and abroad. It is promoted as an association by the German universities and student bodies. Its activities go far beyond the awarding of scholarships: the DAAD promotes the internationalisation of German universities, strengthens German studies and the German language abroad, supports developing countries in setting up high-performance universities and advises decision-makers on education, foreign science and development policy. To this end, it maintains a network of over 70 foreign offices (including one in RussiaExternal link) and supports around 440 lecturers worldwide

In 2019, the DAAD, including the EU programmes, funded more than 145,000 Germans and foreigners around the world. The offer ranges from a year abroad for young students to doctoral studies, from internships to visiting lectureships, from informational visits to setting up universities abroad.