_{(Photocredit: DAAD/Michael Asaad)}
Around 500 doctoral and postdoctoral candidates participated in the 8^th edition of the German Science Day that was organized by the DAAD Cairo office on the 16^th July 2019. The German Science Day is considered one of the most important platforms in Egypt for promising doctoral and postdoctoral candidates to engage with the German research landscape and for attendees to get insights from the attending experts and initial feedback for their planned research in Germany.

This year’s German Science Day opened with a panel discussion on "Your Guide to German Universities". Dr. Florian Kohstall, Center for International Cooperation of the Freie Universität Berlin and Dr. Danilo Marino, Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies together with representatives from other universities gave the participants an overview on the academic career opportunities in Germany. This was followed by a presentation on the German Research Landscape. Throughout the day, participants then attended the numerous presentations that were given by the experts that have flown in specifically to attend this highlight of the German-Egyptian Academic year to inform these outstanding PhD and Postdoc candidates about the latest research and development in their respective fields.

From Freie Universität Berlin Prof. Dr. Michael Schneider, Professor of Hydrogeology and Head of Hydrogeology Group gave an interesting presentation entitled "Facing Climate Change - New Challenges for Water Management" while Prof. Dr. Eckart Rühl, Professor of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry gave an insight on "How to enhance dermal drug delivery: Interdisciplinary Research at Freie Universität Berlin". Furthermore Dr. Isabel Toral represented the Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies in her presentation "Doing your PhD or PostDoc at the Berlin Graduate School of Muslim Cultures and Societies". In addition to the presentations, the experts also offered individual counselling sessions to carefully selected Phd and Postdoc candidates to enable them to establish initial contact with the professors, to present their proposals and to get valuable insights and feedback.

Additionally, Ms. Hoda El Mahgoub, Head of the FU Berlin Cairo Liaison Office gave a presentation on “Doing your PhD at Freie Universität”. The number of attendees during the presentation but also on the info stand of FU Berlin were a clear indication on the immense interest of the Egyptian PhD and postdoc candidates in FU Berlin. 

Check out the photo album of the science day 2019 here