Shipra Dureja, a student from India, has received this year's DAAD award for outstanding achievements by foreign students. In 2019, she started her master's degree in "Data and Knowledge Engineering" at the University of Magdeburg and graduated in September 2021 with a very good grade point average after only 5 semesters. This makes her one of the best and fastest students in her degree program. In addition to her studies, the student has also volunteered at her faculty.

The right answers to the most pressing questions: The student Anirban Saha from Kolkata in India is studying for a master's degree in Data and Knowledge Engineering at the University of Magdeburg and gives tips on job hunting for internationals in his podcast "Anirban Saha's Podcasts". In addition to the range of courses on offer, a decisive argument for prospective international students is whether there is a sufficient supply of part-time jobs in the new home of choice, says the master's student.

DronoDat is a drone and data service provider founded by students Mahmoud Sarhan, Amro Al Zoubi and Ahmad Qadoura. The name is a combination of the English words "drone" and "data". Two of the founders are studying environmental engineering at Magdeburg University: Amro Al Zoubi and Mahmoud Sarhan industrial engineering. Together with their co-founder Ahmad Qadoura, they process data by mapping and surveying, photographing and inspecting a specific object, which is then analyzed by the artificial intelligence systems.