DW Academy
DW manages its own international training institute. A total of twenty trainees are trained each year to become future editors. Out of this ten trainees are chosen from Germany for the German programs; and the other ten from all over the world for ten different foreign-language programs. The training lasts for a period of eighteen months. During this period, the trainees are trained for all the three areas of DW: Radio, TV and online.
In 2009 DW Academy started a masters' degree program in collaboration with the University of Bonn. 25 students from all over the world can enroll themselves for the two year Masters Program. The DW Academy is also active all over the world. It manages various programs in collaboration with international universities, for example, the IGNOU in India. The academy also holds a number of train-the-trainer programs.
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