Two senior representatives of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in Bonn, Germany, Dr. Christian Hülshörster, Director for scholarships Southern Hemisphere, Mrs. Claudia Garbers, Team Lead for North Africa & Near East as well as Mrs. Carolina Teworte, First Secretary, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Beirut, and Mrs. Darim Khouja, visited USJ on December 4, 2025.

A meeting was held with Prof. Gina Abi Fadel Saad, Dean of the Faculty of Languages and Translation; Mrs. Athina Makri Saab, Coordinator for Foreign Languages; and Mrs. Gladys Zein El-Hayek, Coordinator – Vice-Rectorate for International Relations, to discuss the possible re-establishment of a DAAD-sponsored lectureship.

The meeting was later extended to include Mr. Jihad Nammour, Academic Coordinator of the Arab Master’s Programme in Democracy and Human Rights, to explore potential future collaborations.