Highly qualified, networked and strong in research and education
In the global knowledge network Germany is a land of ideas known for its perfect training system and top research
Germany is a land of ideas. Education, science and research play a central role here. In a Europe free of borders and a world of globalized markets, education lays the basis, enabling us to exploit the opportunities open borders and world-wide knowledge networks offer. The German education and university system is undergoing a profound process of renewal that is already bearing fruit: Germany is one of the countries most preferred by foreign students, a hub of cutting-edge international research and a constant source of new patents.
Institutes of higher education
In Germany there are some 380 institutes of higher education, of which 140 are entitled to award doctorates, and around 220 universities of the applied sciences some. Of some 2,7 million current students almost half are women. There are different regulations in place regarding the payment of tuition fees.
Foreign students
265,000 foreign students are enrolled at German institutes of higher education. After the United States and Great Britain, Germany is thus third most attractive country world-wide for foreign students
Patent registrations
In terms of patent registrations Germany is the leading European nation. Germany, together with Japan and the USA, is one of the three most innovative countries in the world
Top Research facilities
Since 1948 17 Nobel Prizes have gone to scientists from the Max Planck Society. Also internationally renowned: the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft in applied research, the broad-based Leibniz-Gemeinschaft and the Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft with 18 internationally leading major research facilities