Study in Germany

Humboldt Universität Enlarge image (© Auswärtiges Amt) Germany is one of the leaders in the international competition for the world’s best brains. Whether in a large city or in the country, whether traditional or modern, very few other European countries have such a diverse higher education landscape. 376 universities, universities of applied sciences, colleges of art, teacher training and theological colleges and specialist administrative colleges offer a huge range of subjects and courses.

Studenten während einer Statistik-Vorlesung im Hörsaal an der Universität Leipzig

Germany is an attractive place to study

The Initiative for Excellence, greater autonomy for institutions of higher education, the introduction of new subjects, more bachelors and masters degree courses and larger numbers of students from ab...

Germany is an attractive place to study

STIBET

Scholarship and support programme: students do better when they feel at home

From welcome breakfasts to friendship programmes, German universities come up with lots of interesting ways of making it easier for international students to settle into their new surroundings. The DAAD offers them a combined scholarship and support programme (STIBET), which is funded by the Federal Foreign Office. It supports introductory events and country evenings as well as specialist support for foreign doctoral students. Projects like Die Brücke (The Bridge) in Münster have developed their own special approaches and act as examples for other universities.

Scholarship and support programme

Student from Ghana

Facts about the German higher education system

Some 1.98 million students are currently studying at German institutions of higher education. Almost half of the them (48%) are women. A total of 376 higher education institutions offer study programm...

Facts about the German higher education system

Bildungspartnerschaft Afrika

Centres of excellence in Africa: top training for the decision-makers of tomorrow

The Federal Foreign Office and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) are supporting master and doctoral training of the highest standard with five centres of excellence at important African universities. In terms of content, the focus lies on subjects of major social relevance. Across subject divisions, emphasis is also being placed on building a close network of partners for the democratic and economic development of Africaand cooperation with Germany.

Centres of excellence in Africa

Study in Germany

Information Center of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in Toronto

Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is a joint organisation of German institutions of higher education and student bodies. Its task is to support academic cooperation around the world, especially by promoting the exchange of students and academics.

The DAAD is also the main student exchange organization for international students and maintains liasons offices worldwide to provide information and financial support to over 50,000 highly-qualified students and faculty per year for international research and study. The DAAD maintains  an Information Center in Toronto.

Keep in touch with alumni from Germany!

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Are you a foreign scholar who has studied, taught or done research in Germany? If so, you are part of an extensive international network that you could use to keep in touch with friends and colleagues and to hone your professional skills.

 

To help you make the most of this network, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Germany's largest organization for the promotion of academic exchange, has set up a website to help you make and maintain contacts with other "Germany alumni".

www.germany-alumni.org