Germany

Major organizations for graduate education:

• Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), http://www.bmbf.de/en/index.php
• German Academic Exchange Service, Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD), http://www.daad.de/en/index.htm
  • The German Academic Exchange Service is one of the world’s largest and most respected intermediary organizations in its field. Scores of students, teachers, researchers and scientists supported by the DAAD have been able to gain valuable experience abroad. It also provides significant information about graduate education.

• Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany, Ständige Konferenz der Kultusminister der Länder in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (KMK), http://www.kmk.org/index1.shtml

• The German Education Server, Deutscher Bildungsserver, http://www.bildungsserver.de/start_e.html
• German Research Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), http://www.dfg.de/en/dfg_profile/index.html
  • The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) is the central, self-governing research funding organisation that promotes research at universities and other publicly financed research institutions in Germany. The DFG serves all branches of science and the humanities by funding research projects and facilitating cooperation among researchers.

• The Higher Education Compass, Hochschulrektorenkonferenz/German Rectors’ Conference (HRK),http://www.higher-education-compass.de
  • The Higher Education Compass provides extensive information on Germany’s higher education institutions, on the range of studies and programmes that they offer, on who to contact locally, and on who the higher education institutions cooperate with around the world.

• Max Planck Society, http://www.mpg.de/english/portal/index.html
• Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres (English Edition), http://www.helmholtz.de/
• Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (English Edition), http://www.fraunhofer.de/EN/company/index.jsp
• Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. (German language only), http://www.fv-berlin.de/
• German Foundations Providing Scholarships for Doctoral Candidates
  • Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (public), http://www.studienstiftung.de/
  • Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (political/conservatives), http://www.kas.de/
  • Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (political/greens), http://www.boell.de/
  • Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (political/social democratic), http://www.fes.de/
  • Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung (political/liberals), http://www.fnst.de/
  • Hans-Seidel-Stiftung (political/conservatives), http://www.hss.de/
  • Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (political/left wing), http://www.bundesstiftung-rosa-luxemburg.de/
  • Hans-Böckler-Stiftung (trade unions), http://www.boeckler.de/
  • Evangelisches Studienwerk e.V. Villigst (religious/protestants), http://www.evstudienwerk.de/
  • Cusanuswerk–Bischöfliche Studienförderung (religious/catholic), http://www.cusanuswerk.de/

Statistics and Data

• Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland (English Edition), http://www.destatis.de
  • German official website for statistics who gather, collect, process, present and analyze statistical information. Statistical Yearbook 2007 has been published, in which researchers can easily find information about graduate education.

(Thanks to William Guan for his contributions to this page)