COMPACT
PLAYERS & ORGANISATIONS
German Research Foundation
The German Research Foundation (DFG) is the
main organisation for funding research at higher
education and publicly financed institutes.
→ dfg.de
German Rectors’ Conference
The German Rectors’ Conference (HRK) is a voluntary association of state and state-recognised
German Academic Exchange Service
higher education institutions in Germany.
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
The Higher Education Compass database
is the largest funding organisation for exchanges
provides information about degree courses and
of students and academics. It has a global network
international cooperation agreements.
with 71 regional offices and information centres.
→ hrk.de, hochschulkompass.de
→ daad.de, studieren-in.de
Leopoldina
Alumniportal Deutschland
The oldest academy of sciences in the world,
The Alumniportal Deutschland networks people
the Leopoldina in Halle, has 1,500 members.
who have studied, done research or worked in
→ leopoldina.org
Germany all over the world.
→ alumniportal-deutschland.org
Non-university research organisations
The Max Planck Society, the Fraunhofer
“Schools: Partners for the Future” initiative
Gesellschaft, the Helmholtz Association and the
The Federal Foreign Office initiative links
Leibniz Association are the non-university
almost 2,000 schools all over the world at
research organisations funded by the Federal
which German is held in high esteem.
Government and the states.
→ pasch-net.de
→ mpg.de, fraunhofer.de, helmholtz.de,
leibniz-gemeinschaft.de
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
The Humboldt Foundation supports cuttingedge scientists and scientific exchange.
→ humboldt-foundation.de
DIGITAL PLUS
More information about all the topics
in the chapter – annotated link lists,
articles, documents, speeches; plus
more in-depth information about key
topics such as the Bologna Process, internationalisation,
degrees, admissions restriction.
→ tued.net/en/dig5