Science and Education in Germany – Background

The Excellence Initiative for cutting-edge research at universities has brought a new dynamic into the German research world.More ...

Around two million students are enrolled at some 350 universities in Germany. In the European Higher Education Area, the range of teaching and research programmes on offer is becoming more international all the time.More ...

Two thirds of all adolescents in Germany enter into a course of vocational training after completing their compulsory school education. As this training is conducted at two places of learning, at vocational school and in a company, in Germany we call it the "dual system".More ...

At the beginning of 2003, the world-famous Massachusetts Institute of Technology nominated Rolf Isermann of Darmstadt Technical University as one of the world’s "top ten" whose research work on new technologies will have a lasting impact on everyone’s living and working environments.More ...