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Research Rankings in Germany

Competition is a key element in science and research, both for researchers and for their institutions. Recent years have seen competition in Europe, and especially in Germany, take on new forms and a new quality; in particular, in connection with the establishment of the European Research Area (http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/era/leaflet/en/index_en.html). This is why recent times have seen ranking lists experience a boom in Germany. Ever more and new attempts to rank excellence are coming onto the market all the time.

We recommend the following publications as a source of guidance and navigational assistance in this diversity:

DFG Funding Ranking

The DFG Funding Ranking shows the distribution of the DFG's financial resources to institutions in which research is performed, differentiated by research areas. This indicator of research activity and its quality is certainly justified, because the financial resources of the DFG are only awarded to scientists and academics who, with their projects, engage in the ever more intensive competition between the best ideas and, in some programmes, additionally between the best structures of research by and training for young scientists and researchers.

Furthermore, the report also considers new and enlightening aspects of research activity – internationality, networking and the international response to scientific publications – in its analysis.

http://www.dfg.de/ranking/ 

CHE Research Ranking

The CHE Research Ranking aims to identify the research-active faculties in Germany. Based on publication output, third-party research funding, number of doctorates and the number of patent applications in engineering subjects, this ranking shows one group of research-active faculties per subject in which, in their respective fields, they rank in the lead group in several of the specified categories. Even though the factors used here appear to be the same for all subjects, the ranking uses subject-specific methods – always based on consultation with representatives of the subject in question.

http://www.che-ranking.de/allgemeines_fr.php

Humboldt Ranking 2005

The Humboldt Ranking evaluates how attractive Germany's higher education institutions are for top-flight international researchers based on data collected by the Humboldt Foundation. For 50 years now, the Humboldt Foundation has been awarding its Research Fellowships and Research Prizes exclusively to the best applicants from around the world. These awards enable them to complete a research stay at an academic or research institution of their choice. This choice also serves as a kind of quality seal for universities selected by international researchers. Because Humboldt alumni are researchers who are free to choose their cooperation partners from among the world's leading institutions.

http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/ranking

University Rankings
Ranking weighted * Ranking absolute Institution Stays Fellows Stays Award Winners Stays Total
1 21 Universität Bayreuth 55 23 78
2 5 Universität Heidelberg 123 43 166
3 4 Technische Universität München 115 55 170
4 2 Freie Universität Berlin 152 40 192
5 17 Technische Universität Darmstadt 70 15 85
6 14 Universität Stuttgart 67 23 90
7 28 Universität Konstanz 47 7 54
8 3 Humboldt-Universität Berlin 138 47 185
9 20 Universität Karlsruhe (TH) 53 25 78
10 9 Universität Tübingen 95 19 114
11 23 Universität Ulm 49 13 62
12 10 Universität Freiburg 89 21 110
13 6 Universität Bonn 109 30 139
14 1 Universität München 165 47 212
15 8 Universität Göttingen 92 26 118
16 39 Technische Universität Kaiserslautern 27 7 34
17 13 Universität Bochum 69 24 93

* Weighted figures: stays per 100 professorships
Number of professorships according to figures from the Federal Statistical Office

Data Report Wissenschaft weltoffen

Wissenschaft weltoffen is a data report on the international nature of studies and research in Germany. The report contains, not least, statistics on foreign academics and scientists in Germany and on German academics and scientists abroad.

http://www.wissenschaft-weltoffen.de/

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DAAD Glossary

Fakultät

"Fakultät" is the same word as faculty in the sense that a university is made up of various faculties. Classical faculties are law, medicine, philosophy (arts and humanities), and natural sciences. Each faculty is made up of several departments, known in German as Fachbereiche, Institute or Seminare.

Universität

"Universität" means university and is used for research universities (wissenschaftliche Hochschulen) that offer a broad range of subjects (like arts and humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, economics and business administration, law, medicine). These institutions confer doctorates. The strong research focus benefits students in their training. Please note, however, that English texts often use the term "university" generically, i.e. to cover all kinds of higher education institutions, for example, universities of the arts, universities of applied sciences, universities of education, etc.

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Date: 2009-01-09