Study and research in Germany

Higher Education Institutions

German Rectors' Conference (HRK)
www.hrk.de
Provider: The German Rectors’ Conference (Hochschulrektorenkonferenz – HRK) is a voluntary association of state and state-recognised universities and higher education institutions in Germany. The HRK currently has 261 member institutions and addresses questions relating to the responsibilities of higher education institutions: research, teaching and studies, academic (postgraduate and postdoc) continuing education and training, knowledge and technology transfer, international cooperation plus university self-government.
Description: Besides the link to the Higher Education Compass (see chapter on “Studies”), the website of the German Rectors’ Conference (Hochschulrektorenkonferenz) offers reports on the resolutions, projects and initiatives of the HRK, on press releases, a diary, plus a collection of links to external sites offering information on higher education, science and research policy.
Languages: German and Englishh

Conference of the Ministers of Education (KMK) and Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB)
www.kmk.org
www.kmk.org/zab/home.htm
www.anabin.de 
Provider: The KMK (Kultusministerkonferenz) is the standing conference of the Länder ministers or senators responsible for education and training, higher education and research plus cultural affairs.
Description: The KMK website offers information on fields such as the KMK’s work on securing and developing a common higher education structure in Germany or their activities in respect of European and international education and culture policy. The ZAB (Zentralstelle für ausländisches Bildungswesen) is based at the Secretariat of the KMK. Its website provides information on the responsibilities and services which the ZAB performs in the field of evaluating and recognising foreign educational qualifications and certificates; it also lists further sources of information and publications. The ZAB information system on the recognition of foreign educational certificates and degrees can be found at: www.anabin.de.
Languages: KMK: German, with some basic information in English, ZAB: German and English, anabin: German

CHE/DIE ZEIT: University Ranking
www.das-ranking.de
www.university-ranking.de
Provider: DIE ZEIT is the leading German weekly newspaper in Germany. The DIE ZEIT website hosts the German version of the university ranking jointly carried out by the Centre for Higher Education Development (Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung – CHE) and DIE ZEIT at: www.das-ranking.de
Description: The DAAD presents the English version “University Ranking” on its website www.university-ranking.de in cooperation with DIE ZEIT and CHE. So far, the ranking has examined 36 popular subjects from various faculties. Since 1998, a total of 286 universities have been included in the ranking. More than 250,000 students and around 31,000 professors have participated in the interviews for the ranking since it was first launched. The findings of the survey are not simply added together to produce a total score. Rather, the survey produces a multidimensional ranking: several league tables, arranged on the basis of various criteria, such as “student opinion”, “professor’s tip” or “equipment and facilities”, reflect the strengths and weaknesses of the individual faculties and departments.
Languages: German and English

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