HRK International

HRK’s International Department cooperates with higher education institutions and corresponding organisations all over the world. The aim is to represent the interest of German higher education institutions at an international level and to support German universities in their internationalisation process. In 2008 the German Rectors' Conference adopted an International Strategy.

HRK focusses its work in the international sector on the following internationalisation aims of German higher education institutions:

Manage internationalisation professionally at executive level and develop an internationalisation strategy
Make internationality transparent, benchmark internationality, and compare internationality, and also set university-internal incentives for the internationalisation process
Assert the interests of the German universities in the development of international standards
Represent the interests of the German universities at strategically important locations around the world and create German study programmes and universities abroad
Shape the European Higher Education and Research Area
Gain foreign universities as strong partners of the German universities and take on international responsibility
Improve the mobility and interculturality of students, academics and researchers
Promote the benefits of doing studies, doctorates and research at German universities
Provide professional support and advice services for foreign students, doctoral candidates and researchers.

National Code of Conduct on Foreign Students at German Universities

In November 2009, the General Meeting of the German Rectors' Conference (Hochschulrektorenkonferenz - HRK) adopted a National Code of Conduct on Foreign Students at German Universities. The Code of Conduct was developed by a joint working group of HRK and DAAD in the framework of GATE Germany.

Audit „Internationalisation of Higher Education Institutions“

With the Audit "Internationalisation of Higher Education Institutions" the German Rectors' Conference supports its member higher education institutions in defining and developing their specific international profile.

German House of Science and Innovation Tokyo

In the framework of its strategic plan to internationalise German science and innovation the German Government, represented by the Federal Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, developed a concept for establishing German Houses of Science and Innovation in five locations worldwide (Tokyo, Moscow, Sao Paulo, New Delhi and New York).

Higher Education Compass

HRK’s Higher Education Compass contains a regularly updated list of existing cooperation agreements between German and foreign higher education institutions. Furthermore, a complete list of the study programmes offered at German higher education institutions can be found. You may run specific queries.

Gate Germany

In cooperation with the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) the German Rectors' Conference established the consortium GATE-Germany, which supports German higher education institutions to professionalise their international higher education marketing.

Partner Organisations

If you are a student or academic interested in a period of study, teaching or research in Germany and are looking for scholarship opportunities, you may want to visit the website of the German Academic Exchange Service, DAAD.

Information on fellowships and awards for internationally mobile researchers can be found on the website of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Also EURAXESS Germany (part of the European network EURAXESS Service Centres) is located at the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, which offers information and assistance for research periods in Germany.

Practical information for foreign students and academics on living in Germany (visa regulations, insurance, living costs etc.) can be found at Campus Germany.

For alumni of German higher education institutions and former scholarship holders of German funding organisations we recommend the "Alumni Portal Deutschland".

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