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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 the process of internationalisation HRK aims to support the following central goals 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.

HRK’s International Strategy Paper [0.11 MB]

Audit  "Internationalisation of Higher Education Institutions"

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 (language of instruction, international study course, etc.)

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".

All downloads on one view:
International Strategy Paper [size 0.1 MB, type pdf]