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This website is dedicated to making it easier for Australians to embark on postgraduate study in Europe.

As well as providing a host of links to relevant websites in Europe and Australia ASiE also undertakes research and consultation with the EU Commission, European governments and a great number of universities and foundations. The aim is to produce and update as much as possible all information concerning grants and scholarships available to Australian students seeking to pursue doctoral studies in Europe.

 
 

Higher Education in Germany

 

Introduction to Higher Education

On these pages you will find an introduction to the German Higher Education system. The system is similar in some respects to the Australian system but it does differ in others. While this site is primarily designed to provide guidance for those seeking to pursue postgraduate study we have included an overview of most aspects of the German system here. This is so as to give you a clearer picture of the way the system works and the terms it employs, thus making it easier to find you way to a course of research that suits your purposes.

 

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Responsibility for educational oversight in Germany lies primarily with the federal states individually whilst the government only has a minor role. Following secondary education, to enter a university, high school students are required to take the “Abitur” examination; however, students possessing a diploma from a vocational school may also apply to enter.

Most German universities are state-owned and charge for tuition fees ranging from €50–500 per semester from each student. There are currently some 1.96 million students enrolled at institutes of higher education, of which 937,000 are women (48 percent). There are 372 such institutes, including 102 universities and 167 universities of the applied sciences. As institutions the state universities are run by the individual federal states.

Important research institutions in Germany are the Max Planck Society, the Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft and the Fraunhofer Society. They are independently or externally connected to the university system and contribute to a considerable extent to the scientific output.
 
 
This website is an initiative of the Contemporary Europe Research Centre (CERC) at the University of Melbourne and has received funding and support from the Australian Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training, The Delegation of the European Commission to Australia and New Zealand and The National Europe Centre at the Australian National University.
 
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