Would you like to study in germany? 

Germany, the largest economy in the European Union and third in the world, is home to some of the most renowned researchers of the history, like Albert Einstein, Max Planck or Alexander von Humboldt, just to mention a few of them. Germany is also a highly popular educational destination among students from other states of the European Union as well as from outside Europe. In 2009, over 250000 international students chose to study in Germany. That's above 10% of all the student population atGerman higher education institutions!

Universities In Gamany

Universities in Germany offer plenty of choice, including some of the most prestigious institutions in Western Europe. Germany’s highest ranked university in the QS World University Rankings® 2014/15 is Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (ranked 49th in the world), followed by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (52=) and Technische Universität München (54th)

 

Some other universities in Germany are:

 

• Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (134th in the world; 6th in Germany)

• Freie Universität Berlin (150th in the world; 10th in Germany)

• Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin, 192nd in the world; 12= in Germany)

• Universität Hamburg (192nd; 12= in Germany) – Hamburg

• Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (396th; 30th in Germany) – Schleswig-Holstein

• Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz (300th; 22nd in Germany) – Rhineland-Palatinate

• Universität Bremen (348th; 27th in Germany) – Bremen

• Universität Jena (397th; 31st in Germany) – Thuringia

• Universität des Saarlandes (441-450; 34th in Germany) – Saarland

• Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (601-650, 42nd in Germany) – Saxony-Anhalt

• Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (147th in the world; 9th in Germany)

• Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (177th in the world; 11th in Germany)

• Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (249th in the world; 16= in Germany)

• Universität zu Köln (305th in the world; 23rd in Germany)

• Ruhr-Universität Bochum (388th in the world; 28th in Germany)

• Universität Düsseldorf (411-420 in the world; 32nd in Germany)

• Technische Universität Dortmund (TU Dortmund, 491-500 in the world; 36= in Germany)

• Universität Bielefeld (501-550 in the world; 38= in Germany)

• Universität Duisburg-Essen (501-550 in the world; 38= in Germany)

Tuition fees in Germany

 

As of this winter 2014, Germany will be a country free of university tuition fees, for international students as well as domestic students. The nation, already marked as an extremely popular low-cost study destination, will become free of tuition fees following the decision to remove higher education charges from the last two German states (Lower Saxony and Bavaria) made earlier this year.

 

While tuition costs are free, however, students are required to pay a nominal fee per semester to study in the country. This fee covers administration, student support and other unavoidable costs, and is usually no more than €250 (US$330).

Those undertaking a master’s degree in Germany should be aware that some institutions do charge for master’s level courses, although this is mostly reserved for students enrolling in programs “non-consecutively”, i.e. those who have not completed a related bachelor’s program in the last year or two from within Germany. In some cases for non-consecutive master’s students, fees can amount to as much as €10,000 (US$13,100) per semester. For those going from undergraduate study in Germany straight into a related master’s degree program, fees should be expected to remain low or non-existent.

Fast Facts

 

• Area: 357,022 sq km (slightly smaller than Japan)

• Population: 80.6 million (2013) – second largest in Europe, after Russia

• Borders with: France, Poland, Czech Republic, Denmark, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium and Austria

• Capital city: Berlin

• Official language: German

• Currency: Euro (€)

• Influential member of the European Union

• Famous for beer brewing, Christmas markets and bratwurst (sausage made from pork, beef or veal)

• Famous dead Germans include classical music composers Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, and philosophers Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche