Study in Germany

First university	Karl-Ruprechts-Universität Heidelberg (1386)
Today	383 higher education institutions
Language	German
Teaching languages	DE, EN
Famous Germans	Albert Einstein, Max Planck, Alexander von Humboldt
Students enrolled	2,000,000 (100%)
Women	947000 (48%)
International	246000 (12%)
Inhabitants	80,000,000

Even though their reputation speaks otherwise, it was the Germans that invented romanticism. Many eminent 18th and 17th century schools of thought have their roots in Germany, as do the horrors of the holocaust during the second world war. Light and shadow lay closely together on Germany's pillow of history. Quite a few meaningful technical accomplishments were achieved by German scientists. At the same time, many things that appear typically German actually come from elsewhere: Football blew over from England, beer was invented by the Sumerians 4000 B.C., and Döner, Falafel and Shawarma - although by now fully integrated into German society - is from the Middle East. What you most certainly will notice is Germany's federal, decentralized structure. Laws and policies for higher education institutions vary notably across Germany's 16 states; rules and regulations in one ‘Bundesland', might be very different in the next! Tuition fees are a good example: some German states want to introduce tuition fees as high as €500 per semester while other states currently have no ambition to do this.

Further Information:

Facts about Germany 
Handbook Germany 
You are Germany 

Important phone nummers:
110 - police emergency
112 - ambulance and fire department emergency

German phone book

An overview of all the best telephone and internet offers for students

German mail company