Science and research in Germany are characterised by a distinguished infrastructure, a wide variety of disciplines, well-equipped research facilities and competent staff. Germany offers various forms of research locations: universities, universities of applied sciences, non-university institutes, companies and Federal as well as Länder Institutions. All in all, there are approximately 750 public-funded research institutions in Germany, plus research and development centres run by industrial corporations.

In selected fields or regions, these industrial and academic institutions pool their research and development activities in networks and clusters to work more efficiently and to benefit from a higher level of knowledge. Also, co-operation at European as well as international level has become an essential dimension of sciences and humanities in Germany.

Facts and Figures

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more than 750 public-funded research institutions
more than 130 networks of excellence

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480,000 staff in R&D
277,000 scientists and scholars

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bilateral, European and multilateral co-operations
with more than 40 countries

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annual budget:
approx. 55.7 billion euro

Budget

The annual research budget is up to 55.7 billion euro. Two thirds of research funding is provided by industry. Almost one third comes from Federal and Länder authorities, and the remaining 4% from foreign investment. The proportions of public and private funding comply with the type of institution as well as the type of research (basic/applied).