Research Institutions
Do you know how exciting research in Germany is? The alphabetical list of research institutions, research networks and research portals provides a good insight into the German research landscape.
Fraunhofer is a recognised non-profit organisation in the form of a registered association. The organisation pursues the implementation of innovative research findings in industrial and social applications.
Originally founded in 1970, renamed Helmholtz in 1995, restructured as a registered association in 2001. It is a registered association with 15 legally independent member centres throughout Germany.
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology is one of the biggest science and engineering research institutions in Europe. The research centre concentrates on the five research areas of Structure of Matter, Earth and Environment, Health, Energy, and Key Technologies.
Kooperation international is a platform for people looking for information on opportunities for cooperating with German education and research institutions. The section "Research and Education in Germany" gives you a good overview of the German research and education landscape, its policies and bilateral and multilateral programs.
The Leibniz Association comprises 87 institutions conducting application-oriented basic research and providing scientific infrastructure. In total, around 16,800 people work for Leibniz institutions – including 7800 scientists and researchers.
The Max Planck Society is Germany's most successful research organization. The currently 80 Max Planck Institutes conduct basic research in the service of the general public in the natural sciences, life sciences, social sciences, and the humanities.
The Research Centre Jülich (Forschungszentrum Jülich) pursues cutting-edge interdisciplinary research on solving the grand challenges facing society in the fields of health, energy and the environment, and also information technologies.
The Research Explorer is a joint project of the DFG (German Research Foundation) and the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service). The database contains over 17,000 institutes at German universities plus non-university research institutions, searchable by name, geographic location, subject and other criteria.
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