Higher education in Germany attracts students, young scientists and researchers worldwide to studies and research at German institutions of higher education. The institutions of higher education are moving towards a European Higher Education Area. Increasing globalization requires a stronger specialization of institutions of higher education in a global education market, more exchanges of students and scientists as well as a further internationalization of our institutions of higher education.

By promoting top-class university research within the framework of the Initiative for Excellence, the Federal Government is aiming to establish internationally visible research beacons in Germany. 1.9 billion Euro will be made available to the institutions of higher education within the framework of the Initiative for Excellence.