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Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital in Dresden is committed to providing the highest level of medical care and treatment. It offers a full range of modern medical services and combines state-of-the-art medicine with outstanding teaching and research.

With a history spanning more than 200 years, Jena University Hospital is the only university hospital in Thuringia. Every year, more than 300,000 inpatients and outpatients are treated at our 26 departments and polyclinics.

The Berlin Mathematical School is a joint graduate program between the mathematics departments at three universities and a part of the Excellence Initiative.

Welcome to DESY! DESY is one of the world’s leading accelerator centres. Researchers use the large-scale facilities at DESY to explore the microcosm in all its variety.

The LGSA is a joint PhD program of the Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) and the Friedrich Schiller University (FSU) in Jena.

HBRS is one of Germanys leading graduate schools, funded by the Excellence Initiative and offering top-level research, education and training possibilities.

Fraunhofer provides research services to customers in industry and the public sector. Our business is based on innovation, and our aim is to leverage science and research to develop innovative products and applications that benefit people.

27,962 people work at the Helmholtz Centres, 8,763 of which in science and research and 4.124 as Ph.D. students.

The research institutes of the Max Planck Society perform basic research in the interest of the general public in the natural sciences, life sciences, social sciences, and the humanities.

Doctorates following the traditional model still make up the majority of PhDs in Germany compared to structured programmes. For doctoral candidates from abroad, a traditional PhD requires a great deal of initiative, autonomy and tenacity.

Academics spoke to the VCI´s director for science Gerd Romanowski, technical and environmental affairs about different types of employment and career opportunities in the chemical industry.

With a long tradition in providing educational excellence, Switzerland proves a popular choice for the international student. This article examines its higher education system, and why it is popular with students from abroad and scientists alike.

Although there are positive signs of change, working conditions for postdocs in Germany remain difficult. Andreas Keller, director of the GEW explains exactly where the problems lie and what changes still need to be made.