leben in deutschland

Are you a researcher at university or in industry living and working in Germany? Find practical information and hints for researchers working and living in Germany.

General

• Capital: Berlin
• Area: 357’021 km2
• Population: 82’210’000
• Economy
  • Currency: Euro EUR
  • GDP, Gross Domestic Product : 2’631 billions $US
  • GDP per capita: 31’950 $US
  • Unemployment rate: 9.8%

• science
  • Expenditure on R&D as a percentage of GDP: 2.51
  • Researchers per thousand employed, full-time equivalent: 7.16/1000

Information about daily life

• The brochure Study and Research in Germany. Annotated Weblinks provides an annotated collection of links on opportunities for studying or doing doctorates in Germany. It also offers links to funding organisations and foundations, to research opportunities in Germany, plus general information on Germany.
• The flyer All about Life and Research in Germany. 11 important questions and answers is for academics and researchers and answers their FAQs about living and working in Germany.
• Studyrama  provides useful information about jobs, social security and daily life in Germany. Only in French.
• Uni-pur provides useful information about everything students need (flats, student jobs, internships, books...). The page can also be useful for researchers arriving in Germany. Only in German.
• The German Academic Exchange Service  provides useful information about research, universities, PhDs etc. in Germany.
• Each German university has an international office (Akademisches Auslandsamt AAA) that provides useful information about jobs, housing etc. for foreign students and researchers working at university. You can generally find a link to their webpage on the webpage of the university.

German courses

• The Goethe-Institut  offers language courses and examinations for German as a foreign language at 16 institutes in Germany and 127 cultural centres in 78 countries abroad.
• German universities offer a varied and valuable range of summer language courses.