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These brochures and CD-ROMs are used by academic advisers from the DAAD and other organisations worldwide when they provide advice or organise information events on studying and researching in Germany. If you are interested in any of the publications presented here, please visit one of our events or contact one of the DAAD Regional Offices or Information Centres, or a DAAD Lektor working at your university, or a Goethe Institute or one of the German diplomatic missions abroad.
We additionally offer most of the information contained in these publications online in the form of downloadable PDF files or provide links to the constantly updated online databases on the DAAD website.
This brochure provides information on studying at universities, FH universities of applied sciences, or at colleges of art, film or music, plus an overview of the German higher education system. It includes a CD-ROM with the HRK's Higher-Education-Compass (including the addresses of all higher education institutions and international offices in Germany, and information on study opportunities).
Brochure 88 pages, including a CD-ROM
Target group: Multipliers and disseminators, advisers, students with detailed questions about completing study stays in Germany.
Language: German
4th Edition November 2011
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This brochure provides information on studying at universities, FH universities of applied sciences, or at colleges of art, film or music, plus an overview of the German higher education system. It includes a CD-ROM with the HRK's Higher-Education-Compass (including the addresses of all higher education institutions and international offices in Germany, and information on study opportunities). Brochure, 82 pages, including a CD-ROM
Target group: Multipliers and disseminators, advisers, students with detailed questions about completing study stays in Germany.
Language: English
3rd Edition July 2009
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This brochure provides information on studying at universities, FH universities of applied sciences, or at colleges of art, film or music, plus an overview of the German higher education system. It includes a CD-ROM with the HRK's Higher-Education-Compass (including the addresses of all higher education institutions and international offices in Germany, and information on study opportunities). Brochure, 84 pages, including a CD-ROM
Target group: Multipliers and disseminators, advisers, students with detailed questions about completing study stays in Germany.
Language: French
3rd Edition October 2010
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This brochure provides information on studying at universities, FH universities of applied sciences, or at colleges of art, film or music, plus an overview of the German higher education system. It includes a CD-ROM with the HRK's Higher-Education-Compass (including the addresses of all higher education institutions and international offices in Germany, and information on study opportunities). Brochure, 84 pages, including a CD-ROM
Target group: Multipliers and disseminators, advisers, students with detailed questions about completing study stays in Germany.
Language: Arabic
3rd Edition July 2011
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This brochure 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.
Flyer, 52 pages
Target group: Students and graduates thinking about completing a stay in Germany.
Language: German
6th Edition May 2009![]()
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This brochure 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.
Flyer, 52 pages
Target group: Students and graduates thinking about completing a stay in Germany.
Language: English
6th Edition May 2009![]()
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Ziel Deutschland / Destination Germany is a bilingual brochure and provides information on studying in Germany as well as useful tips and stories about life and living in Germany. Topics include flat-hunting, public institutions, health, transport and travel, cultural events and life, sport, etc.
Brochure, 368 pages
Target group: Scholarship holders/students before travelling to Germany.
Language: Bilingual German/English
5th Edition October 2010
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These brochures present International Programmes (Bachelor's, Master's, PhD) arranged by subjects. It includes a CD-ROM and 3 accompanying brochures.
Target group: Students and graduates interested in (partly) English-taught programmes (or another major foreign language).
Language: English
Website: www.daad.de/international-programmes
This publication offers a list of summer and winter schools offered by German higher education institutions, arranged by subject areas. It includes a CD-ROM and accompanying brochures.
145 pages
Target group: International students
Languages: German and English
Website: www.daad.de/sommerkurse

This magazine offers extensive information on doing an doctorate in Germany
32 pages
Target Group: Doctoral Students and young scientiests from abroad
Language: German
1st Edition October 2009![]()
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This magazine offers extensive information on doing an doctorate in Germany
32 pages
Target Group: Doctoral Students and young scientiests from abroad
Language: English
1st Edition October 2009![]()
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Map of Germany with study locations, information on studying and living in Germany
Target group: Students and graduates thinking about completing a stay in Germany.
Language: German
2nd Edition March 2010

Map of Germany with study locations, information on studying and living in Germany
Target group: Students and graduates thinking about completing a stay in Germany.
Language: English
2nd Edition March 2010
The information offered here is taken from the study and career choice brochure "Studien- und Berufswahl" published by the German Federal States (Länder) and the Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit).
It briefly outlines the various academic subjects and offers information about where to study and about academic degrees.
Brochure, around 230 pages
Target group: Advisers
Language: English
Website: http://www.studienwahl.de/index.htm
Answers to 15 frequently asked questions for parents, whose children are considering Germany as a place to study abroad.
Brochure, 30 pages
Target group: Parents of international students
Language: German
Website: http://www.daad.de/deutschland/service/infos-fuer/13465.de.html
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Answers to 15 frequently asked questions for parents, whose children are considering Germany as a place to study abroad.
Brochure, 30 pages
Target group: Parents of international students
Language: English
Website: http://www.daad.de/deutschland/service/infos-fuer/13465.en.html
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Detailed information on studying or doing a doctorate in medicine and career opportunities in the medical sector.
Magazine 36 pages
Language: German
1st edition September 2011![]()
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Detailed information on studying or doing a doctorate in medicine and career opportunities in the medical sector.
Magazine 36 pages
Language: English
1st edition September 2011![]()
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