Higher education and research

Here you will find information about research, one of the core tasks of German universities.

You can find out about research in general, earning a doctoral degree as your first piece of research, and the publicly funded Excellence Strategy.

Doctoral Degree

In Germany, doctoral degrees are conferred by universities or higher education institutions with equivalent status. This process is known as Promotion. You can find all the information you need here.

Doctoral Degree

Excellence

Through the Excellence Strategy, the federal government and the federal states provide project-related funding for internationally competitive research fields at universities and in university networks. You can find an overview here.

Excellence

Research Map

The HRK Research Map allows you to search for German higher education institutions by the key research areas the institution is best known for.

Forschungslandkarte