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Study in Germany – DAAD

"In Germany there are around 400 institutions of higher education*, of which 122 are entitled to award doctorates, and around 199 universities of the applied sciences. Courses at German Higher Education Institutions cover more than 400 disciplines, and many institutions offer courses taught in English that lead to internationally recognized degrees, including Master’s and PhD. Prominent fields of study include: Engineering Sciences, Natural Sciences, Economics and Business Administration, Arts, Music, Architecture and Design – and there are around 2,400 international programs*, most of them taught in English, listed on the DAAD database. Almost half of Germany’s 2.9 million current students are women. With around 380,000 foreign students* enrolled at German institutions of higher education, Germany has the fourth highest number of foreign students in the world. Currently there are around 5.300 Indonesians studying in Germany*. Germany offers various forms of research locations: All in all, there are approximately 1.000 public-funded research institutions in Germany, plus research and development centres run by industrial corporations. The annual research budget is about 121 billion euro (www.research-in-germany.org). German universities do not charge tuition fees, neither from German nor from the international students. (*Data Sources: www.hochschulkompass.de, www.destatis.de, DAAD International Programs Database, Wissenschaft Weltoffen Kompakt 2025)"