Subject Guide Research and Science

Links

Portals and platforms

• Braintrack University Index
  Comprehensive survey on the universities of the world. By its own account "the World's most complete Education-Index".
• Hochschuldidaktik on-line
  Portal and platform for university didactics, prepared by Hochschuldidaktisches Zentrum (HDZ) of TU Dortmund.
• Kisswin.de
  "an online communication and information platform for young researchers"
• Netzwerk Wege ins Studium
  Portal providing comprehensive information and advice about studies and the academic labour market
• Scholarly Societies Project
  "facilitating access to information about scholarly societies across the world since 1994"

Organisations, Institutions

• Deutscher Hochschulverband
  German Association of University Professors and Lecturers. - It provides comprehensive information and services for university professors and up-and-coming academics in Germany
• Deutsches Studentenwerk (DSW)
  The German National Association for Student Affairs. The association aims at cooperation with the universities and university towns to improve study conditions in Germany
• Hochschulrektorenkonferenz (HRK)
  German Rectors' Conference is the association of German state universities (or universities recognized by the state)
• Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung (BMBF)
  Federal Ministry of Education and Research
• Ministerium für Innovation, Wissenschaft und Forschung des Landes NRW
  Ministry of innovation, science and research of North Rhine-Westphalia
• Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen
  "The Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI) in Essen belongs to the three universities of Bochum, Dortmund and Duisburg-Essen, which form the University Alliance Metropolis Ruhr (UAMR)"
• Wissenschaftsrat (WR)
  Gives advice to the German Federal Government and the governments of the federal states in the field of substantial and structural development of universities and research institutions
• Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung (CHE)
  Centre for Higher Education Development. "A think tank for higher education"
• HIS - Hochschulinformations-System GmbH
  "The Higher Education Information System (HIS) supports German institutions of higher education ... and their administrations ... in their efforts to fulfil their tasks effectively"

Special Subject Collection

• Sammelschwerpunkt Hochschulwesen
  Special Subject Collection Higher Education of Humboldt University, Berlin, with information on the organisation of science and its institutions (ended, last update: 31.12.2013)

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