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About 250,000 foreign students currently study in Germany, of which about 4,200 are Indians. Most of the German universities are sponsored by the state to keep study-fees affordable, and the number of scholarships available keeps increasing. Moreover, studying in Germany is not just restricted to the German medium alone. Over 500 International Degree Programmes (IDP) offer courses that are entirely or partly taught in English. The DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) provides information and counseling to students and scholars wishing to pursue higher studies in German.
Degrees in Germany are offered in the two-tier international system of bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
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First Helmholtz Graduate School of Environmental Health in MunichThe first Helmholtz Graduate School of Environmental Health – HELENA – offers training in health research to approximately 400 doctoral students from around the world. A partnership of the Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität and Technische Universität München to promote junior scientists, HELENA will open its doors in Munich in November. 
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University of Heidelberg number one among graduate studentsThe number of international students coming to Germany to complete their doctorate is on the rise, and Heidelberg University, a recent German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) study shows, is those students’ university of choice.
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Leipzig school broadens parents' ideas about video gamesWhen it comes to video games, kids and parents don't always see eye to eye. The Leipzig Video Game School is hoping that by explaining to adults the benefits of video games, they can foster better relationships.
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Studying renewable energies in GermanyNorthern Germany is known as a hotbed for new ideas in the renewable energy sector. The University of Applied Sciences in Stralsund, whose Masters of Science Programme in Renewable Energies attracts students from all over the world, like Kongrit Mansiri from the School of Renewable Energy Technology (SERT) at Naresuan University in the town of Phitsanulok, Thailand.
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Higher education reform gathers steamRepresentatives of universities, students' associations, trade unions and policy-makers met in Berlin at the national Bologna Conference on Monday, 17 May. There has been respectable progress in implementing Bologna reforms. In the coming years the German government will channel two billion Euros into university teaching.
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Humboldt University celebrates 200 yearsIn the year it was founded, Berlin’s Humboldt University had 256 students and 52 lecturers. It has since produced 29 Nobel Prize winners and is regarded as the “mother” of all modern universities. In 2010, the university is celebrating its 200th anniversary.
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Indian students take science and engineering internships in GermanyThis summer, 376 Indian students go to Germany under the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) scholarship programme 'Working Internships in Science and Engineering' (WISE). The programme offers Indian undergraduate students an opportunity to do internship at German higher education or research institutions with German doctoral students, scientists or professors.
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Merkel meets international DAAD-prize winnersOn 6 June, German Chancellor Angela Merkel met the recipients of the 2010 DAAD-prize in Berlin. The German Academic Exchange Service DAAD-prize for outstanding achievements in academics and social work has been awarded this year to 20 foreign students including a student each from India and Bangladesh.
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German studies evolves to face challenges of the information ageBiopoetics, digital humanities and intercultural philology: German studies is facing the challenges of the information age with new areas of research. One advantage for the first B.A. graduates is that courses have become more practically oriented.
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Summer programme looks at solar technology in developing countriesA chance to harness the power of the sun to irrigate the crops, prepare foods and create jobs – this is becoming a reality as solar technologies improve. The summer programme 'Applied Solar Technology in Developing Countries' at the University of Kassel will study the issues related to solar energy use in the developing world.
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