
"Wissenschaft weltoffen" defines employer institutions as those institutions at which German academics and researchers who are abroad on a funded stay were last or still are employed. The following differentiation is made:
| Higher education institutions | - Universities, including colleges of art and music, colleges of theology,
church-maintained colleges, universities of education - Universities of applied sciences (Fachhochschulen) including FH universities of public administration (Verwaltungsfachhochschulen) - Other higher education institutions |
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Research institutions outside the higher education sector |
- Hermann von Helmholtz Association (and associated research centres,
see ww.helmholtz.de/enen/about_us/research_centres/)
- Leibniz Association (and associated institutes, see www.wgl.de/extern/englisch/institutes/index_1.html) - Max Planck Society (and associated institutes, see www.mpg.de/english/institutesProjectsFacilities/index.html) - Fraunhofer Society (and associated institutes, see www.fraunhofer.de/fhg/EN/index.jsp) - Federal and state research institutes (and associated institutes, see www.bmbf.de/de/6696.php?V=list, www.bmbf.de/de/6712.php?V=list) - other institutes - companies - other facilities/administration - No classification possible/no information |