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  topic Hightech Strategy

  Higher Education Pact

  With the Higher Education Pact, which is to run until 2020, the Federal Government and the Länder want to give an additional 275,000 new university entrants the opportunity to take up their studies. more (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/6142.php)
   
  
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  topic Science

  Ensuring Equal Opportunities by Means of BAföG

  How can I finance my study course? An answer to this question is given by the Federal Training Assistance Act (BAföG). The 22. BAföG Amendment allows further improvements: BAföG rates are raised, the monthly limits on additional earnings are extended to 400 Euros. Students with children are supported with a special bonus. The first parts of the amendment became effective at the beginning of 2008. BAföG support is therefore an important element in encouraging more young people to take up studies and undergo qualified training. more (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/892.php)
   
  
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  topic Science

  Initiative for Excellence

  The continuation of the Initiative for Excellence will provide a secure basis for world-class research at universities. Successful projects that were started in the first two rounds can now be continued and new projects for the development of world-class research can be realized.  more (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/1321.php)
   
  
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  topic Science

  The Bologna Process

  The Bologna Process was launched in 1999. It has contributed to the successful modernization of the German institutions of higher education. Germany and its European neighbours have set themselves the task of creating a European Higher Education Area by 2010 in the order to succeed in the international competition for the best brains. In Germany, we have taken advantage of the biggest higher education reform for decades to improve the quality of study courses, to enhance employability and to reduce the length of studies. more (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/3336.php)
   
  
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  topic Science

  Research at Universities of Applied Sciences

  The BMBF is providing funding for applied research in the engineering, natural and economic sciences at universities of applied sciences under its "Research at Universities of Applied Sciences" programme. Since the beginning of 2009, the pilot call entitled "Social Innovation for Quality of Life in Old Age (SILQUA-FH)" has also been providing funding for research projects at universities of applied sciences which offer study programmes in Social Work and the Care and Health Sciences aimed at improving the quality of life and protecting the independence and dignity of elderly people, particularly people suffering from old age ailments. more (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/864.php)
   
  
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  topic Science

  Joint Initiative for Research and Innovation

  The Joint Initiative for Research and Innovation is designed to give financial planning security to institutions that are jointly funded by the Federal Government and the Länder (Fraunhofer Society, Helmholtz Association, Max Planck Society and Leibniz Association) as well as the German Research Association (as a research funding organization) . Their funding is to increase by 5 percent every year between 2011 and 2015. In addition, they can receive additional funds if they establish new organizations or change their form of funding. This will give them room for manoeuvre and enable them to trigger dynamic developments despite the rising costs.  more (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/3215.php)
   
  
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  topic Research

  The Reform of Higher Education Admission

  Institutions of higher education in Germany are in future to participate more actively in the selection of their students. The new regulation of admission to higher education institutions provides them with a responsibility they had demanded for a long time. The reform of admission to higher education, which was passed in July, regulates in a new way the allocation of study places in study courses with national restriction. more (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/2570.php)
   
  
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  topic Ministry

  Maps of Research Institutions

  Where does research in Germany happen? Where are regional clusters? What kind of references can be found? The BMBF research maps are maintained and improved to answer questions like these. more (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/5355.php)