At the beginning of July, 281 RISE scholars turned up at the international youth hostel in Heidelberg and transformed the place into a beehive of activity. They were the latest students, selected to take part in a program that matches its participants with German doctoral s

The Max Planck Society enjoys a reputation for inviting the best and brightest minds in science to research at their 80-plus institutes throughout Germany. Bright minds like 30-year-old Dr. Sylvie Roke, a Physics and Chemistry major with a PhD from L

Researching abroad for university is all very well, but getting paid working for a company also has its perks. When Mario Conde graduated from Yale with a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering in 2006, heading straight back to the laboratory for a PhD seemed less appealing than finding employment abroad. Having visited Germany on three academic exchange programs already, Conde started sending

For the most international academic exchange program around, look no further than ERASMUS Mundus. With five successful years under its belt, the program will enter into phase two in 2009. Young Germany interviewed European Commission official Vito Borrelli about what the future holds for ERASMUS Mundus.

Talk about making a lasting impression: In 2000, Dr. Igor Gornyi from St. Petersburg accepted the University of Karlsruhe’s invitation to become a guest researcher at the Karlsruhe Research Center's Institute of Nanotechnology (INT). Today, the 33-year-old scientist from St. Petersburg is not only highly decorated – winning the EURYI (European Young Investigators Award) worth 1 million euros in 20