The Bavarian Academic Forum (Bayerisches Wissenschaftsforum, BayWiss) provides a Forum for the fruitful interaction of the Bavarian Universities of Applied Sciences with the Bavarian Research Universities in various field. The foremost, but by no means only field of cooperation is thematic Research Clusters combined with graduate schools (Verbundpromotionskollegs). www.baywiss.de

The Audit "Internationalisation of Universities" helps German universities to approach the internationalisation process strategically and to establish it within the institution. The main objectives of the Audit are to assess a university's current state of internationality and (further) develop an institutional internationalisation strategy based on this assessment.

Responsible for all conferences and networking events organized by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany and worldwide.

The German University Alliance in New York is the joint office of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich and Freie Universität Berlin to facilitate cooperation, student exchange and joint research with partner universities in North America.

LMU Munich is one of Germany's largest universities covering a broad range of disciplines and highly successful as a research university, especially in the federal German Excellence Initiative of 2007/2012: 6,500 international students, 1,500 visiting scholars, 400 international cooperations.Responsible for international students (BA, MA, PhD, includes admissions and enrolment), Study Abroad for LMU students, international summer university, international cooperation, visiting scholars, VIP visitors, representation of the university abroad (office in New York; representatives in China and Thailand); policy issues and strategic internationalization; 28 employees in the office

LMU Munich is one of Germany's largest universities covering a broad range of disciplines and highly successful as a research university, especially in the federal German Excellence Initiative of 2007/2012: 6,500 international students, 1,500 visiting scholars, 400 international cooperations.Responsible for international students (BA, MA, PhD, includes admissions and enrolment), Study Abroad for LMU students, international summer university, international cooperation, visiting scholars, VIP visitors, representation of the university abroad (office in New York; representatives in China and Thailand); policy issues and strategic internationalization; 28 employees in the office

responsible for international projects and science fairs, especially Worldwide Young Researchers for the Environment (WYRE) and Young Europeans' Environmental Research (YEER) in cooperation with and funded by Deutsche Bank