Germany’s academic landscape: Strengths and challenges

The latest career guide from Nature takes a look at Germany’s academic system. Nature explores some of the strengths, and some of the scandals, in the country’s academia. While it stands as a global research powerhouse, recent years have revealed cracks with reports of bullying and misconduct issues.

Furthermore, our career guide reports that, while Germany remains a magnet for students worldwide, those pursuing academic careers often face an intensely hierarchical system with few permanent positions — leading talented researchers to seek opportunities abroad or exit academia altogether.

Read the full Nature Career Guide on Germany >>

Thank you to our partners who contributed feature articles to the guide.

About Nature career guides

Nature career guides are special features published in the Nature journal and on nature.com, reaching over 50,000 journal subscribers and over 4.8 million online users per month.

Each guide delivers career advice for scientists working in a particular research or geographical area, or career stage. Organizations are invited to feature in our guides to highlight achievements, vacancies, courses, and events.

Upcoming guides will focus on topics including the Nordics and Neuroscience. Interested in appearing in future career guides? Discover how to get involved >>