Germany from Re.ViCa

Partners situated in Germany:

• Fernuniversität in Hagen (DE)

Germany in a nutshell

Germany and its "Länder"

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is a country in Central Europe. The territory of Germany covers 357,021 km² and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. With over 82 million inhabitants, it comprises the largest population among the member states of the European Union and is home to the third-highest number of international migrants worldwide.

Germany (Deutschland) is a Federal Republic consisting of sixteen states, known in German as Länder (singular Land). Since Land is the literal German word for "country", the term Bundesländer (federal states; singular Bundesland) is commonly used colloquially, as it is more specific, though technically incorrect within the corpus of German law. The peoples of the states are the nation of Germany. The governments of the states are part of the authority of Germany.

Description of the Educational System in Germany

Education in Germany

Virtual learning initiatives in Germany

In the following table we would like to highlight the initiatives that we consider to be important virtual learning opportunities in Germany

Table 1

Nr	Name	Institution	City	Type
1.	FernUniversität in Hagen	FernUniversität in Hagen	Hagen	Distance learning university.
2.	Hamburger Akademie für Fernstudien	Klett-Gruppe	Hamburg	Distance learning
3.	[http://www.akad.de/ AKAD Privat-Hochschulen	AKAD]	Stuttgart	Privat higher education
4.	Wilhelm Büchner Hochschule	Wilhelm Büchner Hochschule	Darmstadt	University of Applied Sciences.
5.	PFFH-Technikum	Private Fernfachhochschule	Darmstadt	Privat distance education.
6.	Europäische Fernhochschule Hamburg	Europäische Fernhochschule Hamburg	Hamburg	Distance learning /continuing education.
7.	Hamburger Fernhochschule	Klett-Gruppe	Hamburg	Distance learning.
8.	ZFH	Zentralstelle für Fernstudien an Fachhochschulen	Koblenz	Higher Distance Education.
9.	Fernakademie für Erwachsenenbildung	Klett-Gruppe	Hamburg	Distance learning university.

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