Official addresses: ministries, agencies, institutions - German Education Server

Federal government

The official website by the Federal Government of Germany provides an insight into the functions and members of the federal government in Germany, the English language version focuses on aspects that are of particular interest for international users. A French language version is also available.

The Federal Foreign Office is the control centre of German diplomacy where foreign policy analyses and concepts as well as concrete guidelines for the German missions abroad are drawn up. Le Ministère fédéral des Affaires étrangères est le poste de commande de la diplomatie allemande; il élabore les analyses et les stratégies en politique étrangère [...]

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is the political body in charge of vocational and higher education and training and research. It is organised into eight departments. The Central Services department is in charge of human resources, budget controlling, including grant awarding proceedings, and information technology in the BMBF. The seven other departments provide the following tasks: 1) [...]

The Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS) is responsible for employment legislation, social security (pension regulations, prevention and rehabilitation) and employment policy.

The website informs about purposes of German missions abroad, and presents links to embassies, consulates-general, and German Information Centres.

The Federal Ministry co-ordinates policy-making and initiates legislation in the areas of gender equality, family affairs, childcare, child and youth protection and policy,  older citizens. The website offers basic information as well as links to sites  with some useful tools, e.g. benefit calculators for parents.

Research in Education

The DIPF profile contains two focal areas of activity, i.e. educational information and educational research. Tasks in the area of educational information are mainly covered by the Information Centre for Education and the Libraries for History of Education and Educational Research while tasks in the area of educational research are mainly addressed by the  Teacher and Teaching Quality Cenntre, Department [...]

The research centre at the BIBB (Federal Institute for Vocation and Training, FVET) provides research data, based on comprehensive statistical data and surveys conducted by the BIBB, for the further use by scientists, for mainly non-commercial purposes (e.g. vocational training situation in Germany, continuing education market).