University Liaison Offices

Freedom of Thought – Reformation of University Education – Social Responsibility

Founded by the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, Bucerius Law School is a private law school that strives to reform German legal education and aspires to represent the German legal community in the international discourse. In keeping with the views of our benefactor, Gerd Bucerius, the aim of the Law School is to educate outstanding individuals who are willing to place their expertise at society’s disposal and to accept responsibility for others. Bucerius is an academic community of students and faculty, in which constructive-critical thinking, creativity and leadership skills, as well as a sense of team spirit and openness are cultivated. Based on the tried and tested standards of the German legal education, Bucerius Law School wants to realize the best possible education. In its desire to achieve this goal, Bucerius is aware of its responsibility in assisting the harmonization process of the higher education system in Europe.

Bucerius Law School is located in Hamburg, Germany. American Friends of Bucerius, based in New York City, represents Bucerius Law School in the US and provides opportunities for prospective, current, and alumni students to meet, network, and participate in legal programs and training throughout the year.

Contact:
Dr. Nina Smidt, President American Friends of Bucerius
Phone: +1 (212) 758-3321
Email: Nina.Smidt(at)law-school.de
Bucerius Law School's Website: www.law-school.de

Heidelberg University Association Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg is one of the top-ranking locations in the world of international science and scholarship. In more than 620 years of higher learning and outstanding innovative research, Germany’s oldest university has become an international synonym for academic excellence.

Heidelberg University Association in New York supports Heidelberg University’s strong transatlantic academic co-operations, student and faculty exchange as well as the close ties between Heidelberg and its Alumni in North America.

Contact:
Irmintraud Jost, Executive Director
Phone: +1 (212) 758-3324
Fax: +1 (212) 758-1629
Email: ijost(at)heidelberguniversity.us
University's Website: www.uni-heidelberg.de
Heidelberg University Association's Website: www.heidelberguniversity.us/index.php

German University Alliance is the North American liaison office of Freie Universität Berlin and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, two of the top ranking excellence universities in Germany. The joint office in New York serves as a vital link between these leading universities and research universities in the United States and Canada by initiating and reinforcing joint research projects, scientific collaborations, seminars, colloquia and conferences. Founded in 2005 as a not for profit organization, German University Alliance promotes academic excellence, supports student and faculty exchange and encourages American scholars and scientists to engage in research at these distinguished universities. It also serves as the point of contact for alumni of both universities in the North American region.

Contact:
Dr. Katja Simons, Executive Director
Email: simons(at)germanuniversities.org  
Phone: +1 (212) 758-3392
Website: www.germanuniversities.org

Fresenius University of Applied Sciences developed out of the chemical laboratory founded by Carl Remigius Fresenius in 1848 and can look back on more than 160 years of private educational tradition in Germany. It is the oldest educational institution of its kind in the field of chemistry. In the spirit of its founder, the university unites teaching, research and practice. The name Fresenius stands for practice-oriented teaching with closely linked applied research and development. This applies to the traditional department of Chemistry & Biology as well as to the two newly established faculties of Health & Social Affairs and Business & Media in 1997/98, as well as to the new Design Department, which was integrated in 2013.

German Higher Education Bridge Inc. is the North American liaison office of Fresenius University of Applied Sciences which has campuses in Berlin, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Heidelberg, Idstein, Munich and Wiesbaden and a study center in New York City. Inaugurated in 2016, the study center in midtown Manhattan runs integrated semester abroad programs with our institutional partners, administers student and faculty exchange, as well as develops short-term programs for outgoing and incoming students.

Contact
Priya S. Nayar, Director
Fresenius University of Applied Sciences | German Higher Education Bridge
12 E 41 Street, 15^th Floor, New York, NY 10017
Phone: 1.212.731.2606
Email: priya.nayar@hs-fresenius.de
Website: www.hs-fresenius.de and www.hs-fresenius.org

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is one of Europe’s top universities. It is committed to excellence in research and teaching, interdisciplinary education and the active promotion of promising young scientists. The university also forges strong links with companies and scientific institutions across the world. The 14 departments of TUM provide an excellent environment for research and for the education of 40,841 students, 35% of them women. TUM was one of the first universities in Germany to be named a University of Excellence. Moreover, TUM regularly ranks among the best European universities in international rankings.

TUM’s North America office in San Francisco is one of six liaison offices in addition to Beijing, Brussels, Mumbai, Cairo and São Paulo. Its mission is to promote TUM’s educational, scientific and technological excellence in North America. The office serves as a hub to connect scientists, researchers, entrepreneurs and other stakeholders to facilitate research cooperation and knowledge exchange, and it helps to intensify exchange relationships. It also maintains the relationship between TUM and its alumni across North America.

Contact:
Dr. Dolores Volkert
Technical University of Munich
Office San Francisco
101 Montgomery Street, Suite 2050
San Francisco, CA 94104

Phone: 1.415.248.7816
Fax: 1.415.248.7800
Email: sanfrancisco(at)tum.de
https://www.tum.de/en/
http://www.international.tum.de/en/sanfrancisco/

UAS7 is a strategic alliance of seven leading German Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS) committed to excellence in teaching and research and close cooperation with German businesses and industries.

UAS7 represents a broad variety of about 600 degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Our 100,000 students, 4000 full-time faculty members and several thousand part-time lecturers study, teach and research in seven of Germany’s most dynamic cities: Berlin, Bremen, Cologne, Hamburg, Munich, Münster and Osnabrück. UAS7 offers degree programs in the fields of engineering and sciences, business and management, economics, social work, as well as architecture, art and design.

The UAS7 Liaison office in New York administers student and faculty exchange programs for UAS7 and North American students (including the UAS7 Study Program (SP),the UAS7 Internship Program (IP) and the Study and Internship Program (SIP)), and promotes Bachelor’s and Master’s degree as well as short-term (summer) programs to students in North America.

Berlin School of Economics and Law :: Bremen University of Applied Sciences :: Cologne University of Applied Sciences :: Hamburg University of Applied Sciences :: Münster University of Applied Sciences :: Munich University of Applied Sciences :: Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences

Contact:
Dr. Britta Schumacher, Director of Liaison
Phone: +1 (212) 758-3369
Fax: +1 (212) 758-1629
Email: schumacher(at)uas7.org
Web: www.uas7.org

The University of Cologne (Universität zu Köln), founded in 1388, is a research university at highest level and one of the oldest and largest universities in Europe. The six faculties of UoC have developed internationally outstanding research profiles in a broad variety of fields. Its core mission is to create, preserve and disseminate knowledge, to provide a high level of education and to encourage and support top-level research embedded by a scientific environment of four Max-Planck-Institutes and two further research centers in Cologne. Our New York office reports to the award-winning International Office and helps launch partnerships with North American universities. It organizes delegation visits and serves as a first point of contact for faculty and students in the United States and Canada who are interested in UoC. Finally, it implements the University of Cologne's summer school in New York and reaches out to the University's network of German and international alumni residing in the United States or Canada.

Contact:
Dr. Eva Bosbach, Executive Director
Phone: + 1 (212) 758-5893
Fax: +1 (212) 758-1629
Email: eva.bosbach@uni-koeln.de
www.uni-koeln.de
http://www.nordamerika.uni-koeln.de/start.html

Over 25,000 students are currently enrolled at the University of Freiburg, enjoying student life in one of Germany's most beautiful university cities. The University of Freiburg set up Alumni Freiburg to ensure that former students could maintain their academic and personal links with their “old” university even after their studies had ended. The liaison office is a points of contact for former students of all faculties, nationalities and generations. Active and emeritus professors and employees of the university are also part of the alumni community. The aim of Alumni Freiburg is to establish a global alumni network with the university’s some 250,000 former students.

Contact:
Dr. Markus Lemmens, Director
Liaison Office North America
University of Freiburg & Eucor The European Campus
Phone: +1 (212) 758-5731
Cell: +1 (917) 635-6231
Fax:+1 (212) 758-1629
liaison-office(at)uni-freiburg.de
lemmens(at)lemmens.de
www.uni-freiburg.de
www.eucor-uni.org