Many of the world’s best and brightest come to Germany to study - but why? A study seen exclusively by The Local took a deeper look at the profile of the country's prospective international students.
A 25-year-old man confessed on Wednesday to the rape of a female student inside a bathroom at the prestigious Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. But police say he may have also been involved in another attempted rape.
The German government pleaded for calm on Monday after the arrest of a teenage Afghan asylum seeker for the alleged rape and murder of a German student triggered fresh criticism of the country's liberal refugee policy.
20 students at Bochum University have created the “Bloon”, a plastic bubble on top of a converted telephone box in between two houses, reports Spiegel.
Finnish student Juuso Nisula moved to Cologne to study business administration, but found a catalogue of failings instead in the model of German educational efficiency he was expecting. He explains just what went wrong - and how to fix it - in an opinion piece republished by The Local.
As 'Sommerschule Wust' celebrates its 25th birthday, The Local asks how this English language school in an East German village of 500 inhabitants has remained so popular for so long.
The family of a British student killed in Wiesbaden over 12 years ago made a fresh step towards justice on Thursday, after a London coroner disagreed with German authorities' belief that he killed himself.
More and more German students are opting to study at private colleges and universities rather than state ones. Attendance rose by ten percent over the past year and has increased six-fold since 2001, despite some costing around €10,000 a semester.
The father of German exchange student Diren Dede, who was shot on Sunday in a garage in Montana, has attacked America's gun culture and described what he believes happened on the night of his son's death.
A university student has been banned from riding his bike for a whopping 15 years after police caught him pedalling blind drunk through the streets of his home town of GieĂźen, <i>Bild am Sonntag</i> reported Sunday.
