Staff at International Offices, by type of university, in 2024

The vast majority of public universities in Germany have an International Office. A total of 2,775 staff are employed in the International Offices at public universities, UAS, colleges of art and music and colleges of education. 66% of these internationalisation staff work at universities, 29% at UAS, 3% at colleges of art and music and 1% at colleges of education.
As they engage in numerous international university partnerships, technical universities are particularly attractive for international students and researchers. Germany’s 15 technical universities alone employ 452 staff in their International Offices. At large universities with over 25,000 students, a remarkable 667 staff work in these departments. Medium-sized universities with 15,000 to 25,000 students employ 364 staff in their International Offices. At smaller universities, with fewer than 15,000 students, some 357 staff work in the Offices. Large UAS employ 586 personnel in the International Office. By contrast, smaller UAS have just 228 colleagues. Meanwhile, at colleges of education, International Offices are manned by 30 employees. Colleges of art and music have 91 colleagues in the International Offices.