ConRuhr is an alliance of young, innovative universities in Germany's Ruhr region. Previously Europe's center for steel and coal manufacturing, the Ruhr area is now a green, thriving cultural center that has maintained its emphasis on applied research. Offering close ties to German industry and top-level training in over 300 disciplines, ConRuhr connects U.S. students and researchers to a broad network of over 80,000 Ruhr-area scientists. Its New York office coordinates student and faculty exchanges, the development of joint summer programs, and bilateral partnerships across its three universities. When you become a partner to one, you gain access to all 3 members of the Triangle.

University of Bochum, University of Duisburg-Essen, TU Dortmund University

The German University Alliance is the joint North American liaison office of Freie Universität Berlin and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. It serves as a vital link between these two leading German universities and research universities, colleges and other partners in the U.S. and Canada by initiating and reinforcing joint research projects and scientific collaborations, supporting student and faculty exchange, promoting the study opportunities both institutions offer, and encouraging American scholars and scientists to engage in research at these distinguished universities. In addition, the office reaches out to alumni of both institutions in order to reconnect them with faculty and fellow students and create a truly international network. Finally, the German University Alliance also collects and relays information on current developments in the fields of higher education and research between Germany and North America, be it funding opportunities, new models of cooperation, or trends in the world of study abroad.

Universität Heidelberg is one of the top-ranked institutions in the world of international science and scholarship. In 625 years of innovative research, Germany’s oldest university has become an international symbol of outstanding academic excellence. Recently, the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität achieved top-level status in Germany’s Excellence Initiative competition. Heidelberg University Association supports Universität Heidelberg’s strong transatlantic academic co-operative endeavors as well as student and faculty exchanges. The alumni organization Heidelberg Alumni U.S. (HAUS) invites former Heidelberg students, exchange students and researchers living in North America to stay in touch with Universität Heidelberg and fellow alumni worldwide.

Hessen and its universities provide a unique and exciting intellectual, historical, and cultural surrounding. As one of the most diverse regions in Europe, Hessen is also a hub for many other regions: Our visitors and alumni have access to our extensive institutional networks to Western and Eastern Europe, the Arab World, Africa, and Asia. This opens an exciting opportunity for international students in Hessen, one that the Hessen Universities New York aims to help Americans take advantage of.

Technische Universität Darmstadt :: Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main:: Justus Liebig University Giessen :: University of Kassel :: Philipps Universität Marburg :: Universities of Applied Sciences in Darmstadt, Frankfurt am Main, Fulda, Giessen-Friedberg and Wiesbaden :: University of Music and Performing Arts Frankfurt am Main :: University of Art and Design Offenbach

RWTH (Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule) Aachen University is one of the top technical universities in Europe, with world-renowned research and education in the fields of engineering, IT and the natural sciences. The New York office helps coordinate partnerships with North American universities and companies, and works to increase the number students and faculty participating in academic exchange and research collaboration. It also serves as a first point of contact for North American students and academics interested in the university, and supports RWTH Aachen University's students, researchers and alumni in the U.S. and Canada.

UAS7 is a strategic alliance of seven leading German Universities of Applied Sciences committed to excellence in teaching and research.

UAS7 stands for: 

• well-established and future-oriented degree programs 'made in Germany' 
• commitment to programs of professional relevance
• application-oriented courses 
• international perspective on a distinctly European and German basis
• efficient learning environments with small classes 
• close relationships to the German business community 
• locations in major cities throughout Germany

UAS7 offers over 500 degree programs at the Bachelor's and Master's levels.
75,000 students, 2,200 full-time faculty members and several thousand part-time lecturers from industry and business, study, teach, and conduct research in Berlin, Bremen, Cologne, Hamburg, Munich, Münster, and Osnabrück. The alliance members administer more than 1,000 university partnerships worldwide.

The University of Cologne (Universität zu Köln), founded in 1388, is a research university at the 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 in a scientific environment of four Max-Planck-Institutes and two further research centers in Cologne.
The New York office reports to the award-winning International Office and helps launch partnerships with North American universities. It organizes delegation visits; serves as a first point of contact for faculty and students in the United States and Canada who are interested in UoC; 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.