Terms A-Z

This glossary contains definitions of the terms from the topic areas Education, Science, Research and Innovation, and is regularly updated. The glossary terms are alphabetically ordered.

Länder codes (German states)

BW = Baden-Württemberg
BY = Bavaria
BE = Berlin
BB = Brandenburg
HB = Bremen
HH = Hamburg
HE = Hesse
MV = Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
NI = Lower Saxony
NW = North Rhine-Westphalia
RP = Rhineland-Palatinate
SL = Saarland
SN = Saxony
ST = Saxony-Anhalt
SH = Schleswig-Holstein
TH = Thuringia