Research and Study Funding Organizations and Services

• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
  (Germany’s largest research funding organization in Germany)
• Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
  (German Academic Exchange Service )
• Das Deutsche Forschungsnetz (DFN)
  (German National Research and Education Network)
• Informationsdienst Wissenschaft e.V. (idw)
  (News service for science and research in Germany)

Self-Administration in Higher Education Institutions

• German Rectors‘ Conference (HRK)
  (Hochschulrektorenkonferenz)
• Landeshochschulkonferenz Niedersachsen
  ((Higher Education Institutions‘ Conference of Lower Saxony))
• Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V. (DIN)
  (German Standards Institute)
• Verband Deutscher Sicherheitsingenieure e.V.
  (Association of German Safety Engineers)
• GATE Germany
  (German Network for International University Marketing)

Owing to its manifold cooperations, Clausthal University of Technology is also member of various higher education umbrella organizations.