{"id":3229,"date":"2015-06-10T14:57:35","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T07:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/io.telkomuniversity.ac.id\/?page_id=3229"},"modified":"2015-07-01T10:37:24","modified_gmt":"2015-07-01T03:37:24","slug":"germany","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/io.telkomuniversity.ac.id\/id\/germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/a>Located in central Europe, Germany is made up of the North German Plain, the Central German Uplands (Mittelgebirge), and the Southern German Highlands. The Bavarian plateau in the southwest averages 1,600 ft (488 m) above sea level, but it reaches 9,721 ft (2,962 m) in the Zugspitze Mountains, the highest point in the country. Germany’s major rivers are the Danube, the Elbe, the Oder, the Weser, and the Rhine. Germany is about the size of Montana.<\/p>\n

History<\/h1>\n

The Celts are believed to have been the first inhabitants of Germany. They were followed by German tribes at the end of the 2nd century B.C.<\/span> German invasions destroyed the declining Roman Empire in the 4th and 5th centuriesA.D.<\/span> One of the tribes, the Franks, attained supremacy in western Europe under Charlemagne, who was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800. By the Treaty of Verdun (843), Charlemagne’s lands east of the Rhine were ceded to the German Prince Louis. Additional territory acquired by the Treaty of Mersen (870) gave Germany approximately the area it maintained throughout the Middle Ages. For several centuries after Otto the Great was crowned king in 936, German rulers were also usually heads of the Holy Roman Empire.<\/p>\n

By the 14th century, the Holy Roman Empire was little more than a loose federation of the German princes who elected the Holy Roman Emperor. In 1438, Albert of Hapsburg became emperor, and for the next several centuries the Hapsburg line ruled the Holy Roman Empire until its decline in 1806. Relations between state and church were changed by the Reformation, which began with Martin Luther’s 95 theses, and came to a head in 1547, when Charles V scattered the forces of the Protestant League at M\u00fchlberg. The Counter-Reformation followed. A dispute over the succession to the Bohemian throne brought on the Thirty Years’ War (1618\u20131648), which devastated Germany and left the empire divided into hundreds of small principalities virtually independent of the emperor.<\/p>\n

Education<\/h1>\n

The\u00a0educational system of Germany<\/strong>\u00a0is underlying to continuous changes and reforms. Main point in the last years was the reorganization of the Gymnasium. The nine year education was changed into an eight year education to get the Abitur. Furthermore, the academic system had changed because of the Bologna reform. The degrees obtained are now called Bachelor and Master.<\/p>\n

Studying in German<\/a><\/p>\n

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    Top universities in North Rhine-Westphalia<\/h2>\n

    \"Cologne,<\/a>The most populous German state, North Rhine-Westphalia is located in the west of Germany and is home to approximately 17.5 million, some 22% of the nation\u2019s population. A prime location to study in Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia claims the highest number of top German universities (nine) and is home to the city of D\u00fcsseldorf (its capital) and Cologne (its largest city).\u00a0Rheinisch-Westf\u00e4lische Technische Hochschule<\/strong>Aachen is the top ranked university in North Rhine-Westphalia, at 147th<\/sup> in the world. It is the only TU9 member in the state and one of two institutions in the region to receive funding from the government\u2019s Excellence Initiative. The other is Universit\u00e4t K\u00f6ln.\u00a0The\u00a0top universities in\u00a0North Rhine-Westphalia\u00a0are:<\/p>\n

    Rheinisch-Westf\u00e4lische Technische Hochschule Aachen<\/a> (147th<\/sup> in the world; 9th<\/sup>\u00a0in Germany)<\/p>\n