Ausbildung und wissenschaftsstandort deutschland

In the ongoing discussions about the qualities of Germany regarding economic activities and especially industrial production in a unifying Europe and with respect to worldwide economic competition, it is important to carefully consider the conditions for innovative and competitive scientific research. Germany as a site for science is dependent not only on the resources of public research institutes, on available research funds and on industrial R&D investment, but just as decisively on the existing framework of conditions for scientific-technological progress. Thus, the whole educational system is of utmost importance since it must form and develop the coming generations of researchers. Their knowledge and their attitudes, as acquired in this educational process, determine not only their future scientific productivity, but also the public acceptance of high-tech production in Germany.