Numerous German universities maintain strong cooperation with Israeli partners. The cooperation extends to all scientific disciplines. In addition to focal points in the natural sciences and the humanities and social sciences, the arts also occupy a prominent place in cooperation. The cooperation instruments used range from student exchanges and cooperation in teaching to joint research projects.
In 2025, the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK) recorded 305 cooperations between German and Israeli universities. These cooperations involved 146 German and 35 Israeli universities as well as three other Israeli research institutions.
The Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem, with 35 collaborations, was the most frequently involved on the Israeli side, followed by Tel Aviv University with 33 collaborations and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with 32 collaborations. The most frequently represented German universities are Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Georg August University Göttingen, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the University of Kassel.
An overview of German universities is provided by the HRK’s Higher Education Compass.