Globalization is also creating new challenges for the German scientific and university community. The policymakers and universities have taken the initiative, with a series of reforms to adapt the university system to the new international standards. Be it the switch to staggered degrees such as Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees or the introduction of tuition fees and selection tests, be it the emergence of private facilities for academic training or the stronger strategic alliances between universities and institutes outside the higher education system – it is safe to say that the education system is the section of society undergoing the most major changes.