Germany offers international, highly-qualified PhD students, junior researchers and senior scientists outstanding working and career conditions. Some branches are looking for highly-qualified foreigners who can, under certain conditions, immediately receive a residence permit. In this context, highly-qualified means academics, scientists and researchers with particular subject or specialist knowledge plus academic and research staff in key positions. In the field of research and development, in particular, the proportion of foreign staff is already very high at 8% to 10%.