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Table of Contents Seite 2 von 36 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents .......................................................................................................................................... 2 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 4 2 Living in Germany .................................................................................................................. 5 2.1 Preparations at Home ................................................................................................................. 5 2.2 What to do first in Germany ...................................................................................................... 5 2.3 Accommodation ........................................................................................................................... 6 2.4 Money / Bank Account ............................................................................................................... 9 2.5. Kindergarten/School ................................................................................................................ 11 3 Local Authorities .................................................................................................................. 12 3.1 Registration Offices ................................................................................................................... 12 3.2 Recognition of Degrees and Achievments ............................................................................... 14 3.3 Car .............................................................................................................................................. 14 4 At the MDC ........................................................................................................................... 16 4.1 What to organize first ............................................................................................................... 16 4.2 The MDC homepage (www.mdc-berlin.de) ............................................................................ 16 4.3 Information about Berlin-Buch ............................................................................................... 17 4.4. Sports ........................................................................................................................................ 17 5. Enjoying Life in Berlin ....................................................................................................... 18 5.1 Important papers and web-links for Berlin ............................................................................ 18 5.2 Public Transport ....................................................................................................................... 18 5.3 Shopping in Berlin .................................................................................................................... 20 5.4 Libraries in Berlin ..................................................................................................................... 21 6 Taxes ..................................................................................................................................... 22 6.1 Income Tax ................................................................................................................................ 23 6.2 Church Tax ................................................................................................................................ 25 7 Social Security and Accident Insurance .............................................................................. 25 7.1 Health and Care Insurance ...................................................................................................... 26 7.2 Pension Scheme ......................................................................................................................... 28 7.3 Unemployment Insurance ........................................................................................................ 28 7.4 VBL ............................................................................................................................................ 29 7.5 Accident Insurance ................................................................................................................... 29 8 Science and Research in Germany ...................................................................................... 30 8.1 Competencies of the Federal Government and the "Länder" .............................................. 30 8.2 Higher Education ...................................................................................................................... 30 8.3 Research Institutions ................................................................................................................ 32 8.4 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) .............................................................................. 32 2
Table of Contents Seite 3 von 36 8.5 Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD).............................................................. 32 8.6 Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung (AvH) .............................................................................. 33 9. Telephone Numbers, Contacts and Further Information ................................................. 33 10 Bibliography ....................................................................................................................... 35 10.1 General ..................................................................................................................................... 35 10.2 Scientific System ...................................................................................................................... 35 10.3 Social Security ......................................................................................................................... 35 10.4 Taxes ......................................................................................................................................... 36 3
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