NGlobal Magazin 01-2010

Niedersachsen Global www.nglobal.de 06 Facts & Figures Niedersachsen One in two potatoes and one in three eggs that are produced by German farmers comes from Niedersachsen. Besides, the state is famous for passenger cars, wind turbines, cookies, designer chairs, audio solutions, prostheses, vehicle parts, biomass plants, cruise liners, medicines, cables, frozen cakes, solar panels, drilling heads, motor trucks, seeds—just to name a few... Niedersachsen is governed by a coalition of the parties CDU and FDP with Christian Wulff (CDU) as Prime Minister and Jörg Bode (FDP), Minis- ter for Economics, Labour and Transport, as his Deputy. Products 11 Universities 7 Technical colleges 5 Private technical colleges 2 Art colleges 140,000 Students 16,000 Foreign students 34,000 Employees at universities 1,500 Cooperations with foreign partner universities 1,755 Billion euros budget 7 Max-Planck Institutes 3 Fraunhofer Institutes 120 Other extra-university research facilities The Brunswick region is the most research- intensive area in Europe. Knowledge (2008) Politics Photo: Inka Ziegenhagen 4th largest state in Germany by population. 2nd largest state in Germany by area. Largest car manufacturer in Europe. +124,8% increasing exports to the U.A.E.. +119,6% increasing imports from South Africa