Germany is officially known as Federal Republic of Germany it consists 16 constituent states, area covered by Germany is 134,838 square miles (349,223 square kilometers). It is located in Europe and Germany has been called the "Land of Poets and Thinkers".
Germany is a country situated in west-central Europe; it is one of the major industrial and economic powers in Europe. The largest lakes include Chiemsee and Muritz, and Lake Constance along the Swiss border in the south. Germany is surrounded by varous countries like France, Austaralia, Poland, Belgium, Switzerland, Netherlands, Denmark, Czech Republic and Luxembourg.
Germany is the largest national economy in Europe, economic model of Germany is based on the concept of the social market economy. Germany has recorded the highest trade surplus in the world worth $285 billion during 2014. Top exports of Germany are vehicles, machineries, chemical goods, electronic products, electrical equipments, pharmaceuticals, transport equipments, basic metals, food products, and rubber & plastics.
Germany has produced many Nobel laureates than any other country, Germany is a world leader in innovation, boasting leading universities and research institutes alongside major engineering, IT and manufacturing industries. Raw output of German scientific research consistently ranks top in the world. Research and Industries cooperate in many areas, like there are numerous joint programmes and research projects involving companies as well as research and research-funding organisations. Germany is the fourth-largest producer of automobiles worldwide, after Japan, the US and China. The automotive industry is considered the driving force of the German economy. RISE Germany offers summer research internships in Germany for undergraduate students from the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. RISE Germany internships were first offered in 2005 to applicants from the United States and Canada, with the program extended to the United Kingdom in 2009.
There are some journals which are supporting the nation by publishing various researches happening in the field of Engineering like International Engineering Journals, Journals of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Research Journals.