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InfrastructureHessenintheCenterofEuropeTheLargestAirportsinEuropeHesseninGermany

EconomicStructureComparisonofSelectedStructuralDataamongGermanStatesHessenanditsGovernmentDistrictsCorporateServicesandCreaKveIndustries

FinancialCenterFrankfurtBankingInsKtuKons

TradeFairsandExhibiKonsInternaKonalExhibiKonCentreFrankfurtTradeFairsCalendar2016

EmploymentEmployeesbyEconomicSectors

ForeignEmploymentDualTraininginMINTProfessionsinHessen

TheTenLargestIndustrialEmployersinHessen

HessenInternaKonalHessen–GDPComparedtoSelectedCountriesTheMostImportantExportGoods

TheMostImportantImportGoodsForeignDirectInvestmentinHessen

ResearchandDevelopmentR&DInvestment–ComparisonamongGermanStates

UniversiKesandResearchInsKtutesSelectedUniversiKesandUniversiKesofAppliedSciences 2

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INFRASTRUCTUREHessenintheCenterofEurope

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§ Hessen–thegatewaytoEurope:507millionconsumerswithintheEU

§ Hessen–thecenterofEuropeanmarkets:44millionconsumersina200kmradiusaroundFrankfurt

§ Hessen–thehubofEurope:ConnecKonstoallmajorEuropeanciKeswithin2,5hours

§ Hessen–globalcarrierfordatatrafficFrankfurtishometotheworld’sleadingInternetexchangepoint

Source:Eurostat|DE-CIX|owncalcula6on

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INFRASTRUCTURETheLargestAirportsinEurope

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TrafficPerformance2014

Cargo(Totaltraffic)

in1,000t

Passengers(Totaltraffic)

inmillion

AircraHMovements

in1,000

Frankfurt(FRA) 2,051.3 59.6 458.3

Paris(CDG) 1,890.8 63.8 470.7

Amsterdam(AMS) 1,633.2 55.0 438.3

London(LHR) 1,499.1 73.4 465.2

Istanbul(IST) 703.9 56.8 421.4

Madrid(MAD) 367.0 41.8 342.6

Munich(MUC) 323.4 39.7 357.3

FrankfurtAirport:leadingposiKoninairfreighttrafficasthebiggestcargoairportinEurope

Oneoftheworld’smostimportantintermodaltranspor-taKonhubs:AirportCityprovidesgreatopportuniKesformobilitythroughitsopKmalnetworkofairplanes,trains,andcars.§ SummerSchedule2015:104airlinesserving297

desKnaKonsin103countries

§ About60millionairpassengersand

§ 2.1milliontonsofairfreightperyear

§ LargesthubinEurope(55%transferpassengers)

Source:ACIEurope|FraportAG|AENA(SpanishAirportsandAerialNaviga6on)2014

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INFRASTRUCTUREHesseninGermany

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Distancesinkmto fromFrankfurt fromKasselBerlin 560 380Bremen 475 285Dresden 464 350Düsseldorf 230 235Erfurt 269 190Hamburg 539 310Hanover 357 165Kiel 599 400Magdeburg 426 232Mainz 40 225Munich 423 508Potsdam 515 319Saarbrücken 204 415Schwerin 607 411Stu5gart 210 406Wiesbaden 35 220

HessenintheIntercityRailwayNetwork

HessenintheFederalHighwayNetwork

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SelectedGermanStates2014 Germany Hessen

Baden-Wür_emberg Bavaria

LowerSaxony

NorthRhine-Westphalia

Areainkm² 357,340 21,115 35,751 70,550 47,615 34,110

Populaboninmillion 81.2 6.1 10.7 12.7 7.8 17.6

Residentsperkm² 227 289 300 180 164 517

UnemploymentRateas%ofthedependentlaborforce

6.7 5.7 4.0 3.8 6.5 8.2

GDPperPersonEmployedintherespecKveprices(EUR) 68,081 72,708 72,805 72,874 64,526 68,752

GrossValueAddedinbillionEUR 2,612 225 394 469 228 562

ThirdSectoras%ofthegrossvalueadded 68.5 74.6 59.8 64.9 66.1 71.2

ECONOMICSTRUCTUREComparisonofSelectedStructuralDataamongGerman States

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Source:FederalSta6s6calOffice|Sta6s6calStateOffices|FederalEmploymentOffice|RegionalAccountsVGRdl|owncalcula6on

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ECONOMICSTRUCTUREHessenanditsGovernmentDistricts

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AreaandPopulabon2014

AdministrabveDistrict Areainkm² Populaboninmillion Residentsperkm²

Kassel 8,289 1.2 145

Giessen 5,381 1.0 191

Darmstadt 7,445 3.9 519

Hessen 21,115 6.1 289

LaborForceSubjecttoSocialSecurity2014

AdministrabveDistrict Total ManufacturingIndustryin% ServiceSectorin%

Kassel 442,259 32.7 66.7

Giessen 343,780 34.6 64.9

Darmstadt 1,573,917 20.4 79.3

Hessen 2,359,956 24.8 74.8

AdministraKveDistrictKassel

AdministraKveDistrictGiessen

AdministraKveDistrictDarmstadt

Darmstadt

Giessen

Kassel

Source:Sta6s6calStateOfficeHessen|FederalEmploymentOffice|owncalcula6on

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ECONOMICSTRUCTURECorporateServicesandCreaKveIndustries

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Source:FederalEmploymentOffice|Sta6s6calStateOfficeHessen|owncalcula6on

Sales2013inSelectedIndustries

Hessen Germany

IndustrySector SalesinbillionEUR

Shareoftotaleconomyin%

SalesinbillionEUR

Shareoftotaleconomyin%

DesignIndustry 1.8 0.38 18.8 0.30AdverbsingIndustry 3.0 0.62 25.5 0.41

SoHware/GamingIndustry 2.9 0.61 30.1 0.48

TotalEconomy 486.2 100 6,288.9 100

§ Business-relatedservicesinHessenhaveabove-averageimportance.ThisincludessectorssuchasmanagementconsulKng,adverKsinganddataprocessing.

§ ThecreaKveandinnovaKveservicesprovidedbytheemergingdynamiccreaKveindustryinHessenactsasadrivingforceforothersectors.

§ ThestrongestsectorsinHessenintermsofrevenuearetheadverKsing,soiwareandgamingindustriesaswellasthedesignindustry.

LaborForceSubjecttoSocialSecurity(LabourF.)2014

Hessen Germany

IndustrySector LabourF.in1,000

Shareoftotaleconomyin%

LabourF.in1,000

Shareoftotaleconomyin%

BusinessServices 607 25.7 6,147 20.4

TotalEconomy 2,360 100.0 30,175 100.0

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2015

BankswithHeadquartersinFrankfurt morethan190

thereof:ForeignBanksandSubsidiariesofForeignBanks

ca.155

EmployeesintheFinancialSector

62,700(asofDec.2014)

FINANCIALCENTERFRANKFURTBankingInsKtuKons

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Withmorethan190Germanandforeignbanks,aswellasthe German Central Bank and the European Central Bank (ECB),Frankfurtenjoys the leadingposiKon inGermany'sfinancial sectorandaprominentposiKonontheEuropeanconKnent:

§ Approximately62,700peopleworkinFrankfurt’sfinancialservicessector

§ Morethan90percentofthetotalGermanstockmarketturnoverisearnedinthefinancialcenterofFrankfurt

§ Stockexchangetrade:amongtheworld’slargeststockexchanges

§ EUREX:Europe’sNo.1instockexchangesforfutures,No.3worldwide

§ TheeurocurrencysectorismanagedbytheECBinFrankfurt

§ HouseofFinance–Centerforfinance-relatedresearchandqualificaKon,“Germany’sUniversityforFinance“

Source:FrankfurtMainFinance

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TRADEFAIRSANDEXHIBITIONSFrankfurtFair

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Frankfurt:ImportantInternaKonalTradeFairGrounds

Encompassing 592,000 square meters, Messe Frankfurt is thethirdlargesttradefairvenueintheworldandprovidesthebestcondiKonsforexhibitorsandvisitorsfromallovertheworldwithits leading global trade fairs for consumer goods, lifestyles,texKles,automoKvetechnology,architectureandtechnology.

AgeographicallycentrallocaKon,thebesttravelconnecKons,di-rect flights to and from internaKonal airports, around 15,000parking spaces, andmore than43,000 beds in the city area aswell as numerous accommodaKon faciliKes in towns nearbymakeFrankfurtana5racKvelocaKonforexhibiKons.

In Frankfurt, the trade fair associaKon recorded 36 trade fairsandeventswithabout37,400exhibitorsand1.4millionvisitors.Withmorethan2,100employeesbringing in554millioneuros,salesreachedthehighestleveleverrecordedintheassociaKon’shistory.

ExhibiKonGroundsFrankfurt2015

TradeFairsandExhibibons 36

Exhibitors 37,354

TotalNetAreain1,000m²(Leasedareaandspecialshowspace) 1,147

Visitorsinmillion 1.4

Source:FrankfurtFair,Report2014

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201601/12-01/15 Heimtexbl-InternaKonalTradeFairforHomeandContractTexKles Frankfurt01/29-02/02 Christmasworld-InternaKonalTradeFairforSeasonalandEventDecoraKon Frankfurt01/30-02/02 Creabveworld-InternaKonalTradeFairforArtandCraiSupplies Frankfurt01/30-02/02 Paperworld-InternaKonalTradeFairforPaper,OfficeSuppliesandStaKonery Frankfurt02/12-02/16 Ambiente-InternaKonalConsumerGoodsFairfortheSectorsDining-Giving-Living Frankfurt02/27-02/29 I.L.M.WinterStyles-InternaKonalLeatherFairOffenbach Offenbach03/13-03/18 Light+Building–TheWorld’sLeadingTradeFairforLighKngandBuildingServicesTechnology Frankfurt04/05-04/08 Prolight+Sound–InternaKonalTradeFairofTechnologiesandServicesforEvents,InstallaKonandProducKon Frankfurt04/07-04/10 Musikmesse–InternaKonalFairforMusicalInstruments,SheetMusic,MusicProducKonandMusicBusinessConnecKons Frankfurt04/19-04/21 IMEX–WorldwideExhibiKonforIncenKveTravel,MeeKngsandEvents Frankfurt06/07-06/09 Optatec–InternaKonalTradeFairforOpKcalTechnologies,ComponentsandSystems Frankfurt08/27-08/30 Tendence–InternaKonalConsumerGoodsTradeFair Frankfurt09/10-09/12 I.L.M.SummerStyles–InternaKonalLeatherFairOffenbach Offenbach09/13-09/17 Automechanika–TheWorld’sLeadingTradeFairfortheAutomoKveServiceIndustry Frankfurt10/19-10/23 FrankfurtBookFair-InternaKonalTradeandConsumerFairforBooks,MulKmediaandCommunicaKon Frankfurt11/02-11/04 Viscom–InternaKonalTradeFairforVisualCommunicaKon Frankfurt

TRADEFAIRSANDEXHIBITIONSTradeFairsCalendar2016

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InternaKonalTradeFairsandExhibiKons(selecKon)

Source:TheMesseFrankfurtcorporategroup|Offenbachtradefaircompany

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EMPLOYMENTEmploymentRatesintheIndustryandServiceSector

Hessentotal Hessenin% Germanytotal Germanyin%

AgricultureandForestry,Fisheries 8,772 0.4 244,642 0.8IndustrialSectorincluding: 585,254 24.8 8,852,768 29.3

ManufacturingIndustry 433,611 18.4 6,612,747 21.9ConstrucKonSector 112,929 4.8 1,696,961 5.6

Servicesincluding: 1,765,930 74.8 21,077,095 69.9AutomoKveTrade,MaintenanceandRepair 325,717 13.8 4,180,143 13.9TransportaKonandStorage 159,307 6.8 1,555,287 5.2HotelandRestaurantIndustry 74,374 3.2 939,222 3.1InformaKonandCommunicaKons 86,836 3.7 996,498 3.3FinancialandInsuranceServices 139,541 5.9 1,018,754 3.4OtherEconomicServices 380,521 16.1 4,224,397 14.0EducaKonandInstrucKon 87,910 3.7 1,158,949 3.8HealthCareandWelfare 294,273 12.5 4,265,294 14.1

Totalnumberoflaborforcesubjecttosocialsecurity 2,359,956 100.0 30,174,505 100.0

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Source:FederalEmploymentOffice|owncalcula6on

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EMPLOYMENTForeignEmployment

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HessenisveryinternaKonalandprovidesbothGermansandforeignersexcellentemploymentprospects. Since theyear2010, employment rates have witnessed dynamic growth.Thenumberofpeopleemployedhas risenbyabout sevenpercent, with German naKonals seeing a five percentincrease and foreign worker numbers rising by around 31percent.Currently,twelvepercentofthoseemployedareofforeignnaKonality–anaboveaveragefigureincomparisontothewholeofGermany.

Source:FederalEmploymentOffice|owncalcula6on

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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

YearNumberofEmployeesin1,000total thereof:foreignnabonals

2010 2,201 2142011 2,249 2282012 2,295 2442013 2,314 2582014 2,360 282

ShareofForeignersin%totheNumberofEmployees

DevelopmentofEmployeeNumbers2010.-.2014

GermanyHessen

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EMPLOYMENTDualTraininginMINTProfessionsinHessen

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DualvocaKonaltraining isthecentralpillaroftheeconomyin Hessen and corresponds to Hessen’s need for skilledworkers.Around40,000youngpeoplebeginthistraining invocaKonalschoolsandbusinessesannually.MINT sector professions (mathemaKcs, computer science,naturalscienceandtechnology)areasignificantareaofthedualtraining.In2014,atotalof35,900peopleweretrainedintheMINTsectorinHessen.Thatisathirdofalltrainees.Mechatronics engineers, plant mechanics, electronicstechnicians,ITspecialists,andwarehouselogisKcsspecialistsareexamplesofdual trainingprofessions. InHessen, theseprofessionsarecurrently inhighdemandintheautomoKveindustry, the logisKcs and engineering sectors aswell as inthemetalandelectrical industries.Thisresulted inahighernumberofnewcontractsintheyear2014.

NewContractsinDualTrainingProfessionsoftheMINTSectorsinHessenintheYear2014

Source:FederalIns6tuteforVoca6onalEduca6onandTraining

549

753

771

864

873

879

1,398

Mechatroniker/-in

FachkraifürLagerlogisKk

Industriemechaniker/-in

FachinformaKker/-in

Elektroniker/-in

Anlagenmechaniker/-in

Kraifahrzeugmechatroniker/-inMotormechanic

Plantmechanic

Electronicstechnician

ITspecialist

Industrialmechanic

WarehouselogisKcsspecialist

Mechatronicsengineer

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3,783,40Ranking/Company BranchofIndustry LocabonsinHessen EmployeesinHessen

1 VolkswagenAG AutomoKveIndustry Baunatal 16,100

2 ConKnentalKonzern AutomoKveIndustry Frankfurta.M.,Korbach,Karben,SchwalbachamTaunus 15,500

3 AdamOpelAG AutomoKveIndustry Rüsselsheim 13,000

4 MerckGruppe ChemicalandPharmaceuKcalsIndustry Darmstadt,Gernsheim,Wiesbaden 10,100

5 FreseniusSE&CoKGaA ChemicalandPharmaceuKcalsIndustry,MedicalTechnology

BadHomburg,BadHersfeld,Bensheim,Biebesheim,Friedberg 8,500

6 Sanofi-AvenKsDeutschlandGmbH ChemicalandPharmaceuKcalsIndustry Frankfurta.M.(Höchst) 7,300

7 B.BraunMelsungenAG ChemicalandPharmaceuKcalsIndustry,MedicalTechnology

Melsungen,Spangenberg,BadArolsen 7,000

8 EvonikIndustriesAG ChemicalandPharmaceuKcalsIndustry

Darmstadt,Hanau,Weiterstadt,Steinaua.d.Str.,BadKönig 5,800

9 SiemensAG ElectricalIndustry,MechanicalEngineering,MedicalTechnology

BadHersfeld,Eschborn,Frankfurt,Höchst,Kassel 5,600

10 Procter&Gamble ChemicalIndustry,ElectricalIndustry Schwalbach,Groß-Gerau,Hünfeld,Kronberg,Weiterstadt 5,300

EMPLOYMENTTheTenLargestIndustrialEmployersinHessen

15Source:HessenAgentur2015

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HESSENINTERNATIONALHessen–GDPComparedtoSelectedCountries

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GrossDomesKcProductperCapitain1,000euros

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USA

Hessen

Nethe

rland

s

Austria

Ireland

Finland

Belgium

Germ

any

France

UK

EU-28

Italy

Spain

Source:Eurostat(Dec.2015)|owncalcula6on

TheCountriesoftheEU,USAandHessenbyComparison

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HESSENINTERNATIONALTheMostImportantExportGoods

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GroupofGoodsExports2014inmillionEUR

Imports2014inmillionEUR

FoodIndustry 2,198 3,318

RawMaterials 216 5,446

Semi-finishedGoods 3,346 8,342

FinishedGoods,thereof: 51,979 60,428ChemicalandPharmaceuKcalGoods 18,458 10,176

Vehicles,VehiclePartsandAccessories 7,184 11,024

Machinery 6,689 8,829ElectricalGoods 5,240 11,240

OtherGoods 735 2,809

Total 58,474 80,343

ChemicalsandpharmaceuKcalsdominatetheexport;productsforthe automoKve industry are the second largest product groupexportedChemicalandpharmaceuKcalproductsareby far thetopexportsin Hessen. Encompassing a total volume of 18.5 billion euros in2014, they were ranked as themost important exported goods.Thisis32percentofHessen’sexportvolumefortheyear2014.Following in the ranks are products by the automoKve manu-facturing and mechanical engineering industries as well as theelectrical engineering industry. At the same Kme, these goodsmakeupthemostsignificantgroupofimportedproducts.Valuing11.2billioneuros,electricalproductscomprisethelargestporKonof the import volume, closely followed by auto-moKve productsworth11.0billioneuros.TheHessianeconomyexportedgoodsvaluing58.5billioneurosinthe year 2014. This corresponds to a 2.7 percent increase incomparison to the previous year. Considering imports, Hessen’simportvolumerecordedagrowthof1.9percentreachinga totalof80.3billioneuros.Source:Sta6s6calStateOfficeHessen|owncalcula6on

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HESSENINTERNATIONALTheMostImportantTradePartners

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Export:TheUSAisHessen’smostimportanttradepartner–twothirdsofallexportsaretoEuropeancountriesIn2014,12.3percentofallHessianexportsweredesKnedfortheUSA.NextintheranksaretheUnitedKingdomandFrance,eachhavingashareof8.1percent,followedbytheNetherlandswith5.7percent.InaddiKontotheUSA,Chinaisanothernon-EUcountrybelongingtotheTop-10exportnaKons, amassing a total export volume of 2.8 billioneuros.MostofHessen'sexportedgoodswenttocountrieswithinEurope,accounKngfor65.4percentoftheshares.Americaisthesecondmostimportantexportmarketwithashareof16 percent, closely followed by Asia with 15.8 percent.AmongAsiancountries,Chinaisthemostimportantcusto-

Ranking/CountryHessen

inmillionEURShareofTotalExportsin%

UnitedStates 7,219 12.3UnitedKingdom 4,749 8.1France 4,737 8.1Netherlands 3,360 5.7Italy 3,112 5.3People’sRep.ofChina 2,764 4.7Austria 2,672 4.6Belgium 2,244 3.8Poland 2,196 3.8Spain 2,178 3.7Total 58,474 100.0merforHessianexportswithashareof4.7percent.

Source:Sta6s6calStateOfficeHessen|owncalcula6on

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Ranking/CountryHessen

inmillionEURShareofTotalImportsin%

UnitedStates 8,247 10.2People’sRep.ofChina 7,403 9.2France 5,888 7.3Netherlands 5,522 6.9Russia 4,609 5.7Switzerland 4,585 5.7Belgium 4,224 5.3Italy 3,961 4.9UnitedKingdom 3,290 4.1Japan 2,858 3.6Total 80,343 100.0

Import: Hessen’s most commonly imported goods arefromtheUSAandChinaSimilar to the export sector, the USA takes the leadingposiKonforHessianimports.TheimportvolumefromtheUSAtotaled8.2billioneuros,accounKngfor10.2percentof Hessen’s total import shares. China occupies thesecondposiKonwithavolumeof7.4billioneurosandashareof9.2percent.

With a share of 62.6 percent, most of the goods im-ported to Hessen are from countries within Europe.Differing from the export sector, the conKnent of Asiaplaces second with an import share of 22.8 percent;followedbyAmericawithashareof12.1percent.

Import2014AccordingtoSelectedCountries

Source:Sta6s6calStateOfficeHessen|owncalcula6on

Hessen15%

NorthRhine-Weswalia32%

8%

Bavaria20%

Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen11%

Other9Fed.States14 %Baden-

Wür5emberg

HESSENINTERNATIONALForeignDirectInvestmentinHessen

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ShareintheTotalHoldingsintheFederalRepublicofGermanyasofDecember31,2013

FederalRepublic:458.4Billion€Hessen:66.5Billion€

CountryofOrigin(TOP-10) inbillionEUR Sharein%

Netherlands 19.0 28.6Luxembourg 6.5 9.7UnitedKingdom 6.3 9.5Ireland 4.9 7.4UnitedStates 4.7 7.1France 4.7 7.1Switzerland 3.8 5.7Sweden 2.7 4.0Belgium 2.5 3.8RepublicofKorea 2.5 3.8Total 66.5 100.0

OriginofForeignInvestmentinHessenasofDecember31,2013

Source:GermanCentralBank|owncalcula6ons

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RESEARCHANDDEVELOPMENTR&DInvestment–ComparisonamongGermanStates

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ShareoftheBusinessSectorinR&DInvestmentin2013in%Baden-Wür5emberg 80.5Hessen 77.0Bavaria 76.2Rhineland-PalaKnate 72.3LowerSaxony 67.7Average 67.2Hamburg 57.5NorthRhine-Westphalia 57.2Schleswig-Holstein 50.7Thuringia 47.5Berlin 41.8Saxony 40.5Saarland 38.7Bremen 37.3Saxony-Anhalt 29.2Brandenburg 28.8Mecklenburg-WestPomerania 26.1

Thehigh-techregionofHessen

§ RankedamongtheTOP10regardingthemostinnovaKveregionsinEurope

§ Higher-than-averageR&Dspending:2.8%ofHessen’sGDP(Germany:2.8%,EU-28:2%)

§ HighshareofcorporateR&Dspending:77%oftheR&Dinvestmentisrepresentedbycompanies(Germany:67%,EU-28:64%).

§ Ahigherthanaverageshareofhighlyqualifiedemployees:16.2%oftheemployeeshaveacademicqualificaKons(Germany:13.8%).

Source:FederalSta6s6csOffice|Eurostat|Sta6s6calStateOfficeBaden-WürZemberg|Sta6s6calStateOfficeHessen|owncalcula6ons

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RESEARCHANDDEVELOPMENTUniversiKesandResearchInsKtutes

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7 UniversiKes

15OtherUniversiKes

14UniversiKesofAppliedSciences

1 HelmholtzAssociaKonResearchCenter

7 Max-Planck-InsKtutes

8 Fraunhofer-InsKtutes

4 Goxried-Wilhelm-Leibniz-ResearchInsKtuKons

29OtherResearchInsKtutes

EducaKonandResearch

Kassel

FuldaGiessen

Marburg

Wiesbaden

Darmstadt

Frankfurt

Source:Sta6s6calStateOfficeHessen|StateMinistryofHigherEduca6on,ResearchandtheArts|ownresearch

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RESEARCHANDDEVELOPMENTSelectedUniversiKesinHessen

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AreasofStudy(Selecbon)

Ranking/UniversibesNumberofStudents

WinterSemester2014/15

Engineering Mathemabcs,NaturalSciences

Medicine,HealthSciences

Law,Economics,SocialSciences

JohannWolfgangGoethe-UniversitätFrankfurt 45,455 — 10,810 3,934 13,205Justus-Liebig-UniversitätGießen 27,771 295 4,561 2,866 5,297Philipps-UniversitätMarburg 26,085 — 7,256 3,020 5,919TechnischeUniversitätDarmstadt 25,939 13,178 8,291 — 1,930UniversitätKassel 23,491 5,818 2,706 — 8,032TechnischeHochschuleMi_elhessen 15,419 9,055 3,130 208 3,012h_daHochschuleDarmstadt 14,819 7,087 3,199 — 3,072FrankfurtUniversityofAppliedSciences 12,471 5,151 1,955 441 4,924HochschuleRheinMain 11,484 5,380 1,242 254 4,105HochschuleFulda 7,595 839 1,102 943 3,309

FurtherUniversibes 27,692 3,166 2,160 2,259 14,467

TotalStudentsatUniversibesinHessen 238,221 49,969 46,412 13,925 67,272

Source:Sta6s6calOfficeHessen

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