Germany Offers Harvard `Exile Campus’ After Trump Escalation

Minister of State of Culture Weimer has offered Harvard University to establish an exile campus in Germany. Students from Harvard and other American universities are very welcome in Germany, said Weimer to the news agency Bloomberg. Background is the Trump government's decision to ban Harvard from receiving foreign students.

Universities in Asia and Europe expect that Donald Trump's latest attack on Harvard will give them a decisive advantage in reversing decades of brain drain to the United States. Germany has even suggested that Harvard establish a headquarters within its borders. Federal Minister of Culture Wolfram Weimer told Bloomberg that Harvard could set up a “campus in exile” in Germany. “To students from Harvard and other American universities, I tell them…

Germany Offers Harvard `Exile Campus’ After Trump Escalation

Within hours of the Trump administration’s announcement that it would bar Harvard from enrolling foreign students, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology was quick to issue an invitation: Any international student enrolled at Harvard would be welcome to continue their studies in Hong Kong.

Germany, Hong Kong universities eye US talent amidst Trump’s Harvard criticism

Universities in Asia and Europe are hoping that recent criticism of Harvard University by US President Donald Trump, and broader pressures on US academia, will give them an advantage in efforts to reverse a decades-long flow of talent to the United States. Germany has gone as far as suggesting Harvard could establish a campus on its territory. German Culture Minister Wolfram Weimer told Bloomberg that Harvard “could establish an exile campus in …

Germany and Hong Kong look to lure students exiled from Harvard

Universities in Asia and Europe are hoping US President Donald Trump’s latest attack on Harvard will hand them a decisive advantage as they try to reverse a decades-old brain drain of talent to the US, with Germany going so far as to suggest the school establish an outpost within its borders.

HKUST Opens Doors to Harvard Students Amid Global Academic Shifts | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

HKUST Opens Doors to Harvard Students Amid Global Academic Shifts joannezhang Fri, 05/23/2025 - 14:06 HKUST Opens Doors to Harvard Students Amid Global Academic Shifts Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 05/23/2025 - 13:59 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) today announced an open invitation to international undergraduate and postgraduate students currently enrolled at Harvard University, as well as those hol…