The University of Namibia (UNAM) is the largest university in Namibia, with campuses at 12 locations throughout the country. The university comprises four faculties and 16 so-called schools, which employ 2,200 lecturers and staff. 

In the Humanities and Arts Department, the Language Sections offer courses in 10 Namibian and European languages, including the German Section.  While students who have studied German as a first or foreign language up to the end of their schooling study literature, linguistics, applied linguistics, intercultural communication and Namibian-German perspectives in the German Studies program, the German as Applied and Business Language program focuses on German as a language of business and economics. In addition, the German Department also provides methodological and didactic training for student teachers.

The German Department is currently staffed by an emerita professor, two lecturers and a DAAD teaching assistant. The GIP team includes Prof. Marianne Zappen-Thomson (teaching and research focus on intercultural communication and German in Namibia), Dr. Gerda Wittmann (teaching and research focus on teacher training and DaF) and Ms. Sylvia Schlettwein (teaching and research focus on modern German literature and creative writing).

The University of Pretoria was founded in 1908 and has since developed into one of South Africa's research universities. The University of Pretoria has 50000 students enrolled in nine faculties.

The University of Tübingen is one of the oldest universities in Europe and has been awarded the title of "Exzellenzuniversität" since 2012. 
In four departments, the staff of the German Seminar teach and conduct research in the fields of linguistics and literature with a cultural-historical and cultural-scientific orientation. With 9 Bachelor's and Master's programs, students have a wide range of opportunities to study German Studies.
From the Tübingen side, the following scientists are involved in the GIP: Prof. Doreen Bryant (German Linguistics / DaF), Prof. Dorothee Kimmich (Literary Cultural Studies / Cultural Theory), Prof. Sigrid G. Köhler (Modern German Literary Studies), Julia Rebholz, M.A. (doctoral student), Paul Düring, B.A. (project assistant).