Participants of DGM Day 2025 on a lab tour at the TEM Center of Chemnitz University of Technology

Membership

Institute Membership

With an institute membership, all staff at your institute can use the DGM network. They attend expert committee and working group meetings free of charge and pay member rates for events.

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Benefits

What membership offers your institute

Expert committees and working groups

Your staff attend the meetings free of charge.
Visibility for your institute

You can share your institute's activities in the DGM network.
Contacts in academia and industry

Your institute gets in touch with experts from other disciplines, and your staff find members and events in their own region.
Member rates for events

Your staff pay member rates for national and international events.
Journals

Discounts on IJMR (25%), Practical Metallography (20%) and Taylor & Francis (25%), and reduced rates for Springer for Professionals.

Annual fee

Fees

The annual fee depends on the number of employees.

€180.00 per year

up to 25 employees

€300.00 per year

26 to 50 employees

€540.00 per year

51 employees or more

Process

How your institute joins

Step

Fill in the application

In the online form, enter the institute, a contact person and the address, plus a separate billing address if needed.

Step

Choose the size

Select your number of employees. This sets the fee.

Step

Submit

Agree to the privacy policy, accept the statutes and the antitrust notice, and send the form. The DGM will confirm the membership in writing.

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Frequently asked questions

Can the institute give additional support?

Yes. The application form lets you add a voluntary support contribution.

Is the fee tax-deductible?

The tax office in Sankt Augustin has recognized the DGM as a non-profit association for the support of science (assessment notice of October 2, 2020). Donations and membership fees are therefore deductible as special expenses under German tax law.

How can the institute end its membership?

In writing, with three months' notice to the end of the membership year. All obligations to the DGM must have been settled.