Cooperation in higher education is an important element in the German-Australian scientific relationship. We were given the opportunity to present our joint PhD program “Bonn & Melbourne Research and Graduate School” (Bo&MeRanG) and the BM-AXIS program as Best-Practice-Examples of Successful Programmes of Australian-German Cooperation at the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Alumni Meeting “The Responsibility of Science & Technology for Innovation” in Melbourne.