Researchers compare the higher education systems of Germany, the United States and France. In a didactic and descriptive way, the new title of the International Studies Collection brings to the Brazilian reader a synthetic view of some higher education systems in those countries. What are the particularities that have brought German, American and French higher education systems to the level of excellence? Looking forward study this issue, Brazilian researchers closely examine these countries in International Models of Higher Education: United States, France and Germany.