CHECK Studienfinanzierung (CHECK student finance): take-up of BAföG funding differs widely from one federal state to another Post from 12. December 2022 by Ulrich Müller The three-party “traffic light” coalition has already taken the first steps in reforming the Federal Training Assistance Act (BAföG), with […]
Record numbers of part-time students: highest proportions in Hamburg and North Rhine-Westphalia Post from 27. October 2022 by Cort-Denis Hachmeister The number of people studying part-time in Germany has risen to an all-time high of around 231,000. Germany’s federal states […]
Hamburg, Saarland and Berlin have the highest proportion of NC subjects in winter semester 2022/23 Post from 29. June 2022 by Cort-Denis Hachmeister Many school-leavers will shortly be receiving their Abitur certificates. They will then be free to choose from the majority of […]
Vocational academies differ to cooperative state universities Post from 15. June 2022 by Nicolas Reum In some federal states of Germany, dual students can choose between studying at a university or a vocational academy (Berufsakademie). […]
One in four state-run higher education institutions in Germany are headed by a woman Post from 17. March 2022 by Isabel Roessler It is still the case that the typical head of a state-run higher education institution (HEI) in Germany is male, […]
Number of people eligible for higher education in Germany systematically underestimated Post from 10. March 2022 by Sigrun Nickel Many more people are eligible to study at a German higher education institution (HEI) than official statistics suggest. This is […]
Highest percentage of part-time students Post from 26. October 2021 by Cort-Denis Hachmeister According to the Federal Statistical Office, around 223,000 people in Germany were officially studying part-time in winter semester 2019/20. This […]
Winter semester 2021/22: Hamburg, Berlin and Saarland have the highest proportion of numerus clausus subjects Post from 1. July 2021 by Cort-Denis Hachmeister Every year in Germany, around 900,000 people start out at university. The majority of degree programmes are open to all […]
Higher education institutions as providers of continuing education: sharp rise in shorter formats Post from 26. May 2021 by Sigrun Nickel Those wishing to continue their education at a higher education institution (HEI) in Germany now have a wealth of different […]
Covid year group: CHE overview of bridge courses and tutorials for first-year students Post from 20. April 2021 by Cort-Denis Hachmeister [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Coronavirus pandemic is having a particular impact on the 2021 intake of Abitur cohorts that are now starting university. […]
Part-time study is far from being established Post from 27. October 2020 by Cort-Denis Hachmeister Around one-third of all gainfully employed persons in Germany do not work full-time. In contrast, despite the proportion of part-time […]
Student grants, scholarships, etc.: CHECK on student finance 2020 Post from 6. October 2020 by Ulrich Müller [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The student population in Germany has increased by almost a million since 2005, but the number of student grant recipients […]