A quarter of students in Germany use artificial intelligence on a daily basis Post from 12. June 2025 by Marc Hüsch Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly becoming part of everyday student life at German universities. Around two thirds of students use […]
Women head more than a third of state universities in Germany Post from 28. April 2025 by Isabel Roessler Between 2021 and 2024, the proportion of female university managers in Germany rose from 25 to 35 per cent. The […]
Distribution of research funds in Germany: Only ten per cent of all third-party funding goes to universities of applied sciences Post from 23. April 2025 by Cort-Denis Hachmeister Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS) in Germany have increased their commitment to research in recent years. However, they are clearly […]
Veterinary medicine has the highest proportion of female students of all fields of study in Germany Post from 6. March 2025 by Cort-Denis Hachmeister Since the winter semester 2021/22, there have been more female students than male students at German universities. Economics and social […]
Analysis of the age structure: More than 40 per cent of university professors in Germany will probably need to be replaced by 2033 Post from 14. February 2025 by Marc Hüsch The retirement of the baby boomers from the 1960s also affects universities. From 2029 until 2033, at least 2,000 professors […]
Private universities remain popular in Germany Post from 9. January 2025 by Cort-Denis Hachmeister Around one in eight students in Germany was enrolled at a private university in the winter semester 2023/24. The private […]
146 German universities successful in third mission funding lines Post from 24. June 2024 by Isabel Roessler The third mission, i.e. activities of universities that go beyond traditional research and teaching, is currently supported by the federal […]
Private HEIs in CHE’s DataCHECK: young, metropolitan, narrow range of programmes Post from 26. October 2023 by Cort-Denis Hachmeister Private higher education institutions (HEIs) are experiencing a boom. Two of the three largest HEIs in Germany are now privately […]
CHECK Housing & Mobility: Saarland is the federal state with the highest proportion of students still living at home with their parents Post from 14. June 2023 by Marc Hüsch The housing situation of students, whether they live in rental apartments, shared flats or the parental home, differs greatly from […]
Chemistry is the subject with the highest PhD ratio Post from 2. February 2023 by Cort-Denis Hachmeister In the discipline of chemistry, the number of successful doctorates is almost as high as the number of Master’s degrees. […]