11.06.2013 | Student loans in Germany: "All that glitters is not gold"
No student loan in sight, the Bafög loan has been used up, a part-time job is impossible alongside studies and parental support has reached its limit. Faced with this situation, 50,000 students per year are concluding new student loan contracts in order to be able to finish their studies despite financial difficulties. The latest CHE student loan test 2013 reveals that a total of 850 million euros are available for student loans in Germany. The test also tells students what they need to be aware of before signing a student loan contract.

07.06.2013 | Over 500 Institutions Registered. Registration Remains Open
The first U-Multirank edition in 2014 will cover a minimum of 500 higher education institutions from around the world. We are pleased to announce that we have reached this goal and will continue to accept registration forms, so higher education institutions interested in participating can still register their interest now

10.04.2013 | “Create more study places in Master programmes“
The demand for study places on Master programmes will increase dramatically over the coming years. In contrast to the number of Master study places so far planned by the Higher Education Pact, an estimated 36,000 Bachelor graduates could may have to postpone starting a Master programme in the peak year of 2016 alone if the highest of three possible calculation scenarios in the study came true. The CHE model calculation shows the corridor of the expected potential demand for places if 50, 69.4 and 85 per cent of Bachelor graduates continue onto a Master programme. Even the cautious estimate that only one in two Bachelor students will continue onto a Master programme indicates that a significantly higher demand is to be expected compared to the number of Master places financed up until now. “It is a fact that the Higher Education Pact 2020 does not include a set of tools that can stimulate the necessary expansion of study places in Master programmes,” said Prof. Dr. Frank Ziegele, managing director of the CHE – Centre for Higher Education