English version of the CHE Ranking updated on the DAAD website
Following the publication of the CHE Ranking on the study information platform of DIE ZEIT, HeyStudium, at the beginning of May, the…
Despite high study costs: At least 9,100 German medical students at foreign universities
When discussing the problem of the shortage of doctors in Germany, German students abroad are largely ignored. Yet they make up around…
Kick-off for the CHE Ranking 2026
The surveys for the CHE Ranking 2026, which this time includes around 4,000 degree programmes in law, economics and social sciences, will…
HeyStudium and ZEIT Studienführer 2025/26: High practical relevance of studies at universities of applied sciences
HeyStudium, DIE ZEIT’s portal for student orientation, publishes the latest results of the CHE University Ranking for six subject groups, including ‘Health,…
Women head more than a third of state universities in Germany
Between 2021 and 2024, the proportion of female university managers in Germany rose from 25 to 35 per cent. The average age…
Distribution of research funds in Germany: Only ten per cent of all third-party funding goes to universities of applied sciences
Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS) in Germany have increased their commitment to research in recent years. However, they are clearly lagging behind…
Two new members of the CHE Advisory Board: Hannes Ametsreiter and Iris Kimizoglu
At the start of 2025, the CHE Centre for Higher Education welcomed two new members to its Advisory Board: Dr. Hannes Ametsreiter,…
Veterinary medicine has the highest proportion of female students of all fields of study in Germany
Since the winter semester 2021/22, there have been more female students than male students at German universities. Economics and social sciences are…
Analysis of the age structure: More than 40 per cent of university professors in Germany will probably need to be replaced by 2033
The retirement of the baby boomers from the 1960s also affects universities. From 2029 until 2033, at least 2,000 professors in Germany…
Launch of the EHESO – European Higher Education Sector Observatory Scoreboard
In January the first tool of the European Higher Education Sector Observatory (EHESO) was launched: The European Higher Education Sectors Scoreboard (EHESS)….
Distance learning: increasingly popular in Germany despite high study costs
More than a quarter of a million people in Germany are currently enrolled in distance learning programmes, most of them at private…
Private universities remain popular in Germany
Around one in eight students in Germany was enrolled at a private university in the winter semester 2023/24. The private IU International…