HEInnovate Train the Trainers Session: Fostering Higher Education Innovation through European Exchange
On September 22 and 23, 2025, 27 participants from 22 European countries met at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki for…
A future-proof university must be an authentic university
Around the world, universities are facing ever-increasing expectations. These expectations range from excellent teaching and top research to solving social and global…
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…
European standards for excellent research management: RM Framework launched with German participation of CHE and ZWM
The EU-funded RM Framework project starts in February 2025. The abbreviation RM stands for research management. Participating project partners from Germany are…
New perspectives in research assessment: good practice from Italy and Spain
The current issue of ‘DUZ Spotlight – Good Practice International’ focuses on the discussion of a reform of research assessment. Until now,…
Private HEIs in CHE’s DataCHECK: young, metropolitan, narrow range of programmes
Private higher education institutions (HEIs) are experiencing a boom. Two of the three largest HEIs in Germany are now privately funded. However,…
CHECK Housing & Mobility: Saarland is the federal state with the highest proportion of students still living at home with their parents
The housing situation of students, whether they live in rental apartments, shared flats or the parental home, differs greatly from region to…
Chemistry is the subject with the highest PhD ratio
In the discipline of chemistry, the number of successful doctorates is almost as high as the number of Master’s degrees. Most doctoral…
More female students than male for the first time at HEIs in Germany
For the first time, more female students than male were enrolled at higher education institutions (HEIs) in Germany in winter semester 2021/22….
Hamburg, Saarland and Berlin have the highest proportion of NC subjects in winter semester 2022/23
Many school-leavers will shortly be receiving their Abitur certificates. They will then be free to choose from the majority of study programmes…
Students wish to have more online learning even after the pandemic
In the second year of the coronavirus pandemic, students in Germany are satisfied with their university’s crisis management. This is the finding…
Covid year group: CHE overview of bridge courses and tutorials for first-year students
The Coronavirus pandemic is having a particular impact on the 2021 intake of Abitur cohorts that are now starting university. Positive facts [...]