Higher Education and Research Management

International Deans’ Course Southeast Asia 2020 gets underway online

The 14th International Deans’ Course (IDC) got underway, with 30 participants from eight Southeast Asian countries. However, the global COVID-19 pandemic meant that a new format for exchange and interaction had to be offered.

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University manager of the year

With this award, the weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT and the CHE Centre for Higher Education honour leaders of higher education institutions (HEIs) in Germany who have shaped the development of their university in a special way and initiated innovative change processes.

Column: Ziegele’s World in DUZ Wissenschaft & Management

CHE Executive Director Frank Ziegele writes a regular column in duz Wissenschaft & Management on university management issues Read

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Cort-Denis Hachmeister 9. July 2025

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...

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Gero Federkeil 23. June 2025

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...

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Cort-Denis Hachmeister 6. June 2025

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...

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Sonja Berghoff 8. May 2025

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,...

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Isabel Roessler 28. April 2025

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...

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Cort-Denis Hachmeister 23. April 2025

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...

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Frank Ziegele 27. March 2025

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,...

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Cort-Denis Hachmeister 6. March 2025

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...

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Marc Hüsch 14. February 2025

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...

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Gero Federkeil 11. February 2025

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)....

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Marc Hüsch 10. February 2025

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...

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Cort-Denis Hachmeister 9. January 2025