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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Hochschulzugang

Sonja Berghoff 9. May 2023

CHE University Ranking 2023: The latest evaluations of law, business and social work degree programmes

The latest results of the University Ranking conducted by the CHE Centre for Higher Education were published today by DIE ZEIT in...

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Isabel Roessler 2. May 2023

Proportion of female leaders of state-run higher education institutions in Germany continues to grow

The number of state-run higher education institutions (HEIs) led by a woman has increased significantly in recent years. Altogether, 52 out of...

Hochschulzugang

Marc Hüsch 18. April 2023

Decline in the number of new students: universities experience significant losses

After years of record levels, significantly fewer first-year students are now enrolling at higher education institutions (HEIs) in Germany. The impact of...

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Sigrun Nickel 14. March 2023

Number of students without Abitur has more than doubled in ten years

The number of students without a formal higher education entrance qualification has reached an all-time high in Germany: more than 70,000 people...

digitisation

Jannica Budde 7. February 2023

Peer-to-peer departmental consultation focuses on human medicine in 2023/2024

The digital transformation has become an indispensable part of medicine and the medical professions. This also implies changes in medical education. For...

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Frank Ziegele 6. February 2023

Good ideas for the Federal Ministry of Education that do not cost a cent

In their assessment of Bettina Stark-Watzinger’s first year in office, many education experts would, above all, like to see more money. In...

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Cort-Denis Hachmeister 2. February 2023

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...

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Ulrich Müller 31. January 2023

More than one in four universities not recognisable as such from their name

Prospective students can currently choose from more than 21,000 study programmes at over 400 higher education institutions (HEIs) in Germany. The names...

Hochschulforschung

Sigrun Nickel 27. January 2023

Call for papers to the GfHf Annual Conference

The “Interaction between Higher Education Research and Higher Education Development: Empiricism, Transfer and Impact” is the topic of this year’s conference of...

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Ulrich Müller 11. January 2023

Reorganisation of the CHE management team

Heike Hepermann and Ulrich Müller were made Prokuristen (authorised signatories) of CHE on 1 January 2023. Ulrich Müller and Executive Director Frank...