University and Student Funding

Study: Diversifying university funding

Higher education institutions in North Rhine-Westphalia and Brandenburg had more money at their disposal over the last decade. Go to download

Interview: ``Higher education institutions are under enormous pressure``

The financial situation for many international universities is grim due to the impact of COVID-19. By comparison, higher education institutions in Germany are holding up quite well, summarised CHE Executive Director Frank Ziegele in an interview for the Frankfurter Rundschau

CHE Student Loan Test

KfW Student Loan: coronavirus crisis aid shown to have shortcomings in CHE Student Loan Test Go to download

Financing Higher Education in Germany and Europe: Performance-oriented Models of State Funding and Institutional Resource Allocation

This paper investigates the changes in public higher education funding models in Germany and Europe and illustrates the advantages of the currently prevailing approaches. The article is only available in Japanese language.

News

Press releases

Marc Hüsch 17. October 2022

Students of business, law and social work to be surveyed for the CHE Ranking 2023

Over the next few weeks, students on undergraduate degree programmes will again be asked to assess their study conditions. The subjects under...

Familie in der Hochschule

Jan Thiemann 6. October 2022

Guide for students caring for relatives

The number of people in need of long-term care in Germany has been growing for years. As a result, the proportion of...

Higher Education System

Gero Federkeil 28. September 2022

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....

Hochschulzugang

Cort-Denis Hachmeister 7. September 2022

CHE Ranking also in demand abroad

The CHE Ranking is also in demand among prospective students from other European countries and beyond, as evidenced by the latest numbers...

Press releases

Ulrich Müller 30. August 2022

Student loans: number of new contracts down to pre-Covid level

The number of new student loans taken out in Germany fell considerably in 2021 compared to the previous year. The KfW Student...

Higher Education Management

Frank Ziegele 6. July 2022

Science management: How politics can help the “elves of the higher education system”

The many thousands of higher education managers at German higher education institutions (HEIs) are practically invisible to higher education policymakers. A separate...

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Cort-Denis Hachmeister 29. June 2022

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...

Press releases

Gero Federkeil 21. June 2022

U-Multirank publishes new 2022 outcomes: new insights on student diversity, access and social inclusion

In its ninth annual publication, U-Multirank showcases how universities deal with issues of social inequality in access to higher education and with...