After years of record levels, significantly fewer first-year students are now enrolling at higher education institutions (HEIs) in Germany. The impact of the decline on HEIs and subjects varies from… Continue reading Decline in the number of new students: universities experience significant losses
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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 have currently taken the opportunity to qualify for… Continue reading Number of students without Abitur has more than doubled in ten years
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 this reason, Hochschulforum Digitalisierung (German Forum for Higher… Continue reading Peer-to-peer departmental consultation focuses on human medicine in 2023/2024
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 addition to those calls, CHE Executive Director Frank… Continue reading Good ideas for the Federal Ministry of Education that do not cost a cent
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 theses are written in the subject of medicine.… Continue reading Chemistry is the subject with the highest PhD ratio
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 of the HEIs in question often offer little… Continue reading More than one in four universities not recognisable as such from their name
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 the Gesellschaft für Hochschulforschung (GfHf). Interested contributors have… Continue reading Call for papers to the GfHf Annual Conference
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 Ziegele now make up the new management duo.… Continue reading Reorganisation of the CHE management team
Next GfHf Annual Conference to be held in Osnabrück on 11-13 September 2023
The CHE Centre for Higher Education and Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences are set to host the next Annual Conference of the Society for Research on Higher Education (Gesellschaft für Hochschulforschung, GfHf).… Continue reading Next GfHf Annual Conference to be held in Osnabrück on 11-13 September 2023
CHECK Studienfinanzierung (CHECK student finance): take-up of BAföG funding differs widely from one federal state to another
The three-party “traffic light” coalition has already taken the first steps in reforming the Federal Training Assistance Act (BAföG), with more to follow. The proportion of BAföG recipients among the… Continue reading CHECK Studienfinanzierung (CHECK student finance): take-up of BAföG funding differs widely from one federal state to another
Professor Dr Walter Rosenthal is “University Manager of the Year 2022”
Professor Dr Walter Rosenthal, President of Friedrich Schiller University Jena, is “University Manager of the Year 2022”. With this award, the weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT and the CHE Centre for… Continue reading Professor Dr Walter Rosenthal is “University Manager of the Year 2022”
CHE Ranking 2022 of Master’s programmes in engineering sciences and psychology
The CHE Ranking with the latest assessments by Master’s students is now available online. Subjects from the field of engineering sciences and psychology were once again investigated. Universities of technology… Continue reading CHE Ranking 2022 of Master’s programmes in engineering sciences and psychology