Number of first semester students up by 16% in the academic year 2011
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2011-11-23According to first provisional results, 515,800 first semester students started studying at institutions of higher education in Germany in the academic year 2011 (summer semester 2011 and winter semester 2011/2012). As further reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of first semester students thus increased by 16% compared with 2010.
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2011-11-09At the beginning of the current school year 2011/12, a total of 712,300 children started school in Germany. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on the basis of provisional results, this was an increase of 0.7% on a year earlier. The largest increase in the number of school beginners was recorded in Nordrhein-Westfalen (+5.2%). This increase was largely due to the fact that, in 2011, the reference date for school enrolment was moved from 31 August to 30 September in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
More than Euro 240,000 of third-party funds per university professor in 2009
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2011-10-28In 2009, professors at German universities (including medical institutions) raised third-party funds of an average Euro 240,400. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis ), that was an increase of 8.9% on a year earlier.
More bachelor than traditional university degrees in 2010 for the first time
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2011-09-23In the 2010 year of examination (winter semester 2009/2010 and summer semester 2010), 31% of the total of about 361,700 higher education graduates achieved a bachelor degree. Hence, the proportion of bachelor degrees for the first time exceeded that of traditional university degrees, which accounted for 29% in 2010. As further reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), 16% of the graduates achieved a conventional degree from a university of applied sciences.
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2011-09-20In 2009 about 115,500 German students were enrolled at foreign institutions of higher education. As further reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), that was 8% or 8,700 students more than a year earlier.
International students accounting for 9% at German universities
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2011-09-14With 9% in 2009, the share of international students in Germany was clearly above the OECD average of 6%. As further reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the Saarland (18%), Berlin and Bremen (13% each) had the highest shares of foreign students who had obtained their higher education entrance qualification in a foreign country.
Winter semester of 2010/11: number of students continues to rise
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2011-09-12Never have so many students been enrolled at German institutions of higher education as in the winter semester of 2010/11. According to results provided by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), some 2,218,000 students were enrolled at a German institution of higher education. Compared with the winter semester of 2009/10, their number rose by 96,400 students (+4.5 %). The trend towards better qualification thus continues: since the winter semester of 2008/09 there have been growth rates of student numbers amounting to more than 4 % each.
Retail salesperson was the most frequent training occupation in 2010
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2011-08-26A total of 559,032 young people concluded new apprenticeship contracts in 2010. That was 0.4% less than a year earlier. As further reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis ), trained retail salespersons (33,345 new apprenticeship contracts) came first again in the ranking of vocational training occupations, followed by shop assistants, office administrators, automotive mechanics, and industrial clerks.
Statistics on training assistance: 916,000 recipients in Germany in 2010
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2011-07-19In 2010, about 916,000 people received training assistance according to the Federal Training Assistance Act (BAföG (Bundesausbildungsförderungsgesetz)) in Germany. As also reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), that was an increase in the number of recipients of training assistance of 43,000 or 5% on 2009. Recipients included just under 324,000 pupils and 592,000 students. While the number of supported pupils remained almost unchanged (+0.4%), markedly more students than in the previous year received training assistance (+7.6%).
Upgrading training assistance in 2010: assistance continues to increase
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2011-07-12The number of people receiving upgrading training assistance rose 5.6% last year. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), about 166,000 people received assistance under the Upgrading Training Assistance Act in Germany in 2010. This was the third consecutive annual increase in the number of recipients and, consequently, in the financial volume of the assistance granted.
2010: 8% more academic staff at institutions of higher education
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2011-07-12According to provisional results, a total of 324,000 people were employed as academic or artistic staff at German institutions of higher education or university clinics at the end of 2010. As also reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), that was an increase of nearly 8% on 2009. Compared with the previous year, the number of academic or artistic staff who performed a primary job in that area increased by just under 6% to 210,300, while the number of people who performed a secondary job was up 11% to 113,600.
Institutions of higher education spending just under Euro 39 billion in 2009
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2011-07-01In 2009, German public and private institutions of higher education spent Euro 38.9 billion on teaching, research and health treatment (2008: Euro 36.3 billion). As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), that was 6.9% more than in 2008.
Number of habilitations returning to downward trend in 2010
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2011-06-29A total of 1,755 scientists completed their post-doctoral lecturing qualification (habilitation) at universities in Germany in 2010. As further reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of habilitations was down 4% on the previous year. Compared with the all-time high in 2002, the number decreased even by 24% .
Approximately EUR 224 billion spent on education, research, development and science in 2009
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2011-06-16According to preliminary results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), Germany spent EUR 224.0 billion on education, research and science in 2009 (in 2008: 214.2 billion). The share of those expenses in gross domestic product was 9.3% in 2009. In 2008, the relevant share amounted to 8.6% (EUR 214.2 billion).
95% of medical students complete studies successfully
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2011-06-16By exam year 2009, nearly 95% of the medical students who had taken up their studies in 2000 had completed their courses successfully. As the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) further reports, a large number of students successfully completed their courses of study also in the following areas: veterinary medicine – pass rate 89%, art – pass rate 87% and sport – pass rate 82%. Courses of study in these areas have severe admission restrictions in common such as limits on enrolment (numerus clausus) or tests for the highly gifted.
Growing number of senior citizens pursuing non-degree studies
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2011-05-1738,600 non-degree students attended lectures at German institutions of higher education in the winter semester 2010/2011. As the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports, 49% or 18,800 non-degree students are over sixty years old.
Expenditure on public schools amounting to Euro 5,100 per pupil in 2008
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2011-04-27Expenditure on education in public schools amounted to an average Euro 5,100 per pupil in 2008 (2007: Euro 5,000). As further reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), about Euro 5,600 per capita was spent on pupils at schools of general education in 2008, while the amount spent at vocational schools was Euro 3,500.
Number of new apprenticeship contracts down by 0.6% in 2010
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2011-04-15About 558,100 juveniles in Germany concluded a new apprenticeship contract within the dual system (enterprise/vocational school) in 2010. That decrease of 3,100 or 0.6% on 2009 reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) is based on provisional results.
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2011-03-15According to provisional data, a total of 11.5 million pupils attend schools of general education or vocational schools in Germany in the school year 2010/11. As also reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of pupils thus declined by 1.6% compared with the school year 2009/10.
About 8% more first-year students of engineering sciences in 2010
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2011-03-14In the academic year of 2010 (summer term of 2010 and winter term of 2010/11) 93,200 new entrants enrolled for engineering sciences – that is an increase of 8.2% compared with the preceding year. As the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) further reports on the basis of provisional results, a total of 443,000 persons commenced their academic studies in 2010. Thus the number of students enrolling for the first time was up by some 18,800 (+4.4%) against the academic year of 2009.
Qualification programmes for integration into training: 7% less beginners in 2010
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2011-03-09In 2010, about 323,700 people started a qualification programme for integration into vocational training in the transition area. As further reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on the basis of first provisional data, the number was thus down 7.0% from the previous year.
Number of persons qualified to enter higher education up 1.6% in 2010
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2011-03-02Approximately 456,600 pupils achieved the qualification to enter a university or university of applied sciences in Germany in 2010. As the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) further reports on the basis of provisional results, this was an increase of 1.6% compared with one year earlier.
Expenditure for non-university research up 6.3% in 2009
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2011-02-17The non-university research institutions in Germany spent a total of Euro 9.9 billion on research and development in 2009. As further reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis ), this was an increase of 6.3% on 2008. In 2009, 86,600 people worked in these research and development institutions (full-time equivalents), 4.3% more than a year earlier.
Public expenditure on culture estimated at Euro 9.6 billion in 2010
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2010-12-15According to provisional data, the Federation, Länder and municipalities have estimated their expenditure on culture to be Euro 9.6 billion in 2010. This is an increase of 4.1% on 2009. In 2007, the latest year for which final results are available from finance statistics, Euro 8.5 billion were spent on culture. This result was published today in the Cultural Finance Report 2010 of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).
Over Euro 100 billion budgeted for public educational expenditure in 2010
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2010-12-01The Federation, Länder and municipalities have budgeted Euro 102.8 billion for educational expenditure in 2010, which is 4.5% more than in financial year 2009. In 2007, which is the latest year for which final data from public finance statistics are available, the Federation, Länder and municipalities spent a total Euro 92.4 billion on education. Of that total amount, the Federation accounted for Euro 7.2 billion, the Länder for Euro 66.1 billion, and the municipalities for Euro 19.1 billion. This result was published today by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) in the Bildungsfinanzbericht 2010 (Report on Education Finance).
About 4% more first semester students in academic year 2010
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2010-11-24According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), about 442,600 first semester students took up studies at institutions of higher education in Germany in academic year 2010 (summer semester 2010 and winter semester 2010/2011). Compared with 2009 the number of first semester students rose by over 4%. Just under half of them (220,200) were female.
2008: For the first time more than 100,000 German students abroad
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2010-11-17As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), some 103,000 German students were enrolled at foreign institutions of higher education in 2008, which was an increase of 13% or 11,700 students compared with 2007. One of the main reasons was a large increase in the number of German students in Austria, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
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2010-11-12As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), 716,900 children started school in Germany at the beginning of the current school year 2010/11. That was a decrease by 1.3% on the previous year. While the number of school beginners in the new Länder including Berlin was up 2.0%, it declined 2.0% in the former territory of the Federal Republic. The largest increase was recorded for Sachsen (+4.8%), the largest decrease for Bayern (–4.3%).
Trend towards higher qualification in education continues
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2010-11-11As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the trend towards forms of education which provide higher qualification for juveniles and young adults observed in recent years continued in 2009: while the number of persons who take up vocational training or begin qualifying programmes in the transition phase tends to decline since 2005, the number of new entrants increases in courses of education leading to a university entrance qualification, and the number of first semester students is on the rise.
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2010-10-14As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), a total of 338,700 students passed successfully the examination at an institution of higher education in examination year 2009 (winter semester 2008/2009 and summer semester 2009). About 72,000 of those students earned a bachelor degree, which was a share of more than 21%. In 2007, not more than approximately 8% of all final examinations passed were bachelor examinations, in 2008 their proportion amounted to just under 13%.
Proportion of foreign students at colleges of art amounting to 28%
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2010-09-28As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), 32,200 students were registered at German colleges of art in the winter semester 2009/2010. The groups of students from South Korea (1,900), China (730) and Japan (660) were the largest among the total of 9,000 foreign students at the colleges of art. While the proportion of foreign students at the colleges of art was 28%, it amounted to 12% among students as a whole.
Just under Euro 221,000 of third-party funds per university professor in 2008
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2010-09-24As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the German institutions of higher education received third-party funds amounting to Euro 4.9 billion from private and public institutions in 2008. As in 2007, university professors received the largest third-party funds in 2008 (an average Euro 220,700; +14.2% on 2007).
Retail salesperson was the most frequent training occupation in 2009
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2010-09-15As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), a total of about 561,000 young people concluded new apprenticeship contracts in 2009, which was a decrease of 7.6% on 2008. In the ranking of vocational training occupations, trained retail salespersons came first again with 33,000 new apprenticeship contracts, followed by shop assistants, office administrators, automotive mechanics and industrial clerks. These occupations have been in the top tier for the last five years. The ten most frequent occupations account for about a third of the newly concluded contracts.
Educational level of the population continues to increase
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2010-09-08As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the share of the population aged 25 to 64 years with at least one qualification obtained in secondary level II (higher education entrance qualification, apprenticeship qualification, vocational school qualification, academic degree) has continually increased since 2004 in nearly all Länder. In 2008, as in the previous years, it was markedly above the OECD average of 72% in all Länder (Germany: 85%). With shares of 92% and more, the new Länder achieved international top levels again.
Upgrading training assistance in 2009: New increase in the number of recipients in Germany
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2010-07-21As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of persons receiving upgrading training assistance rose by 12.9% last year. In 2009, about 158,000 persons received assistance under the Upgrading Training Assistance Act in Germany. This was the second consecutive yearly increase in the number of recipients and, consequently, in the financial volume of assistance granted. 31% of the recipients were women. Their number rose by 12.7% to about 49,000 compared with 2008. The number of male recipients climbed by 13.1% to 109,000 in 2009 from a year earlier. The total amount of assistance granted was about Euro 456 million, 19% more than in 2008.
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2010-07-14As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), about 873,000 persons in Germany received training assistance according to the Federal Training Assistance Act (BAföG (Bundesausbildungsförderungsgesetz)) in 2009. That was 51,000 or 6% more than in the previous year. Recipients included just under 323,000 pupils and 550,000 students. While the number of supported pupils was up by 3.5%, markedly more students than in the previous year received training assistance (+7.8%).
Share of women among professors further increasing to more than 18%
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2010-07-06According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), 39,800 professors taught and researched at German institutions of higher education at the end of 2009. This was an increase of about 1,200 on a year earlier. The total number of professors increased only slightly (+5%) over a period of ten years. However, the proportion of female professors rose continuously in the same period. It increased from 10% in 1999 to over 18% in 2009. The number of female professors nearly doubled over that period. Amounting to about 7,300, it reached a new peak in 2009.
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2010-06-21As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), a total of 1,820 scientists completed their post-doctoral lecturing qualification (habilitation) at universities in Germany in 2009.
Approximately Euro 215 billion spent on education, research, development and science in 2008
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2010-05-28According to preliminary results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), Germany spent Euro 215.3 billion on education, research and science in 2008 (in 2007: 204.1 billion). The share of those expenses in gross domestic product was 8.6% in 2008. In 2007, the relevant share amounted to 8.4% (Euro 204.1 billion).
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2010-05-25As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), nearly 73% of all students who had started their first-degree studies in 1999 passed their final exams by the 2008 year of examination. This also means, however, that more than a quarter (27%) terminated their studies without a degree. The passing rate calculated for universities is 68%, while that for universities of applied sciences is 80%.
Nearly 14% more visiting students at German institutions of higher education
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2010-05-20As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), 41,900 persons were registered as visiting students at German institutions of higher education in the winter semester of 2009/2010. This was an increase of 13.6% from a year earlier and close to the record level achieved in the winter semester 2003/2004, when 44,800 visiting students were counted. According to provisional results, a total of 2.1 million students were enrolled at German institutions of higher education in the winter semester of 2009/2010. Visiting students accounted for just 2.0% of that total.
Institutions of higher education spent Euro 36 billion in 2008
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2010-04-30As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), German public and private institutions of higher education spent Euro 36.3 billion on teaching, research and health treatment in 2008 (2007: Euro 33.5 billion). This was an increase of 8.6% on the previous year.
Number of new apprenticeship contracts down by 7.6% in 2009
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2010-04-21As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on the basis of provisional results, about 561,300 juveniles in Germany concluded a new apprenticeship contract within the dual system (enterprise/vocational school) in 2009. That was a decrease of 46,300 or 7.6% on 2008. The decline in new contracts concluded was above average in the new Länder (including Berlin ). There the number of new contracts was down by 13.0% (–14,700) on the previous year. In the former territory of the Federal Republic, the number of new contracts concluded decreased by 6.4% (–31,600). Possible reasons for that decline are the smaller number of apprenticeship places offered as a result of the economic crisis, the demographic development in the new Länder regarding the age group that is typical of the dual system, as well as a growing trend towards higher education among school-leavers with higher education entrance qualification.
Expenditure for non-university research amounting to Euro 9.3 billion in 2008
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2010-04-20As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the non-university research institutions in Germany spent Euro 9.3 billion on research and development in 2008, which was 9.4% more than in 2007.
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2010-03-16According to provisional data, a total of 11.7 million pupils attended schools of general education or vocational schools in Germany in the school year 2009/10. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), 8.9 million of them attended schools of general education, while the number of pupils attending vocational schools amounted to 2.8 million. Compared to the previous school year, the number of pupils thus declined 1.3% at both general and vocational schools.
4.5% of the students at private institutions of higher education
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2010-03-15Although the share of students at private institutions of higher education in all students is at a relatively low level in Germany today, it has markedly increased in the last few years. According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis ), 96,100 of the total of 2,119,500 students in Germany were enrolled at an officially recognised private institution of higher education in winter semester 2009/10. That is a share of 4.5% of all students. In winter semester 2000/01 the share was 1.4%.
Number of persons qualified to enter higher education rose by 1.2% in 2009
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2010-03-03As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on the basis of provisional results, approximately 447,200 pupils achieved the qualification to enter a university or university of applied sciences in Germany in 2009. This was an increase of 1.2% (+5,200) from a year earlier.
Women seize career opportunities at institutions of higher education
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2009-12-09The share of women among professors at German institutions of higher education rose from 11% in 2000 to 17% in 2008. In this context, Peter Weigl, Vice-President of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), explained at a press conference on Hochschulstandort Deutschland 2009 (Germany – a location of universities, 2009) held in Berlin today: “If we compare the structures of 2008 with the structures of 2000, the share of women has markedly increased at the higher levels of the academic career. However, there is one thing that still applies: The higher the position on the academic career ladder, the fewer women work in that area.”
Some EUR 100 billion budgeted for public educational expenditure in 2009
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2009-12-09The Federation, Länder and municipalities have budgeted EUR 97.9 billion for educational expenditure in 2009, which is 4% more than planned in 2008. Besides, the Federation, Länder and municipalities will provide a total of EUR 8.7 billion of additional funding for the education sector in the years 2009 to 2011 under the Future Investment Act. This result was published today by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) in the Bildungsfinanzbericht2009 (Report on Education Finance). In 2006, the most recent year for which final results of public finance statistics are available, the Federation, Länder and municipalities spent a total of EUR 89.2 billion on education.
7% more first semester students in academic year 2009
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2009-11-25According to first provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), about 423,400 first semester students took up studies at institutions of higher education in Germany in academic year 2009 (summer semester 2009 and winter semester 2009/2010), including 210,800 women (50%). Compared with 2008, the total number of first semester students was up by just under 7%. The number of first semester students enrolling at universities increased by 5% on the previous year, those at universities of applied sciences by 9%.
