Press Number of occasional students at institutions of higher education down 29% in 2020

In particular people aged 65 and over do not attend (online) courses and lectures during the pandemic

Press release No. 226 of 12 May 2021

WIESBADEN – In the winter semester of 2020/2021, 26,300 occasional students attended courses and lectures at German institutions of higher education. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was a 29% decline on the winter semester of 2019/2020 (37,240).

Long time series on occasional students are available in Tables 21331-0001 to 21331-0002 in the GENESIS-Online database.

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