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Date: March 24, 2025 Expenditure per pupil in public general and vocational schools
Tables on the subject: Expenditure per pupil in public general and vocational schools
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Date: November 26, 2024 Students at private institutions of higher education
Tables on the subject: This table contains data on students at private institutions of higher education in the winter semesters from 2020/2021 to 2022/2023, by type of higher education institution.
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Date: November 26, 2024 Private institutions of higher education
Tables on the subject: This table contains data on the number of private institutions of higher education in the winter semesters from 2021/2022 to 2023/2024, by type of private higher education institution.
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Date: September 16, 2024 Doctoral examinations passed
This table contains data on doctoral examinations passed at higher education institutions in the examination years from 2021 to 2023, broken down by Land, women, foreigners and average age.
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Date: September 16, 2024 Examinations passed by length of study
This table contains data on examinations passed for first or further degrees in the examination years from 2021 to 2023, by grouped final examinations and overall length of study.
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Date: August 9, 2024 Students enrolled in STEM courses
This table contains data on students enrolled in selected subject groups in the winter semesters from 2021/2022 to 2023/2024, by area of study
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Date: August 17, 2023 State archives of the Federation and the Länder
Tables on the subject: State archives of the Federation and the Länder 2023
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Press release No. 194 of 17 May 2023 Number of Germany Scholarships up 5% in 2022
In 2022, 30,500 students received a Germany Scholarship in accordance with the Scholarship Programme Act. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the number of scholarship holders rose by 5% compared with 2021. Measured against the …
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Press release No. 181 of 11 May 2023 Study pathway 2022: transition rate to master’s degree course unchanged at 45%
45% of the 251,200 bachelor’s graduates from German higher education institutions who earned their degree in the 2020 examination year (2019/2020 winter semester and 2020 summer semester) had started a master’s programme in Germany by the 2021/2022 …
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Press release No. 161 of 21 April 2023 Approximately 351 billion euros for education, science and research in 2021
According to provisional calculations, public budgets and the private sector spent a total of 351.3 billion euros on education, science and research in Germany in 2021. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was an increase of …
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Press release No. 144 of 12 April 2023 Vocational training in the dual system: number of new apprenticeship contracts slightly up in 2022
468,900 people in Germany concluded a new apprenticeship contract within the dual system (enterprise/vocational school) in 2022. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was an increase of 0.6% compared with the previous year …
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Press release No. 134 of 4 April 2023 Fewer new apprenticeship contracts in long-term care in 2022
A total of 146,500 apprentices were training to become generalist nurses at the end of 2022, according to first provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). 52,300 of these apprentices had signed their apprenticeship contract in …
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Press release No. 126 of 30 March 2023 Higher education expenditure up by 4% to 67 billion euros in 2021
In 2021, public, church and private institutions of higher education in Germany spent a total of 67.2 billion euros on teaching, research and health treatment. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that expenditure rose by roughly 4% …
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Press release No. N 020 of 23 March 2023 Short-distance transport: Proportion of the 55 plus age group among bus and tram drivers above average
Smoothly running short-distance transport is crucial for the envisaged transformation of mobility. This requires bus and tram drivers especially for the introduction of the Germany ticket in public short-distance passenger transport. However, many of …
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Press release No. 112 of 20 March 2023 Higher number of new participants in qualifying programmes between school and apprenticeship in 2022 for the first time since 2016
In 2022, roughly 239,000 young people started a qualifying programme of the transition sector between school and apprenticeship in Germany. The aim is to acquire basic vocational knowledge or to obtain a secondary general or intermediate school …
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Press release No. 105 of 15 March 2023
Number of pupils up 1.9% in 2022/2023
Roughly 11.1 million pupils are receiving education in schools of general education and vocational schools, and in schools for nurses, midwives, etc. in Germany in school year 2022/2023, according to provisional results. The Federal Statistical …
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Press release No. N 016 of 13 March 2023 Food and beverage services: number of employees still considerably lower in 2022 than before the Covid-19 crisis
The food and beverage services sector lost many of their staff in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The number of employees increased in 2022 but was still markedly lower than in the pre-Covid year of 2019. Last year, 12.5% more people were employed …
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Press release No. 097 of 10 March 2023 Academic year 2022: 10% more foreign first semester students
A total of 474,900 new entrants enrolled at institutions of higher education in Germany in the academic year of 2022 (summer semester 2022 and winter semester 2022/2023). Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also …
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Press release No. 089 of 8 March 2023 Research and development expenditure at new record high in 2021
Research and development expenditure reached a new all-time high in Germany in 2021. They rose by 5.6% to 112.6 billion euros compared with the previous year, as is reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on the basis of provisional …
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Press release No. 082 of 3 March 2023 Per-pupil expenditure on education in public schools at 9,200 euros in 2021
The amount spent per pupil on education in public schools from the public budgets averaged 9,200 euros in 2021. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of 500 euros, or 5%, …
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Press release No. 074 of 27 February 2023 Number of persons qualified to enter higher education down 2.1% in 2022
In 2022, roughly 385,000 pupils in Germany attained the qualification to enter a university or university of applied sciences. Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was a 2.1% decrease in the …
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Press release No. N 008 of 13 February 2023 Part-time employment rate among teachers just under 41% in school year 2021/2022
In the context of the increasing demand for school teachers, an aspect often discussed is the extent of employment of teachers. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that roughly 709,000 teachers worked at schools of general education in …
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Press release No. 045 of 3 February 2023 Number of German students abroad down 3.3% in Covid year 2020
In 2020, 133,400 German students were studying at institutions of higher education abroad. That was a decrease of 4,500, or 3.3%, compared with a year earlier, according to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). The decline on 2019 was altogether …
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Press release No. N 005 of 30 January 2023 School year 2021/2022: number of repeaters up again
After rules regarding the promotion to the next grade had been modified in the first school year following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of children and young people repeating a grade rose significantly again in school year …
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Press release No. N004 of 23 January 2023 6.5% fewer students starting a STEM course in the academic year of 2021
Discussions about the shortage of skilled labour often focus on the STEM occupations, as they are called. Experts in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics are needed urgently. However, the number of students starting a course …
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Press release No. 559 of 22 December 2022 Women holding 27% of university professorships (main job) in 2021
An academic career begins with higher education and can lead to a professorship at a university. As primary occupation, just over one in four professorships (27%) were held by women at universities in Germany in 2021 (2020: 26%), according to the …
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Press release No. 540 of 15 December 2022 Visits to cinemas and theatres down by two thirds in the Covid year of 2020
The number of visits to cultural institutions in Germany in part fell dramatically in the Covid year of 2020 due to pandemic-related closures and restricted access regulations. Compared with 2019, visits to German cinemas fell by more than two thirds …
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Date: December 15, 2022 Museums and number of visits
Tables on the subject: Museums and number of visits by type of museum and supporting institution, 2021 and 2022
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Press release No. 531 of 13 December 2022 Public expenditure on culture up by almost 16% in 2020
The Federation, Länder and municipalities spent a total of 14.5 billion euros on culture in the Covid-19 year of 2020. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was an increase of almost 16%, or 2.0 billion euros, compared with the …
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Press release No. 520 of 8 December 2022 Public education expenditure up 3.3% in 2021
The education expenditure of the Federation, Länder and municipalities increased to 169.3 billion euros in 2021. That was an increase of roughly 5.3 billion euros, or 3.3%, compared with 2020. Schools received 82.8 billion euros, which was just under …
