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Marc Hüsch
14. February 2025
Analysis of the age structure: More than 40 per cent of university professors in Germany will probably need to be replaced by 2033
The retirement of the baby boomers from the 1960s also affects universities. From 2029 until 2033, at least 2,000 professors in Germany...
Gero Federkeil
11. February 2025
Launch of the EHESO – European Higher Education Sector Observatory Scoreboard
In January the first tool of the European Higher Education Sector Observatory (EHESO) was launched: The European Higher Education Sectors Scoreboard (EHESS)....
Marc Hüsch
10. February 2025
Distance learning: increasingly popular in Germany despite high study costs
More than a quarter of a million people in Germany are currently enrolled in distance learning programmes, most of them at private...
Cort-Denis Hachmeister
9. January 2025
Private universities remain popular in Germany
Around one in eight students in Germany was enrolled at a private university in the winter semester 2023/24. The private IU International...
Melanie Rischke
18. December 2024
European standards for excellent research management: RM Framework launched with German participation of CHE and ZWM
The EU-funded RM Framework project starts in February 2025. The abbreviation RM stands for research management. Participating project partners from Germany are...
Isabel Roessler
13. December 2024
New perspectives in research assessment: good practice from Italy and Spain
The current issue of ‘DUZ Spotlight – Good Practice International’ focuses on the discussion of a reform of research assessment. Until now,...
Cort-Denis Hachmeister
6. June 2025
Kick-off for the CHE Ranking 2026
The surveys for the CHE Ranking 2026, which this time includes around 4,000 degree programmes in law, economics and social sciences, will...
Sonja Berghoff
8. May 2025
HeyStudium and ZEIT Studienführer 2025/26: High practical relevance of studies at universities of applied sciences
HeyStudium, DIE ZEIT’s portal for student orientation, publishes the latest results of the CHE University Ranking for six subject groups, including ‘Health,...
Isabel Roessler
28. April 2025
Women head more than a third of state universities in Germany
Between 2021 and 2024, the proportion of female university managers in Germany rose from 25 to 35 per cent. The average age...
Cort-Denis Hachmeister
23. April 2025
Distribution of research funds in Germany: Only ten per cent of all third-party funding goes to universities of applied sciences
Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS) in Germany have increased their commitment to research in recent years. However, they are clearly lagging behind...
Frank Ziegele
27. March 2025
Two new members of the CHE Advisory Board: Hannes Ametsreiter and Iris Kimizoglu
At the start of 2025, the CHE Centre for Higher Education welcomed two new members to its Advisory Board: Dr. Hannes Ametsreiter,...
Cort-Denis Hachmeister
6. March 2025
Veterinary medicine has the highest proportion of female students of all fields of study in Germany
Since the winter semester 2021/22, there have been more female students than male students at German universities. Economics and social sciences are...
Marc Hüsch
14. February 2025
Analysis of the age structure: More than 40 per cent of university professors in Germany will probably need to be replaced by 2033
The retirement of the baby boomers from the 1960s also affects universities. From 2029 until 2033, at least 2,000 professors in Germany...
Gero Federkeil
11. February 2025
Launch of the EHESO – European Higher Education Sector Observatory Scoreboard
In January the first tool of the European Higher Education Sector Observatory (EHESO) was launched: The European Higher Education Sectors Scoreboard (EHESS)....
Marc Hüsch
10. February 2025
Distance learning: increasingly popular in Germany despite high study costs
More than a quarter of a million people in Germany are currently enrolled in distance learning programmes, most of them at private...
Cort-Denis Hachmeister
9. January 2025
Private universities remain popular in Germany
Around one in eight students in Germany was enrolled at a private university in the winter semester 2023/24. The private IU International...
Melanie Rischke
18. December 2024
European standards for excellent research management: RM Framework launched with German participation of CHE and ZWM
The EU-funded RM Framework project starts in February 2025. The abbreviation RM stands for research management. Participating project partners from Germany are...
Isabel Roessler
13. December 2024
New perspectives in research assessment: good practice from Italy and Spain
The current issue of ‘DUZ Spotlight – Good Practice International’ focuses on the discussion of a reform of research assessment. Until now,...
Cort-Denis Hachmeister
6. June 2025
Kick-off for the CHE Ranking 2026
The surveys for the CHE Ranking 2026, which this time includes around 4,000 degree programmes in law, economics and social sciences, will...
Sonja Berghoff
8. May 2025
HeyStudium and ZEIT Studienführer 2025/26: High practical relevance of studies at universities of applied sciences
HeyStudium, DIE ZEIT’s portal for student orientation, publishes the latest results of the CHE University Ranking for six subject groups, including ‘Health,...
Isabel Roessler
28. April 2025
Women head more than a third of state universities in Germany
Between 2021 and 2024, the proportion of female university managers in Germany rose from 25 to 35 per cent. The average age...
Cort-Denis Hachmeister
23. April 2025
Distribution of research funds in Germany: Only ten per cent of all third-party funding goes to universities of applied sciences
Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS) in Germany have increased their commitment to research in recent years. However, they are clearly lagging behind...
Frank Ziegele
27. March 2025
Two new members of the CHE Advisory Board: Hannes Ametsreiter and Iris Kimizoglu
At the start of 2025, the CHE Centre for Higher Education welcomed two new members to its Advisory Board: Dr. Hannes Ametsreiter,...
Cort-Denis Hachmeister
6. March 2025
Veterinary medicine has the highest proportion of female students of all fields of study in Germany
Since the winter semester 2021/22, there have been more female students than male students at German universities. Economics and social sciences are...
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