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Business Psychology – a highly popular degree programme with a high proportion of female students, offered by many private providers with very few locations in Eastern Germany

Business Psychology is highly popular among would-be students as an alternative to a traditional psychology degree. The large majority of programmes offered [...]

DAAD presents CHE ranking in a new look

The CHE University Ranking 2020/21 went online again on the DAAD website on 27 July, featuring the latest results for Law and [...]

Winter semester 2020/21: Leipzig and Saarbrücken have the highest proportion of degree programmes with an NC in Germany

Those wanting to start university this winter semester have a good chance of being offered a place. The proportion of degree programmes…

KfW Student Loan: coronavirus crisis aid shown to have shortcomings in CHE Student Loan Test

The number of new student loans taken out in Germany has fallen by almost half in the past five years, despite an [...]

Guest article by Frank Ziegele on the financing of higher education institutions during the coronavirus crisis

Until now, Germany’s higher education institutions (HEIs) have come through the crisis better than their counterparts in other countries. The starting situation [...]

Enhanced access to medical degrees for non-traditional applicants

Around 1,000 medical students in Germany left school without a university entrance qualification (Abitur). The possibility to apply for a place in [...]

No additional committees on externally funded projects required at higher education institutions in North Rhine-Westphalia

At a hearing of the Scientific Committee in the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) on 17 June, the CHE Centre for Higher [...]

International Deans’ Course Southeast Asia 2020 gets underway online

The 14th International Deans’ Course (IDC) got underway, with 30 participants from eight Southeast Asian countries. The two-week advanced training course, run [...]

About 60% of universities reported online learning provisions in their strategic planning pre-COVID-19, but only few appeared to be prepared for a quick shift to full online programmes

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed millions of learners, teachers and researchers to new realities, new ways of learning and teaching, examination, communicating [...]

CHE University Ranking 2020: students praise broad perspective and strong practical emphasis of combined business subjects

The latest results of the University Ranking conducted by the Centre for Higher Education (CHE) were published today by DIE ZEIT in [...]

CHECK on transfer facilities at German higher education institutions

Virtually all higher education institutions (HEIs) transfer research findings, patents or stimuli to the economy or society. This now often takes place [...]

Alternatives to Abitur examination grades? An overview of aptitude tests at German higher education institutions

The topic of aptitude tests at higher education institutions is being discussed, not only in view of the possibility of Abitur examinations [...]