Higher Education System
Project: WISIH – social innovations from higher education institutions
WISIH stands for “Paths and indicators of social innovations for higher education institutions”. In the field of Nursing Science and in Occupational, Organisational and Business Psychology, examples of social innovation are collected; paths and indicators are identified; and an indicator model based on the findings is tested in practice.Go to download
Interview: “I generally consider universities of applied sciences to be a success story.”
Germany’s first universities of applied sciences were established in 1969. In its “Campus und Karriere” (Campus and Careers) programme, the broadcaster Deutschlandfunk discussed the role and the future of this type of university with experts. Among the guest speakers were Muriel Helbig (President of TH Lübeck), Karim Khakzar (Fulda University of Applied Sciences) and CHE Executive Director Frank Ziegele. Discussion on the topic of “Celebrating 50 years of universities of applied sciences”, held on 5 January 2019 Go to programme
Women currently account for 21 per cent of all IT students at German higher education institutions. A survey of computer science students conducted by the CHE Centre for Higher Education investigates the reasons for this disparity, and ways to counteract it. Go to download
Find out more in our video: Women in IT – Three fields of action for getting female students interested in IT degree programmes.
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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,...
Sonja Berghoff
11. December 2024
CHE Master’s Ranking 2024/25: Computer Science students are satisfied, but study longer
The new Master’s ranking of the CHE Centre for Higher Education is now available. The latest survey shows a high level of...
Cort-Denis Hachmeister
5. November 2024
23,000 degree programmes in Germany: Record level despite declining student numbers
The number of study opportunities at German universities has never been as large as this year. Around 500 additional programs are added...
Saskia Ulrich
1. November 2024
Potential of transdisciplinary research at universities of applied sciences
The research project ‘TDR4HAW: Transdisciplinary Research at Universities of Applied Sciences – Status quo and potential of a sleeping giant’ was launched...
Marc Hüsch
18. October 2024
CHE Ranking 2025: Student survey begins
Over the next few months, students once again have the opportunity to assess their study conditions as part of the student survey...
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,...
Sonja Berghoff
11. December 2024
CHE Master’s Ranking 2024/25: Computer Science students are satisfied, but study longer
The new Master’s ranking of the CHE Centre for Higher Education is now available. The latest survey shows a high level of...
Cort-Denis Hachmeister
5. November 2024
23,000 degree programmes in Germany: Record level despite declining student numbers
The number of study opportunities at German universities has never been as large as this year. Around 500 additional programs are added...
Saskia Ulrich
1. November 2024
Potential of transdisciplinary research at universities of applied sciences
The research project ‘TDR4HAW: Transdisciplinary Research at Universities of Applied Sciences – Status quo and potential of a sleeping giant’ was launched...
Marc Hüsch
18. October 2024
CHE Ranking 2025: Student survey begins
Over the next few months, students once again have the opportunity to assess their study conditions as part of the student survey...
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...