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Wissenschaft Weltoffen Kompakt 2017 pdf-version with optional data-download for all figures: www.wissenschaft-weltoffen.de Wissenschaft weltoffen kompakt 2017 Facts and Figures on the International Nature of Study and Research in Germany Deutsches Zentrum für Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschul- und WissenschaftsforschungHochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung foreign students in germany Foreign students at German higher education institutions fall into two distinct groups: Bildungsinlaender and Bildungsauslaender. Bildungsinlaender are students of other nationalities who have ob- tained their higher education entrance qualification in Germany, while Bildungsauslaender are students of other nationalities who have obtained their higher education entrance qualification out- side Germany. Bildungsinlaender have usually lived in Germany for a long period and attended a German school before going to uni- versity here, whereas Bildungsauslaender usually come to Germa- The central data basis on foreign students in Germany is the Fe- ny primarily in order to study here. deral Statistical Office’s statistics on students and examinations. These data are collected by higher education institutions in accor- dance with statutory provisions, examined by the statistical offices of the federal states and passed on to the Federal Statistical Office. 500000 450000 400000 350000 300000 1 | Foreign students, Bildungsauslaender and Bildungsinlaender since 2009 2 | German and foreign students by type of higher education institution 2016, 250000 number and in % of all students at German higher education institutions 200000 All Higher Universities of 350,000 350000 Foreign students Education Universities Applied Sciences 150000 340,305 Institutions (UAS) 300000 300,000 100000 Students Number in % Number in % Number in % 250000 250,000 Bildungsauslaender 50000 251,542 German students 2,417,494 87.7 1,552,163 86.6 865,331 89.6 0 200000 200,000 150000 150,000 Foreign students 340,305 12.3 239,825 13.4 100,480 10.4 2000 0 100,000 100000 Bildungsinlaender Bildungsauslaender 251,542 9.1 188,101 10.5 63,441 6.6 88,763 50,000 50000 Bildungsinlaender 88,763 3.2 51,724 2.9 37,039 3.8 0 0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 20142015 2016 Academic year 3 | Bildungsauslaender by type of mobility 2005, 2010, 2015 und 2016, number and in % of all Bildungsauslaender at German higher education institutions 2005 2010 2015 2016 Fig. 1–3 251,542 Source: Federal Statistical Office; DZHW calculation 250000,000000 235,858 208333,333333 186,656 181,249 166666,666667 Deviations from 100 % are due to rounding. 125000,000000 170,208 | 91.2% 161,136 | 88.9% 207,804 | 88.1% 222,940 | 88.6% 83333,333333 The academic year is taken as the basis for determining 41666,666667 0,000000 the number of students. Using this method, students of 16,448 | 8.8% 20,113 | 11.1% 28,054 | 11.9% 28,602 | 11.4% the winter semester 2015/16 are defined as students of the academic year 2016. Studying for a degree in Germany: Yes No X Total foreign students in germany bildungsauslaender in germany 5 | Bildungsauslaender from the top 20 countries of origin 2016, number and 4 | Bildungsauslaender in 2016, by region of origin, in % of all Bildungsauslaender at number and in % of all Bildungsauslaender at German higher education institutions German higher education institutions Western, North and South Europe Eastern Europe, Central Asia Country of origin Number in % 51,381 | 20.4% and South Caucasus China 32,268 12.8 26,384 | 10.5% India 13,537 5.4 Russia 11,413 4.5 Middle and Southeast Europe Austria 10,129 4.0 North America 34,921 | 13.9% Italy 8,047 3.2 6,155 | 2.4% France 7,330 2.9 Cameroon 7,106 2.8 Middle East, Asia, Pacific North Africa 70,748 | 28.1% Ukraine 6,941 2.8 32,669 | 13.0% Turkey 6,930 2.8 Bulgaria 6,840 2.7 Iran 6,449 2.6 Africa, Subsahara Poland 5,994 2.4 13,520 | 5.4% Latin America Spain 5,939 2.4 15,545 | 6.2% USA 5,213 2.1 South Korea 5,140 2.0 Morocco 4,805 1.9 Brazil 4,586 1.8 Indonesia 4,176 1.7 Luxembourg 3,909 1.6 Pakistan 3,836 1.5 Total 251,542 100.0 Total number of Bildungsauslaender at German higher education institutions 251.542 (including 219 students who could not be classified by region) foreign students in germany bildungsauslaender in germany 6 | Bildungsauslaender in 2016, by type of degree and type of higher education institution, Fig. 4–7 number and in % of all Bildungsauslaender at German higher education institutions Source: Federal Statistical Office Deviations from 100 % are due to rounding. Total Universities UAS The academic year is taken as the basis for Number in % Number in % Number in % determining the number of students. Using this method, students of the winter semester Bachelor's degree 90,214 35.9 51,396 27.3 38,818 61.2 2015/16 are defined as students of the academic Master's degree 86,245 34.3 68,326 36.3 17,919 28.2 year 2016. PhD 25,467 10.1 25,453 13.5 14 0.0 1 Other degrees 21,014 8.4 19,341 10.3 1,673 2.6 The presentation of the subject groups follows Not studying for a degree 28,602 11.4 23,585 12.5 5,017 7.9 the new typology of subject groups of the Federal Total 251,542 100.0 188,101 100.0 63,441 100.0 Statistical Office. Therfore, the subject Informatics now belongs to the subject group Engineering and the subjects Educational Sciences and Psychology to the subject group Law, Economics 1 7 | Bildungsauslaender in 2016, by subject group and type of higher education institution, and Social Sciences. number and in % of all Bildungsauslaender at German higher education institutions Total Universities UAS Number in % Number in % Number in % Engineering 90,952 36.2 58,571 31.1 32,381 51.0 Law, Economics and Social Sciences 66,390 26.4 42,614 22.7 23,776 37.5 Humanities 32,308 12.8 31,500 16.7 808 1.3 Mathematics, Natural Sciences 25,770 10.2 24,000 12.8 1,770 2.8 Medicine, Health Sciences 13,865 5.5 12,822 6.8 1,043 1.6 Art, Art History 13,657 5.4 11,551 6.1 2,106 3.3 Agricult., Forestry a. Food sciences, Vet. Medicine 5,765 2.3 4,542 2.4 1,223 1.9 Other 2,835 1.1 2,501 1.3 334 0.5 Total 251,542 100.0 188,101 100.0 63,441 100.0 foreign students in germany bildungsauslaender in the federal states 9 | Incoming Erasmus students by 8 | Bildungsauslaender in 2011 and 2016, by federal state, federal state 2015, number and in % number and in % of all students in the relevant state of all students in the relevant state 2011 2016 Federal state Number in % Federal state Number in % Number in % Changes in the numbers 2011–2016 in % Berlin 2,698 1.6 Berlin 19,124 13.0 25,786 14.7 34.8 Brandenburg 677 1.4 Saxony 9,712 8.8 15,076 13.3 55.2 Saxony 1,435 1.3 Brandenburg 4,758 9.3 6,142 12.4 29.1 Bremen 454 1.3 Saarland 3,063 12.1 3,519 11.4 14.9 Baden-Wuerttemberg 4,023 1.1 Thuringia 3,529 6.6 5,707 11.4 61.7 Bavaria 3,986 1.1 Saxony-Anhalt 4,303 8.0 6,088 11.1 41.5 Thuringia 510 1.0 Bremen 3,685 11.6 3,999 11.0 8.5 Saarland 295 1.0 Baden-Wuerttemberg 26,922 9.3 35,883 10.0 33.3 Rhineland-Palatinate 1,020 0.8 Hesse 17,043 8.7 21,681 8.9 27.2 Hamburg 711 0.7 Bavaria 21,155 7.4 32,688 8.7 54.5 Lower Saxony 1,378 0.7 Hamburg 5,999 7.5 7,972 8.1 32.9 Saxony-Anhalt North Rhine-Westphalia 40,558 7.6 57,379 7.6 41.5 373 0.7 Rhineland-Palatinate 8,554 7.6 9,076 7.5 6.1 Hesse 1,320 0.6 Lower Saxony 11,784 7.9 14,735 7.4 25.0 Mecklenb.-W. Pomerania 214 0.5 Mecklenb.-W. Pomerania 1,886 4.8 2,387 6.2 26.6 North Rhine-Westphalia 3,866 0.5 Schleswig-Holstein 2,885 5.5 3,424 6.0 18.7 Schleswig-Holstein 275 0.5 Total 184,960 8.3 251,542 9.1 36.0 Total 23,235 0.9 foreign students in germany -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 foreign first-year students and graduates 10 | German and foreign first-year students and graduates 2005, 2010 and 2015, number and in % of all first-year students or graduates at German higher education institutions 2005 2010 2015 Fig. 8 Federal Statistical Office; DZHW calculation First-year students Number in % Number in % Number in % 2010 = WS 2010/11; German First-year students 290,192 81.5 364,478 82.0 391,107 77.2 2016 = WS 2015/16. Foreign First-year students 65,769 18.5 80,130 18.0 115,473 22.8 Fig. 9 Bildungsauslaender 55,773 15.7 66,413 14.9 99,087 19.6 Source: DAAD An academic year in the Erasmus+ statistics begins Bildungsinlaender 9,996 2.8 13,717 3.1 16,386 3.2 on June 1st of the prior year and ends on May 31st of Graduates the following year.
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