A Tsunami of Students Hits German Universities

A Tsunami of Students Hits German Universities PR Newswire STUTTGART, Germany, October 31, 2012 STUTTGART, Germany, October 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- More and more students enroll at German universities, one record year followed by another record year. This was foreseen for eight years and there was certainly some preparations made, but were these sufficient? The facts for German students In 2012 Baden-Württemberg, Berlin, Brandenburg and Bremen were stormed by double school graduation classes at the universities. A portion of high school graduates were at school for nine years, while another portion eight. The elimination of the military or civilian service was the result of 50,000 additional students flocking to the universities. The problem has escalated because more and more high school graduates have chosen to study. We do not wish to perceive this as a problem, because as we know, in the coming years, we need more and more well-educated and scientific workers. More than 500,000 students have enrolled as freshman at German universities and about 2.3 million students from all departments at universities have enrolled for study, which is around 25% more than 10 years ago, as per statistics of the study prepared by MAWISTA. Most popular are still the degree programs: Business Administration, German Studies, Engineering, Medicine, Computer Science and Law.