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The German secondary education is then partitioned into five subtypes of schools: Gymnasium, Realschule, Hauptschule, Gesamtschule and Sonderschule. One, the Gymnasium, is designed to prepare pupils for higher education and finishes with the final examination, Abitur, after grade 12 or 13.
University of Halle-Wittenberg (also in Wittenberg) University of Hamburg. HafenCity University Hamburg. Hamburg University of Technology. Helmut Schmidt University (University of the Bundeswehr, Hamburg) Hertie School of Governance (private institution with university status, awards PhD) Leibniz University Hannover.
The CHE University Ranking ( German: CHE Hochschulranking) is an annual ranking of German universities and colleges. It is a subject‐specific, multidimensional system aimed at providing information for students, with its main emphasis on teaching, rather than research. [ 1 ] Introduced in 1998 and published by the Centre for Higher Education ...
Growth and reform gave way to rationalizing and “improving” the effectiveness of higher education institutions. The “fat 70s” were followed by the “lean 80s” and the still “meager 90s.”. Political actors waited for better times to follow the anticipated decline in social demand in the early 1990s.
The impact of German unification on East German higher education is described as consisting of five basic measures: (a) de-politicisation; (b) reorganisation and evaluation of extra-university research; (c) establishment of universities of applied sciences; (d) restructuring of disciplines; (e) renewal of academic staff.
The Humboldtian model of higher education (German: Humboldtsches Bildungsideal, literally: Humboldtian education ideal) or just Humboldt's Ideal is a concept of academic education that emerged in the early 19th century and whose core idea is a holistic combination of research and studies. Sometimes called simply the Humboldtian model, it ...
Entrance/exit criteria: Students must pass the Abitur, the general higher education entrance qualification for university entrance. Through certain courses of vocational education at the upper secondary level, students may pass the Fachabitur and obtain a qualification entitling the holder to study at a Fachhochschule .
German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW) Abstract In recent years, the number of new asylum applications in Germany has risen with a peak in 2015.