Berlin serves as the capital of Germany. - The numbers of incoming first-years are expected to increase gradually until 2035.
The Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (KMK) anticipates that the number of first-year students in Berlin will continuously increase until 2035. The Free State's universities and colleges are predicted to have 30,700 first-year students in 2035, compared to 27,300 in 2023, as announced by the KMK. Private universities are not included in the Free State-level statistics.
Regarding the eastern German states, excluding Berlin, a decrease in first-year students at state-run universities has been observed since 2019. In 2022, there were 45,245 first-year students, while in 2019, there were 53,192. The KMK predicts that the number will fall to 52,300 in 2035. In Berlin, there were a total of 28,326 first-year students in 2019. This number decreased from 2017 to 2020 but has been on the rise again since 2021.
Germany as a whole is projected to see an increase in first-year students from approximately 397,600 in 2023 to 440,700 in 2035, according to the KMK. If private universities are included, the figure will go up from 477,900 to 526,200 within the same time period, as stated in the forecast. This figure is around 7500 more than in the peak year of 2011.
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Source: www.stern.de
