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Another third of the university compartments with access restrictions
More selection, fewer hurdles: Only 32.5 percent of the courses in Germany have access restrictions. However, applicants have to look exactly at site.
The proportion of subjects with access restrictions decreases in Germany. If you want to register at a university or university in the 2025/2026 winter semester, around a third of the offers (32.5 percent) with a numerus clausus (NC) or an aptitude test. This resulted in an analysis of the Center for Higher Education (CHE). In the comparison period 2024/2025, the quota was 2.7 percentage point higher. The quota was 42 percent ten years ago.
“Most students in Germany can now also study the subject of their choice at their desired university,” explains Che expert Cort-Denis Hachmeister according to the message. Even in the case of subject -limited subjects such as medicine or pharmacy nationwide, the relationship between applicants and applicants to study places in favor of the students.
According to Che, this is due to the decline in the first semester figures and the increase in the courses. Around 800,000 students start a basic or further study every year. You can choose from more than 22,000 offers.
Leaders Berlin and Baden-Württemberg
Depending on the region and the city, there are big differences: In Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, more than half of the offers are limited in the coming winter semester with 54.4 and 50.2 percent. The previous leader Hamburg (49.2) has significantly expanded the proportion of access -free offers. The fewest restrictions are on average in Thuringia (18.0), Rhineland-Palatinate (17.7) and Brandenburg (17.4).
Different odds depending on the subject
But not only the place of study plays a role, but also the subject and the type of university. In the engineering sciences, more than three quarters of the offers are open to the first -time semesters regardless of their high school grades. In contrast, almost 40 percent of the courses have an access restriction in the case of legal. Bachelor’s degree programs at the start of the course have a lower quota with 30.6 percent than master’s programs (33.8 percent).
The basis of the analysis is information from the universities. If study offers are not admitted free of charge, neither a maximum number of beginners is determined and controlled via the Abitur grade (Numerus Clausus), nor is an aptitude test. Anyone who fulfills the access requirement such as Abitur or Bachelor’s degree can register directly.
The CHE is a common daughter of the Bertelsmann Foundation and the University Rectors’ Conference (HRK).
dpa
Source: Stern
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