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Cort-Denis Hachmeister 24. October 2025

Student exchange: Spain is the most important partner country for German universities

Spain is the most important partner country for German universities when it comes to student exchanges. This is shown by a recent...
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Press releases
Caroline Friedhoff 16. October 2025

HEInnovate Train the Trainers Session: Fostering Higher Education Innovation through European Exchange 

On September 22 and 23, 2025, 27 participants from 22 European countries met at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki for...
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Higher Education Management
Sigrun Nickel 8. October 2025

How can science and higher education research and higher education management benefit from one another?

A new study by the CHE Centre for Higher Education presents concrete proposals for higher education management and the science and higher...
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Press releases
Frank Ziegele 2. September 2025

A future-proof university must be an authentic university 

Around the world, universities are facing ever-increasing expectations. These expectations range from excellent teaching and top research to solving social and global...
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Press releases
Cort-Denis Hachmeister 9. July 2025

English version of the CHE Ranking updated on the DAAD website 

Following the publication of the CHE Ranking on the study information platform of DIE ZEIT, HeyStudium, at the beginning of May, the...
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Gero Federkeil 23. June 2025

Despite high study costs: At least 9,100 German medical students at foreign universities 

When discussing the problem of the shortage of doctors in Germany, German students abroad are largely ignored. Yet they make up around...
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DatenCHECK
Marc Hüsch 12. June 2025

A quarter of students in Germany use artificial intelligence on a daily basis

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly becoming part of everyday student life at German universities. Around two thirds of students use AI tools...
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Cort-Denis Hachmeister 6. June 2025

Kick-off for the CHE Ranking 2026

The surveys for the CHE Ranking 2026, which this time includes around 4,000 degree programmes in law, economics and social sciences, will...
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Press releases
Sonja Berghoff 8. May 2025

HeyStudium and ZEIT Studienführer 2025/26: High practical relevance of studies at universities of applied sciences 

HeyStudium, DIE ZEIT’s portal for student orientation, publishes the latest results of the CHE University Ranking for six subject groups, including ‘Health,...
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DatenCHECK
Isabel Roessler 28. April 2025

Women head more than a third of state universities in Germany 

Between 2021 and 2024, the proportion of female university managers in Germany rose from 25 to 35 per cent. The average age...
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DatenCHECK
Cort-Denis Hachmeister 23. April 2025

Distribution of research funds in Germany: Only ten per cent of all third-party funding goes to universities of applied sciences 

Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS) in Germany have increased their commitment to research in recent years. However, they are clearly lagging behind...
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Press releases
Frank Ziegele 27. March 2025

Two new members of the CHE Advisory Board: Hannes Ametsreiter and Iris Kimizoglu 

At the start of 2025, the CHE Centre for Higher Education welcomed two new members to its Advisory Board: Dr. Hannes Ametsreiter,...
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More than 30 Years of Expertise in University Development

We monitor and support developments and changes in the academic system, as well as socio-political and economic objectives, both constructively and critically. We draw attention to positive results and negative trends, based on a sound assessment of developments.


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We have always considered ourselves an independent, implementation-oriented think-tank, international in scope, with a primary focus on the German and European higher education system.

Project Work

We conduct studies and produce expert opinions on relevant issues related to research on higher education, concentrating primarily on workable recommendations and the practical implementation of research findings.

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Research

Every solution is preceded by a comprehensive analysis. We compare and evaluate both national and international examples.

Recommendations for Action

We are keen to make available convincing solutions, based on good practice, to a wide public.

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