For the first time since 2018, more first-semester students have enrolled at universities and colleges in Germany. At the beginning of the corona pandemic, the number of foreign first-year students fell significantly, but that has changed again.
The number of new students from India has been rising sharply for years, while the number from China has been declining. When it comes to the choice of subjects, two trends continue: In the field of mechanical engineering/process engineering, theNumber of first- year students has halved since 2011/2012.