Subjects studied by startup founders in Germany in 2023

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Kasia Davies,
Nov 2, 2023
In 2023, almost 38 percent of startup founders in Germany had studied either business administration, economics or a similar degree at university. Based on the ranking at hand, the least popular subject to study as a new company founder was medicine. This graph shows what degree subjects were studied by those who founded a startup in Germany.

Startup founders in Germany in 2023, by subjects studied

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Release date

September 2023

Region

Germany

Survey time period

2023

Number of respondents

1,825 data sets from founders, managers, and C-Level employees

Supplementary notes

The data comes from the German Startup Monitor (DSM), for which high-quality data sets are collected annually from founders and managing directors of startups. The founders or managing directors (members of the executive board e.g. chief level) of startups received a special questionnaire link by email which was sent through selected DSM network partners. In 2023, 1,825 complete data sets were collected for the survey between May 17 and June 20.

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