This graph shows the number of first-year students in the first university semester in Germany in 2023/24, by subject groups. That year, 192,562 first-year students began studying law, economics, and social sciences. Therefore, this subject group is the most popular among new students, followed by engineering with approximately 129,049 new students in the winter semester of 2023/24.
Number of first-year students in the first university semester in Germany in 2023/24, by subject groups
Student year refers to the summer semester and the following winter semester (e.g., student year 2022/23 = summer semester 2022 + winter semester 2022/2023).
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Statistisches Bundesamt. (August 8, 2024). Number of first-year students in the first university semester in Germany in 2023/24, by subject groups [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/584132/first-year-student-numbers-by-subject-groups-germany/
Statistisches Bundesamt. "Number of first-year students in the first university semester in Germany in 2023/24, by subject groups." Chart. August 8, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/584132/first-year-student-numbers-by-subject-groups-germany/
Statistisches Bundesamt. (2024). Number of first-year students in the first university semester in Germany in 2023/24, by subject groups. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/584132/first-year-student-numbers-by-subject-groups-germany/
Statistisches Bundesamt. "Number of First-year Students in The First University Semester in Germany in 2023/24, by Subject Groups." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Aug 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/584132/first-year-student-numbers-by-subject-groups-germany/
Statistisches Bundesamt, Number of first-year students in the first university semester in Germany in 2023/24, by subject groups Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/584132/first-year-student-numbers-by-subject-groups-germany/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Number of first-year students in the first university semester in Germany in 2023/24, by subject groups [Graph], Statistisches Bundesamt, August 8, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/584132/first-year-student-numbers-by-subject-groups-germany/