University and Student Funding Study: Diversifying university funding Higher education institutions in North Rhine-Westphalia and Brandenburg had more money at their disposal over the last decade. Go to download Interview: ``Higher education institutions are under enormous pressure`` The financial situation for many international universities is grim due to the impact of COVID-19. By comparison, higher education institutions in Germany are holding up quite well, summarised CHE Executive Director Frank Ziegele in an interview for the Frankfurter Rundschau CHE Student Loan Test KfW Student Loan: coronavirus crisis aid shown to have shortcomings in CHE Student Loan Test Go to download Financing Higher Education in Germany and Europe: Performance-oriented Models of State Funding and Institutional Resource Allocation This paper investigates the changes in public higher education funding models in Germany and Europe and illustrates the advantages of the currently prevailing approaches. The article is only available in Japanese language. News Press releases 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 […] read more 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 […] read more 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 […] read more 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 […] read more 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 […] read more CHECK 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 […] read more 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 […] read more Press releases 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 […] read more 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, […] read more 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 […] read more 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 […] read more 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. […] read more Experts