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Germany in a nutshell

Germany and its "Länder"

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is a country in Central Europe. The territory of Germany covers 357,021 km² and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. With over 82 million inhabitants, it comprises the largest population among the member states of the European Union and is home to the third-highest number of international migrants worldwide.

Germany (Deutschland) is a Federal Republic consisting of sixteen states, known in German as Länder (singular Land). Since Land is the literal German word for "country", the term Bundesländer (federal states; singular Bundesland) is commonly used colloquially, as it is more specific, though technically incorrect within the corpus of German law. The peoples of the states are the nation of Germany. The governments of the states are part of the authority of Germany.

German education policy

Under the Basic Law (Grundgesetz) the exercise of governmental powers and the fulfilment of governmental responsibility is incumbent upon the individual Länder as far as the Basic Law does not provide for or allow for any other arrangement. The Basic Law contains a few fundamental provisions on questions of education, culture and science: thus for example it guarantees the freedom of art and scholarship, research and teaching, the freedom of faith and creed, free choice of profession and of the place of training, equality before the law and the rights of parents. The entire school system is under the supervision of the state.

Unless the Basic Law awards legislative powers to the Federation, the Länder have the right to legislate. Within the education system, this applies to the school sector, the higher education sector, adult education and continuing education. Administration of the education system in these areas is almost exclusively a matter for the Länder.

The scope of the Federal Government's responsibilities in the field of education is defined in the Basic Law, which was amended by the federalism reform in 2006, according to which the Federation bears responsibility particularly for the regulations governing the following domains of education, science and research:

In-company vocational training and vocational further education
Admission to higher education institutions and higher education degrees
Financial assistance for pupils and students
Promotion of scientific and academic research and technological development, including

the promotion of up-and-coming academics

Youth welfare
Legal protection of participants of correspondence courses
Regulations on entry to the legal profession
Regulations on entry to medical and paramedical professions
Employment promotion measures; occupational and labour market research

Additionally, the federalism reform transferred responsibility for the remuneration and pensions of civil servants (e.g. teachers, professors and junior professors) to the Länder. The Federation still has legislative authority over the status-related rights and duties of civil servants, as well as the legislative authority over foreign affairs. In addition to the division of responsibilities described above, the Basic Law also provides for particular forms of cooperation between the Federation and the Länder within the scope of the so-called “joint tasks” (Gemeinschaftsaufgaben). For example, in cases of supra-regional importance, the Federation and the Länder may cooperate in the promotion of:

scientific research institutions and projects outside of institutions of higher education
scientific and research projects at institutions of higher education (agreements require

the consent of all Länder)

research buildings at institutions of higher education, including major equipment.

Additionally, the Federation and the Länder may cooperate on the basis of agreements regarding the assessment of the performance of the German education system in comparison with other countries as well as in the production of related reports and recommendations.

Within the Federal Government, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung – BMBF) is primarily responsible for the Federation's areas of responsibility. Whenever necessary, consultations between Federation and Länder take place in the Bundesrat, the Commission of the Federation and the Länder for Educational Planning and Research Promotion (Bund- Länder-Kommission für Bildungsplanung und Forschungsförderung – BLK), the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (Kultusministerkonferenz – KMK), the Science Council (Wissenschaftsrat) and the Planning Committee for the Construction of Higher Education Institutions. In the course of the federalism reform for the modernisation of the federal system, the direct rights of participation of the Länder have been specified in detail. When legislative powers exclusive to the Länder in school education, culture or broadcasting are primarily affected, the federalism reform of 2006 requires that the exercise of the rights belonging to the Federal Republic of Germany as a member state of the European Union is delegated to a representative of the Länder designated by the Bundesrat.

Although Germany has had a history of a strong educational system, recent PISA student assessments revealed a weakness in certain subjects. In a test of 43 countries in the year 2000, Germany ranked 21st in reading and 20th in both mathematics and the natural sciences, prompting calls for reform and dominating the political debate for the last years.

Also as a result of this, fundamental changes are currently being implemented in the German education system. In this context, special importance is attached to the various efforts for quality assurance and quality development in the school sector, teacher training and the higher education sector. In the school sector, the introduction of national educational standards and the establishment of the Institute for Educational Progress (Institut zur Qualitätsentwicklung im Bildungswesen – IQB) marked the beginning of a paradigm shift towards an output-oriented control of the education system. In June 2006, the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs adopted a comprehensive strategy for educational monitoring. The global concept for the monitoring and further development of educational processes consists of four interconnected areas: International comparative studies of pupil achievement, the central review of the achievement of educational standards in a comparison between the Länder, comparative studies in order to review the efficiency of individual schools within the Länder, and the joint education reporting of the Federation and the Länder.

In the hihger education sector, the development of the consecutive structure of study courses and the further development of accreditation and evaluation also serve the objectives of quality development and quality assurance. The accreditation of study courses ensures minimum standards for the academic curriculum and the professional relevance of the degrees. Evaluation is designed to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of institutions and degree programmes, and thus to assist higher education institutions in adopting systematic approaches to quality assurance in teaching. In September 2005, the Standing Conference passed a quality assurance framework concept for teaching at higher education institutions which is based on a stock-taking of measures in the Länder and defines the core elements and standards required to guarantee the reliability and comparability of the procedures.

Other central themes in education policy are for example: integration of imigrants (e.g. by improvement of German language skills), all-day school and the membered educational system. Big issues concerning higher education are: equal opportunities, tuition fees and the so called initiative of excellence that benefits only a few universities.

Description of the Educational System in Germany

The education system in the Federal Republic of Germany is divided into

pre-school education,
primary education,
secondary education,
tertiary education and
continuing education.

Optional kindergarten education is provided for all children between three and six years old, after which school attendance is compulsory for nine or ten years. In Germany, students are graded on a scale of one through six, one being high and six being very low, or failing. Home-schooling is not permitted in any of the German Bundesländer except rare cases. Primary education usually lasts for four years (six in Berlin) and public schools are not stratified at this stage. In contrast, secondary education includes four types of schools based on a pupil's ability as determined by teacher recommendations: the Gymnasium includes the most gifted children and prepares students for university studies; the Realschule has a broader range of emphasis for intermediary students; the Hauptschule prepares pupils for vocational education, and the Gesamtschule or comprehensive school combines the three approaches. There are also Förderschulen (schools for the mentally challenged and physically challenged). One in 21 students attends a Förderschule.

In order to enter a university, high school students are required to take the Abitur examination; however, students possessing a diploma from a vocational school may also apply to enter. A special system of apprenticeship called Duale Ausbildung allows pupils in vocational training to learn in a company as well as in a state-run school.

The Education System in Germany

In 2006, 415,000 graduates received the general qualification for university entrance which is approximately 43% of the typical age cohort of the population.

For detailled information see http://www.kmk.org/dossier/organisation.pdf.

Higher Education in Germany

According to the Federal Statistical Office 2007/2008, Germany possesses 278 Fachhochschulen (Universities of Applied Science) Kunst- and Musikhochschulen (for music and art) and about 104 universities (state and state-recognised).

The Fachhochschulen offer shorter and more practice-oriented programs. They generally lead to credentials at the bachelor's level, but more and more Fachhochschulen also offer master's programs for those students eligible for further study. In addition, Germany's tertiary sector also includes either state-run or staterecognised Berufsakademien (professional academies) in some "Länder": Students receive academic training at Studienakademien (study institutions) and, at the same time, practical career training in a training establishment. A number of colleges of art and music offer programs in their areas.

At the universities, for many decades a master's level degree (differed in "Magister", "Diplom" or "Staatsexamen" - State Exam) was the first degree available and only the recent higher education reforms, which have introduced two-level programs at both the bachelor's and master's level have opened a chance to leave university earlier. The bachelor's degree in the beginning was introduced to avoid the drastic rates of non-completers, which in some university subjects were as high as 75 percent.

In German higher education there are two semesters each academic year. Most of the information materials are available in German only, and admission in most cases is depending on German language proficiency as well. Big issues in educatianol policy concerning higher education are: equal opportunities, tuition fees and the so called initiative of excellence that benefits only a few universities.

Ongoing debates and future developments

Since the beginning of the 1990s and not least against a background of inadequate financial and human resources at the higher education institutes, the Federation and the Länder have increased their efforts to modernise and internationalise the higher education system in Germany. The reforms are aimed at facilitating differentiation by deregulation, performance orientation, increasing the autonomy of higher education institutions and creating incentives, hence also enhancing the international competitiveness of the German institutions of higher education. In order to implement these goals, reforms have been and still are introduced and carried out on the structure of higher education study and the internal organisation of institutions of higher education. Detailed state control is increasingly being replaced by the autonomous decision-making of higher education institutions. Deregulation has significantly increased the freedom of higher education institutions in terms of their organisational and staffing decisions. The higher education institutions are increasingly taking on the national and international challenge. In joint target agreements, the state and the institutions of higher education cooperatively define the services to be provided, but without specifying concrete measures. The target agreements are also used as control elements within the higher education institutions. The growing autonomy of the higher education institutions is, for example, also demonstrated by their entitlement to select applicants for admission. Since 2005 the Länder have been free to decide on the imposition of financial contributions from students. A number of Länder made use of this option for the first time in the winter semester 2006/2007 by imposing study fees ranging up to Euro 500. Parallel student loan systems provide that loans only must be repaid once the course has been completed and in case of adequate income. As part of the Excellence Initiative of the Federation and the Länder for the Promotion of Science and Research in German Higher Education Institutions (Exzellenzinitiative des Bundes und der Länder zur Förderung von Wissenschaft und Forschung an deutschen Hochschulen), the Federation and the Länder support scientific projects run by universities and their cooperation partners in the higher education sector, in extramural research as well as in the private economy. In detail, until 2011 additional funds totalling Euro 1.9 billion are provided in the funding areas

research schools for the promotion of scientific talent,
excellence clusters for the promotion of leading science and
future concepts for top-class research at universities.

In October 2006, the decisions on funding applications from higher education institutions in the first round of funding of the Excellence Initiative were made.

Virtual learning initiatives in Germany

In Germany there are many distance e-learning initiatives. In 2006 there were more than 350,000 people participating in distance e-learning programs. 88,000 of them were participating in higher education offers: 63,000 in distance teaching universities and 25,000 in other universities. Most participants are female and between 20 and 30 years old.

An overview about statistical dates concerning distance e-learning programs you get here.

An overview since 1999/2000 about statistical dates concerning distance e-learning programs in higher education you get here:

In the following table we would like to highlight the initiatives that we consider to be important virtual learning opportunities in Germany Table 1

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Students in higher distance learning (in terms of gender)


Institution of higher education	Students overall			first-year students
	overall	male	female	overall	male	female

WS 1999/2000

U Greifswald	1	-	1	-	-	-
U Rostock	308	114	194	2	-	2
U Hildesheim	53	14	39	-	-	-
U Kaiserslautern	1 289	742	547	130	122	8
U Koblenz-Landau	426	238	188	6	2	4
TU Chemnitz	45	35	10	-	-	-
TU Dresden	710	558	152	84	69	15
TU Bergakademie Freiberg	2	-	2	-	-	-
U Leipzig	789	184	605	49	6	43
Handelshochschule Leipzig (Priv. H)	3	3	-	-	-	-
U Magdeburg	568	233	335	29	20	9
TU Ilmenau	93	73	20	5	5	-
U Jena	33	24	9	1	1	-
Fernuniversität-GH Hagen	46 779	29 164	17 615	4 597	2 453	2 144
Theol. H Friedensau	22	16	6	1	-	1
Rostock, H für Musik und Theater	1	-	1	-	-	-
H für Musik Dresden	73	33	40	4	3	1
H für Kunst und Design Halle-Burg Giebichenstein	18	14	4	-	-	-
FH Reutlingen	91	63	28	4	3	1
H für Berufstätige (Priv. Fern-FH) Lahr	3 174	2 256	918	141	82	59
Deutsch-Ordens FH Riedlingen, H für Wirt.(Priv. Fern-FH)	197	113	84	20	8	12
Kath. FH Berlin	109	32	77	-	-	-
Technische FH Wildau	499	329	170	98	61	37
Priv. Fern-FH Hamburg	1 371	1 078	293	510	405	105
Priv. Fern-FH Darmstadt	378	344	34	57	51	6
FH der Deutschen Telekom AG Dieburg (Priv. H)	60	27	33	12	4	8
FH Stralsund	20	3	17	-	-	-
FH Wismar	76	40	36	25	18	7
FH Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel	205	164	41	22	17	5
FH Nordostniedersachsen	35	28	7	-	-	-
Kath. FH Norddeutschland	100	25	75	48	12	36
Märkische FH	680	508	172	128	80	48
FH Koblenz	52	48	4	-	-	-
H Dresden	254	201	53	64	50	14
H Leipzig	35	6	29	-	-	-
H Mittweida (University of Applied Sciences)	254	135	119	29	28	1
H Zittau/Görlitz	63	8	55	-	-	-
Westsächsische H Zwickau	96	80	16	1	1	-
H für Berufstätige (Priv. Fern-FH) Leipzig	686	427	259	51	24	27
H Anhalt (FH)	20	20	-	-	-	-
FH Magdeburg	611	266	345	39	9	30
FH Merseburg	267	109	158	49	18	31
H für Berufstätige (Priv. Fern-FH) Rendsburg	3 077	2 226	851	311	206	105
Overall	63 623	39 981	23 642	6 517	3 758	2 759

WS 2000/2001

AKAD, Wirt.- u. Sozialwiss. H Lahr (Priv. Fern-H)	109	89	20	7	4	3
U Greifswald	1	-	1	-	-	-
U Rostock	276	121	155	3	-	3
U Hildesheim	45	13	32	-	-	-
U Kaiserslautern	1 682	891	791	135	121	14
U Koblenz-Landau	429	225	204	-	-	-
TU Chemnitz	5	5	-	-	-	-
TU Dresden	674	526	148	96	69	27
TU Bergakademie Freiberg	2	-	2	-	-	-
U Leipzig	840	210	630	69	17	52
Handelshochschule Leipzig (Priv. H)	4	4	-	-	-	-
U Magdeburg	656	261	395	54	39	15
TU Ilmenau	125	85	40	10	5	5
U Jena	32	24	8	1	1	-
Fernuniversität-GH Hagen	46 759	28 486	18 273	4 366	2 335	2 031
Theol. H Friedensau	21	13	8	4	2	2
Rostock, H für Musik und Theater	1	-	1	-	-	-
H für Musik Dresden	63	28	35	2	1	1
H für Kunst und Design Halle-Burg Giebichenstein	25	16	9	3	-	3
FH Reutlingen	100	70	30	3	1	2
H für Berufstätige (Priv. Fern-FH) Lahr	2 970	2 059	911	132	60	72
Deutsch-Ordens FH Riedlingen,H f.Wirt.(Pr.Fern-FH)	224	112	112	28	8	20
Technische FH Berlin	14	13	1	-	-	-
Kath. FH Berlin	138	39	99	-	-	-
Technische FH Wildau	620	391	229	123	71	52
Priv. Fern-FH Hamburg	1 794	1 411	383	432	343	89
FH Gießen-Friedberg	31	27	4	4	4	-
Priv. Fern-FH Darmstadt	743	657	86	118	105	13
FH Stralsund	6	1	5	-	-	-
FH Wismar	60	36	24	15	11	4
FH Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel	190	151	39	2	1	1
FH Nordostniedersachsen	95	76	19	-	-	-
Kath. FH Norddeutschland	69	18	51	-	-	-
Märkische FH	825	625	200	198	152	46
FH Kaiserslautern	186	154	32	80	65	15
FH Koblenz	145	128	17	-	-	-
H Dresden	250	191	59	48	36	12
H Leipzig	12	2	10	-	-	-
H Mittweida (University of Applied Sciences)	300	155	145	29	29	-
H Zittau/Görlitz	5	-	5	-	-	-
Westsächsische H Zwickau	85	70	15	-	-	-
AKAD, H für Berufstätige Fachhochschule Leipzig	788	481	307	43	26	17
H Anhalt (FH)	9	9	-	-	-	-
H Magdeburg-Stendal (FH)	581	266	315	31	9	22
FH Merseburg	395	172	223	74	39	35
H für Berufstätige (Priv. Fern-FH) Rendsburg	2 905	2 044	861	169	106	63
FH für Verwaltung und Rechtspflege Berlin	44	15	29	-	-	-
Overall	65 333	40 370	24 963	6 279	3 660	2 619

WS 2001/2002

AKAD, Wirt.- u. Sozialwiss. H Lahr (Priv. Fern-H)	150	120	30	-	-	-
Europa-U Viadrina Frankfurt(Oder)	3	2	1	1	1	-
U Greifswald	1	-	1	-	-	-
U Rostock	292	130	162	5	2	3
U Hildesheim	17	6	11	-	-	-
U Kaiserslautern	1 757	931	826	152	138	14
U Koblenz-Landau	421	210	211	2	2	-
TU Chemnitz	1	1	-	-	-	-
TU Dresden	712	544	168	106	82	24
TU Bergakademie Freiberg	1	-	1	-	-	-
U Leipzig	838	183	655	47	8	39
Handelshochschule Leipzig (Priv. H)	11	10	1	-	-	-
U Magdeburg	541	218	323	26	22	4
TU Ilmenau	101	61	40	12	9	3
U Jena	39	36	3	8	7	1
Fernuniversität-GH Hagen	47 716	28 605	19 111	4 050	2 026	2 024
Theol. H Friedensau	16	10	6	5	3	2
Rostock, H für Musik und Theater	1	-	1	-	-	-
H für Musik Dresden	47	20	27	2	-	2
H für Kunst und Design Halle-Burg Giebichenstein	22	14	8	-	-	-
H für Berufstätige (Priv. Fern-FH) Lahr	2 887	1 949	938	155	89	66
Deutsch-Ordens FH Riedlingen,H f.Wirt.(Pr.Fern-FH)	219	97	122	23	8	15
Technische FH Berlin	36	34	2	-	-	-
FH für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin	466	405	61	37	31	6
Kath. FH Berlin	136	39	97	-	-	-
Technische FH Wildau	694	403	291	125	72	53
Priv. Fern-FH Hamburg	2 891	1 986	905	-	-	-
FH Gießen-Friedberg	211	185	26	104	90	14
Priv. Fern-FH Darmstadt	1 005	889	116	92	83	9
FH Stralsund	3	-	3	-	-	-
FH Wismar	41	28	13	-	-	-
FH Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel	199	164	35	2	2	-
FH Nordostniedersachsen	90	72	18	-	-	-
Kath. FH Norddeutschland	74	23	51	30	11	19
Märkische FH	957	706	251	211	149	62
FH Kaiserslautern	411	334	77	65	43	22
FH Koblenz	227	201	26	-	-	-
FH Trier	33	27	6	2	2	-
H Dresden	264	203	61	69	56	13
H Mittweida (University of Applied Sciences)	457	270	187	108	104	4
Westsächsische H Zwickau	120	95	25	-	-	-
FH der Deutschen Telekom AG Leipzig (Priv. H)	87	72	15	27	17	10
AKAD, H für Berufstätige Fachhochschule Leipzig	881	518	363	51	26	25
Priv. FH Oelsnitz/Vogtland	31	10	21	25	7	18
H Anhalt (FH)	99	82	17	66	56	10
H Harz (FH)	37	23	14	33	20	13
H Magdeburg-Stendal (FH)	547	240	307	27	5	22
FH Merseburg	483	213	270	71	31	40
AKAD FH Pinneberg (Priv. Fern-FH)	2 753	1 878	875	249	148	101
FH für Verwaltung und Rechtspflege Berlin	79	37	42	-	-	-
Overall	69 105	42 284	26 821	5 988	3 350	2 638

WS 2002/2003

AKAD, Wirtsch.- und Sozialwiss. H Lahr (Priv. Fern-H)	217	169	48	-	-	-
Europa-U Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)	10	8	2	6	4	2
U Greifswald	2	1	1	1	1	-
U Rostock	317	152	165	9	1	8
U Hildesheim	3	2	1	-	-	-
Fernuniversität Hagen	45 661	27 760	17 901	3 158	1 925	1 233
U Kaiserslautern	1 745	927	818	154	132	22
U Koblenz-Landau	368	191	177	5	3	2
TU Chemnitz	24	13	11	-	-	-
TU Dresden	750	580	170	102	88	14
U Leipzig	829	214	615	36	13	23
Handelshochschule Leipzig (Priv. H)	18	15	3	-	-	-
U Magdeburg	436	185	251	-	-	-
TU Ilmenau	82	45	37	8	5	3
U Jena	39	33	6	2	1	1
Theol. H Friedensau	12	7	5	3	2	1
H für Musik und Theater Rostock	1	-	1	-	-	-
H für Musik Dresden	35	17	18	-	-	-
H für Kunst und Design Halle-Burg Giebichenstein	17	9	8	-	-	-
AKAD FH Lahr (Priv. Fern-FH)	2 855	1 882	973	132	65	67
Fernfachhochschule Riedlingen H für Wirtschaft (Priv. FH)	259	106	153	59	21	38
Technische FH Berlin	25	25	-	-	-	-
FH für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin	386	340	46	36	33	3
Steinbeis-H Berlin (Priv. FH)	153	93	60	113	71	42
Kath. FH Berlin	145	35	110	-	-	-
Technische FH Wildau	695	389	306	91	47	44
HFH Hamburger Fern-Hochschule	3 274	2 121	1 153	733	466	267
FH Gießen-Friedberg	295	250	45	43	31	12
Priv. Fern-FH Darmstadt	1 348	1 200	148	159	143	16
FH Stralsund	1	-	1	-	-	-
FH Wismar	140	96	44	65	44	21
FH Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel	153	126	27	15	10	5
FH Nordostniedersachsen	97	81	16	6	5	1
Kath. FH Norddeutschland	34	12	22	-	-	-
FH Südwestfalen	1 162	864	298	290	220	70
Priv. FH für Ökonomie und Management Essen (H für Berufstätige)	516	317	199	252	152	100
FH Kaiserslautern	501	401	100	81	66	15
FH Koblenz	247	221	26	-	-	-
FH Trier	83	66	17	2	-	2
H Dresden	252	199	53	50	44	6
H Mittweida (University of Applied Sciences)	573	413	160	151	145	6
Westsächsische H Zwickau	155	120	35	4	1	3
FH der Deutschen Telekom AG Leipzig (Priv. H)	110	90	20	29	24	5
AKAD, H für Berufstätige Fachhochschule Leipzig	975	560	415	49	18	31
Priv. FH Oelsnitz/Vogtland	63	21	42	33	11	22
H Anhalt (FH)	308	258	50	143	129	14
H Harz (FH)	66	43	23	27	19	8
H Magdeburg-Stendal (FH)	434	204	230	6	5	1
FH Merseburg	557	245	312	71	35	36
AKAD FH Pinneberg (Priv. Fern-FH)	2 822	1 899	923	192	126	66
FH für Verwaltung und Rechtspflege Berlin	111	55	56	3	1	2
Overall	69 361	43 060	26 301	6 319	4 107	2 212

WS 2003/2004

Wissenschaftliche Hochschule Lahr (Priv. Fern-H)	293	221	72	-	-	-
Europa-U Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)	19	16	3	8	6	2
U Greifswald	1	-	1	-	-	-
U Rostock	315	142	173	4	1	3
U Hildesheim	14	5	9	-	-	-
Fernuniversität Hagen	42 980	26 260	16 720	2 896	1 556	1 340
U Kaiserslautern	1 677	883	794	125	111	14
U Koblenz-Landau	323	177	146	-	-	-
TU Chemnitz	1	1	-	-	-	-
TU Dresden	709	553	156	75	58	17
U Leipzig	843	195	648	37	14	23
Handelshochschule Leipzig (Priv. H)	1	1	-	-	-	-
U Magdeburg	367	155	212	-	-	-
TU Ilmenau	81	40	41	11	5	6
U Jena	33	28	5	2	1	1
Theol. H Friedensau	14	8	6	-	-	-
H für Musik Dresden	30	12	18	1	-	1
H für Kunst und Design Halle-Burg Giebichenstein	7	2	5	-	-	-
AKAD FH Lahr (Priv. Fern-FH)	2 634	1 697	937	86	47	39
Fernfachhochschule Riedlingen H für Wirtschaft (Priv. FH)	388	174	214	95	45	50
FH für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin	357	303	54	70	61	9
Steinbeis-H Berlin (Priv. FH)	453	292	161	221	144	77
Kath. FH Berlin	155	44	111	1	1	-
FH Potsdam	24	3	21	-	-	-
Technische FH Wildau	669	360	309	102	52	50
HFH Hamburger Fern-Hochschule	4 346	2 836	1 510	652	389	263
Europ. Fernhochschule Hamburg	201	126	75	116	72	44
FH Gießen-Friedberg	374	326	48	42	33	9
Priv. Fern-FH Darmstadt	1 449	1 301	148	137	123	14
FH Wismar	263	191	72	93	69	24
FH Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel	55	41	14	-	-	-
FH Nordostniedersachsen	5	3	2	-	-	-
Kath. FH Norddeutschland	68	19	49	33	6	27
FH Südwestfalen	1 075	794	281	202	156	46
Priv. FH für Ökonomie und Management Essen (H für Berufstätige)	1 025	639	386	257	154	103
Hochschule der Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Bonn	140	101	39	140	101	39
FH Kaiserslautern	613	478	135	62	41	21
FH Koblenz	340	269	71	1	1	-
FH Trier	122	97	25	12	7	5
H Dresden	272	212	60	47	33	14
H Mittweida (University of Applied Sciences)	727	559	168	183	181	2
Westsächsische H Zwickau	165	133	32	1	1	-
FH der Deutschen Telekom AG Leipzig (Priv. H)	93	76	17	-	-	-
AKAD, H für Berufstätige Fachhochschule Leipzig	996	577	419	18	7	11
Priv. FH Oelsnitz/Vogtland	72	25	47	7	2	5
H Anhalt (FH)	513	437	76	200	176	24
H Harz (FH)	87	59	28	33	22	11
H Magdeburg-Stendal (FH)	648	280	368	4	4	-
FH Merseburg	574	251	323	68	29	39
AKAD FH Pinneberg (Priv. Fern-FH)	2 526	1 701	825	119	81	38
FH für Verwaltung und Rechtspflege Berlin	142	74	68	1	-	1
Overall	69 279	43 177	26 102	6 162	3 790	2 372

WS 2004/2005

Wissenschaftl. Hochschule Lahr (Priv. Fern-H)	301	222	79	-	-	-
Steinbeis-Hochschule, Berlin	255	160	95	175	111	64
Europa-U Viadrina Frankfurt(Oder)	21	17	4	1	1	-
U Greifswald	2	1	1	-	-	-
U Rostock	304	133	171	6	3	3
U Hildesheim	35	9	26	-	-	-
Fernuniversität Hagen	33 390	19 812	13 578	2 215	1 161	1 054
TU Kaiserslautern	1 817	927	890	87	65	22
U Koblenz-Landau	429	244	185	4	3	1
TU Dresden	689	531	158	89	71	18
U Leipzig	800	207	593	41	14	27
U Magdeburg	294	154	140	3	1	2
TU Ilmenau	70	33	37	7	6	1
U Jena	19	17	2	-	-	-
Theol. H Friedensau	6	3	3	-	-	-
H für Musik Dresden	35	13	22	-	-	-
H für Kunst und Design Halle-Burg Giebichenstein	6	2	4	-	-	-
AKAD FH Stuttgart (Priv. FH)	2 590	1 669	921	98	47	51
Fernfachhochschule Riedlingen H für Wirt. (Priv.)	412	177	235	86	35	51
FH für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin	346	294	52	93	80	13
Kath. FH Berlin	181	51	130	-	-	-
FH Potsdam	45	11	34	-	-	-
Technische FH Wildau	581	317	264	95	47	48
HFH Hamburger Fern-Hochschule	5 194	3 323	1 871	713	443	270
Europ. Fernhochschule Hamburg	814	495	319	303	174	129
FH Gießen-Friedberg	486	413	73	25	22	3
Priv. Fern-FH Darmstadt	1 909	1 732	177	199	182	17
Priv. FH Nordhessen	370	152	218	302	117	185
FH Wismar	533	357	176	187	124	63
FH Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel	25	18	7	-	-	-
FH Nordostniedersachsen	43	35	8	-	-	-
Kath. FH Norddeutschland	36	7	29	-	-	-
FH Südwestfalen	1 042	774	268	240	184	56
FH Niederrhein	16	9	7	-	-	-
Priv. FH f. Öko. u. Managem. Essen (H f. Berufst.)	1 534	967	567	246	151	95
Hochschule der Sparkassen - Finanzgruppe Bonn	353	267	86	135	103	32
FH Kaiserslautern	663	509	154	67	54	13
FH Koblenz	548	410	138	34	25	9
FH Trier	118	100	18	2	2	-
H Dresden	276	223	53	50	43	7
H Leipzig	36	32	4	36	32	4
H Mittweida (University of Applied Sciences)	885	722	163	264	253	11
H Zittau/Görlitz	40	33	7	-	-	-
Westsächsische H Zwickau	174	139	35	2	1	1
FH der Deutschen Telekom AG Leipzig (Priv. H)	102	85	17	25	24	1
AKAD, H für Berufstätige Fachhochschule Leipzig	944	533	411	22	6	16
Priv. Vogtländische FH Plauen	90	35	55	18	10	8
H Anhalt (FH)	451	374	77	136	115	21
H Harz (FH)	112	70	42	36	17	19
H Magdeburg-Stendal (FH)	666	288	378	1	1	-
FH Merseburg	614	291	323	54	27	27
AKAD FH Pinneberg (Priv. Fern-FH)	2 273	1 553	720	129	88	41
FH für Verwaltung und Rechtspflege Berlin	193	101	92	1	-	1
Overall	63 168	39 051	24 117	6 227	3 843	2 384

WS 2005/2006

Wissenschaftl. Hochschule Lahr (Priv. Fern-H)	350	256	94	-	-	-
Steinbeis-Hochschule, Berlin	574	369	205	51	35	16
Europa-U Viadrina Frankfurt(Oder)	20	17	3	-	-	-
U Rostock	266	128	138	2	-	2
U Hildesheim	20	5	15	-	-	-
Fernuniversität Hagen	34 084	20 105	13 979	2 284	1 227	1 057
TU Kaiserslautern	2 494	1 362	1 132	113	98	15
U Koblenz-Landau	483	273	210	15	6	9
TU Dresden	630	497	133	79	62	17
U Leipzig	783	183	600	45	19	26
U Magdeburg	233	141	92	2	1	1
TU Ilmenau	56	28	28	4	3	1
Theol. H Friedensau	5	2	3	-	-	-
H für Musik Dresden	26	11	15	-	-	-
H für Kunst und Design Halle-Burg Giebichenstein	5	2	3	-	-	-
AKAD, FH Stuttgart (Priv. FH)	2 441	1 562	879	113	74	39
FernFH Riedlingen, H für Wirtschaft (Priv. FH)	448	192	256	82	33	49
FH für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin	376	322	54	82	67	15
Kath. FH Berlin	178	45	133	-	-	-
FH Potsdam	70	19	51	-	-	-
Technische FH Wildau	600	332	268	125	63	62
HFH Hamburger Fern-Hochschule	5 199	3 289	1 910	787	494	293
Europ. Fernhochschule Hamburg	1 350	842	508	259	146	113
FH Darmstadt	12	3	9	-	-	-
FH Fulda	76	16	60	-	-	-
FH Gießen-Friedberg	503	431	72	67	56	11
Priv. Fern-FH Darmstadt	2 246	2 065	181	181	176	5
Priv. FH Nordhessen	942	394	548	368	146	222
FH Wismar	709	459	250	147	95	52
FH Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel	10	7	3	-	-	-
Priv. FH Göttingen	71	47	24	31	16	15
FH Südwestfalen	1 167	881	286	280	223	57
Hochschule der Sparkassen - Finanzgruppe Bonn	503	376	127	99	74	25
Priv. FH für Ökonomie and Management Essen (H für Berufstätige)	1 585	1 010	575	41	24	17
FH für Logistik und Wirtschaft Hamm (Priv. FH)	32	25	7	29	23	6
FH Kaiserslautern	573	443	130	37	30	7
FH Koblenz	758	505	253	56	18	38
FH Trier	128	114	14	1	1	-
H Dresden	272	216	56	46	36	10
H Leipzig	60	55	5	-	-	-
H Mittweida (University of Applied Sciences)	1 014	844	170	240	234	6
H Zittau/Görlitz	58	49	9	-	-	-
Westsächsische H Zwickau	183	143	40	1	-	1
Deutsche Telekom AG Fachhochschule Leipzig (Priv. FH)	117	104	13	30	29	1
AKAD, Die Privat-Hochschulen, Leipzig (FH)	1 177	659	518	86	39	47
Priv. Vogtländische FH Plauen	87	34	53	-	-	-
Evang. FH Dresden	9	6	3	-	-	-
H Anhalt (FH)	710	583	127	141	116	25
H Harz (FH)	132	78	54	30	18	12
H Magdeburg-Stendal (FH)	662	277	385	2	-	2
FH Merseburg	627	307	320	45	22	23
AKAD, FH Pinneberg (Priv. Fern-FH)	2 183	1 496	687	143	98	45
FH für Verwaltung und Rechtspflege Berlin	204	96	108	-	-	-
Overall	67 501	41 705	25 796	6 144	3 802	2 342

WS 2006/2007

Wissenschaftl. Hochschule Lahr (Priv. Fern-H)	378	277	101	1	-	1
Europa-U Viadrina Frankfurt(Oder)	24	19	5	1	1	-
U Rostock	229	105	124	2	-	2
U Hildesheim	8	3	5	-	-	-
Fernuniversität Hagen	32 608	19 090	13 518	1 823	884	939
TU Kaiserslautern	2 810	1 552	1 258	97	78	19
U Koblenz-Landau	370	213	157	3	-	3
TU Dresden	618	516	102	44	40	4
U Leipzig	785	208	577	119	53	66
U Magdeburg	170	95	75	2	-	2
TU Ilmenau	46	30	16	3	3	-
Theol. H Friedensau	8	4	4	5	4	1
H für Musik Dresden	14	4	10	-	-	-
H für Kunst und Design Halle-Burg Giebichenstein	2	1	1	-	-	-
AKAD FH Stuttgart (Priv. FH)	2 443	1 572	871	144	71	73
Fernfachhochschule Riedlingen H für Wirt. (Priv.)	471	196	275	93	40	53
FH für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin	381	330	51	86	75	11
Kath. FH Berlin	165	50	115	-	-	-
FH Brandenburg	34	12	22	23	6	17
FH Potsdam	111	29	82	-	-	-
Technische FH Wildau	606	321	285	115	56	59
Apollon Hochschule der Gesundheitswirtschaft	141	56	85	94	37	57
H Bremerhaven	6	5	1	-	-	-
HFH Hamburger Fern-Hochschule	5 447	3 412	2 035	670	409	261
Europ. Fernhochschule Hamburg	1 843	1 169	674	286	175	111
FH Fulda	133	36	97	-	-	-
FH Gießen-Friedberg	471	398	73	47	42	5
Priv. Fern-FH Darmstadt	2 532	2 335	197	274	258	16
Priv. FH Nordhessen	1 599	667	932	455	164	291
FH Wismar	880	566	314	199	122	77
FH Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel	12	8	4	-	-	-
Priv. FH Göttingen	168	107	61	51	30	21
FH Südwestfalen	1 150	882	268	231	187	44
Hochschule der Sparkassen - Finanzgruppe Bonn	592	435	157	79	51	28
Priv. FH f. Öko. u. Managem. Essen (H f. Berufst.)	1 347	866	481	1	1	-
FH für Logistik und Wirtschaft Hamm (Priv.)	52	41	11	26	19	7
FH Kaiserslautern	466	365	101	31	22	9
FH Koblenz	819	480	339	49	12	37
FH Ludwigshafen	38	35	3	2	2	-
FH Trier	133	115	18	3	2	1
H Dresden	258	211	47	42	34	8
H Leipzig	112	106	6	24	23	1
H Mittweida (University of Applied Sciences)	1 139	945	194	256	248	8
H Zittau/Görlitz	51	41	10	13	10	3
Westsächsische H Zwickau	169	128	41	-	-	-
Deutsche Telekom AG Fachhochschule Leipzig (Priv.)	121	112	9	31	26	5
AKAD, Die Privat-Hochschulen, Leipzig (FH)	1 337	733	604	52	20	32
Priv. Vogtländische FH Plauen	81	32	49	-	-	-
Evang. FH Dresden	19	14	5	-	-	-
H Anhalt (FH)	825	680	145	140	117	23
H Harz (FH)	128	78	50	26	15	11
H Magdeburg-Stendal (FH)	620	254	366	-	-	-
FH Merseburg	588	267	321	55	15	40
AKAD FH Pinneberg (Priv. Fern-FH)	2 064	1 422	642	152	95	57
FH für Verwaltung und Rechtspflege Berlin	211	107	104	-	-	-
Overall	67 833	41 735	26 098	5 850	3 447	2 403

Nr	Name	Institution	City	Type
1.	Distance and Educational Study Center	Technische Universität Kaiserslautern	Kaiserslautern	Higher Distance Education.
2.	FernUniversität in Hagen	FernUniversität in Hagen	Hagen	Distance learning university.
3.	Hamburger Akademie für Fernstudien	Klett-Gruppe	Hamburg	Distance learning.
4.	[http://www.akad.de/ AKAD Privat-Hochschulen	AKAD]	Stuttgart	Privat higher education.
5.	Wilhelm Büchner Hochschule	Wilhelm Büchner Hochschule	Darmstadt	University of Applied Sciences.
6.	PFFH-Technikum	Private Fernfachhochschule	Darmstadt	Privat distance education.
7.	Europäische Fernhochschule Hamburg	Europäische Fernhochschule Hamburg	Hamburg	Distance learning / continuing education.
8.	Hamburger Fernhochschule	Klett-Gruppe	Hamburg	Distance learning.
9.	ZFH	Zentralstelle für Fernstudien an Fachhochschulen	Koblenz	Higher Distance Education.