Facts About Foreign Students in Germany

Datas/Facts About Foreign Students studying in Germany 

i) Total Foreign Students in German Universities : ca 245,000 (ca 12%) 

ii) Largest Groups – China, Russia, Poland,  Bulgaria, Turkey 

iii) University with highest portion of foreigners in percentage – Universität zu Köln 

iv) Fachhochschule with highest portion of foreigners in percentage – Fachhochschule Köln 

v) Average Percentage of students who finance their stay themselves – 54% 

vi) Main Problems of students : Orientation in studies, Finance, Contacts with other students, Room 

vii) Best Universities for Technical Subjects : TU Berlin, RWTH Aachen, TU Munich, 

viii) Best Universities for Economical Subjects: Uni Mannheim, Uni Köln, Uni Bonn

ix) Best Universities for Medicine: Charite Berlin, Uni Heidelberg, Uni Bonn

x) Largest teaching Universities : Uni Köln, Uni Munich, Uni Hamburg 

xi) Largest teaching Fachhochschule : FH Köln, FH Munich 

Facts: 

i)                    Germany is third attractive country in the world for higher education after USA and UK

ii)                   81% of students came here for full time studies

iii)                 19% came as exchange or guest students

iv)                 49% of Foreign Students work in vacations 

v)                  47% student’s first choice was Germany for further education 

Source: http://www.studentenwerke.de/pdf/Internationalisierungbericht.pdf