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Table 2.5.77

Total students and foreign students, by types of higher education institution, subject groups and sex
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			Winter semester 2009 / 2010			Winter semester 2010 / 2011			Winter semester 2011 / 2012			Winter semester 2012 / 2013			Winter semester 2013 / 2014			Winter semester 2014 / 2015			Winter semester 2015 / 2016			Winter semester 2016 / 2017			Winter semester 2017 / 2018			Winter semester 2018 / 2019			Winter semester 2019 / 2020			Winter semester 2020 / 2021			Winter semester 2021 / 2022			Winter semester 2022 / 2023			Winter semester 2023 / 2024			Winter semester 2024 / 2025			Winter semester 2025 / 2026
			Higher education institutions, total²⁾	University³⁾	University of applied sciences⁴⁾	Higher education institutions, total²⁾	University³⁾	University of applied sciences⁴⁾	Higher education institutions, total²⁾	University³⁾	University of applied sciences⁴⁾	Higher education institutions, total²⁾	University³⁾	University of applied sciences⁴⁾	Higher education institutions, total²⁾	University³⁾	University of applied sciences⁴⁾	Higher education institutions, total²⁾	University³⁾	University of applied sciences⁴⁾	Higher education institutions, total²⁾	University³⁾	University of applied sciences⁴⁾	Higher education institutions, total²⁾	University³⁾	University of applied sciences⁴⁾	Higher education institutions, total²⁾	University³⁾	University of applied sciences⁴⁾	Higher education institutions, total²⁾	University³⁾	University of applied sciences⁴⁾	Higher education institutions, total²⁾	University³⁾	University of applied sciences⁴⁾	Higher education institutions, total²⁾	University³⁾	University of applied sciences⁴⁾	Higher education institutions, total²⁾	University³⁾	University of applied sciences⁴⁾	Higher education institutions, total²⁾	University³⁾	University of applied sciences⁴⁾	Higher education institutions, total²⁾	University³⁾	University of applied sciences⁴⁾	Higher education institutions, total²⁾	University³⁾	University of applied sciences⁴⁾	Higher education institutions, total²⁾	University³⁾	University of applied sciences⁴⁾
Nationality	Subject group	Sex	Number
Germans and foreigners, total	Total⁵⁾	Total	2,121,178	1,448,616	644,766	2,217,294	1,503,839	683,637	2,380,974	1,605,401	743,447	2,499,409	1,673,675	792,837	2,616,881	1,736,984	846,517	2,698,910	1,768,374	896,187	2,757,799	1,791,988	929,241	2,807,010	1,811,080	956,717	2,844,978	1,818,259	982,188	2,868,222	1,817,366	1,001,550	2,891,049	1,814,305	1,023,146	2,944,145	1,818,035	1,069,995	2,941,915	1,791,332	1,090,251	2,920,263	1,765,199	1,095,425	2,868,311	1,726,047	1,083,568	2,864,122	1,715,225	1,090,013	2,864,160	1,706,058	1,100,477
		Male	1,106,450	698,514	393,779	1,157,485	727,158	415,113	1,255,372	788,402	450,623	1,314,017	821,178	476,215	1,371,640	851,985	502,780	1,408,534	865,714	525,758	1,434,126	878,125	537,797	1,453,625	886,297	547,868	1,464,643	887,533	554,936	1,465,978	881,527	559,934	1,464,867	873,330	565,177	1,476,366	869,104	580,242	1,466,282	853,337	583,772	1,444,125	836,280	579,267	1,407,830	812,848	566,430	1,398,631	804,171	565,658	1,396,130	797,768	570,105
		Female	1,014,728	750,102	250,987	1,059,809	776,681	268,524	1,125,602	816,999	292,824	1,185,392	852,497	316,622	1,245,241	884,999	343,737	1,290,376	902,660	370,429	1,323,673	913,863	391,444	1,353,385	924,783	408,849	1,380,335	930,726	427,252	1,402,244	935,839	441,616	1,426,182	940,975	457,969	1,467,779	948,931	489,753	1,475,633	937,995	506,479	1,476,138	928,919	516,158	1,460,481	913,199	517,138	1,465,491	911,054	524,355	1,468,030	908,290	530,372
	Humanities	Total	301,984	294,433	7,551	310,981	303,085	7,896	327,183	318,607	8,576	337,694	328,732	8,962	342,655	333,700	8,955	343,376	334,281	9,095	339,730	330,531	9,199	342,928	333,845	9,083	341,642	332,395	9,247	336,193	326,896	9,297	332,440	323,488	8,952	326,408	317,758	8,650	316,442	307,571	8,871	310,473	301,627	8,846	297,498	289,311	8,187	290,804	283,053	7,751	281,315	273,981	7,334
		Male	96,931	94,776	2,155	100,047	97,821	2,226	106,468	104,052	2,416	109,890	107,336	2,554	111,498	108,864	2,634	111,973	109,249	2,724	111,000	108,215	2,785	112,854	110,134	2,720	112,478	109,675	2,803	110,766	107,949	2,817	109,340	106,710	2,630	106,404	103,900	2,504	103,345	100,730	2,615	102,069	99,247	2,822	97,078	94,683	2,395	95,318	93,053	2,265	92,339	90,213	2,126
		Female	205,053	199,657	5,396	210,934	205,264	5,670	220,715	214,555	6,160	227,804	221,396	6,408	231,157	224,836	6,321	231,403	225,032	6,371	228,730	222,316	6,414	230,074	223,711	6,363	229,164	222,720	6,444	225,427	218,947	6,480	223,100	216,778	6,322	220,004	213,858	6,146	213,097	206,841	6,256	208,404	202,380	6,024	200,420	194,628	5,792	195,486	190,000	5,486	188,976	183,768	5,208
	Law and administrative sciences	Total	142,955	96,921	18,745	147,640	98,681	19,614	158,063	105,683	20,710	162,889	110,164	20,259	168,712	114,554	21,192	173,507	116,792	22,779	179,560	119,399	24,020	185,707	121,220	25,645	193,033	121,791	26,903	199,195	122,095	27,998	204,099	122,391	28,324	210,121	124,504	29,731	213,144	123,690	29,322	210,282	121,544	29,269	206,821	119,286	29,016	207,785	119,255	29,833	208,403	120,240	30,729
		Male	68,390	46,432	8,146	69,431	46,055	8,480	74,693	49,569	9,082	76,481	51,379	8,767	78,738	52,892	9,236	80,057	53,370	9,890	82,412	54,179	10,308	84,926	54,798	10,923	88,035	54,593	11,376	90,291	54,246	11,642	91,853	53,915	11,696	92,621	53,896	11,837	93,549	53,004	11,480	91,092	51,211	11,398	89,486	49,776	11,259	89,449	49,113	11,646	89,077	48,904	12,029
		Female	74,565	50,489	10,599	78,209	52,626	11,134	83,370	56,114	11,628	86,408	58,785	11,492	89,974	61,662	11,956	93,450	63,422	12,889	97,148	65,220	13,712	100,781	66,422	14,722	104,998	67,198	15,527	108,904	67,849	16,356	112,246	68,476	16,628	117,500	70,608	17,894	119,595	70,686	17,842	119,190	70,333	17,871	117,335	69,510	17,757	118,336	70,142	18,187	119,326	71,336	18,700
	Economics	Total	376,600	177,139	199,304	383,937	178,648	205,138	411,082	191,338	219,598	432,616	198,018	234,462	457,287	205,703	251,464	471,926	206,212	265,616	475,700	206,155	269,464	480,007	206,448	273,485	482,582	205,302	277,213	480,641	201,327	279,244	477,112	197,330	279,700	491,387	197,308	294,001	485,497	191,248	294,174	475,577	181,057	294,465	462,420	175,673	286,692	460,492	174,322	286,122	470,472	175,562	294,862
		Male	208,860	102,521	106,259	209,228	102,021	107,133	223,836	109,923	113,840	233,830	113,248	120,516	244,847	116,868	127,923	251,618	116,571	135,004	253,471	116,771	136,666	256,026	117,151	138,842	256,689	116,406	140,252	255,162	114,156	140,974	253,503	111,906	141,563	261,531	112,532	148,965	259,898	109,971	149,893	256,018	105,144	150,850	248,791	102,735	146,034	247,480	102,171	145,288	252,912	103,369	149,519
		Female	167,740	74,618	93,045	174,709	76,627	98,005	187,246	81,415	105,758	198,786	84,770	113,946	212,440	88,835	123,541	220,308	89,641	130,612	222,229	89,384	132,798	223,981	89,297	134,643	225,893	88,896	136,961	225,479	87,171	138,270	223,609	85,424	138,137	229,856	84,776	145,036	225,599	81,277	144,281	219,559	75,913	143,615	213,629	72,938	140,658	213,012	72,151	140,834	217,560	72,193	145,343
	Social and behavioural sciences, sports	Total	286,013	222,730	63,193	298,215	230,861	67,267	314,723	241,127	73,504	330,736	250,770	79,874	347,979	260,695	87,184	361,595	264,216	97,278	379,156	271,670	107,393	387,960	269,649	118,216	401,373	270,359	130,916	415,036	273,734	141,203	430,322	276,108	154,124	458,008	282,705	175,197	471,301	282,536	188,682	477,071	277,985	199,027	478,628	276,787	201,788	481,431	276,450	204,920	480,268	278,488	201,713
		Male	97,051	81,191	15,805	100,241	83,247	16,937	105,467	86,643	18,764	109,138	88,655	20,422	112,962	90,596	22,300	115,924	90,847	25,008	120,500	92,990	27,448	121,785	91,228	30,501	126,256	92,514	33,687	129,349	93,051	36,242	132,366	93,309	39,004	138,537	94,673	43,797	140,735	94,215	46,468	141,202	92,448	48,715	140,218	91,243	48,936	139,753	90,286	49,427	137,856	90,231	47,585
		Female	188,962	141,539	47,388	197,974	147,614	50,330	209,256	154,484	54,740	221,598	162,115	59,452	235,017	170,099	64,884	245,671	173,369	72,270	258,656	178,680	79,945	266,175	178,421	87,715	275,117	177,845	97,229	285,687	180,683	104,961	297,956	182,799	115,120	319,471	188,032	131,400	330,566	188,321	142,214	335,869	185,537	150,312	338,410	185,544	152,852	341,678	186,164	155,493	342,412	188,257	154,128
	Mathematics, natural sciences	Total	245,828	233,205	12,577	255,481	241,932	13,504	275,925	260,794	15,085	290,216	274,170	16,015	301,625	285,001	16,601	307,317	289,821	17,469	309,194	290,407	18,756	315,393	296,059	19,306	318,675	299,127	19,521	319,992	299,889	20,070	322,086	301,268	20,776	319,264	297,704	21,515	314,060	291,926	22,106	314,071	292,485	21,555	301,197	280,103	21,062	297,937	276,679	21,213	293,379	272,161	21,178
		Male	126,343	120,196	6,113	132,430	125,602	6,796	145,752	137,989	7,730	153,294	145,012	8,259	159,676	151,052	8,608	162,492	153,488	8,986	163,644	153,936	9,687	165,861	155,793	10,045	165,903	155,804	10,077	164,309	154,019	10,265	163,604	152,984	10,589	161,019	150,132	10,856	157,150	145,923	11,213	155,624	144,864	10,743	148,208	137,874	10,316	145,729	135,418	10,283	142,881	132,737	10,118
		Female	119,485	113,009	6,464	123,051	116,330	6,708	130,173	122,805	7,355	136,922	129,158	7,756	141,949	133,949	7,993	144,825	136,333	8,483	145,550	136,471	9,069	149,532	140,266	9,261	152,772	143,323	9,444	155,683	145,870	9,805	158,482	148,284	10,187	158,245	147,572	10,659	156,910	146,003	10,893	158,447	147,621	10,812	152,989	142,229	10,746	152,208	141,261	10,930	150,498	139,424	11,060
	Human medicine, health sciences	Total	119,228	100,243	18,985	122,701	101,702	20,999	131,688	105,849	25,839	139,422	108,452	30,970	147,764	111,493	36,271	157,166	115,463	41,703	166,331	118,818	47,513	171,024	120,310	50,714	176,633	122,807	53,826	180,916	125,664	55,252	186,835	128,577	58,258	188,774	131,907	56,867	196,239	135,202	61,037	200,906	137,381	63,525	207,034	142,346	64,688	212,689	146,212	66,477	215,424	147,578	67,846
		Male	43,423	38,270	5,153	44,255	38,683	5,572	47,053	40,155	6,898	49,644	41,361	8,283	51,952	42,395	9,557	54,587	43,616	10,971	57,736	44,828	12,908	58,592	44,722	13,870	60,104	45,256	14,848	60,634	45,551	15,083	62,053	46,039	16,014	60,107	46,224	13,883	61,353	46,578	14,775	61,924	46,508	15,416	63,288	47,776	15,512	64,431	48,539	15,892	65,641	48,769	16,872
		Female	75,805	61,973	13,832	78,446	63,019	15,427	84,635	65,694	18,941	89,778	67,091	22,687	95,812	69,098	26,714	102,579	71,847	30,732	108,595	73,990	34,605	112,432	75,588	36,844	116,529	77,551	38,978	120,282	80,113	40,169	124,782	82,538	42,244	128,667	85,683	42,984	134,886	88,624	46,262	138,982	90,873	48,109	143,746	94,570	49,176	148,258	97,673	50,585	149,783	98,809	50,974
	Agricultural, forestry and nutritional sciences, veterinary medicine	Total	50,424	32,090	18,334	50,977	31,936	19,041	53,790	33,879	19,911	55,996	35,182	20,814	58,490	36,488	21,973	61,054	37,987	23,024	62,126	38,827	23,229	63,253	39,514	23,739	63,579	39,586	23,993	62,985	39,171	23,814	63,381	38,851	24,530	65,127	39,130	25,997	64,024	37,752	26,272	62,660	36,912	25,748	60,366	35,851	24,515	58,416	34,495	23,921	58,280	33,789	24,491
		Male	20,050	11,070	8,980	20,520	11,159	9,361	22,037	12,188	9,849	23,200	12,842	10,358	24,506	13,493	11,000	25,521	13,969	11,535	26,058	14,363	11,661	26,278	14,505	11,773	26,413	14,517	11,896	26,037	14,279	11,758	25,899	14,046	11,853	26,131	13,993	12,138	25,598	13,489	12,109	24,766	12,996	11,770	23,691	12,485	11,206	22,780	11,808	10,972	22,757	11,568	11,189
		Female	30,374	21,020	9,354	30,457	20,777	9,680	31,753	21,691	10,062	32,796	22,340	10,456	33,984	22,995	10,973	35,533	24,018	11,489	36,068	24,464	11,568	36,975	25,009	11,966	37,166	25,069	12,097	36,948	24,892	12,056	37,482	24,805	12,677	38,996	25,137	13,859	38,426	24,263	14,163	37,894	23,916	13,978	36,675	23,366	13,309	35,636	22,687	12,949	35,523	22,221	13,302
	Engineering	Total	513,945	228,331	285,455	560,442	252,408	307,876	619,765	282,511	337,100	658,961	301,239	357,552	699,635	321,616	377,879	728,524	335,586	392,795	748,933	347,858	400,921	763,354	355,800	407,380	769,085	358,381	410,704	774,552	359,944	414,606	774,687	357,874	416,813	782,679	358,333	424,346	776,744	353,696	423,034	763,971	349,213	414,733	748,705	340,433	408,235	748,619	338,244	410,342	752,687	338,246	414,405
		Male	414,681	181,861	232,685	449,486	199,876	249,479	496,947	224,344	272,478	524,625	237,159	287,329	552,812	251,169	301,530	571,167	259,851	311,198	582,913	267,537	315,248	590,612	272,463	318,006	591,510	272,940	318,570	592,103	272,407	319,695	588,695	268,746	319,949	592,125	268,256	323,869	586,459	264,422	322,029	573,192	259,303	313,874	559,316	252,169	307,125	556,050	249,601	306,426	555,641	247,804	307,814
		Female	99,264	46,470	52,770	110,956	52,532	58,397	122,818	58,167	64,622	134,336	64,080	70,223	146,823	70,447	76,349	157,357	75,735	81,597	166,020	80,321	85,673	172,742	83,337	89,374	177,575	85,441	92,134	182,449	87,537	94,911	185,992	89,128	96,864	190,554	90,077	100,477	190,285	89,274	101,005	190,779	89,910	100,859	189,389	88,264	101,110	192,569	88,643	103,916	197,046	90,442	106,591
	Art, art theory	Total	81,463	60,908	20,555	84,033	61,841	22,192	85,951	62,907	23,044	88,329	64,493	23,836	89,956	65,058	24,898	91,388	65,188	26,200	93,224	64,932	28,292	93,717	65,052	28,665	94,264	64,893	29,371	94,189	64,755	29,434	95,521	64,416	31,105	98,781	65,531	33,250	100,364	64,163	36,201	101,101	63,593	37,508	101,062	62,811	38,251	101,209	62,796	38,413	99,200	62,327	36,873
		Male	29,636	21,193	8,443	30,704	21,639	9,065	31,940	22,413	9,527	32,847	23,179	9,668	33,508	23,573	9,935	33,966	23,644	10,322	34,672	23,806	10,866	34,986	24,045	10,941	35,350	24,148	11,202	35,147	23,967	11,180	35,433	23,783	11,650	36,241	24,007	12,234	36,303	23,327	12,976	36,494	23,129	13,365	35,889	22,707	13,182	35,648	22,629	13,019	34,980	22,589	12,391
		Female	51,827	39,715	12,112	53,329	40,202	13,127	54,011	40,494	13,517	55,482	41,314	14,168	56,448	41,485	14,963	57,422	41,544	15,878	58,552	41,126	17,426	58,731	41,007	17,724	58,914	40,745	18,169	59,042	40,788	18,254	60,088	40,633	19,455	62,540	41,524	21,016	64,061	40,836	23,225	64,607	40,464	24,143	65,173	40,104	25,069	65,561	40,167	25,394	64,220	39,738	24,482
Nationality	Subject group	Sex	Number
Foreigners	Total⁵⁾	Total	244,775	179,353	65,330	252,032	184,205	67,751	265,292	192,918	72,297	282,201	204,221	77,870	301,350	216,907	84,333	321,569	228,785	92,671	340,305	239,825	100,370	358,895	251,007	107,747	374,583	259,461	114,968	394,665	271,687	122,804	411,601	280,203	131,200	416,437	278,115	138,136	440,564	291,112	149,248	458,210	299,843	158,004	469,485	305,375	163,716	492,087	317,380	174,279	516,820	328,486	187,868
	Humanities		36,866	35,900	966	37,258	36,285	973	38,449	37,413	1,036	39,954	38,864	1,090	41,100	40,012	1,088	42,003	40,926	1,077	42,497	41,379	1,118	43,584	42,445	1,139	43,715	42,336	1,379	43,326	41,937	1,389	43,492	42,208	1,284	39,141	38,095	1,046	40,655	39,524	1,131	40,610	39,449	1,161	39,730	38,611	1,119	39,626	38,478	1,148	39,469	38,402	1,067
	Law and administrative sciences		11,429	10,107	1,239	11,182	9,841	1,272	11,686	10,158	1,458	11,946	10,465	1,373	12,291	10,697	1,494	12,755	11,032	1,619	12,993	11,085	1,810	13,098	11,034	1,941	13,183	10,926	2,114	13,141	10,698	2,283	12,993	10,452	2,351	12,440	9,819	2,451	12,496	9,894	2,411	12,636	9,837	2,447	12,438	9,475	2,572	12,594	9,598	2,578	12,629	9,610	2,568
	Economics		44,521	23,120	21,401	44,310	22,763	21,547	46,368	23,539	22,829	49,014	24,379	24,635	52,168	25,694	26,473	55,327	26,466	28,861	57,165	27,242	29,923	60,348	28,485	31,863	62,524	29,620	32,904	64,105	30,399	33,706	65,633	31,048	34,585	66,921	30,860	36,061	72,073	32,793	39,280	76,722	34,214	42,508	79,664	35,539	44,125	83,498	37,379	46,119	89,592	38,591	51,001
	Social and behavioural sciences, sports		22,763	19,471	3,290	23,066	19,720	3,343	23,717	20,003	3,711	24,599	20,605	3,993	25,545	21,151	4,388	26,815	21,621	5,187	28,268	22,358	5,902	29,260	22,432	6,814	30,677	22,860	7,806	32,260	23,765	8,481	34,192	24,229	9,955	35,017	23,666	11,335	37,736	24,839	12,884	38,558	24,698	13,849	38,759	24,516	14,240	39,789	24,890	14,889	40,853	25,786	15,052
	Mathematics, natural sciences		23,686	22,259	1,427	24,781	23,194	1,587	26,520	24,770	1,750	28,401	26,464	1,937	30,124	28,065	2,059	31,996	29,719	2,277	33,867	31,243	2,624	36,533	33,637	2,896	38,372	35,245	3,127	40,972	37,560	3,412	43,160	39,329	3,831	44,556	40,386	4,170	47,750	42,907	4,843	50,808	45,903	4,905	52,450	47,254	5,196	55,564	50,008	5,556	58,161	52,320	5,841
	Human medicine, health sciences		12,326	11,056	1,270	12,244	11,345	899	12,869	11,836	1,033	13,624	12,359	1,265	14,458	13,019	1,439	15,923	14,148	1,775	16,991	14,771	2,220	17,815	15,277	2,538	18,273	15,447	2,826	19,309	16,172	3,137	20,112	16,683	3,429	20,223	16,656	3,567	21,313	17,418	3,895	21,862	17,684	4,178	22,702	18,349	4,353	23,556	18,760	4,796	23,964	18,429	5,535
	Agricultural, forestry and nutritional sciences, veterinary medicine		4,337	3,473	864	4,384	3,470	914	4,701	3,703	998	5,074	3,995	1,079	5,503	4,302	1,200	6,025	4,642	1,382	6,405	4,899	1,505	6,688	5,142	1,546	6,932	5,264	1,668	7,258	5,510	1,748	7,652	5,616	2,036	8,076	5,811	2,265	8,305	5,836	2,469	8,694	5,991	2,703	8,740	6,023	2,717	9,016	6,146	2,870	9,992	6,714	3,278
	Engineering		74,131	41,086	33,042	79,547	44,455	35,090	85,197	47,953	37,241	93,265	53,092	40,172	103,014	59,357	43,655	112,797	65,179	47,617	122,720	70,948	51,769	131,518	76,224	55,290	140,337	81,165	59,172	152,389	88,131	64,258	161,924	93,019	68,905	168,466	95,892	72,574	177,580	100,797	76,783	184,787	104,775	80,012	191,372	108,469	82,903	204,049	114,666	89,383	217,858	121,141	96,717
	Art, art theory		13,685	11,917	1,768	14,160	12,142	2,018	14,585	12,420	2,165	15,302	13,061	2,241	16,019	13,573	2,446	16,660	13,963	2,697	17,357	14,246	3,111	18,295	14,952	3,343	18,752	15,083	3,669	19,566	15,638	3,928	20,107	15,749	4,358	20,422	15,932	4,490	20,972	15,757	5,215	21,786	15,965	5,821	21,920	15,983	5,937	22,654	16,258	6,396	22,567	16,318	6,249