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"First-year students, total and percentage of the age-specific population in Germany, by subject groups and study areas (in international demarcation) 1)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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,First-year students,First-year students,First-year students,First-year students,First-year students,First-year students,First-year students,First-year students,First-year students,First-year students,First-year students,First-year students,First-year students,First-year students,First-year students,First-year students,First-year students,First-year students,Percentage of first-year students 3),Percentage of first-year students 3),Percentage of first-year students 3),Percentage of first-year students 3),Percentage of first-year students 3),Percentage of first-year students 3),Percentage of first-year students 3),Percentage of first-year students 3),Percentage of first-year students 3),Percentage of first-year students 3),Percentage of first-year students 3),Percentage of first-year students 3),Percentage of first-year students 3),Percentage of first-year students 3),Percentage of first-year students 3),Percentage of first-year students 3),Percentage of first-year students 3),Percentage of first-year students 3)
,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022
Subject group,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%)
"Mathematics, natural sciences",42416,42939,41591,41655,43453,46847,49221,55248,49047,50000,47582,48198,50020,50088,50275,48944,46083,42480,4.4,4.4,4.3,4.2,4.4,4.8,5.1,5.9,5.4,5.7,5.5,5.3,5.5,5.5,5.6,5.5,5.3,5.7
Study area,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%)
   In general,364,251,405,563,668,727,775,966,817,914,965,935,1614,1881,2232,2465,2114,2116,0,0,0,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.2,0.2,0.2,0.3,0.2,0.3
   Mathematics,11588,12148,11945,11480,11840,12571,13950,14480,13002,12834,11849,11938,12218,12201,12094,11171,10531,9601,1.2,1.3,1.2,1.2,1.2,1.3,1.4,1.5,1.4,1.5,1.4,1.3,1.3,1.3,1.3,1.3,1.2,1.3
"   Physics, astronomy",5858,5953,5290,5560,5639,5845,6220,7865,6745,7128,6772,7307,7610,7881,7864,7707,6691,6521,0.6,0.6,0.5,0.6,0.6,0.6,0.6,0.8,0.7,0.8,0.8,0.8,0.8,0.9,0.9,0.9,0.8,0.9
   Chemistry,8444,8570,7828,7614,7899,8243,8653,10414,9036,9327,8923,9252,9477,9197,8899,8364,8031,6991,0.9,0.9,0.8,0.8,0.8,0.8,0.9,1.1,1,1.1,1,1,1,1,1,0.9,0.9,0.9
   Pharmacy,2177,2187,2179,2210,2394,2545,2508,2711,2651,2599,2595,2695,2672,2695,2663,2620,2568,2591,0.2,0.2,0.2,0.2,0.2,0.3,0.3,0.3,0.3,0.3,0.3,0.3,0.3,0.3,0.3,0.3,0.3,0.3
   Biology,8285,8317,8707,9130,9822,10924,10677,11553,10527,10808,10586,10528,11061,10837,10994,10765,10992,10140,0.9,0.9,0.9,0.9,1,1.1,1.1,1.2,1.2,1.2,1.2,1.2,1.2,1.2,1.2,1.2,1.3,1.4
   Earth sciences,2252,2046,2010,2148,2078,2331,2560,3375,2983,2728,2441,2460,2318,2169,2161,2316,590,573,0.2,0.2,0.2,0.2,0.2,0.2,0.3,0.4,0.3,0.3,0.3,0.3,0.3,0.2,0.2,0.3,0.1,0.1
   Geography,3448,3467,3227,2950,3113,3661,3878,3884,3286,3662,3451,3083,3050,3227,3368,3536,4566,3947,0.4,0.4,0.3,0.3,0.3,0.4,0.4,0.4,0.4,0.4,0.4,0.3,0.3,0.4,0.4,0.4,0.5,0.5
Subject group,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%)
Human medicine,15242,15524,15818,16576,18357,18936,20075,22737,23244,24001,24281,25242,25342,25433,26469,26810,26900,26495,1.6,1.6,1.6,1.7,1.9,1.9,2.1,2.4,2.6,2.8,2.8,2.8,2.8,2.8,2.9,3,3.1,3.6
"Agricultural, forestry and nutritional sciences, veterinary medicine",8733,8893,8640,9155,9451,10102,10185,11041,9673,10170,10001,9783,10947,10881,10527,10389,10566,9235,0.9,0.9,0.9,0.9,1,1,1.1,1.2,1.1,1.2,1.2,1.1,1.2,1.2,1.2,1.2,1.2,1.2
Engineering,88224,86459,83192,89707,101864,112124,124394,146460,129422,132488,131517,130012,133293,129231,127076,120061,115069,106772,9.1,8.9,8.5,9.1,10.4,11.4,12.9,15.6,14.3,15.2,15.2,14.4,14.6,14.3,14.1,13.5,13.3,14.3
Study area,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%)
   In general,4268,4451,4993,5125,6073,6627,7551,9251,8258,9642,9188,9436,10817,10500,10817,10526,8694,8191,0.4,0.5,0.5,0.5,0.6,0.7,0.8,1,0.9,1.1,1.1,1,1.2,1.2,1.2,1.2,1,1.1
"   Mining, metallurgy",399,404,367,436,501,467,480,583,391,377,410,321,313,215,208,197,124,118,0,0,0,0,0.1,0,0,0.1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
"   Mechanical engineering, process engineering",30122,29513,27976,30937,36100,36312,38356,44674,39321,39108,37860,35913,31985,29011,27625,24373,22566,19897,3.1,3,2.9,3.1,3.7,3.7,4,4.8,4.3,4.5,4.4,4,3.5,3.2,3.1,2.7,2.6,2.7
   Electrical engineering,14525,14049,12593,13017,14684,15370,16354,19117,15936,15957,14967,14633,14270,13680,13335,12128,10862,9754,1.5,1.5,1.3,1.3,1.5,1.6,1.7,2,1.8,1.8,1.7,1.6,1.6,1.5,1.5,1.4,1.3,1.3
"   Traffic engineering, nautical sciences",3310,3733,3972,4340,4513,4925,5198,5982,5079,4885,5113,4960,4627,4536,4172,4105,4157,3487,0.3,0.4,0.4,0.4,0.5,0.5,0.5,0.6,0.6,0.6,0.6,0.5,0.5,0.5,0.5,0.5,0.5,0.5
   Architecture,5985,5835,5589,5973,6588,7084,7522,8541,7345,7270,7281,6967,7000,6845,6807,6681,7397,7114,0.6,0.6,0.6,0.6,0.7,0.7,0.8,0.9,0.8,0.8,0.8,0.8,0.8,0.8,0.8,0.8,0.9,1
   Spatial planning,1279,1188,1074,1150,1263,1468,1417,1445,982,1052,984,928,597,602,568,635,598,513,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.2,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1
   Civil engineering,6310,6053,5931,6926,8282,9439,11000,12733,10662,11025,10825,10431,10413,10287,9824,9447,10032,9522,0.7,0.6,0.6,0.7,0.8,1,1.1,1.4,1.2,1.3,1.3,1.2,1.1,1.1,1.1,1.1,1.2,1.3
   Surveying,1068,1057,872,900,885,1012,1110,1121,1026,1284,1105,1214,1022,993,973,862,796,677,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1
   Business engineering specialising in engineering sciences,-,-,-,-,-,4772,7824,10848,10055,10758,10751,11083,16891,16737,16046,15052,14493,12314,-,-,-,-,-,0.5,0.8,1.2,1.1,1.2,1.2,1.2,1.9,1.8,1.8,1.7,1.7,1.7
   Computer sciences,20958,20176,19825,20903,22975,24648,27582,32165,30367,31130,33033,34126,35358,35825,36701,36055,35350,35185,2.2,2.1,2,2.1,2.3,2.5,2.9,3.4,3.3,3.6,3.8,3.8,3.9,4,4.1,4.1,4.1,4.7
Subject group,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%),Share (%)
Other Sciences,193971,187824,185567,199050,218552,229209,243244,263368,254417,259910,256269,254099,252585,256813,256286,250315,250550,234462,20.1,19.4,19,20.2,22.2,23.3,25.2,28.1,28,29.8,29.7,28.1,27.7,28.3,28.5,28.2,29,31.5
Total,348586,341639,334808,356143,391677,417218,447119,498854,465803,476569,469650,467334,472187,472446,470633,456519,449168,419444,36.1,35.3,34.4,36.2,39.8,42.5,46.3,53.2,51.3,54.7,54.4,51.6,51.8,52.1,52.3,51.5,52,56.3
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"Source: Federal Statistical Office, special evaluation",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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"1) First enrolment. Data are not identical to the number of total first-year students at higher education institutions in table 1.9.6. Until 2012, demarcation pursuant to ISCED 1997 level 5A; as of 2013, demarcation pursuant to ISCED 2011 level 6 sub-category 645 and level 7 sub-category 746.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
2) Net rates according to the OECD calculation method (Therefore the number of first-time entrants of that age is divided by the total population of the corresponding age. These age-specific entry rates are added up to net entry rates.).,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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