Table 1.9.4 - BMBF's Data Portal

Table 1.9.4

First-year students, total and percentage of the age-specific population in Germany, by subject groups and study areas (in international demarcation)
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	First-year students																		Percentage of first-year students³⁾
	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																		Share (%)
Mathematics, natural sciences	42,416	42,939	41,591	41,655	43,453	46,847	49,221	55,248	49,047	50,000	47,582	48,198	50,020	50,088	50,275	48,944	46,083	42,480	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																		Share (%)
In general	364	251	405	563	668	727	775	966	817	914	965	935	1,614	1,881	2,232	2,465	2,114	2,116	0.0	0.0	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	11,588	12,148	11,945	11,480	11,840	12,571	13,950	14,480	13,002	12,834	11,849	11,938	12,218	12,201	12,094	11,171	10,531	9,601	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	5,858	5,953	5,290	5,560	5,639	5,845	6,220	7,865	6,745	7,128	6,772	7,307	7,610	7,881	7,864	7,707	6,691	6,521	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	8,444	8,570	7,828	7,614	7,899	8,243	8,653	10,414	9,036	9,327	8,923	9,252	9,477	9,197	8,899	8,364	8,031	6,991	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.1	1.0	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9
Pharmacy	2,177	2,187	2,179	2,210	2,394	2,545	2,508	2,711	2,651	2,599	2,595	2,695	2,672	2,695	2,663	2,620	2,568	2,591	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	8,285	8,317	8,707	9,130	9,822	10,924	10,677	11,553	10,527	10,808	10,586	10,528	11,061	10,837	10,994	10,765	10,992	10,140	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	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	2,252	2,046	2,010	2,148	2,078	2,331	2,560	3,375	2,983	2,728	2,441	2,460	2,318	2,169	2,161	2,316	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	3,448	3,467	3,227	2,950	3,113	3,661	3,878	3,884	3,286	3,662	3,451	3,083	3,050	3,227	3,368	3,536	4,566	3,947	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																		Share (%)
Human medicine	15,242	15,524	15,818	16,576	18,357	18,936	20,075	22,737	23,244	24,001	24,281	25,242	25,342	25,433	26,469	26,810	26,900	26,495	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	3.0	3.1	3.6
Agricultural, forestry and nutritional sciences, veterinary medicine	8,733	8,893	8,640	9,155	9,451	10,102	10,185	11,041	9,673	10,170	10,001	9,783	10,947	10,881	10,527	10,389	10,566	9,235	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	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	88,224	86,459	83,192	89,707	101,864	112,124	124,394	146,460	129,422	132,488	131,517	130,012	133,293	129,231	127,076	120,061	115,069	106,772	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																		Share (%)
In general	4,268	4,451	4,993	5,125	6,073	6,627	7,551	9,251	8,258	9,642	9,188	9,436	10,817	10,500	10,817	10,526	8,694	8,191	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.8	1.0	0.9	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.0	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	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mechanical engineering, process engineering	30,122	29,513	27,976	30,937	36,100	36,312	38,356	44,674	39,321	39,108	37,860	35,913	31,985	29,011	27,625	24,373	22,566	19,897	3.1	3.0	2.9	3.1	3.7	3.7	4.0	4.8	4.3	4.5	4.4	4.0	3.5	3.2	3.1	2.7	2.6	2.7
Electrical engineering	14,525	14,049	12,593	13,017	14,684	15,370	16,354	19,117	15,936	15,957	14,967	14,633	14,270	13,680	13,335	12,128	10,862	9,754	1.5	1.5	1.3	1.3	1.5	1.6	1.7	2.0	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.3
Traffic engineering, nautical sciences	3,310	3,733	3,972	4,340	4,513	4,925	5,198	5,982	5,079	4,885	5,113	4,960	4,627	4,536	4,172	4,105	4,157	3,487	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	5,985	5,835	5,589	5,973	6,588	7,084	7,522	8,541	7,345	7,270	7,281	6,967	7,000	6,845	6,807	6,681	7,397	7,114	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	1.0
Spatial planning	1,279	1,188	1,074	1,150	1,263	1,468	1,417	1,445	982	1,052	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	6,310	6,053	5,931	6,926	8,282	9,439	11,000	12,733	10,662	11,025	10,825	10,431	10,413	10,287	9,824	9,447	10,032	9,522	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.8	1.0	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	1,068	1,057	872	900	885	1,012	1,110	1,121	1,026	1,284	1,105	1,214	1,022	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	-	-	-	-	-	4,772	7,824	10,848	10,055	10,758	10,751	11,083	16,891	16,737	16,046	15,052	14,493	12,314	-	-	-	-	-	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	20,958	20,176	19,825	20,903	22,975	24,648	27,582	32,165	30,367	31,130	33,033	34,126	35,358	35,825	36,701	36,055	35,350	35,185	2.2	2.1	2.0	2.1	2.3	2.5	2.9	3.4	3.3	3.6	3.8	3.8	3.9	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.7
Subject group	Number																		Share (%)
Other Sciences	193,971	187,824	185,567	199,050	218,552	229,209	243,244	263,368	254,417	259,910	256,269	254,099	252,585	256,813	256,286	250,315	250,550	234,462	20.1	19.4	19.0	20.2	22.2	23.3	25.2	28.1	28.0	29.8	29.7	28.1	27.7	28.3	28.5	28.2	29.0	31.5
Total	348,586	341,639	334,808	356,143	391,677	417,218	447,119	498,854	465,803	476,569	469,650	467,334	472,187	472,446	470,633	456,519	449,168	419,444	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	52.0	56.3