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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
			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
		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	881,526	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
		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	935,840	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
	Humanities	Total	412,477	400,229	12,248	430,743	416,123	14,620	457,464	439,874	17,590	476,958	455,861	21,097	491,327	466,374	24,953	499,561	469,239	30,322	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
		Male	121,976	118,745	3,231	127,438	123,700	3,738	136,413	132,020	4,393	141,715	136,448	5,267	145,010	138,729	6,281	147,141	139,296	7,845	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
		Female	290,501	281,484	9,017	303,305	292,423	10,882	321,051	307,854	13,197	335,243	319,413	15,830	346,317	327,645	18,672	352,420	329,943	22,477	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
	Sports	Total	26,677	26,524	153	26,884	26,654	230	27,392	27,077	315	27,367	26,991	376	28,063	27,634	429	28,098	27,552	546	27,771	27,188	583	27,822	27,079	743	28,199	27,180	1,019	28,461	27,384	1,077	29,207	27,922	1,285	30,944	28,988	1,956	31,157	28,967	2,190	30,777	28,351	2,426
		Male	16,615	16,495	120	16,763	16,588	175	17,170	16,935	235	16,952	16,673	279	17,226	16,910	316	17,344	16,963	381	17,205	16,802	403	17,221	16,732	489	17,354	16,748	606	17,300	16,681	619	17,779	17,040	739	18,623	17,497	1,126	18,894	17,627	1,267	18,758	17,355	1,403
		Female	10,062	10,029	33	10,121	10,066	55	10,222	10,142	80	10,415	10,318	97	10,837	10,724	113	10,754	10,589	165	10,566	10,386	180	10,601	10,347	254	10,845	10,432	413	11,161	10,703	458	11,428	10,882	546	12,321	11,491	830	12,263	11,340	923	12,019	10,996	1,023
	Law, economics, social sciences	Total	668,398	364,470	276,392	683,146	368,498	285,065	726,195	389,804	304,483	759,610	404,832	322,084	797,243	420,644	343,413	822,745	424,710	363,900	1,006,645	570,036	400,294	1,025,852	570,238	416,603	1,048,789	570,272	434,013	1,066,411	569,772	447,368	1,082,326	567,907	460,863	1,128,572	575,529	496,973	1,138,785	568,507	509,988	1,132,153	552,235	520,335
		Male	332,641	189,680	129,014	334,746	188,856	130,863	356,881	201,232	139,474	370,672	207,497	146,713	385,809	213,581	155,496	395,087	213,778	164,400	439,178	247,138	174,019	445,516	246,445	179,777	453,626	246,765	184,709	457,502	244,772	188,239	459,943	242,090	191,524	474,066	243,604	203,473	475,288	239,563	206,574	469,554	231,448	209,560
		Female	335,757	174,790	147,378	348,400	179,642	154,202	369,314	188,572	165,009	388,938	197,335	175,371	411,434	207,063	187,917	427,658	210,932	199,500	567,467	322,898	226,275	580,336	323,793	236,826	595,163	323,507	249,304	608,909	325,000	259,129	622,383	325,817	269,339	654,506	331,925	293,500	663,497	328,944	303,414	662,599	320,787	310,775
	Mathematics, natural sciences	Total	375,842	299,455	76,182	389,231	309,599	79,429	423,100	335,855	87,045	449,758	356,531	93,026	472,840	374,830	97,847	490,433	386,304	103,959	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
		Male	235,925	176,112	59,644	244,468	182,471	61,834	268,189	200,656	67,375	284,390	212,904	71,326	298,815	224,194	74,492	309,926	231,057	78,733	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
		Female	139,917	123,343	16,538	144,763	127,128	17,595	154,911	135,199	19,670	165,368	143,627	21,700	174,025	150,636	23,355	180,507	155,247	25,226	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
	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
		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
		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
	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
		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
		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
	Engineering	Total	383,931	162,081	221,850	426,692	184,741	241,951	472,590	207,450	265,140	499,419	218,878	280,541	528,420	231,787	296,633	545,408	239,103	306,305	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
		Male	305,099	125,945	179,154	337,448	143,007	194,441	374,510	161,677	212,833	393,529	169,267	224,262	413,673	178,027	235,646	423,733	182,282	241,451	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
		Female	78,832	36,136	42,696	89,244	41,734	47,510	98,080	45,773	52,307	105,890	49,611	56,279	114,747	53,760	60,987	121,675	56,821	64,854	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
	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
		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
		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
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
	Humanities	Total	44,702	43,594	1,108	45,505	44,291	1,214	47,133	45,764	1,369	49,055	47,535	1,520	50,596	48,912	1,684	51,834	49,888	1,946	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
	Sports	Total	1,141	1,135	6	1,111	1,102	9	1,140	1,131	9	1,122	1,112	10	1,118	1,106	12	1,173	1,161	12	1,255	1,237	18	1,270	1,245	25	1,282	1,232	50	1,351	1,288	63	1,428	1,348	80	1,440	1,318	122	1,631	1,486	145	1,724	1,570	154
	Law, economics, social sciences	Total	69,736	43,869	25,782	69,200	43,216	25,912	71,947	44,218	27,656	75,336	45,666	29,561	79,390	47,536	31,747	83,893	48,996	34,786	97,171	59,448	37,617	101,436	60,706	40,593	105,102	62,174	42,774	108,155	63,574	44,407	111,390	64,381	46,811	112,938	63,027	49,725	120,674	66,040	54,430	126,192	67,179	58,650
	Mathematics, natural sciences	Total	42,168	33,796	8,369	43,142	34,507	8,633	45,915	36,698	9,214	49,653	39,536	10,116	53,393	42,395	10,996	57,702	45,611	12,090	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
	Human medicine, health sciences	Total	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
	Agricultural, forestry and nutritional sciences, veterinary medicine	Total	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
	Engineering	Total	55,649	29,549	26,100	61,186	33,142	28,044	65,802	36,025	29,777	72,013	40,020	31,993	79,745	45,027	34,718	87,091	49,287	37,804	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
	Art, art theory	Total	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