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The percentage of first-year students (first enrolment) in any given year group is an important indicator for higher education ... planning.

The number of people qualified to enter higher education as a percentage of the relevant age group is calculated on the basis ... of the average figure for 17-to-under-20-year-olds (in Länder with 12 years of schooling) or 18-to-under-21-year-olds (in Länder with 13 years of schooling) among residents with and without German nationality.

This refers to the share of school-leavers qualified to enter higher education in any given year group who have already started ... a degree course or have the firm intention of starting one. It is calculated on the basis of a representative survey by Hochschul-Informations-System GmbH. In addition to this group (people with a firm intention of pursuing higher education), people who are not yet sure about going to university or are considering it as an alternative can also be factored in. A maximum percentage is calculated in this way.

In national reporting, this sector includes non-profit organizations mainly financed by government (e.g. the Helmholtz Association ... of German Research Centres (HGF), the Max Planck Society (MPG) or the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (FhG)) and private non-profit organizations financed neither mainly by the government nor mainly by the private sector and not primarily serving business enterprises.