Publications

Since 2001, Wissenschaft weltoffen analyses the internationalisation of higher education and science in Germany and around the world. The compact edition of the annual data report contains the latest internationalisation indicators in a visually appealing format. The indicators presented provide information on mobility rates and countries of origin and destination of internationally mobile students in Germany and abroad. They also relate to researcher mobility to and from Germany as well as internationalisation structures in German higher education. The indicators presented are based on international data published by the OECD and UNESCO, national data from the Federal Statistical Office and the findings of own surveys.

Since 2001, Wissenschaft weltoffen analyses the internationalisation of higher education and science in Germany and around the world. The compact edition of the annual data report contains the latest internationalisation indicators in a visually appealing format. The indicators presented provide information on mobility rates and countries of origin and destination of internationally mobile students in Germany and abroad. They also relate to researcher mobility to and from Germany as well as internationalisation structures in German higher education. The indicators presented are based on international data published by the OECD and UNESCO, national data from the Federal Statistical Office and the findings of own surveys.

This short summarising article highlights some key findings of a study on the impact of digitalisation on the internationalisation policies and practices of German higher education institutions (HEIs). It examines the evolving landscape of virtual internationalisation (VI) within HEIs, drawing on findings from the INDISTRA project and the 6th Global Survey of the International University Association (IAU). Prompted by accelerated digitalisation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the study investigates strategies, drivers, priorities, and challenges associated with VI.

The study investigates the impact of student employment on the post-graduation employment and salaries of university graduates in 13 European countries. We use a unique and rich dataset of European graduates from the 2017 and 2021 cohorts, which allows us to account for potential selection on observables using OLS with entropy balancing weights and address potential selection on unobservables using an IV approach and the Oster test. In addition, we test human capital versus job-market signaling explanations for the returns to student employment by comparing returns for self-employed and employed graduates, as well as by examining how returns to student work experience evolve over time.

For 25 years, Wissenschaft weltoffen has provided a valid basis for monitoring the internationalisation of studies and research in Germany and around the world. Every year, it sheds light on developments relating to international students and researchers in Germany, the mobility patterns of students and researchers from Germany abroad as well as academic mobility patterns worldwide. As of 2024, it also analyses structural aspects of internationalisation, such as university administrative staff, the availability of English-language study programmes, international university partnerships and third-party funding, plus transnational educational programmes.

Ten years after many refugees immigrated to Germany in 2015, some have made their way into higher education. This was achieved with the help of support programmes from the federal and state governments. Two important factors for academic success are social and academic integration at the university. Refugees with foreign and domestic university entrance qualifications are at a significant disadvantage in this respect compared to other student groups.

Nacaps, the National Academics Panel Study, is a new longitudinal study of doctoral candidates and doctorate holders in Germany funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The project aims at providing nationwide cross-sectional and longitudinal data on doctoral candidates and doctorate holders in Germany regarding their study conditions as well as their career trajectories within and outside of academia. The Nacaps study series apply a panel design to multiple cohorts. Nacaps 2018 is the first cohort in this series of studies. In 2019, all doctoral candidates registered at 53 higher education institutions entitled to award PhDs/doctorates [...] Full Abstract: https://doi.org/10.21249/DZHW:nac2018:3.0.0

Nacaps, the National Academics Panel Study, is a new longitudinal study of doctoral candidates and doctorate holders in Germany funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The project aims at providing nationwide cross-sectional and longitudinal data on doctoral candidates and doctorate holders in Germany regarding their study conditions as well as their career trajectories within and outside of academia. The Nacaps study series apply a panel design to multiple cohorts. Nacaps 2018 is the first cohort in this series of studies. In 2019, all doctoral candidates registered at 53 higher education institutions entitled to award PhDs/doctorates in Germany [...] Full Abstract: https://doi.org/10.21249/DZHW:nac2018:3.0.0