2025-Mar-19 | DZHW Brief
Marczuk, A., Multrus, F., Hinz, T., & Strauß, S.
Facts and Figures
89%
of 2012 school leavers with higher education entrance qualification whose parents are graduates enrolled at university until Dec. 2018.
German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies
The German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW) carries out application-oriented empirical research. Our work focuses on two main fields: research on higher education, including analyses of students' and graduates' experiences, issues relating to life-long learning, steering and funding, and research into the scientific world and academic organisations. The Centre sees itself as part of the scientific community and is a service provider for higher education institutions and policy-makers.
News
Announcements
2025-Feb-10
Hohe Annahme und dynamische Entwicklung der Tenure-Track-Professur in Deutschland
Der jüngst veröffentlichte Bundesbericht „Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler in einer frühen ...
2025-Jan-30
Privatwirtschaft und Wissenschaftssektor bieten unterschiedliche Chancen für Wissenschaftler*innen in ihrer frühen Karrierephase
Heute erscheint der Bundesbericht ...
2024-Dec-11
Probieren geht über Studieren: Wie Studienabbrecher*innen dem Fachkräftemangel entgegenwirken können
Bis zu 30 Prozent aller Studierenden brechen ihr Studium ab. Doch ist ein Studium ohne Abschluss ...
2024-Nov-07
Internationale Akademische Mobilität
Die Bundesrepublik ist nach den USA das zweitwichtigste Gastland für internationale Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler, so der Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst ...
2024-Oct-10
Studie zur akademischen Redefreiheit an deutschen Hochschulen veröffentlicht
Wie steht es um die Freiheit der Lehre und Forschung in Deutschland? Ob zu gendergerechter Sprache, zum aktuellen ...
2024-Jul-04
Aufnahme eines Hochschulstudiums hängt immer noch von der Bildungsherkunft ab
Von 100 Kindern aus akademisch gebildeten Familien beginnen 78 ein Hochschulstudium. Bei nicht-akademisch gebildeten ...
Publications
2025-Apr-25 | Publication
Netz, N., Van Mol, C., & Roohi, S.
Paper Cluster “Determinants, experiences, and outcomes of international student mobility in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic”
2025-Apr-16 | Publication
Jaksztat, S., Goldan, L., & Gross, C. &.
How Does Taking Parental Leave Affect the Wages of Highly Educated Parents?
2025-Jan-28 | DZHW Brief
Ohlendorf, D., Hein, D., Spangenberg, H., & Franke, B.
Berufliche Orientierung von Studienberechtigten – zunehmende Unsicherheiten?
2025-Apr-14 | Publication
Dölle, F., Jenkner, P., Oberschelp, A., Sanders, S., & Winkelmann, G.
Ausstattungs-, Kosten- und Leistungsvergleich Fachhochschulen 2023
2025-Apr-16 | Publication
Quast, H., Spangenberg, H., Mentges, H., Ordemann, J., & Buchholz, S.
Inequality at the Transition to Higher Education in Germany: Social Differences by Prior Educational Pathways
Events
2025-Sep-01 - 2025-Sep-05
10th HERSS Summer School - apply now
Wuppertal, Germany
The Summer School with a focus on "Narratives of Disruption and Continuity in Science, Technology, and Society" takes place in Wuppertal.
2025-Apr-15 3:15 to 4:00 PM (CEST)
CS3 Meeting Talks
Exploring an AI-powered survey interviewing agent for individuals who are blind or visually impaired
Haomiao Jin (University of Surrey)
2025-Mar-10 14:00
Research symposium DZHW Berlin
Value Tensions in the Articulation of Societal Relevance in Science and the Need for Narrative Responsibility
Prof. Ruth Müller (Technische Universität München (TUM))
online
Projects
Start of the project: 2025-Feb-01
Between Economy and Democracy: Reorganizing Research Evaluation through Metadata in the Digital Era (REREV)
Advancing digitalization is leading to a massive increase in metadata about research, on who produced which...
Start of the project: 2025-Feb-01
Initiation of a network of national bibliometric infrastructures (INNBI)
Commercial bibliometric databases are maintained through a centralised process in which a single commercial entity collates and standardises the...
Start of the project: 2025-Jan-15
From the English-speaking lecture hall to the German job market. English-language degree courses - German job market (ESDA)
In highly developed economies, there is already a shortage of skilled ...
Start of the project: 2025-Jan-01
Research Center for Interdisciplinary and Federal Comparison of german Higher Education Law
The research center is testing a research structure for interdisciplinary and federal comparison of german higher...
Start of the project: 2024-Oct-01
The bandwidth model in the context of capacity law: fundamentals and application scenarios (BaRKa)
The first fundamental ruling of the Federal Constitutional Court on the numerus clausus (BVerfGE 33, 303ff.)...
Start of the project: 2024-Sept-01
Dynamic Surveys for Dynamic Life Courses (DSDLC)
The Dynamic Surveys for Dynamic Life Courses (DSDLC) project addresses three key challenges in the collection of life course data in self-administered...