Student boom in Berlin: 166,000 start the winter semester of 2025!

Student boom in Berlin: 166,000 start the winter semester of 2025!

The current university season in Berlin is in full bloom. Around166,000 studentsare enrolled at state universities this winter semester. But that's just the beginning, because the final number could be up to170,000to reach. These preliminary statistics reflect an increase of approximately2,000students compared to the last winter semester. OnOctober 1, 2025The winter semester has officially begun, with lectures at the Free University (FU) and the Humboldt University (HU) onOctober 13thwill start. As n-tv.de reports, the total number of students at all Berlin universities is estimated at203,000quantified.

The distribution of students is particularly interesting: at the FU there are approximately37,000Enrollments are recorded, the HU counts around35,000students, while the Technical University (TU) is currently around34,000has students. The first semester numbers are also impressive - at the HU there are7,860new students matriculate while at the FU8,350New arrivals were recorded. At the TU there is around6,700new students in bachelor's and master's degree programs.

Students in a nationwide context

hochschuldaten.che.de are in short supply throughout Germany in the winter semester of 2024/252.9 millionStudents enrolled. This is a notable increase of about1.1 millioncompared to the winter semester 1998/99. Currently visiting around57.6%of these students universities, while38.1%are enrolled at universities of applied sciences. The proportion of students at state universities is impressive85.5%.

It is clear that there are more and more international faces among German students.492,087foreign students do about17.2%of the total – an increase of 9.2% since 1998/99. This development shows that German universities are extremely attractive for many young people from abroad.

A look at the statistics

State Office for Statistics Berlin-Brandenburg takes care of evaluating this data and hiringstatistical information systemwhich enables those interested to independently create relevant data from university statistics. This means no one is left in the dark about developments in the field of education.