The Student Survey in Germany is a nationwide trend study on students in Germany. Every four years, the student survey team asks over 1 million students at over 200 state and private universities and universities of applied sciences about their life and study situation.
The Student Survey in Germany...
... is the most comprehensive student survey in Germany to date and deals with a wide range of topics relating to studying.
... provides an important basis for decision-making and data for various stakeholders: for education and higher education policy in Germany, for universities, for student services associations, for students.
... is a central component of education monitoring in Germany. The data supplement the official statistics with information that no other source offers.
... includes a wide range of information on the university landscape, the study situation and the challenges in times of digitalization.
... provides science, universities, student services associations and the interested public with an empirical basis for consulting and research purposes.
... also takes into account small groups of students, for example students with children or students with disabilities that make it difficult to study, students on dual or part-time degree courses, students without a school-based higher education entrance qualification.
... is sensitive to issues of diversity and social inequality.
... selects its participants at random in order to be able to make representative statements and assures the students complete anonymity.
... continues traditional empirical research series such as the “Social Survey” (since 1951), the “Student Survey” (since 1982), “EUROSTUDENT” (since 2000) or “beeinträchtigt studieren” (since 2006).
... is compatible with international studies.
Social and economic framework conditions
- Gender, origin, and migration
- Family and health situation
- Employment and financial situation
- Housing
- And other topics
Studies and study conditions
- Study organisation and conditions
- Study requirements in the digital semester
- Internationalisation and digitalisation
- Performances and acquisition of competences
- And other topics
Attitudes and participation
- Career and life goals
- Equal opportunities
- Free speech
- political orientations
- social and political involvement
- And other issues
Education and career paths
- Previous educational biography
- Study progression, transfers and dropout
- Study planning and success
- Job and career planning
- And further topics
Current project publications can be found here.
