Fachschaftsinitiative Physik

Statistics to the study of physics

First Page · Statistics to the study of physics
Introduction · Number of students · Duration of study

Source: Physikalische Blätter 56 (2000) No. 9, Pages 30 to 35. Data: Conference of Physics Departments (KFP). In the Phys. Bl. is additionaly a statistic on the successful examinations and the number of students in the third semester.

Introduction

More beginners, fewer students – at FU more students

The number of beginners of physics (for the degree Diplom and teaching profession) at all German universities rose 5·9 %; in figures from 5147 to 5449 in this academic year 1999/2000. At Free University (FU) the number rose dramatically from 43 to 103 which is 140 % more. The number of students in the third semester (one and a half years) decreased from 5147 to 5449 (-5·9 %). Contrary trend at FU: 67 % more, from 27 to 45 students in 1999/2000. The total number of students decreased from 27699 to 25583, a minus of -2·4 %. Again FU shows the opposite trend: A plus of 2·6 % or 10 students (now 391). [Table 1 and 2]

Duration of study decreases, FU in the middle

The duration of study decreased slightly from 12·13 (98/99) to 12·0 (99/00) semesters. At Free University the duration decreased above-average from 13·26 to 11·97; this brings FU to place 31 of 56. [Table 3]

Number of students

Beginners

Beginners of study for the degree Diplom and for teaching profession at universities in Berlin, (the state of) Brandenburg and in Germany.
UniversityWinter and summer semester 1999/2000Winter and summer semester 1998/1999
DiplomTeaching Pr.Sum (D,T)DiplomTeaching Pr.Sum (D,T)
WS 99/00SS 2000Sum 99/00WS 99/00SS 2000Sum 99/00WS 98/99SS 1999Sum 98/99WS 98/99SS 1999Sum 98/99
m.f.m.f. m.f.m.f.
FU Berlin4617209922063111033333101043
HU Berlin5531601916579102281939648144512677221
TU Berlin57153811011111312354298326891
Berlin total158631182836710102755241918377260633295355
Potsdam3213404900000493503560641
Cottbus124001600000161311400014
Brandenburg total4417406500000654814960655
Germany29906988792034768379187912469154493236100842447471569035147

Total number of students in physics

Number of students at universities in Berlin, Brandenburg and in Germany.
UniversityWinter semester 1999/2000Summer semester 2000Winter semester 1998/99
male1female1sum2male1female1sumsum
FU Berlin319 (82 %)72 (18 %)391 (+2·62 %)319 (82 %)72 (18 %)391381
HU Berlin388 (80 %)95 (20 %)483 (-13·28 %)406 (81 %)94 (19 %)500557
TU Berlin468 (85 %)83 (15 %)551 (-21·84 %)0705
Berlin total1175 (82 %)250 (18 %)1425 (-13·27 %)725 (81 %)3166 (19 %)389131643
Potsdam101 (73 %)37 (27 %)138 (+2·22 %)109 (75 %)37 (25 %)146135
Cottbus27 (77 %)8 (23 %)35 (+29·63 %)27 (77 %)8 (23 %)3527
Brandenburg total128 (74 %)45 (26 %)173 (+6·79 %)136 (75 %)45 (25 %)181162
Germany21086 (83 %)3694 (17 %)25538 (-8·46 %)18685 (82 %)3256 (18 %)2271627699 (-21·94 %)2

1 With the percentual fraction of the gender.
2 Shifts to the previous year in per cent.
3 Without TU Berlin.

Study duration

Mean study duration in semesters sorted by duration.
UniversityMedian
1999/20001998/1999
 1. Paderborn (DI)9·2113·07
 2. Duisburg (DII)10·0011·25
 3. Rostock10·1710·30
 4. Magdeburg10·3011·42
 5. Potsdam10·4010·02
 6. Dresden10·6810·86
 7. HU Berlin10·7111·03
 8. Erlangen-Nürnberg10·7211·07
 9. Jena10·7710·97
10. Chemnitz10·8310·40
11. Leipzig10·9610·76
12. Gießen11·0012·50
13. Essen (DI)11·0810·00
14. Bayreuth11·2211·91
15. Halle-Wittenberg11·2210·64
16. Greifswald11·309·97
17. Dortmund11·3311·34
18. Würzburg11·4212·22
19. Heidelberg11·4511·85
20. LMU München11·4512·27
21. Clausthal-Zellerfeld11·5011·70
22. Kassel11·5014·20
23. Paderborn (PII)11·5712·01
24. Hannover11·6010·90
25. Regensburg11·6011·70
26. Münster11·6111·75
27. Frankfurt/Main11·6211·48
28. Bonn11·8012·31
29. TU München11·8512·10
30. Stuttgart11·8911·75
31. FU Berlin11·9713·26
32. Augsburg12·0011·50
Average12·0012·13
33. Kiel12·0612·33
34. Konstanz12·0612·44
35. Ulm12·0612·32
36. Karlsruhe12·1412·40
37. Marburg12·1612·42
38. Essen (DII)12·2012·52
39. Köln12·2514·10
40. Aachen12·2812·14
41. Wuppertal12·3212·45
42. Braunschweig12·5012·40
43. Düsseldorf12·6011·90
44. Freiburg12·6011·65
45. Saarbrücken12·6113·80
46. Osnabrück12·7511·63
47. Bochum12·7612·77
48. Darmstadt12·9012·66
49. Siegen12·9613·30
50. Tübingen13·1012·73
51. Kaiserslautern13·1212·87
52. Bielefeld13·7312·49
53. Mainz13·8012·91
54. Oldenburg14·0812·74
55. TU Berlin14·1012·60
56. Bremen14·4214·00
- Cottbus 9·80
- Duisburg (DI)
- Hamburg
- Illmenau

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