Saxony has the highest proportion of pupils in Germany who take a basic or advanced course in computer science at upper secondary level. This is according to the latest Computer Science Monitor 2025/26, which is published by the Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI), the Stifterverband and the Heinz Nixdorf Foundation.
According to the study, more than 40 percent of students in Saxony choose computer science as a subject in their upper secondary school. According to the data, this figure is only 16 percent nationwide and even less than ten percent in Hesse, Lower Saxony, Bremen and Baden-Württemberg. One factor could be the early and continuous contact with the subject of computer science, it was said. In Saxony, computer science has been a compulsory subject in grades seven to ten since 2004.
According to the Computer Science Monitor, ten federal states have introduced computer science as a compulsory subject at all secondary schools as of the 2025/26 school year, which means that the number has doubled in the past five years. Bremen and Rhineland-Palatinate are planning to introduce the compulsory subject in 2026 and 2028 respectively.
