Approximately one in three prospective students in Saxony have to reckon with admission restrictions. According to an analysis by the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHE), the proportion with a restriction, i.e. a numerus clausus (NC), an aptitude test or a selection procedure, is 35.2 percent for the winter semester 2025/2026. Compared to last year, there was a slight decrease of 1.3 percentage points.
Leipzig with second-highest figure in Germany
The trend in Leipzig is different. There, 56 percent of degree courses have restricted admissions (up two percentage points) - the second-highest figure at a university location in the whole of Germany after Garching, where a branch of the TU Munich is located. In Dresden, the proportion remains at 35 percent.
The fewest barriers are in engineering (15.6 percent) and mathematics and natural sciences (16.2 percent). Admission restrictions are more common in law, economics, social sciences and social sciences (29.7 percent).
