Dresden (dpa/sn) - Just over one in three degree courses in Saxony has admission restrictions. With a share of around 37 percent, the state is just above the national average of around 35 percent, according to an analysis by the Center for Higher Education Development. The analysis relates to the winter semester 2024/2025.
There are significant differences between cities with more than 16,000 students in the state. In Leipzig, every second degree course (54 percent) has an admission restriction, in Dresden it is only around one in three (35 percent).
Admission restrictions are when applicants need a certain Abitur grade or have to go through a selection procedure or aptitude test. At Saxony's universities, around 30 percent of degree courses have a restriction; at universities of applied sciences or universities of applied sciences, the figure is just under 27 percent.
In a nationwide comparison, this puts Saxony in seventh place. At the top is Hamburg with a share of around 62 percent of restricted courses, followed by Berlin with a share of around 55 percent.
