Number of first-semester students down 5% in academic year 2012

The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of first-semester students decreased by 5% compared with academic year 2011.

However, it reached the second highest level ever recorded, following the all-time high of the previous year (518,700).

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