Lüneburg (dpa/lni) – The Leuphana University of Lüneburg is the most sought-after university nationwide for studying without an Abitur. This is shown by data from the Center for Higher Education Development (CHE) in Gütersloh. According to this, in 2021 39 first-year students without a high school diploma or university entrance qualification enrolled in the Hanseatic city. That corresponds to a good 6 percent of students without a high school diploma in Lower Saxony – the highest figure among universities. The universities of Oldenburg and Osnabrück follow in the next places.
If you look at all types of universities, the Jade University with locations in Wilhelmshaven, Oldenburg and Elsfleth has the highest proportion in the state with more than 14 percent of students without a high school diploma.
“Our exceptional admissions system, with which we want to attract particularly committed students to our university, has also proven its worth for prospective students without a high school diploma,” says University President Sascha Spoun. You shouldn’t just look at Abitur grades, but also ask what attitude and what interests applicants have when approaching their studies, he emphasizes.
Lower Saxony is a pioneer in studying without a high school diploma or technical college entrance qualification. It is one of the few federal states that opened up its university system to people with professional qualifications as early as the 1970s.
The CHE had determined the data for all of Germany. According to the center, the number of students without a high school diploma or a technical college entrance qualification has more than doubled since 2011, from around 32,200 to 70,338 in 2021. This corresponds to a share of a good 2 percent of the entire student body. New highs were also recorded for the year 2021 among first-year students without a high school diploma.
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