Overview

• Official Bavarian figures show 405,115 students enrolled this semester, including 61,157 first-year students, slightly below last year’s record.
• Science Minister Markus Blume says the missing Abitur year did not dent enrollment because places were filled by applicants from elsewhere in Germany and from abroad, while opposition parties criticize strained facilities and funding.
• TU Dresden reports about 6,200 new students, including roughly 1,700 international entrants from 107 countries, with Leipzig at 6,700 and TU Chemnitz at 2,052 new starters and rising international shares.
• In Saxony-Anhalt, MLU Halle welcomes about 4,100 first-year students and counts roughly 19,000 overall, while OvGU Magdeburg reports 2,700 new students and the Harz and Merseburg universities tally around 700 each.
• Universities caution that current counts remain provisional until the October 31 immatriculation deadline, with application data in Saxony-Anhalt indicating steady demand and a sizable share from abroad.