Statistics
Institutions of higher education spent nearly Euro 44 billion in 2011
As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), that was 6.1% more than in 2010 (Euro 41.2 billion).The rise in expenditure is due to a large number…
Plastic surgery trend has women armed for spring and summer
New statistics released by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) show that arm lifts in women have skyrocketed more than 4,000 percent in just over…
9% less first-year students of engineering sciences in 2012
The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports on the basis of provisional results that the number of male students enrolling for engineering sciences…
Number of persons qualified to enter higher education slightly down in 2012
Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was a decrease of 1.7% on the previous year.For further…
11 billion euros for non-university research in 2011
The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of 6% compared with 2010. In the same period, the number of people working in…
Public expenditure on culture totalled over 9 billion euros in 2009
Theatre and music accounted for the largest share of public expenditure (35.4%), followed by museums (18.0%) and libraries (15.1%). This result was published…