An deutschen Hochschulen gibt es erstmals mehr als 100.000 Studenten aus dem Ausland. Das geht aus einem Bericht hervor, den das Statistische Bundesamt jetzt vorgelegt hat. Demnach konzentrieren sich die internationalen Studenten auf wenige Fächer.
Die Zahl der Erstsemester ohne deutschen Pass steigt stärker als die der Studienanfänger insgesamt. Das geht aus vorläufigen Zahlen des Statistischen Bundesamtes hervor, die am Donnerstag in Wiesbaden veröffentlicht wurden. Die Zahl ausländischer Studienanfänger stieg erstmals über 100.000, ihr Anteil an allen Erstsemestern betrug im vergangenen Jahr 19,9 Prozent. Mehr...

Key Asian institutions make strong progress in the list of the world’s 100 most prestigious universities
US confirms supremacy as it takes eight of the top 10 positions and 46 of the top 100 – with Harvard University, MIT and Stanford University claiming the top three spots
Japan remains Asia’s leading nation in the prestige stakes, but the University of Tokyo falls out of the top 10 for the first time since the rankings were established
Worrying evidence of reputational decline among UK institutions
Six Anglo-American “super-brands” continue to stand apart from pack – but the gap closes
Seoul National University and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology are identified as rising stars in the world’s biggest academic reputation survey
Australia takes a hit in the global index of academic prestige
Poor performance by France and Sweden; disappointment for Brazil. More...

By Kuni Tyessi. In the quest for higher education in other countries, Nigerians settle for anything including substandard universities which admit as low as six passes. KUNI TYESSI just back from Ghana takes a look at Ghanian Universities and Nigerian patronage.
That over 150,000 Nigerians are currently enrolled in Ghanaian universities may not be a surprise, but what may be is the fact that about 60 per cent of these students are some of those who for one reason or the other could not gain admission into Nigerian universities and other institutions of higher learning. More...

By Krista Rogers. Not a day goes by without Japanese school children hearing the terms globalization (グロバール化) or internationalization (国際化), and why it’s so important for their future careers. In fact, the whole country seems to be swept up in a fervor of these two words. But do Japanese people really understand the meanings of them, or are the terms just being used as catchphrases?
Enter Austin, an international student who has been living in Japan since 2012. Last week he posted a thought-provoking piece called “Some Thoughts – And Doubts – About Japan’s Internationalization” on Tofugu, a Japanese language and culture blog. The piece has circulated around the Internet, and was even picked up and summarized in Japanese by popular Japanese blogger Madame Riri. In it, Austin addresses how while Japan may be making efforts to globalize on the surface, it still lacks something on a deeper level that is preventing it from becoming truly internationalized. Join the debate after we take look at some of his thoughts below. More...

Avec 2,39 millions d'étudiants, la France atteint un record jamais égalé. Des étudiants qui sont de plus en plus attirés par les écoles d'ingénieurs et de commerce, depuis une vingtaine d'années. Mais tous les jeunes ne sont toujours pas égaux face aux études…
C'est du jamais vu, selon l'INSEE : la France compte actuellement… 2,39 millions d'étudiants ! Qu'ils soient à l'université, dans une grande école, ou encore en BTS, les étudiants sont toujours plus nombreux, puisque leur part n'a eu de cesse d'augmenter depuis 2011, avec un accroissement total de 1,5 % sur la période. Suite...