On the Way to the Doctoral Degree: Number of Doctoral Candidates Slightly Increased

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212 400 people were in an ongoing doctoral procedure last year. What was the proportion of women? And which subject groups are in particular demand?

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WIESBADEN. The number of doctoral candidates at German universities has slightly increased. In the past year there were 212,400 people in an ongoing doctoral procedure. This was four percent more than 2023, as the Federal Statistical Office in Wiesbaden reported. Men and women were almost equally distributed – but not in the subjects as a whole. -Significant differences: Berlin Humboldt University. Photo: Shutterstock On average, the doctoral ca…

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In 2024, 212,400 people were in an ongoing doctoral procedure at universities in Germany. This was 7 500 or 4% more doctoral candidates than in 2023. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the proportion of women in doctoral candidates remained almost unchanged at 49% (103,500) compared to the previous year (48%). {/mprestriction} The average age of doctoral candidates was 31 years for both men and women. 52,800 doctoral can…