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what more often at the Master than at the Bachelor level (43% and 32%, respectively). Programmescombining working and learning (Duale Studiengänge), on the other hand, arebeing planned somewhat more often at the Bachelor level (33%) than at the Master level(29%). For all three types of the above-mentioned programmes, the most common answerwas that they will be offered for one (or a very few) particular study programme(s): the answers“as many programmes as possible” and “all programmes” were rarely given. Not surprisingly,a higher percentage of FHs reported plans for offering B/M as dual programmes:50% at the Bachelor level and 43% at the Master level, as opposed to 20% at the Bachelorlevel, and 15% at the Master level at universities, and 31% and 37%, respectively, at TUs.Part-time programmes appear to be more commonly planned at the Master level than at theBachelor level in both FHs and TUs 46 . Distance learning courses are more often planned atthe Master level in all three sectors.4.3.6 Programmes for foreign students“Internationalisation” is not the only reason for which B/M are introduced in Germany, andthe aim to attract foreign students is only one aspect of internationalisation. In our survey,we therefore asked whether or not the institutions are offering special Bachelor and Masterprogrammes aimed at attracting foreign students. 47 According to our respondents, TUs anduniversities were more likely than FHs to offer such programmes 48 . It is interesting to notethat the majority of FHs (61%) offers no programmes aimed specifically at foreign students,while a clear majority of TUs does (75%). The university sector is in the middle with half ofthe institutions offering at least some programmes aimed specifically at foreign students.Only two institutions in the main three sectors indicated that all Bachelor and Master programmesare aimed at attracting foreign students. In addition, both of the respondents fromthe private sector indicated that their institutions offer no Bachelor and Master programmesaimed at attracting foreign students 49 .Table 24: Does your institution offer special Bachelor and Master programmes aimed at attractingforeign students? Responses by sector, number and percentage givenall programmes some programmes no programmesFH 1 (2%) 18 (32%) 34 (61%)Uni 0 29 (53%) 22 (40%)TU 1 (6%) 12 (75%) 2 (13%)Note: Some respondents did not answer the question, so totals do not add up to 100%: 3 or 5% of FHs, 4 or 7% of Unis,and 1 or 6% of TUs did not answer. Source: CHEPS/CHE Survey data.46 About half of universities plan to offer programmes at both levels part-time.47 Note that this is different from the HRK definition of “international programmes”, which rather refers toprogrammes for German students, but with an international orientation.48 This result seems to be in agreement with the data on foreign student enrolment from the Statistisches Bundesamt(Table 12, Chapter 3) Universities have a high percentage of foreign students enrolled in Master programmes.49 This result is somewhat surprising in light of the fact that these respondents also indicated that all Bachelorand Master programmes at their institutions are being offered in English (see this chapter, section 6.3.7). So inspite of the fact that these programmes are offered in English, they are apparently not specifically aimed atattracting foreign students.38
According to our survey, universities and TUs are therefore more likely than FHs to offerprogrammes aimed at attracting foreign students. The SB data on foreign enrolment inBachelor and Master programmes seems to confirm this (Chapter 3, Table 12). Accordingto this data, at Universities the percentage of international Master students is very muchhigher than in other programmes (68% at universities and 81% at Gesamthochschulen,which are listed seperately in the SB data), but also at Fachhcohschulen, the percentage ofinternational Master students is high with 43%. Our survey did not specifically ask at whichlevel (Bachelor or Master) special programmes for foreigners are offered, but one can concludefrom the SB data that a large percentage of the programmes aimed specifically at foreignersare at the Master level.4.3.7 LanguageIn our survey, we asked respondents to indicate, if possible, whether at their institutionsBachelor and Master programmes are being offered entirely in German, entirely in English,mostly in German, or mostly in English.In all three sectors, the most popular answer was “mostly in German”: 32 or 57% in the FHsector, 36 or 64% in the university sector, and 6 or 38% among the TUs. 50 In both the universityand the FH sectors, around 10% of the respondents indicated that the Bachelor andMaster programmes are being offered only in German (one, or 6%, of the TU respondentsindicated this). In the three sectors, only one respondent (in the FH sector) indicated that allprogrammes were being offered in English only. In the private sector, however, both of therespondents indicated that Bachelor and Master programmes are being offered only in English.As the question referred to the entire institution, the answer “entirely in English” couldonly be given if this was true for all programmes. This answer was therefore rare, and hidesthe fact that many institutions have some programmes that are offered entirely in English.While our survey asked for information at the institution level, the HSK-Hochschulkompassprovides information about individual study programmes. According to the HRK data, fewBachelor und Master programmes (78 of 774 total programmes 51 or 10%) are offered inEnglish. For the programmes for which English was listed, this does not, however, meanthat they are necessarily given entirely in English. The HRK survey directions asked respondentsonly to indicate the main language of instruction. Some foreign language is usedin a total of 205 (or 26% of) programmes. The most popular answer indicated was a combinationof German and English (124 programmes, 16%).50 A quarter (25%) of TU respondents, 14% of FHs and 11% of universities indicated some other pattern: suchas, Bachelor mostly in German and Master mostly in English; 50% German and 50% English; German andEnglish with the percentages varying by programme; and mostly German with some exceptions.51 More programmes are listed here in comparison to other data from the HRK-HSKompass used in othersections of this report. This is due to the fact that we received an updated list (with more programmes listed)from the HRK with information about the programme languages.39
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