and Master Programmes in German Higher Education Institutions

Table 28: Does institutional management think it is desirable for Bachelor graduates to enterinto the labour market? By sector, number and percentage given.Yes, generally desirable 15(27%)No, generally not desirable; graduates should normally continuedirectly into a Master programmeFH Uni TU2(4%)Neutral 24(43%)Large differences between subject areas 12(21%)10(18%)7(13%)9(16%)28(50%)1(6%)4(25%)4(25%)7(44%)Note: 5% of respondents in the FH sector and 4% of respondents in the university sector did not answer the question.Source: CHEPS/CHE Survey data.4.3.11 Consecutive vs. independent degreesOur survey asked respondents to indicate whether Bachelor and Master courses are beingdesigned as consecutive (conceived of as two parts of a whole) or independent degrees. Accordingto our respondents, the consecutive model is more popular in the university and TUsectors, while the independent model is more popular in the FH sector.Table 29: Respondents indicating independent and consecutive model of Bachelor and Masterdegrees, number and percentageIndependent consecutive Differences between subjectareasFH 22 (39%) 17 (30%) 14 (25%)Uni 13 (24%) 25 (46%) 16 (29%)TU 3 (19%) 7 (44%) 6 (38%)Total 38 (30%) 49 (38%) 36 (28%)Note: 2 or 5% of FHs, and 1 or 2% of universities did not answer this question, thus totals do not add up to 100%. Totalnumber of institutions here 128 (three main sectors). Source: CHEPS/CHE Survey data.This data can be compared to Jahn (2002) which sorts the total of 1093 officially recognisedB/M into independent Bachelor programmes, independent Master programmes and consecutiveprogrammes.42