The GDCh statistics on chemistry courses

... is not just any publication from us, but the most important annual publication of the GDCh. How many new students are there where, how many students have completed their master's degree, how long does it actually take to study and where do they all end up? With 60 pages, 21 graphics and 38 tables, hardly a question remains unanswered.

Our statistics include data from Bachelor's and Master's degree programs as well as doctorates in chemistry/industrial chemistry, biochemistry/life sciences, food chemistry (LM chemistry) and data from chemistry degree programs at universities of applied sciences (HAW).

The brochure "Statistics of Chemistry Degree Courses - A GDCh survey on chemistry degree courses at universities and colleges in Germany" is published every year in July. The brochure with all the data, tables and graphics can be viewed as a flip catalog and downloaded free of charge.

In addition, a graphical representation of the most important data will appear in Nachrichten aus der Chemie, Issue 7/8 (2023).

Furthermore, you will find the most important graphics from the statistics as PDF downloads on these pages.

Cumulative doctorate – where is that possible?

In scientific subjects, the dissertation in the form of a monograph has now been supplemented by the alternative of the cumulative variant. Cumulative dissertations are publication-based; that is, doctoral candidates can write their dissertation using publications that have been published in peer-reviewed journals on a related topic. The conditions can be found in the examination regulations of the respective university. There are differences, for example, in the necessary number of publications and the relevance of authorship/first authorship.

According to the GDCh survey at German universities, a cumulative doctorate in chemistry is possible at 45 out of 55 universities and in biochemistry at 23 out of 35 universities.

cumulative doctorates in chemistry

cumulative doctorates in biochemistry