Students in Germany are struggling to access financial aid from the €100m coronavirus student fund, with 38% of applications getting rejected.

Germany has announced that it will not be issuing new visas to international students whose courses are taught entirely online, which may be a blow to those who changed study destinations due to restrictions in other countries.

Industry experts discussed the challenges ahead in order for Germany to ensure a warm welcome for international students during a Class of 2020 summit.

A group of German students in the US have written to German government officials to ask for support in opposing US visa restrictions for international students.

International students at two-thirds of 268 German universities were unable to continue their summer studies due to Covid-19, a DAAD survey has revealed.

The academic success of international students should be level with the average success of domestic students in Germany, DAAD has outlined in its Strategy 2025.

Almost three in four prospective international students seeking to study in Germany say it is "very likely" they will still come, a survey has indicated.

The number of schools teaching German abroad is up from 95,000 in 2015 to 106,000, with more than 15.4m globally studying the language.