[OC] The development of the amount of tuition fees for my german university shows an interesting part of history

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1. Data source: [https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/studium/studierende/studienorganisation/rueckmeldung/Semesterbeitrage-ab-SoSe-1991.pdf](https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/studium/studierende/studienorganisation/rueckmeldung/Semesterbeitrage-ab-SoSe-1991.pdf)

2. https://preview.redd.it/4e0ltfmluene1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4e02cf514732e98f8cc3e58b0469e6833565eea1

   In 2006 the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) allowed universities to charge tuition fees of up to 500 euros. Bielefeld University was one of 25 in the state to do this (they put it at 250 Euros per Semester (6 months) first and later changed it to 350). The response to this was militant protests by students.

   During the protests, the rectorate and the administration wing were occupied, the rector’s car was set on fire, a master key was stolen from a security guard and the Audimax (the largest lecture hall) was occupied.

   After a change of government, the tuition fees were then abolished.

   Source: [https://chronik.uni-bielefeld.de/chronik/wir-wohnen-jetzt-hier-rektoratsbesetzung-als-reaktion-auf-studienbeitraege/](https://chronik.uni-bielefeld.de/chronik/wir-wohnen-jetzt-hier-rektoratsbesetzung-als-reaktion-auf-studienbeitraege/)

3. Maybe mark that the amount is per semester (=6 months), even better, normalize it into year or monthly costs.

   Also, “SoSe” isn’t very understandable for people who haven’t been studying in Germany. (Hint: it means summer semester)

4. 500 euros per what? Credit? Year?

5. This fits better in r/data because you forgot the last two words of this sub’s name

6. https://preview.redd.it/lzgsx0u0rene1.jpeg?width=3508&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f4f86455347f614b14b244ecf42af5158af37c48

   Thanks to your constructive and other feedback I think I was able to improve my first try at a diagram greatly

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8. What the actual fuck is this graph bro

9. Why semester ticket and state ticket points to the same field?

10. Sixfold increase in 30 years, eeeeeek

    That’s not just inflation…

11. Dang, that’s expensive, I pay 25€ a semester, though there’s no public transit included.

12. This is one of the worst graphics I have ever seen.

13. warum kostet das Deutschlandticket in deiner Grafik 180€ in Bayern kostet es für Studis 29€

14. I generally feel this representation is mixing some data the wrong way. There is one block that should either be seen as a compound block ‘transportation’ or be left out completely. Why? Because transportation is not an integral part of any fees and it is highly individual how far and if someone actually travels.

    So either leave out all fees to the university or leave out the transportation. It requires far too much detailed knowledge about how costs for studying actually come together. International people will simply have no clue what is going on here.

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