Students in Freiburg protesting last year before the fees for non-EU students became finalized. Students who were already enrolled before the state parliament finalized the fees in May will be exempt from paying the fees. They note that non-EU students more often come for mathematics, information technology, natural sciences and technology - all subjects that are in high demand on the German job market. “We hope to retrospectively halt the fees through judicial means,” said Phillip Stöcks of the Freiburg University students’ union, which is supporting the case. “The student fees in Baden-Württemberg violate the right to equal treatment,” said the student’s lawyer in the case, Wilhelm Achelpöhler.

Source: The Local July 17, 2017 14:03 UTC