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Vocational Education and Training

Vocational Education and Training is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 3.3k research works in it since 1950. 13.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on vocational competencies in education and training, covering topics such as workplace-based assessment, digitalization, problem-solving competence, curriculum development, and professional development. It explores various aspects of skill development and competence modeling in vocational and occupational domains.

  • Vocational Competencies
  • Education and Training
  • Workplace-based Assessment
  • Digitalization in Education
  • Problem-solving Competence
  • Curriculum Development
  • Professional Development
  • Assessment Practices
  • Skill Development
  • Competence Modeling
Research works
3.3k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
460
per year above
Top-10% rate
13.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+25%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Vocational Education and Training research?

By volume, Germany and Switzerland publish the most (518 and 49 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Germany 518 works
  2. 2 Switzerland 49 works
  3. 3 China 46 works
  4. 4 Austria 30 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 23 works
  6. 6 United States 20 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 9 works
  8. 8 Malaysia 8 works
  9. 9 Greece 8 works
  10. 10 Ukraine 7 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Germany: 72.3%Switzerland: 6.8%China: 6.4%Austria: 4.3%6 others listed: 10.3%72%largest
Germany518 · 72.3%Switzerland49 · 6.8%China46 · 6.4%Austria30 · 4.3%6 others listed74 · 10.3%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Vocational Education and Training research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Siegen publishes the most Vocational Education and Training research, followed by TU Dortmund University and University of Münster.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of SiegenGermany 16 works
  2. 2 TU Dortmund UniversityGermany 12 works
  3. 3 University of MünsterGermany 12 works
  4. 4 Zurich University of Teacher EducationSwitzerland 12 works
  5. 5 University of BremenGermany 11 works
  6. 6 DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in EducationGermany 10 works
  7. 7 Technische Universität DresdenGermany 10 works
  8. 8 Leibniz University HannoverGermany 9 works
  9. 9 University of Duisburg-EssenGermany 9 works
  10. 10 Universität HamburgGermany 9 works

Who are the leading researchers in Vocational Education and Training?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Vocational Education and Training include Jürgen Baumert.

  1. 1 Jürgen Baumert Germany 1k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Vocational Education and Training research done?

The largest centres of Vocational Education and Training research in 2022–2025 are Hamburg (Germany), Berlin (Germany), Munich (Germany) and Zurich (Switzerland).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Hamburg Germany 26 works
  2. 2 Berlin Germany 25 works
  3. 3 Munich Germany 23 works
  4. 4 Zurich Switzerland 21 works
  5. 5 Frankfurt am Main Germany 18 works
  6. 6 Münster Germany 17 works
  7. 7 Cologne Germany 17 works
  8. 8 Essen Germany 17 works
  9. 9 Siegen Germany 16 works
  10. 10 Hanover Germany 16 works
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Where is the best place to study Vocational Education and Training?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Siegen, University of Bremen and TU Dortmund University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%mean 10.83%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Siegen: 16, 16.1%University of Bremen: 11, 13.9%TU Dortmund University: 12, 10.3%University of Duisburg-Essen: 9, 18.2%Bielefeld University: 8, 11.1%Universität Hamburg: 9, 20.7%Technische Universität Dresden: 10, 5.0%University of Münster: 12, 4.1%Leibniz University Hannover: 9, 8.9%Zurich University of Teacher Education: 12, 0.0%University of Duisbu…University of SiegenUniversity of BremenTU Dortmund University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of SiegenGermany 36.416.1%154.6×16 —
2 University of BremenGermany 28.013.9%59.1×11 +51.0%
3 TU Dortmund UniversityGermany 27.910.3%61.7×12 +90.4%
4 University of Duisburg-EssenGermany 25.518.2%37.6×9 +95.2%
5 Bielefeld UniversityGermany 24.611.1%47.1×8 +224.3%
6 Universität HamburgGermany 23.620.7%20.7×9 -8.2%
7 Technische Universität DresdenGermany 23.55.0%27.5×10 +76.1%
8 University of MünsterGermany 22.84.1%46.2×12 +9.1%
9 Leibniz University HannoverGermany 18.28.9%41.9×9 +31.2%
10 Zurich University of Teacher EducationSwitzerland 11.10.0%431.7×12 -42.1%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Vocational Education and Training research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Vocational Education and Training.

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Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.