The University of Cologne had to stop students entering the campus after overcrowding on the first day of lectures, the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger newspaper reported.
The university experienced dangerous levels of overcrowding after starting the first courses of the semester, which has seen a double cohort of A-level students enter university. In the wake of the shortening of A-level education from 13 to 12 years, the university experienced a 20 per cent increase in student numbers this year.
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