The number of students, which had been about 5,000 in the 1950s, increased dramatically in the 1960s, reaching some 20,000 students before stabilising at a somewhat lower level. In the 1990s new expansion has taken place, with more than 30,000 students involved in undergraduate education. All education is now subject to selective admissions. In postgraduate education there are greater demands for better through-put efficiency. There has been a democratisation of modes of operating at the University.
Students participate in decision-making bodies.
Quality issues are in focus. Apace with increasing job-oriented education, further and continuing education have become firmly established as vital areas. The ever greater social orientation at the University has also affected research activities during the last couple of decades. At the same time, external financing has gained ground. Intensive contacts with the surrounding world, both nationally and internationally, broaden the University's role in the international academic community.