Fakultät für Informatik at the Uni Magdeburg

Uni Magdeburg

Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Phone: +49 391 671-8532

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Basic information

Total number of students	260 *
Number of master degree students	40
Percentage of teaching by practitioners	3.0 %
Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's	3.0 %

Cooperative Education

Students in cooperative education	no data
Extent of interlinking	5/10 points

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

8/12 points

Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	53.8 % *
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	less than 10 graduates / year

International orientation

International orientation, bachelor's	8/13 points
International orientation, master's	7/13 points
Outgoing students	1.0 %

Job market- and career-orientation

Contact with work environment, bachelor's	7/12 points
Contact with work environment, master's	4/12 points
Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment	80.8 %
Master theses in cooperation with work environment	80.7 %
Share of professors with work experience	0.0 %

Research

Publications per professor	not ranked, <3 business informatics professors at the department
Doctorates per professor	0.7

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support	1.8
Support in studies	1.7
Courses offered	1.8
Study organisation	1.9
Exams	2.2
Research orientation	2.1
Job market preparation	2.2
Support for stays abroad	1.7
Rooms	1.7
Library	1.6
IT-infrastructure	1.7
Overall study situation	2.0

Students' assessments on cooperate education courses

Teacher support	no survey
Support in studies	no survey
Courses offered
Study organisation	no survey
Exams	no survey
Support for stays abroad	no survey
Coordination of theory and practice phases	no survey
Rooms	no survey
Library	no survey
IT-infrastructure	no survey
Overall study situation	no survey

Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses

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Degree courses with details

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Further degree courses of the department

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Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching
New forms of teaching that are based on teamwork: the team project is a form of teaching where the students work on a specific, practice-related and/or research-related task in supervised groups. At least one team project while studying, more team projects possible; practical relevance and proximity to research through subject-specific "team projects" in every subject of Business Informatics and Computer Science, example topics: design and development of ERP modules, recommendation engines, search engines or Data Mining functions, and analyses of social networks and customer preferences.
Special features regarding the international orientation
The department offers two dual-degree programmes. In the Bachelor area there is a double degree programme with FDIBA at TU Sofia (Bulgaria) and TDU (Turkey). Students can take modules that are identical to those offered by the department. For the Master’s, there is a dual-degree programme with the institute SIIHT in Thailand. Furthermore, the department has a specific position for Coordinator of International Study.
Exchange universities for stay abroads
TU-Sofia, Bulgarien; TU Tampere, Finland; Universite du Havre, Frankreich; University of the Aegean, Griechenland; Niigata University, Japan; University Bergen, Norwegen; University Pompeu Fabra, Spanien; Thammasat University, Thailand; Bogaziçi Üniversitesi, Türkei; Georgia College and State University, USA; Norwegen-Universitetet i Bergen; Kazan Federal University, Russland.
Special features regarding the equipment
Faculty of Computer Science with many modern laboratories (including business information technology chairs); SAP exercises are supervised by certified personnel; direct access to the offer of the SAP University Competence Centre; own faculty building; modern lecture halls and seminar rooms. VR glasses, simulation, 3D printer and scanner.
Special features regarding research activities
Areas of specialisation in Business Informatics: Very Large Business Applications, Business Intelligence, Information Systems for Management. Involvement of the students thanks to the following: Industrial networking, promotion of theses in cooperation with companies.
Support for founders
The department supports interested parties in the start-up of businesses, and also supports the TUGZ at the university in this work. Apart from this, there is also a start-up school that provides a modern training programme and which helps you with the following: To identify and evaluate business ideas, gain access to the start-up scene and obtain assistance with the application for state and federal grant programmes. Further support by the SAP Big Data Innovation Centre. Students also have the option of taking a specialisation in the field of web start-ups.
Other special features
The world's largest SAP university competence centre (SAP UCC) is located at the Faculty of Computer Science at OVGU and is the basis for research and development on business applications; Student participation realised through team projects. SAP certificates
Further information on research activities
http://www.inf.ovgu.de/Forschung.html