Fakultät für Mathematik und Informatik at the Uni des Saarlandes/Saarbrücken

Fachrichtung Informatik

Uni des Saarlandes/Saarbrücken

Saarland Informatics Campus E1 3
66123 Saarbrücken
Phone: +49 681 302-5070

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Basic information

Total number of students	1,970
Number of master degree students	790
Percentage of teaching by practitioners
Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

13/14 points

Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	53.4 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	39.2 %

Job market- and career-orientation

Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment
Master theses in cooperation with work environment

Research

Publications per academic	5.4
Third party funds per academic	214.8 T€
Doctorates per professor	2.3

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support	2.1
Support in studies	2.1
Courses offered	2.0
Study organisation	1.6
Exams	2.1
Research orientation	2.1
Job market preparation	2.9
Support for stays abroad
Rooms	1.7
Library	1.7
IT-infrastructure	1.8
Workstations	1.8
Overall study situation	1.9

Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses

Teacher support	1.9
Support in studies	2.0
Courses offered	1.6
Study organisation	1.5
Transition to Master's studies	1.8
Research orientation	1.8
Overall study situation	1.7

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
Saarbrücken Computer Science has the highest degree of internationalisation of all Saarland University. In the Master's area, more than 50% of the students come from abroad. The number of international staff and postdocs is also above average. The Masters degree course is taught in English. The numerous academic directors and heads of the computer science institutes on campus (honorary professors) offer courses, extremely broadening the breadth in education.
Exchange universities for stay abroads
University of Edinburgh, UK; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spanien; Linköping University, Schweden; University of Bergen, Norwegen; Université de Lorraine, Frankreich; Middle East Technical University, Türkei; Sofiiski Universitet 'Sveti Kliment Ohridski', Bulgarien; Università di Bologna, Italien; Tallinna Tehnikaülikool, Estland
Special features regarding the equipment
WiFi access in all Computer Science buildings. In addition, there are 200 computer workstations available (accessible around the clock due to an RFID-based access control system). At the chairs, there are around a further 100 workstations which can mainly be used by advanced students. The Max Planck Institutes and the DFKI (German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence) also provide resources for students. Remote connections available to all students so they can access their familiar work environment from anywhere in the world.
Special features regarding research activities
The location is the only one in the whole of Germany that has been able to establish a computer science-centred excellence cluster and a computer science graduate school at the same time. The research strength has led to great successes at the European level in addition to a great deal of national third-party funding. There are 20 ERC grantees conducting research at the site. Many research projects are interdisciplinary, which at the same time underlines the fact that computer science has bridges to almost all other faculties at Saarland University.
Support for founders
In the BMWi competition "Die Gründerhochschule" (The University for Start-ups), Saarland University was one of only three with the most convincing overall strategy to be awarded the title "EXIST University for Start-ups". This provides the best possible flanking for business start-ups. Furthermore, Saarbrücker Informatik is actively involved in the IT Inkubator GmbH, whose task is to identify marketing potentials from developments in basic research together with our researchers and to develop them further until they are ready for the market.
Other special features
Approx. twelve years ago, the specialist libraries of Computer Science, Mathematics and the Max Planck Institute of Computer Science and Software Systems were integrated, as well as the DFKI, into one of the largest Computer Science specialist libraries in Germany. Researchers and students of all Computer Science institutes therefore have full access to the complete collection. The merger enabled the procurement of duplicates and the expansion of the stock. No savings were made regarding personnel but the service offering was expanded.
Further information on research activities
www.informatik-saarland.de
Further information about study entry phase
www.uni-saarland.de/studienbeginn