Fakultät für Informatik

Uni Magdeburg

Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Phone: +49 391 67-58532

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General remarks

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Basic information

Total number of students	1,450
Number of master degree students	541
Percentage of teaching by practitioners	5.0 %

Cooperative Education

Students in cooperative education

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

10/14 points

Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	66.2 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	not calculated due to <10 graduates/year in the surveyed period

International orientation

International orientation, bachelor's	5/9 points
International orientation, master's	8/9 points
Outgoing students	0.0 %

Job market- and career-orientation

Contact with work environment, bachelor's	5/11 points
Contact with work environment, master's	6/11 points
Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment	42.4 %
Master theses in cooperation with work environment	35.0 %
Share of professors with work experience	no data

Research

Publications per academic	3.5
Third party funds per academic	100.1 T€
Doctorates per professor	0.8

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support	1.8 *
Support in studies	1.7
Courses offered	1.9
Study organisation	1.8
Exams	2.1
Research orientation	2.3
Job market preparation	2.2
Support for stays abroad	2.1
Rooms	1.6
Library	1.8 *
IT-infrastructure	1.9
Overall study situation	1.9

Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses

Teacher support	1.8
Support in studies	1.8
Courses offered	1.9
Study organisation	2.0
Exams	1.9
Transition to Master's studies	1.8
Research orientation	1.8
Job market preparation	2.1
Support for stays abroad	2.3
Rooms	1.6
Library	1.7
IT-infrastructure	1.9
Overall study situation	1.8

Degree courses with details

Teacher qualification

Teacher qualification programmes	no
Teacher qualification centre	Link
Teacher Qualification Monitor (in German)	Link

Degree courses without details

Further degree courses of the department

none

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Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching
The department offers two dual-degree programmes. For the Bachelor’s, there is a dual-degree programme with the FDIBA at the Technical University of Sofia (Bulgaria). Students can take modules that are one-to-one 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.
Special features regarding the international orientation
The department offers two dual-degree programmes. For the Bachelor’s, there is a dual-degree programme with the FDIBA at the Technical University of Sofia (Bulgaria). Students can take modules that are one-to-one 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.
Common partner universities for exchange
Univ. Niigata, Japan; Armstrong State University, USA; Uppsala University, Schweden; Uni. Porto, Portugal; TU Tampere, Finnland; Universite du Havre, Frankreich; University of the Aegean, Griechenland; University Bergen, Norwegen; University Pompeu Fabra, Spanien; Thammasat University, Thailand
Special features regarding the equipment
Building refurbished and modernised for the department; More than 25 computer labs; SAP competence centre at the department (UCC); modern lecture theatres and seminar rooms; Connected to the German research network (DFN) with 10 GBit/sec (fibreglass); All servers with 1G or 10G are connected to the campus or, depending on service, to the appropriate private networks of the FIN; Many different software systems; University WiFi and access points also outside the building (FIN outdoors); All labs are connected with at least 2x 10G LWL- and 4x1G copper cables.
Website with further information on research activities
http://www.inf.ovgu.de/Forschung.html
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.
Characteristics of assistance to differently abled persons
The department provides individual support in matters pertaining to equalisation of disadvantages.
Other special features
Smart boards; Laboratory for Land and Air Robotics; National Demonstration Centre for School IT (close cooperation with Media Education degree programme at the Faculty of Human Sciences); 24-hour access to the building and laboratories; Business Informatics is part of the Faculty of Computer Science; The faculty sees itself as an engineering faculty. The largest SAP University Competence Centre (SAP UCC) in the world is at the Faculty of Computer Science, and is the basis for research and development on business applications; student participation through team projects.