Fakultät für Informatik und Wirtschaftsinformatik at the HS Karlsruhe

HS Karlsruhe

Moltkestraße 30
76133 Karlsruhe
Phone: +49 721 925-1508

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General remarks

This department is also featured in the U-Multirank world university rankings.

Basic information

Total number of students	800
Number of master degree students	140
Percentage of teaching by practitioners	12.0 %
Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's	36.0 %

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

11/14 points

Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	80.3 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	44.9 %

Job market- and career-orientation

Contact with work environment, bachelor's	9/12 points
Contact with work environment, master's	5/12 points
Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment	92.6 %
Master theses in cooperation with work environment	89.8 %

Research

Third party funds per professor	60.1
Cooperative doctoral degrees (in three years)	6

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support	1.9
Support in studies	1.9
Courses offered	2.2
Study organisation	1.7
Exams	2.1
Job market preparation	2.0
Support during practical semester	1.9
Support for stays abroad	2.2
Rooms	2.3
Library	1.8
IT-infrastructure	2.7
Workstations	2.3
Overall study situation	1.9

Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses

Teacher support	2.0
Support in studies
Courses offered
Study organisation	1.9
Transition to Master's studies	2.4
Overall study situation	1.8

Degree courses with details

Degree courses without details

Further degree courses of the department

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Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching
Seminar-style teaching; small study groups; accompanying exercise classes and tutorials; guidance on independent learning; use of multimedia techniques; online consulation; use of an e-learning platform; preparation for examinations; mock examinations; management training; practice-based project assignments; introduction to academic writing and working; learning to work in a team; strong practical and research orientation of lectures; promotion of discussions in lectures; rewarding a social commitment, projects with practical topics (also in cooperation with companies).
Exchange universities for stay abroads
Nanyang Technological University in Singapur
Special features regarding the equipment
All labs always have up-to-date equipment; virtual laboratories for easier adaptability to the lectures (general software development, distributed systems, etc.); special laboratories (automation tasks, image processing and machine vision, real-time systems); multimedia lecture theatre for lectures; servers for version management in software development; further servers for lab exercises; network lab; WiFi access throughout the building; own Intranet for managing registration and grades; access to all information through own app.
Special features regarding research and development
Research interests include machine learning, intelligent manufacturing, e-learning and learning analytics, programme property verification.
Support for founders
Cooperation with Cyberforum Karlsruhe (industrial association with more than 1200 member companies), G-Lab (Institute for Entrepreneurship of the university), participation in the EXIST funding programme.
Other special features
In the Karlsruhe region, there are numerous companies in the field of IT, so that there is always a large demand for students and graduates. Karlsruhe offers an ideal environment for start-up founders who are very well-supported at the university due to advisory services. Students can take part in one of our many research projects within the faculty or at an external institution such as the Fraunhofer Institute IOSB. The cooperation with CERN has already allowed many students to work at one of the best research institutions in the world.
Further information on research activities
www.hs-karlsruhe.de/forschung.html