Fachbereich Informatik at the HS Darmstadt

HS Darmstadt

Schöfferstraße 8b
64295 Darmstadt
Phone: +49 6151 533 68413

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Basic information

Total number of students	2,020
Number of master degree students	320
Percentage of teaching by practitioners	12.5 %
Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's	17.3 %

Cooperative Education

Students in cooperative education	720
Extent of interlinking	7/10 points

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	55.0 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	36.0 %

Job market- and career-orientation

Contact with work environment, bachelor's	8/12 points
Contact with work environment, master's	7/12 points
Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment	95.1 %
Master theses in cooperation with work environment	80.1 %

Research

Third party funds per professor	19.6
Cooperative doctoral degrees (in three years)	8

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support	1.9
Support in studies	1.9
Courses offered	2.0
Study organisation	1.6
Exams	2.0
Job market preparation	1.7
Support during practical semester	2.1
Support for stays abroad	1.9
Rooms	2.1
Library	1.8
IT-infrastructure	2.0
Workstations	2.6
Overall study situation	1.8

Students' assessments on cooperate education courses

Teacher support	2.3
Support in studies	2.1
Courses offered	2.7
Study organisation	1.8
Exams	2.0
Coordination of theory and practice phases	2.7
Rooms	2.3
Library	2.0
IT-infrastructure	2.4
Overall study situation	2.1

Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses

Teacher support	1.5
Support in studies	2.0
Courses offered	2.2
Study organisation	1.8
Transition to Master's studies	1.7
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
Almost all lectures are complemented by an internship. Here the students learn in small groups (16 students) mostly on notebook/PC the practical application of the concepts introduced in the lecture. In pairs or also in medium-sized groups, projects are worked out, tasks that build on each other are implemented. The practical courses are usually held by the professors themselves. Lectures are mostly interactive, live-coding as well as lecture hall exercises are typical didactic elements.
Exchange universities for stay abroads
University of Applied Science Oulu, Finnland; DIT Dublin Institute of Technology, Irland; Reykjavik University, Island; Télécom SudParis, Frankreich; NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology Gjovik, Norwegen; Mälardalen University, Schweden; Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spanien; Hanyang University Seoul, Südkorea; UMASS University of Massachusetts, USA; Xi'An University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
Special features regarding the equipment
Topic-specific labs (multimedia, InCar, networks, databases, software engineering), online learning platform for conducting presence-free teaching (specialized virtual rooms for lectures, internships or student learning groups); video recording of some lectures; online video streaming platform for providing video material for courses; virtual servers and container platform for student projects and courses; platform for freely providing code repositories for courses, projects and student projects.
Special features regarding research and development
LOEWE Centre CASED - Centre for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt; CRISP - Centre for Research in Security and Privacy; da/sec - Biometrics and Internet Security Research Group; Editions- und Forschungsstelle Frank Wedekind; In November 2017, the first PhD Centre for Computer Science at a University of Applied Sciences was opened. Research topics of the centre will include IT security, big data, telecommunications, speech recognition, computer networks, virtual and augmented reality, human-machine interaction, and interactive and digital media.
Support for founders
The Dörte Wörner Innovation Award aims to encourage members of the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences to develop business ideas in the field of information technology and thus to found companies. In addition, there are various events such as the night of the founders or a founders' meeting of the university.
Other special features
Not only the lectures but also the practicals and tutorials are personally supervised by the professors so that direct contact with the students which is based on partnership is ensured. In order to make the start of the studies easier, the departmental student organisation offers a first-semester induction over the course of several days. As part of this, you will not only be provided with essential information, but also meet new people. In the ideal scenario, this will lay the foundation for a learning group, which, in our experience, is essential for successful studies.
Further information on research activities
https://fbi.h-da.de/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/
Further information about study entry phase
https://fbi.h-da.de/studium/studieninteressierte/informationsveranstaltungen