Fachbereich Informatik

HS Darmstadt

Schöfferstraße 8b
64295 Darmstadt
Phone: +49 6151 16-8413

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Basic information

Total number of students	2,020
Number of master degree students	276
Percentage of teaching by practitioners	30.0 %

Cooperative Education

Students in cooperative education

299

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

8/14 points

Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	53.9 %
Graduations in appropriate time master's	61.5 %

International orientation

International orientation	5/9 points
International orientation master's	4/9 Points
Outgoing students	no data

Job market- and career-orientation

Contact with work environment bachelor	2/11 Points
Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment	no data
Master theses in cooperation with work environment	no data
Share of professors with work experience	100.0 %

Research

Third party funds per professor	28.0
Cooperative doctoral degrees (in three years)	15

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support	1.9
Support in studies	2.0
Courses offered	2.3
Study organisation	1.7 *
Exams	1.9
Job market preparation	1.7
Support during practical semester	less than 15 answers
Support for stays abroad	2.3
Rooms	1.8
Library	1.8
IT-infrastructure	1.9
Overall study situation	1.8

Students' assessments on consecutive Masters degree courses

Teacher support	no survey
Support in studies	no survey
Courses offered	no survey
Study organisation	no survey
Exams	no survey
Transition to Master's studies	no survey
Job market preparation	no survey
Support for stays abroad	no survey
Rooms	no survey
Library	no survey
IT-infrastructure	no survey
Overall study situation	no survey

Degree courses with details

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
Almost all lectures include practicals. This is where small groups of students (16 students) use laptops/PCs to learn to apply the concepts introduced in the lecture in practice. Either in pairs or in medium-sized groups, students work on projects and perform tasks that build on each other. The practicals are usually supervised by the professors themselves. Most of the lectures are interactive, with live-coding as well as lecture exercises being typical didactic elements.
Special features regarding the international orientation
EDDIT is a four-year variant of the Bachelor’s degree programme (240 ECTS) at the Department of Computer Science; Students spend their fourth year of study at one of the participating foreign partner universities and additionally acquire the Bachelor’s degree from this partner university; In addition to the courses in computer science, students take part in language and cultural courses in which they become familiar with the culture of the international partner.
Common partner universities for exchange
University of Applied Science Oulu; DIT (Dublin Institute of Technology); https://www.fbi.h-da.de/forschung-partner/partnerhochschulen.html
Special features regarding the equipment
Topic-specific laboratories (multimedia, InCar, networks,...); Students can borrow laptops; Modern lecture hall equipment with two projectors, audio system and document camera in almost all lecture halls; Learning platform Moodle; Learning materials and old exams are made available; Some lectures are video recorded; Online registration system with app access (allocation of places in courses, registration for exams with information about deadlines, personal schedules, overview of assignments handed in/not yet handed in, access to grades and grade statistics); Virtual server for student projects.
Website with further information on research activities
https://fbi.h-da.de/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/
Support for founders
The Dörte Wörner Innovation Award is intended to encourage members of the university to develop business ideas in the field of informatics and set up companies on that basis. There are also various events such as a founders night or a founders meeting organised by the university.
Characteristics of assistance to differently abled persons
Reasonable adjustments are generally possible; advice on study planning is provided in informal discussions;
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.