Fachbereich 10: Biologie

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General remarks

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

Basic information

Teaching staff in core subjects

Teaching staff at the department	99
Total number of students	1,340
Number of master degree students	230

Total score for support in the study entry phase

6/12 points

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees

68.1 %

Teacher support	2.4
Support in studies	2.9
Courses offered	3.2
Teaching of technical/professional competence	4/8 Points
Teaching of methodological competence	1/8 Points
Teaching of interdisciplinary competence	1/6 Points
Study organisation	2.1
Exams	2.8
Laboratory internships	2.2
Excursions	2.4
Research orientation	2.6
Job market preparation	rank group not assignable
Support for stays abroad	2.6
Rooms	2.9
Library	2.1
IT-infrastructure	2.2
Overall study situation	2.7

Teacher qualification students	330
Teacher qualification programmes
Teacher qualification centre	Link
Teacher Qualification Monitor (in German)	Link

Further degree courses of the department

none

Special features regarding teaching
Dissection-free degree programme possible; High proportion of experimental lectures; Empirical final theses; High proportion of optional required modules and great flexibility in the choice in the optional fields; Research-oriented teaching; Strong links with the Natural Sciences and Mathematics departments and the university medical centre; Range of international excursions.
Other special features
Guidance for long-term students, daily opening hours in the Academic Office/Examination Office, also during the non-lecture period. Erasmus student exchange programme with 12 partner universities, 2 specialist international affairs officers; Possible completion of theses abroad; Core Facilities Imaging; Electron Microscopy, Next Generation Sequencing, Precision Engineering Electronic Workshops, Supercomputing MOGON; International PhD programme ‘Gene Regulation, Epigenetics and Genome Stability’, affiliation with the Institute for Biotechnology and Active Ingredient Research

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(S)-Students' judgements (F)-Facts (P)-Professors' judgements

Last update 2018: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education, Germany.