Fakultät für Mathematik und Informatik at the Uni Heidelberg

Institut für Informatik

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Basic information

Total number of students	620
Number of master degree students	168
Percentage of teaching by practitioners	0.5 %

Students in cooperative education

none

Total score for support in the study entry phase

4/14 points

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	42.9 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	44.4 %

International orientation, bachelor's	3/9 points
International orientation, master's	6/9 points
Outgoing students	0.0 %

Contact with work environment, bachelor's	0/11 points
Contact with work environment, master's	0/11 points
Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment	5.9 %
Master theses in cooperation with work environment	11.6 %
Share of professors with work experience	no data

Publications per academic	1.9
Third party funds per academic	82.7 T€
Doctorates per professor	1.5

Teacher support	1.8
Support in studies	1.9
Courses offered	1.9
Study organisation	1.8
Exams	1.9
Transition to Master's studies	1.6
Research orientation	1.7
Job market preparation	1.9
Support for stays abroad
Rooms	1.4
Library	1.3
IT-infrastructure	1.9
Overall study situation	1.8

Teacher qualification programmes	teacher qualification degree courses are offered
Teacher qualification centre	Link
Teacher Qualification Monitor (in German)	Link

Further degree courses of the department

none

Special features regarding teaching
Small number of students; Excellent support in small groups in the lectures, exercises and practicals; Research-oriented and interdisciplinary teaching; Joint classes for advanced bachelor’s and master's students; Large selection of modules; Students can specialise in image processing, computer graphics and visualization; Information Systems Engineering; Optimisation; Scientific Computing; Partnerships with industry and many non-university research institutions; Students take part in research from an early stage, e.g. through publications at conferences
Exchange universities for stay abroads
UPM Madrid, Madrid; Politecno de Milano, Italien; Izmir Institute of Technology, Türkei
Special features regarding the equipment
High-performance computer centre (cluster); CIP lab; Places for advanced students in the working groups; State-of-the-art tools for chip design; Optical laboratory with nano-structure image setter; Computing labs; Cluster systems; GPU accelerated computer systems; Robotics laboratory.
Other special features
Studying at an elite university with relatively few fellow-students brings the benefit of early involvement in research. An in-depth interdisciplinary collaboration exists between Computer Science and the natural and life sciences. Students take part in research from an early stage, e.g. through publications at conferences.
Further information on research activities
www.informatik.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php?id=69