Fachbereich Gesellschaftswissenschaften at the HS Darmstadt

HS Darmstadt

Haardtring 100
64295 Darmstadt
Phone: +49 6151 533 60421

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Basic information

Total number of students	50 *
Number of master degree students	50
Percentage of teaching by practitioners	27.0 %
Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's	27.0 %

Support during the study entry phase

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Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	43.4 % *
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	less than 10 graduates / year

International orientation

International orientation, bachelor's
International orientation, master's	2/12 points
Outgoing students	3.0 %

Job market- and career-orientation

Contact with work environment, bachelor's
Contact with work environment, master's	7/12 points
Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment	no data
Master theses in cooperation with work environment	100.0 %
Share of professors with work experience	100.0 %

Research

Third party funds per professor

no sufficient data

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

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Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses

Teacher support	no survey
Support in studies	no survey
Courses offered	no survey
Study organisation	no survey
Transition to Master's studies	no survey
Support for stays abroad	no survey
Overall study situation	no survey

Degree courses with details

Risk Assessment and Sustainability Management (RASUM) (M.Sc.)

Degree courses without details

Further degree courses of the department

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About the subject

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching
The teaching in RASUM is very problem-oriented. Scientists from various disciplines and representatives from companies and other organisations jointly developed the concept of the study programme. It combines methodological questions on how to deal with risks with the challenges that arise from the guiding principle of sustainable development, taking into account both social and organisational governance aspects. It also builds on the international discussion on didactics of transdisciplinary teaching.
Special features regarding the international orientation
The German UNSESCO Commission recognised the concept of the course in 2014 as an official project of the World Decade "Education for Sustainable Development". The award was renewed in 2017 and 2019, each in the highest category. The Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences is therefore an outstanding "learning place" for sustainable development. Practical projects are carried out with international companies from Germany (VAUDE, Tettnang and Tchibo, Hamburg) and abroad (LEAR, Detroit / USA). The teaching also has international references; for example the SDGs of the UN.
Exchange universities for stay abroads
Universiatät La Sapienza, Rom, Italien; Universität Kattowitz, Polen; Blekinge Institute of Technology, Schweden.
Special features regarding the equipment
Students have access to databases for life cycle analysis (LCA) and to the RASUM glossary in Moodle, which includes all courses: In addition to explanations of terms from different disciplinary perspectives, it also offers direct access to key publications. A guide with "Notes on scientific work" and pre-formatted and structured files for homework help you get started with sophisticated scientific work. There is "accompanying quality assurance" for both homework and the MA thesis.
Special features regarding research and development
The department has established the "Initiative for Sustainable Development in h_da" (i: ne). This resulted in the research centre "Sustainable processes and procedures" (fz npv or f: ne). With the research group sofia, the FB has a nationally and internationally renowned research network. The BMBF project s: ne offers research-based transfer in the context of sustainable development. H_da has been able to award the title of Doctor of Sustainability Sciences (Dr. rer. Sust) since 2019; so far this is unique in Germany (doctoral centre, also p: ne).
Support for founders
Graduates from RASUM have the opportunity to work on orders in the Steinbeis transfer company "RASUM Solutions" together with other graduates and under professional guidance. They benefit from the experience gained from the practical projects.
Further information on research activities
https://www.sofia-darmstadt.de
Information on access restrictions
https://rasum.h-da.de/studieninteressierte/bewerbung/