In addition to the activities of the internal evaluation, we coordinate externally conducted surveys on learning and teaching, in which Fulda University of Applied Sciences participates, if required. The executing partners are renowned actors in higher education research (e.g. CHE - Centre for Higher Education, DZHW - German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies). The internal coordination provides the processing on site. In order to always maintain data protection, it is also the direct mediator of the relevant surveys to the students.
Fulda University of Applied Sciences regularly participates - centrally coordinated by the DLS division - in the university ranking of the CHE (Centre for Higher Education Development). The CHE ranking is a comprehensive and detailed ranking of German universities and universities of applied sciences and is intended to provide orientation for prospective students as well as those changing universities when choosing a place to study. But it also helps future employers, another target group of the ranking, to get an idea of Fulda University of Applied Sciences.
The CHE University Ranking shows facts about learning, teaching, equipment and research as well as students' assessments of the study conditions at their university. The questions asked include the range of courses offered, the management of studies, the research orientation and the practical orientation of the studies.
The subjects included in the CHE Ranking are examined in a three-year rhythm. In addition to surveying students in the corresponding first-level programmes and, in some cases, in associated Master's programmes, factual data is also collected with the help of departmental and administrative surveys. The CHE is responsible for the overall coordination of the project. Further information on the CHE Ranking and the contact persons can be found here.
The results of the CHE University Ranking are printed annually as a compact ranking in the ZEIT Study Guide, a special issue of the weekly magazine DIE ZEIT, as well as in the student magazine ZEIT Campus. The complete results are published on the ZEIT website (German only).
