Strong practical orientation, integration of current research findings, early integration into projects; Supervision in small groups and project groups; High level of freedom for students; teaching and learning in sample cases and problems from practice; Strong application and practice orientation as well as a high level of inter-disciplinarity; particularly committed students are given the chance to participate in academic conferences and scientific competitions (e.g. Usability Challenge). Annual reviews: Identify opportunities for improvement and evaluate the effect of changes.

Continuous expansion of the English-language course offerings; Regular international guest lectures; International visiting professors and lecturers; Summer and Winter Schools in English in cooperation with international partners; Establishment of a multidisciplinary, international alumni network; Internationalisation of the Master's degree programmes (previously two fully English-taught Master's degree courses, more being planning); Dual-degree programme being developed. The digitalisation knowledge gained during the coronavirus pandemic is used and video courses are offered.

Tallinna Ülikool, Tallin, Estland; Högskolan i Skövde, Skövde, Schweden.

Education & media lab for students and teaching staff for professional video production; Many PC clusters (including with SAP/R3, SPSS-equipped computer workstations); Human computer interaction lab (e.g. equipped with soldering workstations); Usability Laboratory; Fabrication Lab (e.g. equipped with 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC milling machine, etc.); Various software licences also free for students; access to databases such as EBSCO, ScienceDirect, Springer Link, Iuris, and many more.

Interdisciplinary research also on the current topics of sustainability and digitalisation; Numerous research projects in the institutes of the faculty: Siegen Institute of SMEs (SMI); Siegen Institute of Corporate Taxation, Auditing, Accounting and Business Law (SUWI); University of Siegen Business School; Institute of Media and Communication Law (IMKR); Institute of Business Information Systems (IWI); Research Centre for Plural Economics; Economic Education Centre in Siegen (ZöBiS); School of Media and Information (iSchool)

ventUS; The University of Siegen is represented by the ventUS project as part of the EXIST Potentials funding initiative. ventUS, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK), aims to further strengthen start-up activities at the university and in the region and to increase the number of spin-offs.; Incubator: ONE SMALL STEP; Seminars on business start-ups are also offered in Business Administration (by practitioners, among others). The start-up office of the University of Siegen offers a wide range of support.

Department with considerable external funding, above state average in NRW with respect to economic sciences in recent years. Strong interdisciplinarity in research and teaching for a department of economic sciences. Modules on current topics such as sustainability and digitalisation can be flexibly integrated into the curriculum if required/demanded. Gestu_S: Centre for Gender Studies Siegen.