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Business Computing, Department

Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Universität Duisburg-Essen

Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Institut für Informatik und Wirtschaftsinformatik
Schützenbahn 70
D-45117 Essen
Telephone: +49 201 183-2352
https://www.uni-due.de
Uni Duisburg-Essen/Essen
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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

1,120

Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)

200

Percentage of teaching by practitioners

5.0%

Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's

10.0%

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

12/16 points

Job market- and career-orientation

Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment

12.6%

Master theses in cooperation with work environment

19.4%

Research

Publications per professor

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Doctorates per professor

0.5

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support

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Support in studies

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Courses offered

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Study organisation

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Exam organisation

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Digital teaching elements

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Introduction to scientific work

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Offers for career orientation

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Practical orientation in teaching

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Support for stays abroad

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Rooms

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Library

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IT-infrastructure

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Labs and Spaces

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Overall study situation

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Return rate of the questionnaires

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Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses

Teacher support

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Support in studies

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Digital teaching elements

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Practical orientation in teaching

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Courses offered

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Study organisation

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Transition to Master's studies

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Research orientation

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Support for stays abroad

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Return rate of the questionnaires

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Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching

individual specialisation possible in the Bachelor's course in the fields of Software/Modelling, IT Management/Company Start-Up and Network/Security; application-oriented project and practical case study in the final academic year; Much freedom of choice in the Master's degree course; option to acquire certifications relevant to practice (e.g. for SAP or IT management) alongside academic studies; Bilingual Master's degree course (German/English); Own international exchange network IS: Link with over 20 partner universities; Own teaching staff for Mathematics classes.

Special features regarding the international orientation

Extensive network of partner universities; Increasing number of English-language courses; Regular courses by renowned visiting academics from abroad. A semester abroad is possible via a mobility window without a delay in studying.

Exchange universities for stay abroads

Deakin University in Victoria, Australien; University of Jyväskylä, Finnland; ESEO Institue of Science & Technology, Frankreich; Tel Aviv University, Israel; University of the Andes, Bogotá, Kolumbien; University of Borås, Schweden; Chung-Ang University in Seoul, Südkorea; Ewha Womans University in Seoul, Südkorea; Instituto Superior Técnico in Lissabon, Portugal; Wroclaw University of Economics, Polen.

Special features regarding the equipment

Several large PC clusters; campus-wide WiFi; Lecture theatres and seminar rooms with projectors; virtual PC and software pool with 400 workstations; extensive PC workrooms and PC teaching and examination rooms with 200 workstations; Central programme portal; faculty has its own IT service centre; free and cost-effective software for students; good library with long opening hours.

Special features regarding research activities

Largest Business Information Systems course in Germany; wide range of topics; Close link to Applied Computer Science and Business Administration in the same faculty; variety of collaborations with practice in applied research.

Support for founders

The University of Duisburg-Essen has combined the numerous measures in the IDE competence centre for innovation and start-ups. There are dedicated courses related to e-entrepreneurship and e-intrapreneurship; Seminars (“Entrepreneurs’ Camp”), projects and theses address the development of business plans, and students can develop and discuss their own ideas; Student start-up projects are encouraged and supported; The university also offers further services to which reference is made.

Other special features

Own Business English course programme; Alumni WiWi Essen e.V.: active alumni reunions; act e.V.: Student management consultancy.

Further information on research activities

Further information about study entry phase

Information on access restrictions

Website of the Student Council

online-application

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Acronyms

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(P) = Professors' judgements

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Last Update 2023: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education
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