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CHE University Ranking

Economic Sciences, Department

Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover

Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Königsworther Platz 1
D-30167 Hannover
Telephone: +49 511 762-4558
https://www.uni-hannover.de
Uni Hannover
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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

2,760

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

780

Percentage of teaching by practitioners

7.0%

Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's

10.0%

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

13/16 points

Job market- and career-orientation

Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment

4.2%

Master theses in cooperation with work environment

16.4%

Research

Publications per professor in Business Administration

no data

Publications per professor in Economics

no data

Third party funds per academic

50,400 €

Doctorates per professor

1.1

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support
Support in studies
Courses offered
Study organisation
Exam organisation
Digital teaching elements
Introduction to scientific work
Offers for career orientation
Practical orientation in teaching
Support for stays abroad
Rooms
Library
IT-infrastructure
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

71

Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses

Teacher support
Support in studies
Digital teaching elements
Practical orientation in teaching
Courses offered
Study organisation
Transition to Master's studies
Research orientation
Support for stays abroad
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

53

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching

comprehensive teaching evaluation and regular discussions with students; Online suggestion box; Collaboration with psychological-therapeutic guidance for students; Certification programme in Occupational Sciences after the BSc/MSc academic degree; experimental laboratory

Special features regarding the international orientation

Mobility windows in the 5th semester BSc Economics (30 ECTS) and in the MSc Economics (20 ECTS) through the crediting of examinations taken abroad as a lump sum; Further development of the internationalisation strategy; English-speaking courses; International Office directly at the faculty.

Exchange universities for stay abroads

California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, USA; University of Bristol, Großbritannien; Universiteit Gent, Belgien; Åbo Akademi University, Finnland; Örebro universitet, Örebro, Schweden; Karlstads universitet in Karlstad, Schweden; Universidad de Zaragoza, Spanien; Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spanien; Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA); Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Rom.

Special features regarding the equipment

Three ITS clusters (computer workrooms with comprehensive support for students); WiFi everywhere; Comprehensive e-learning support through lecture and exercise recordings and e-tutoring; comprehensively equipped with multimedia lecture theatres and seminar rooms; comprehensive electronic access to literature (catalogues, sources, scanners); Online database: Thomson Reuters Eikon for students, using Thomson Reuters hosted over internet delivery, CRSP/Compustat databases; Participation in the Quality Plus project.

Special features regarding research activities

Research cluster: CAT: Cluster Accounting & Taxation; Finance Group; Uncertainty; Thailand Vietnam Socio Economic Panel (TVSEP); Research collaborations: Centre for Health Economics Research Hanover (CHERH), Hanover Centre of Finance e.V. (HCF), Leibniz Centre for Science and Society (LCSS); Collaboration in the research building "Science Reflection"; Collaboration in the Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) 871 "Regeneration of Complex Capital Goods”; Collaboration in the Excellence Cluster "Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Aviation Systems - SE²A”; Centre for Economic Policy Studies (CWS)

Support for founders

hannovate e.V.; Initiative of professors from the faculty for the promotion of a start-up culture at Leibniz University Hanover; The aim is to motivate students to become entrepreneurs in order to create new solutions for the problems of the future. We want to inspire and empower students for entrepreneurship and to help them to network. Together with local industry, we want to take advantage of and develop the region's innovation potential.

Other special features

Faculty's own International Office to promote study abroad and double degrees, career-integrated training and continuing education, for example through the Institute of Interdisciplinary Occupational Sciences, "Women in Finance” event, awarding of the Launhardt Prize for outstanding academic achievements, awarding of the Hannes Rehm Scholarship for outstanding academic achievements in finance.

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