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CHE University Ranking

Economics, Department

Fakultät III: Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Wirtschaftsinformatik und Wirtschaftsrecht

Universität Siegen

Fakultät III: Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Wirtschaftsinformatik und Wirtschaftsrecht
School of Economic Disciplines
Unteres Schloß 3
D-57068 Siegen
Telephone: +49 271 740-3139
https://www.uni-siegen.de
Uni Siegen
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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

290

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

100

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

no data

Master theses in cooperation with work environment

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Research

Publications per professor

between 0.2 and 0.8 points

Third party funds per academic

13,500 €

Doctorates per professor

0.6

Research reputation

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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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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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Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching

Tutor system, exam colloquia, evaluation of courses, incentives for particularly high-performing students. Interdisciplinarity and strong research orientation are the unique features of the faculty compared to other economics departments. Regular annual reviews as a means of QM: Identify opportunities for improvement and evaluate the effect of changes.

Special features regarding the international orientation

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.

Exchange universities for stay abroads

Latvijas Universitáte, Riga, Lettland.

Special features regarding the equipment

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.

Special features regarding research activities

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)

Support for founders

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.

Other special features

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

Further information on research activities

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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