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CHE University Ranking

Sociology / Social Sciences, Department

Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften

Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften
Max-Weber-Institut für Soziologie
Bergheimer Straße 58
D-69115 Heidelberg
https://www.uni-heidelberg.de
Uni Heidelberg
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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

710

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

120

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

10/16 points

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

34

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme

Comprehensive method training is compulsory (quant. and qual.); Structuring of the BA degree programme in the orientation phase (1st sem.), central subject study phase (2nd to 4th sem.) and specialization phase (5th and 6th sem.); Flexible degree course can be configured with different modules

Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes

Studies with a focus on organisational and human resources development; Teaching cooperation with HCA and HCIAS with the opportunity to set individual focus areas; Connection to current, on-going research at the institute through research-oriented courses

Exchange universities for stay abroads

Universität Kopenhagen; Sciences Po (Campus Reims); Università degli Studi di Milan; Universität Lund; Uppsala Universite; Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Universidad de Salamanca; Universidad de Barcelona; Karls-Universität Prag; Uludag University Bursa

Special features regarding research activities

Three junior research groups; Cooperation with CSI (research centre), linking research and transfer; Research projects (EU, DFG, BMBF); Cluster, Field of Focus, CRC Initiatives.

Further information on research activities

Information on access restrictions

https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/studium/bewerben-einschreiben/studieneinstieg-1-fachsemester/universitaetsinternes-auswahlverfahren

Website of the Student Council

online-application

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Acronyms

(S) = Students' judgements

(F) = Facts

(P) = Professors' judgements

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Value in points

Euro

Thousand Euro

Last Update 2024: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education
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