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CHE University Ranking

Sociology / Social Sciences, Department

Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät

Universität Rostock

Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Institut für Soziologie und Demographie
Ulmenstraße 69
D-18057 Rostock
https://www.uni-rostock.de
Uni Rostock
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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

280

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

40

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

13/16 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

30

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme

Research-oriented Bachelor's degree programmes, methodological training, working in small groups, above-average student-teacher supervision ratio

Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes

Research-oriented master's degree programmes, individual mentoring, excellent student-teacher supervision ratio, opportunities to link research activities to the MPIDR

Special features regarding the international orientation

International demographic orientation of the Institute of Sociology and Demography, international partner universities in Germany, Sweden and the USA

Exchange universities for stay abroads

Representative Universitäten seit Winter 2021/22: Umeå University, Umeå, Schweden; Universidad da Coruña, A Coruña, Spanien; University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Kanada; Charles University, Prag, Tschechische Republik; University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Zypern

Special features regarding the equipment

Course rooms equipped with state-of-the-art technology (e.g. SMART boards, active learning rooms), students have access to statistical software (e.g. individual Stata licences) and data for training and working on thesis projects.

Special features regarding research activities

Current research specialisations at the institute: Fertility, family and reproductive medicine, migration and integration, labour market, health, demographic methods. Research institutions in the area: MPIDR, DZNE, University Medicine.

Other special features

Barrier-free course rooms at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences; Sustainability Strategy of the University of Rostock for a climate-neutral university; Diversity Strategy of the University of Rostock for Diversity and Equal Opportunities

Further information on research activities

Further information about study entry phase

Information on access restrictions

https://www.uni-rostock.de/studium/studienangebot/wirtschafts-sozial-rechtswissenschaften/?tx_solr%5Bpage%5D=2

Website of the Student Council

online-application

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Acronyms

(S) = Students' judgements

(F) = Facts

(P) = Professors' judgements

Units

Value in percent

Value in points

Euro

Thousand Euro

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