In the current CHE Ranking, published in the new ZEIT Study Guide 2019/20, the fields of Electrical and Information Technology and mechatronics stood out. They scored particularly well in terms of support at the beginning of the program, laboratory facilities, student involvement in research, and close ties to professional practice.
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13. May 2019
Top group placings for the HSZG
This year, three faculties and six degree programs at the HSZG were scrutinized by the CHE Ranking.
Zittau, May 14, 2019: Top rankings for HSZG in the 2019/20 CHE University Ranking
There is no such thing as “the best University”—not for a single discipline, and certainly not for all disciplines. For example, a University may be at the very top in research but have abysmal facilities for students, or it may excel in the natural sciences but be weak in the economic sciences.
With over 150,000 students surveyed and more than 300 universities and universities of applied sciences evaluated, the ranking by the Center for Higher Education Development (CHE) is the most comprehensive and detailed comparison of higher education institutions in the German-speaking world. In Saxony, the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences is one of eight universities that were recently evaluated.
This year, three faculties and six degree programmes at the HSZG were scrutinized. The degree programmes were evaluated based on a wide range of criteria: from teaching units to the condition of the laboratories.
Our disciplines and subject groups—biotechnology, chemistry/applied chemistry, electrical engineering and information technology, engineering sciences, Mechanical Engineering, and mechatronics—all performed above average, with at least one program ranking among the top tier.
The universities were divided into a top, a middle, and a bottom group for each subject and criterion. The CHE University Ranking includes both student evaluations and facts regarding teaching and research. The following indicators, in particular, played a role:
In addition to facts about academic programs, teaching, and research, the ranking includes students’ assessments of the learning environment at their Universities. The 292-page ZEIT Study Guide publishes excerpts from the ranking and answers the most important questions about starting college, helps students choose the right major and the right location, and offers tips on applying to college and financing their education.
This is supplemented by the online resources available on ZEIT CAMPUS ONLINE. Interactive search tools help students find the right University from the entire ranking based on their individual academic needs.
In the tables below, you will find only those criteria in which the respective program at HSZG achieved a top-tier ranking.
Top-tier rankings in the 2019/20 CHE University Ranking:
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Subject: Biotechnology
Top groups:
- Degrees in a reasonable time (undergraduate studies)
- Support at the beginning of studies
Subject: Chemical Engineering / Applied Chemistry
Top group:
- Support at the beginning of studies
Subject: Engineering sciences, interdisciplinary
Top groups:
- Degrees in a reasonable time (undergraduate studies)
- Support at the beginning of studies
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Field: Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
Leading Research Groups:
- Teaching Units
- Exams
- Facilities
- IT Infrastructure
- General Study Environment
- Extent of Integration Between Learning Locations in the Dual Study Program
- Support at the Start of Studies
- Contact with the professional world during the bachelor’s program
- Research Funding per Professor
Field: Mechatronics
Leading Research Groups:
- Supervision by Faculty
- Academic Support
- Exams
- Facilities
- Facilities for Internship Labs
- General Study Environment
- Extent of Integration of Learning Locations in the Dual Study Program
- Support at the Start of the Program
- Connection to the professional world in the bachelor’s program
- International Focus in the Bachelor’s Program
- International Focus in the Master’s Program
- Research Funding per Professor
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Field: Mechanical Engineering
Leading Research Groups:
- Extent of Integration Among Learning Locations in Dual Degree Programs
- Support at the Start of the Program
- Contact with the professional field during the bachelor’s program
- Research Funding per Professor
Further information
The CHE University Ranking has been providing prospective students with information
and transparency for more than 30 subjects for over 20 years. Each subject is re-evaluated every three years.
All results and further information can be found here.
The ZEIT Study Guide 2019/20 is available everywhere for 8.95 euros or here .
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