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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

1,790

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

940

Percentage of teaching by practitioners

10.5%

Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's

10.5%

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

14/16 points

Job market- and career-orientation

Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment

27.7%

Master theses in cooperation with work environment

27.5%

Research

Publications per professor

publication points between 2.0 and 4.4

Third party funds per academic

111,500 €

Doctorates per professor

2

Research reputation

no data

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support
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Digital teaching elements
Introduction to scientific work
Offers for career orientation
Practical orientation in teaching
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Library
IT-infrastructure
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

54

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
Overall study situation
Support for stays abroad
Return rate of the questionnaires

103

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching

Subjects are primarily quantitative and research-oriented; the specialisations in the Master´s degree programmes are based on the four research fields of the faculty. The extensive e-learning programme supports continuous learning and individual analysis of the learning progress. Practice-oriented teamwork and mobility windows with 66 partner universities worldwide. Student course evaluations for the didactic evaluation of lecturers. Many courses address the social consequences of economic activity.

Special features regarding the international orientation

Attractive study offer abroad with currently 66 partner universities worldwide. Supervision of students by the faculty's Exchange Office. Mobility windows in the Business Administration Bachelor's. The work placement office helps students who plan to complete work placements abroad. Numerous English-language events. The RWTH Business School offers three of its continuing education courses entirely in English. International lecturers are constantly incorporated into all degree courses. Study trips abroad. Two double degree programmes with European universities.

Exchange universities for stay abroads

Tsinghua University Beijing, China; University of Science and Technology Trondheim, Norwegen; Maastricht University School of Business and Economics, Niederlande; Kozminski University, Polen; Audencia Nantes School of Management, Frankreich; University of Antwerp, Belgien; ESC Rennes School of Business, Frankreich; Norwegian School of Economics Bergen, Norwegen; Corvinus University of Budapest, Ungarn; Université du Québec à Montréal, Kanada.

Special features regarding the equipment

Practice & Exam Platform DYNEXITE creates individual learning and exam materials and promotes small-scale intermediate exams & continuous learning. Online business simulation. Video recordings of many events (flipped classroom, MOOCs on edX). The laboratory for experimental economic research enables auditorium experiments. EIKON is offered free of charge for access to current economic data. A computer, learning and event room supports the quantitative orientation of teaching, software courses, use of STATA and "SAP boardroom".

Special features regarding research activities

Research profile is developed at the interdisciplinary interface between economic sciences and engineering/natural sciences. This thematic orientation utilises the special opportunities provided by a technical university. The specialisations of the Master's programmes are structured on the basis of the resulting four research areas. Teaching content in all programmes also focuses on the critical discussion of current research findings, and mathematical-analytical research methods are emphasised when and where appropriate.

Support for founders

The transfer and incubator centre supports students and doctoral students in realising their start-up ideas. About 40 start-ups are supported annually. Founders are assigned a personal mentor, and start-up seminars are offered regularly as well. Award in the university competition EXIST Start-up culture - the start-up university. Broad start-up-oriented range of courses (theoretical, practical – use of case studies, exercises – and international – with stays abroad over several days), particularly on account of the Chair in Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Other special features

The faculty was re-accredited in 2021 by the internationally renowned agency Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). During the inspection, particular attention was paid to teaching and research activities in the faculty. The faculty's mission statement and code of conduct for teaching, which was drafted and signed by the teaching staff and student representatives, were taken into account. Many courses address the social consequences of economic activity. Corporate Social Responsibility is a compulsory subject in the Master's in Business Administration.

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