CHE University Ranking: Top Result for the FH Upper Austria Faculty Hagenberg
In the current CHE ranking, the most comprehensive and detailed university ranking in the German-speaking world, the FH Upper Austria Faculty of Informatics, Communications and Media in Hagenberg once again proved its high educational quality. Its computer science degree programs were rated outstandingly in all categories and are among the best in Austria and Germany. The top marks awarded by Hagenberg's students to their “alma mater” were decisive for this result.
In the heart of Upper Austria's Silicon Valley: The FH Upper Austria's Faculty of Informatics, Communications and Media is part of the innovative research, education and business location Softwarepark Hagenberg. | Image source: FH OÖ
“We are proud to be in the top 3 of the best universities of applied sciences in Austria and Germany, as we were in 2021,” says Dean Dr. Berthold Kerschbaumer, ”and we are delighted that our students have confirmed that Hagenberg is the top address for studying computer science.”
Students awarded top marks
As part of the ranking, almost 700 Bachelor's students from the current total of Hagenberg's 1,600 Bachelor's and Master's students were invited to evaluate their experience of individual subject areas in a survey using a 5-star scale. They catapulted “their” faculty into the top field in all of the following categories by rating it with at least 4 stars or more: General study situation, study organization, supervision by lecturers, support during studies, examination organization, library facilities, rooms, IT infrastructure, digital teaching elements, introduction to academic work, support for stays abroad, range of courses, practical orientation of teaching, offers for career orientation and practical phase.
The complete ranking of the Center for Higher Education Development (CHE) is available on HeyStudium at studiengaenge.zeit.de/ranking.
About Hagenberg Faculty
Over 8,600 graduates have already laid the foundation for their careers at the FH Upper Austria Faculty of Informatics, Communications and Media. There are currently 22 practice-oriented Bachelor's and Master's degree programs in computer science, communication and media to choose from in Hagenberg. Another degree course with a focus on artificial intelligence will start in the fall: the English-language Bachelor's degree in Artificial Intelligence Solutions.
Students benefit not only from the wide range of top-ranked courses on offer, but also from the excellent networking with over 75 companies and 11 research institutes directly on site at Softwarepark Hagenberg. It is not for nothing that Hagenberg is also known as Austria's Silicon Valley. The Faculty of Hagenberg is also well connected in business and science far beyond the borders of Upper Austria and now has over 140 partner universities in more than 50 countries worldwide.
More at: fh-ooe.at/en/campus-hagenberg
Hagenberg's students gave their university of applied sciences top marks
Image source: FH OÖ
