At the Top of the Rankings

CHE University Ranking
The University of Göttingen, as well as the departments of Business, Economics and Business Information Systems represented by the Faculty of Economic Sciences, are regularly ranked and listed by external ranking-bodies. In Germany, the University is also included in the CHE University Ranking conducted by the Centre for Higher Education Development. It is the most comprehensive and detailed ranking that exists in Germany.

CHE examines more than 300 universities and colleges of applied science in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands. The ranking includes 37 subjects. A third of the subjects are newly evaluated every year. In 2014, Business Administration, Economics and Business Information Systems are also included.

The results of the university rankings are published every spring in the ZEIT Study Guide. The Faculty of Economic Sciences places mostly in the middle and at the top: More Information
Please also see: CHE master's programme rankings: programmes in business administration rank top of the group


Eduniversal Worldwide Business Schools Ranking/ Masters Ranking
The Faculty of Economic Sciences also belongs to one of the "EXCELLENT business school with reinforcing international influence" ranking in Germany according to the "Eduniversal Worldwide Business Schools Ranking 2015".

Eduniversal's "Masters Ranking 2015-2016" lists the master's degree programme in International Economics among the best programmes worldwide in the field of economics and among the top 50 in Western Europe, respectively. The ranking is mainly based on the reputation of the programme, starting salary of graduates, and satisfaction level of the students.


Emerging/ Trendence Global Employability Ranking
The "Emerging/ Trendence Global Employability Ranking 2015" lists the University of Göttingen at 87th place and among the top eight German Universities most frequently selected by global employers.
About the ranking: The French consulting firm "Emerging" surveyed employers on universities they rely on, and on the qualities that made job candidates most employable. The ranking was carried out in collaboration with the German consulting firm "Trendence". According to Emerging and Trendence, the survey included 6400 employers from twenty countries.


Handelsblatt ranking 2015
In the Handelsblatt (German business magazine) ranking, German-speaking economists are evaluated based on their research strengths. The University of Göttingen Department of Economics moved up in the ranking of 2015 by 3 positions, placing 9th after Frankfurt/ Main University and before Heidelberg University. In terms of individual rankings of academics, Professor Dr. Holger Strulik ranks 2nd place. Professor Dr. Helmut Herwartz and Jun.-Prof. Dr. Thushyanthan Baskaran (in Göttingen until summer semester 2015) are ranking 28th and 49th place, respectively. Additionally, Professor Dr. Thomas Kneib ranks 17th place and Thushyanthan Baskaran 23rd place in the ranking for the top-100 economists under 40 years of age. Further information


U-Multirank - a new multi-dimensional international ranking
U-Multirank is a new multi-dimensional, user-driven approach to international ranking of higher education institutions. The dimensions it includes are "teaching and learning", "research", "knowledge transfer", "international orientation" and "regional engagement". Based on empirical data U-Multirank compares institutions with similar institutional profiles and allows users to develop personalised rankings by selecting performance measures/ indicators in terms of their own preferences.

The first ranking of 2014 covers more than 850 higher education institutions, 1,200 faculties and 5,000 study programmes from 70 countries around the world. It provides an institutional ranking of whole institutions as well as field-based rankings for electrical and mechanical engineering, business studies and physics. After 2014 the coverage of institutions and fields will be extended. The University of Göttingen with its Faculty of Physics and Faculty of Economic Sciences (Business programmes) participated with good results in the 2014 ranking.

U-Multirank is based on a methodology that reflects both the diversity of higher education institutions and the variety of dimensions of university excellence in an international context. The data included in U-Multirank are drawn from a number of sources, providing users with a comprehensive set of information: information supplied by institutions; data from international bibliometric and patent data bases; and surveys of more than 60,000 students at participating universities.

U-Multirank is prepared with seed funding from the European Union and led by a consortium headed by Professor Dr. Frans van Vught of the Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS) in the Netherlands and Professor Dr. Frank Ziegele of the Centre for Higher Education (CHE) in Germany. Other partner organisations include the Centre for Science and Technology Studies from Leiden University (CWTS), Catholic University Leuven, academic publishers Elsevier, the Bertelsmann Foundation, Push and software firm Folge 3. The consortium also works closely with a range of national ranking partners and stakeholder organisations: www.u-multirank.eu


Rankings by students
On the online portal Unicheck.de, students can provide individual feedback on their institute of higher education: www.unicheck.de