CHE university rankings for the German-speaking world

For prospective students and potential employers in the German-speaking world the CHE ranking is one of the most influential for the German higher education landscape. Our University's departments and degree programmes regularly achieve excellent scores in the different categories under evaluation. The ranking is conducted annually by Centrum for Higher Education Development and published by German newspaper 'Die ZEIT' both online and in its Studienführer, a special publication for readers looking for a degree programme. The digital version makes it possible to compare subjects and institutions according to a set of individual parameters.

Excellent results in the 2023 CHE ranking

Very pleasing results for the University of Passau were published in the latest ranking of bachelor's and state-examination degree programmes by the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHE). No less than three departments are in the nationwide leading group: law, business administration and information systems. Law even ranks in the top range in all sixteen categories surveyed among students. For more information, please see our press release on the 2023 CHE ranking.

Evaluated departments of the University of Passau:

Year	Academic discipline	Degree programmes
2019	English and American Studies	B.A. European Studies Major; B.A. European Studies; B.A. Language and Text Sciences; B.A. International Cultural and Business Studies; M.A. European Studies ; M.A. International Cultural and Business Studies
2023	Business administration	B.Sc. Business Administration and Economics; M.Sc. Business Administration
2021	Geography	M.A. Geography: Culture, Environment and Tourism
2019	German Studies	B.A. Language and Text Sciences; M.A. Semiotics of Texts and Culture
2021	Computer Science	B.Sc. Computer Science; B.Sc. Internet Computing; M.Sc. Computer Science; M.Sc. AI Engineering
2023	Law	Law (state examination programme);LL.M. German Law for Foreign Graduates; LL.M. German and Russian Law
2021	Mathematics	B.Sc. Mathematics; M.Sc. Computational Mathematics
2021	Political Science/Social Sciences	B.A. Governance and Public Policy; M.A. Governance and Public Policy; B.A./M.A. International Cultural and Business Studies; B.A./M.A. European Studies and B.A. European Studies Major; B.A. Journalism and Strategic Communication; M.A. Development Studies; Teacher education programmes with Civics as one of the teaching subjects
2022	Romance Studies	European Studies Major (B.A.); B.A. European Studies; B.A. International Cultural and Business Studies; B.A. Language and Text Sciences; M.A. European Studies; M.A. International Cultural and Business Studies
2021	Sport/Sports Science	Teacher training programmes with sport as a subject
2020	Economics	M.Sc. International Economics and Business
2023	Information Systems	B.Sc. Information Systems; M.Sc. Information Systems

Further details

Website of the Centre for Higher Education Development

ZEIT-Studienführer (Hey Studium)