Rankings and certificates
Rankings
Excellent support and outstanding study organisation - Viadrina once again tops the nationwide university ranking 2023/2024
In terms of student satisfaction, the European University Viadrina is one of the top universities in the nationwide university ranking by the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHE) and the weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT. Students once again attested that the European University Viadrina offers excellent study conditions with excellent support and outstanding study organisation.
Law degree programme recognised as outstanding
In the ranking for the subject Law, students of the study course Rechtswissenschaft (Law) rated the general study situation at the European University Viadrina as excellent and attested their university top places in 15 of a total of 16 criteria surveyed. In particular, Viadrina came top in the areas of support during studies, supervision by teaching staff and examination organisation. In the students' assessment of study organisation, the European University Viadrina is the leader in the Berlin-Brandenburg region.
Best marks for international business administration programmes
The International Business Administration (IBA) and Internationale Betriebswirtschaftslehre (IBWL) Bachelor's study courses are in the top group in all 14 criteria newly ranked by student feedback. Top marks were awarded for support at the start of studies, the business and economics course programme with flexible selection options, the practical orientation in teaching and career orientation offers, the organisation of studies and examinations and support for stays abroad, among other things. This makes the European University the leader in Berlin and Brandenburg in terms of the general study situation in the field of economics.
The Master's degree programme in International Business Administration (IBA) once again performed above average in the current Master's ranking. The international orientation, student support and support for stays abroad are rated particularly highly.
Cultural Studies
The CHE ranking only includes the larger and more traditional subject areas; smaller subjects are not taken into account. For this reason, there are no comparative figures for the interdisciplinary study courses offered by the Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences.
The university ranking of the weekly newspaper "Die ZEIT" and the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHE) is Germany's largest and most important comparative ranking of state and private universities. The results in the areas of research, teaching and facilities are based on students' judgements. The European University Viadrina has already achieved top positions in the CHE ranking in previous years.
In the International Student Barometer (isb), the Viadrina was voted the most popular university in Germany by international students. It was ranked first out of 16 participating German universities, 6th out of 55 universities in continental Europe and 20th out of 199 universities worldwide.
The International Student Barometer is the world's largest survey of internationally mobile students and doctoral candidates. It is compiled annually by the company i-graduate, which uses it to create a benchmark study in which universities from all over the world survey their international students on their choice of location and student satisfaction.
The European University Viadrina took 4th place among the 77 medium-sized universities in Germany in the start-up radar of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft.
In 2020, the European University Viadrina took part in the international university comparison U-Multirank for the first time in the field of Business Studies in addition to the overall ranking. With 7th place in the field of 70 German universities and 28th place out of 316 European universities compared, it was one of the top-rated universities both nationally and internationally. The international orientation of the degree programmes was rated particularly highly. The Viadrina was also rated above average in terms of study conditions.
U-Multirank compares universities in five categories: Teaching and Learning, Research, Knowledge Transfer, International Orientation and Regional Engagement. The data compared comes from verified self-reports, international databases and student surveys.
Certificates
The Europaean University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) has completed the 2021 Diversity Audit „Vielfalt gestalten“ of the Stifterverband. The certificate marks the end of a two-year process with the aim of making Viadrina a non-discriminatory place to work and study.
Among the first measures already implemented as part of the audit were a survey of students on their experiences of discrimination and the adoption of rules to protect against discrimination and harassment. The Viadrina was also scrutinised as a place of work: Suggestions were jointly developed on how the different needs of all employees can be better taken into account. The aim is to develop a family-friendly and diversity-sensitive learning, teaching, academic and working culture.
More about diversity at the Viadrina
In 2018, the Viadrina has joined the initiative „Klischeefrei – Nationale Kooperationen zur Berufs- und Studienwahl frei von Geschlechterklischees“. The aim of the alliance is to support young people in finding professions and study programmes that correspond to their individual abilities, interests and strengths and not the familiar role stereotypes.
The „Klischeefrei“ alliance consists of federal and state ministries, the Bundesagentur für Arbeit, universities and social partners as well as representatives from science, practice and business.
More about the Klischeefrei initiative
The European University Viadrina has been successfully system-accredited since the end of March 2017. This officially confirms that the Viadrina has a well-functioning internal quality assurance system in the area of teaching and learning that the university will be able to independently assess its individual degree programmes in the future.
The university was also certified as having a very successful internationalisation strategy, which was specifically the subject of the assessment procedure using the example of the implementation of international multiple degrees, so-called „Joint Programmes“.
With the successful completion of the procedure, the Viadrina joins the ranks of system-accredited universities in Germany with its quality assurance system.
The seal of quality is awarded once a year by the DAAD for special merits and achievements in Erasmus exchange programmes for German and foreign students and lecturers.
The Viadrina is one of Brandenburg's leading universities in terms of internationality.
The Viadrina is Brandenburg's leader in terms of internationality: it maintains close cooperation with around 200 universities and colleges abroad, which enable around 400 students a year to spend time abroad - which is compulsory in most of the study courses offered at the European University.
More about internationality at the Viadrina
In May 2014, the European University Viadrina signed the Charta „Familie in der Hochschule“ and is thus also a member of the best practice club of the same name. By signing the charter, all members make a voluntary commitment to pursue and implement demanding standards of family-orientation. They define the compatibility of studies, career and science with family responsibilities as a defining profile element of their university and are committed to a social development towards more family-orientation and appreciation of diversity.
In November 2013, the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) received the "Corporate Health Award", which is awarded by Handelsblatt and TÜV SÜD.
This makes the university one of the leading institutions in the field of corporate health management in Germany.
The Viadrina has been dedicated to health management since 2012. For example, employees have the opportunity to use one hour of their working time each week for preventative sports activities. A health day and numerous workshops and lectures throughout the year provide further impetus for employee health.
More about the Corporate Health Award
Document and publication servers provide universities and libraries with worldwide and long-term secure access to scientific publications. They thus make a decisive contribution to the spread of electronic publishing as a new tool for scientific work.
DINI, the German Initiative for Network Information, accompanies and supports these developments in order to achieve a higher level of scientific communication both nationally and internationally. By awarding a certificate, DINI e. V. enables established quality control for document and publication services, now in its third generation.
More about the Viadrina publication server
In order to make it easier for student athletes to balance their studies and top-class sport, the German University Sports Federation (adh) initiated the "Partner University of Top-class Sport" project with various partners in 1999.
Within the framework of these cooperation agreements, around 1,200 top athletes currently studying at over 85 adh member universities are provided with a network system to compensate for specific disadvantages.
The Viadrina's top sports representative is Franziska Boll, Head of the Student Advisory Service.
More about the General German University Sports Association