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: Bachelor

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.

Bachelor

Evaluated departments of the University of Passau:

Academic discipline	Degree programmes
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
Business administration	B.Sc. Business Administration and Economics
German Studies	B.A. Language and Text Sciences
Computer Science	B.Sc. Computer Science; B.Sc. Internet Computing
Law	Law (state examination programme)
Mathematics	B.Sc. Mathematics
Political Science/Social Sciences	B.A. Governance and Public Policy; B.A. International Cultural and Business Studies; B.A. European Studies and B.A. European Studies Major; B.A. Journalism and Strategic Communication
Romance Studies	European Studies Major (B.A.); B.A. European Studies; B.A. International Cultural and Business Studies; B.A. Language and Text Sciences
Sport/Sports Science	Teacher training programmes with sport as a subject

Excellent results in the 2023 CHE ranking: Master

The University of Passau also achieves excellent results in the new Master's ranking of the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHE). With all three subject areas, the Faculty of Business and Economics is positioned in the top group nationwide: Business Administration, Economics and Information Systems receive top marks in all categories surveyed among students.

Master

Evaluated departments of the University of Passau:

Academic discipline	Degree programmes
English and American Studies	M.A. European Studies; M.A. International Cultural and Business Studies
Business administration	M.Sc. Business Administration
Geography	M.A. Geography: Culture, Environment and Tourism
German Studies	M.A. Semiotics of Texts and Culture
Computer Science	M.Sc. Computer Science; M.Sc. AI Engineering
Law	LL.M. German Law for Foreign Graduates; LL.M. German and Russian Law
Mathematics	M.Sc. Computational Mathematics
Political Science/Social Sciences	M.A. Governance and Public Policy; M.A. International Cultural and Business Studies; M.A. European Studies; M.A. Development Studies; Teacher education programmes with Civics as one of the teaching subjects
Romance Studies	M.A. European Studies; M.A. International Cultural and Business Studies
Economics	M.Sc. International Economics and Business
Information Systems	M.Sc. Information Systems

Further details

Website of the Centre for Higher Education Development

ZEIT-Studienführer (Hey Studium)