The University of Göttingen on the whole, as well as the subjects Business, Economics and Business Information Systems represented by the Faculty of Economics, are listed in the rankings of external institutions on a regular basis. In Germany, the University is included yearly in the CHE University Ranking conducted by the Centre for Higher Education Development. It is the most comprehensive and detailed ranking that exists.

In 2011, the CHE examined almost 300 universities and colleges of applied science in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands. The ranking consists of 34 subjects. One third of the subjects are newly evaluated every year. In 2011, Business Administration, Economics as well as Business Information Systems will be next in line.

The results of the university rankings are published every year in the spring in the ZEIT Study Guide. The Faculty of Economic Sciences regularly places mostly in the middle and with some degree programmes even in the top of the ranking. The results from 2011 can be seen at www.che-ranking.de.

The Faculty’s rankings in 2002, 2005 and 2008 (the subjects were newly evaluated each year) can be seen here.

Furthermore, the Faculty of Economic Sciences belongs to the "Excellent Business Schools" in Germany according to the Eduniversal Worldwide Business Schools Ranking 2011.

In December 2011, Eduniversal launched its first "Ranking of the Best Masters" according to which the Master's Degree programme International Economics belongs to the best 200 programmes in the field of economics. The ranking is mainly based on the following criteria: reputation of the degree programme, salary of the first employment of the graduates, satisfaction of the students. Eduniversal examined 30 majors in nine geographic regions.

The "Emerging/ Trendence Global Employability Ranking 2011" (published in the New York Times) lists the faculty on place 145 and by this among the top six German Business Schools most frequently selected by global employers.
About the ranking: The French consulting firm "Emerging" surveyed employers on which schools they tended to rely on, and on what qualities 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 hundreds of employers from ten countries.


According to what methods are the rankings created?
Decisive for the evaluation of the different rankings and their results is knowing which methods the individual institutions apply in their rankings, which indicators they measure and which criteria are important to them.
An overview of the different rankings that are relevant for Germany and the methodology used can be found under "Deutsche Bildungsserver".


Rankings of the Georg-August-Universität
The University of Göttingen is listed in national as well as international rankings. In September 2010, the University was listed 43rd in the worldwide university ranking of the renowned British magazine Times Higher Education (THE) making it Germany’s best university. Above all, the key tasks research, teaching and knowledge transfers were evaluated. In the actual ranking of 2011/ 2012, Göttingen is listed 69 making it Germany's second best university.

An overview of all ranking-results of the Georgia Augusta you will find here.


Rankings done by students
On the online portal Unicheck.de students can also give their institute of higher education a grade themselves: www.unicheck.de