Main gate

Centre for Mediaand Communication

Innsteg Auditorium

Nikolakloster building

Arts and Humanities (Philosophicum)

Business Administration and Economics

Central Library

Refectory

Main lecture theatre (Audimax)

Art Education

Technical Services

Computer Science and Mathe-matics building and Computer Centre

Law Faculty (Juridicum)

Administration building

Sports Centre

IT Centre andInternational House

Sports grounds

Nursery (Krümelkiste)

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The University of Passau

Facts and Figures

Special Research and Teaching Focus

The State, society and the economy, as well as the legal and education systems against the backdrop of globalisation

Languages, the media, communication and cultural areas

Computer Science and Mathematics, and their interactions with society, the media, the legal system and the world of business

For doctoral students and post- doctoral scholars

Graduate Centre offerings for doctoral students of all faculties

ProfiLehrePlus

DFG Research Training Group 1681 “Privacy: Forms, Functions, Transformations”

Graduate School of International Cultural Studies (GSICS)

Graduate Research Training Group on Multimedia Distributed and Pervasive Systems (MDPS)

Bavarian Research Training Group on Political Theory

International Research Training Group “Incentives – Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics”, part of the Bavarian Elite Network

Contact

The University of Passau 94030 Passau Germany Telephone: +49 851 5090 E-mail: info@uni-passau.de www.uni-passau.de

Publishing information

Published by: Universität Passau Innstr. 41 94032 Passau Germany

Design Communications and Marketing Division and DTP: Silke Roth, Mag.art.

Institutes

Centre for European Law at the University of Passau (CEP)

Institute of Applied Ethics in Business, Professional Train- ing and in Continuing Education (ethik WAW)

Institute of Eastern Bavaria Area Studies (IKON)

Institute of Information Systems and Software Engineer- ing (IFIS)

Institute of Intercultural Communication at the Uni- versity of Passau (ink.up)

Institute of Interdisciplinary Media Science (IFIM)

Institute of International and Comparative Law

Institute of IT Security and Security Law (ISL)

Institute of Market and Economic Research, with:

a) Centre for Market-Oriented Research in Tourism (CenTouris)

b) Centre for Market Research

Institute of Private Financial Planning at the Univer- sity of Passau (IFP)

Institute of Software Systems in Technical Applica- tions of Computer Science (FORWISS Passau)

Institute of the Didactics of Law

Centre for Pedagogical Research (German Comenius Society)

Mathematics and Informatics Education Unit

Research Centre for Basic Research in Cultural Studies

Research Centre for Early Modern German Literature

Research Centre for Human Rights in Criminal Proceed- ings (HRCP)

Research Centre for IT Law and Internet Policy (For..Net)

winter semester 2012/13

Key Figures

Winter semester 2012/13 10,072 students as of 1 October 2012, including 726 international students (7.21%) from e.g. Austria (123), the Russian Federation (92), the Czech Republic (43), China PRC (41), Hungary (34), Italy (33), France (28), Spain (24), Romania (22), Ukraine (19), Turkey (17), Croatia (15), Poland (15), Bulgaria (14), Slovakia (13), Brazil (12) and Vietnam (11).

Centre for e-Learning and Campus Management

Centre for Key Skills

Computer Centre

Graduate Centre

Language Centre

Sports Centre

Teacher Education Centre

University Library

Enrolled students by nationality/domicile: International students 726 (7.21%) Bavaria 7,233 (71.71%) Other German Länder (states) 2,123 (21.08%) (percentages based on a total of 10,072 enrolled students)

(The student figure for each faculty is determined by the total number of students enrolled in courses offered by the relevant faculty. Due to the modular nature of the Bachelor’s, Master’s programmes and the teaching subjects for the teaching degree programmes, any single degree course may comprise courses from a number of faculties.)

* Faculty of Arts and Humanities with five departments: – Department of Catholic Theology – Department of Education – Department of Cultural Studies – Department of Governance and Historical Studies – Department of Language, Text and Media Studies** Full-time and part-time employees, including positions financed from third-party funds and tuition fees*** Courses start in the winter semester only

Degree courses

Teaching degrees (First State Examination for teachers):

Primary Education

Secondary Education (Hauptschule track)

Secondary Education (Realschule track)

Secondary Education (Gymnasium track)

Teaching degrees (Bachelor’s and Master’s):

B.Ed. Secondary Education (Realschule track)

M.Ed. Teaching and Learning Processes in School Education

Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics

Bachelor’s degrees:

B.Sc. Computer Science

B.Sc. Internet Computing

B.Sc. Mobile and Embedded Systems

Master’s degrees:

M.Sc. Computer Science

Degree courses

Faculty of Law

Law (First Examination in Law)

LL.M. European Business and Regulatory Law

LL.M. German Law for foreign legal professionals

Faculty of Business Administration and Economics

Bachelor’s degrees:

B.Sc. Business Administration and Economics

B.Sc. Business Computing

Master’s degrees:

M.Sc. Business Administration

M.Sc. Business Computing

M.A. International Economics and Business

Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Bachelor’s degrees:

B.A. European Studies

B.A. European Studies Major

B.A. Governance and Public Policy

B.A. Historical Cultural Studies

B.A. International Cultural and Business Studies

B.A. Language and Text Sciences

B.A. Media and Communication

Master’s degrees:

M.A. Caritas Science

M.A. European Studies

M.A. Geography: Culture, Environment and Tourism

M.A. Governance and Public Policy

M.A. History

M.A. International Cultural and Business Studies

M.A. Media and Communication

M.A. North and Latin American Studies

M.A. Russian and East Central European Studies

M.A. Semiotics of Texts and Culture

M.A. Southeast Asian Studies

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Faculty Full Professors Assistant Research and Teaching Staff Enrolled First-semester

Professors Professors Permanent positions Staff** students students

Law 18 3 36.75 95 2,092 *** 553Business Administration and Economics 19 1 1 51.24 78 1,429 *** 367Arts and Humanities* 31 26 66.50 131 5,826 1,498Computer Science and Mathematics 16 6 1 47.00 90 490 149Doctoral students (enrolled) 235 30

84 36 2 201.50 394 10,072 2,597

Total staff size: 1,427thereof in primary occupation: 875 (15 Oct 2012)

Visiting Lecturers: 277(15 Oct 2012)

Central Facilities and Services

Unique features of our degree courses

Double degrees in International Cultural and Business Studies with Buenos Aires, Aix-Marseille and Stirling Universities

Double Master’s degree in European Studies with Strasbourg and Málaga Universities

Double Master's degree in Business Administration with Corvinus University, Budapest

Double degrees in Law with the University of London, Castilla-La Mancha (Toledo) and Toulouse

Double Master’s degree in Computer Science with INSA Lyon

Subject-specific language programmes (Law and Business/Eco- nomics): Chinese, English, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Czech

Subject-specific language programme (Cultural Studies): English, French, Indonesian, Italian, Polish, Spanish, Thai, Czech and Vietnamese

Subject-specific language programme (Computer Science and Mathematics): English

For international students: German Courses Passau (German as a foreign language)