Study Quality Monitor 2018 survey is completed. The results will be published here soon.
It is a nationwide survey on the quality of studies and on the study conditions at German institutions of higher education which is carried out every summer semester. The Friedrich Schiller University Jena has been participating in Study Quality Monitor since 2007.
Commissioned by the institutions of higher education, the survey is carried out and evaluated by German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW) and Research Group on Higher Education at the University of Konstanz.
The survey focuses on these areas:
Quality of studies from the students’ point of view
How satisfied are you with the quality of studies and the study conditions at our university, for example, with the organization and quality of teaching activities, the supervision and advisory services provided by the teaching staff, or with the equipment and the services of the University in general? In which areas should the University improve?
Identifying strengths and weaknesses
Based on the yearly collected nationwide data relating to specific institutions of higher education, the University can identify strengths and weaknesses, also comparing German-wide representative findings, and introduce measures targeted to specific areas which need to be improved. The more students participate, the more reliable and more informative are the results for the University. The findings of the student survey are available to our faculties and subject-specific student representative committees, to the central administrative units, and our specific service units. These then consult the results with the leadership of the University. At the same time, the series of surveys from 2007 on enable us to analyse any changes in a long term.
Nationwide comparison of results
Based on the additional data collected nationwide, German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW) also conducts scientific evaluations for science, politics, and the public. The nationwide findings are published in charts and reports which you can download free of charge.
The University sends you an invitation per e-mail, including a hyperlink and a password with which you may access the online survey. The password for accessing the online survey is generated randomly so that the actual participant cannot be traced. Potential participants receive an invitation e-mail from the Student Service Centre of the University by e-mail. There are questionnaires available in German and in English.
You can access the summaries of the previous surveys relating to our University as well as the detailed results of the counting online using your University’s account by specific faculties or departments, and teaching units below.
For the nationwide results of German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW), please refer to the official website where you can download charts and reports free of charge .
The organizers prepare and carry out the survey in accordance with the valid data protections regulations.
The password for accessing the online survey is generated randomly so that the actual participant cannot be traced. Potential participants receive an invitation e-mail from the Student Service Centre of the University by e-mail. The University assures you that it will prevent your personal data from any illegal access by third parties. After the end of the data collection phase, any corresponding address-related data will be deleted.
The survey data are evaluated by German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW) in cooperation with the Research Group on Higher Education of the University of Konstanz. The evaluation complies with the valid data protection regulations, too. The data collected in the survey will not be linked to the address-related data to prevent any conclusions about the answers provided by particular participants.
If you have further questions on Study Quality Monitor or on the data protection, please do not hesitate to contact:
Coordinator of Study Quality Monitor of the University
Division 1 – Student Affairs
Fürstengraben 1
07743 Jena
Tel. + 49 3641 9-3 11 41
Fax: + 49 3641 9-3 11 42
studienbefragung@uni-jena.de
Data Protection Officer of the University
Legal Office
Fürstengraben 1
07743 Jena
Tel. +49 3641 9-31087
Fax. +49 3641 9-31082
stefanie.buchmann@uni-jena.de
Data Protection Officer (DZHW)
Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung (DZHW)
Lange Laube 12
30159 Hannover
fuchs@dzhw.eu
Generally, our students are rather satisfied with the study conditions at the University. 70% of our students are extremely satisfied with their study environment and 80% of students enjoy studying at the University of Jena. However, there are some areas in which they considered the study conditions not as positive. This kind of feedback was critical to us, too.
Our strengths
Our weaknesses
What have we implemented already?
The overall satisfaction with the study conditions at the University was high. 70% of our students were extremely satisfied with the conditions here, while 81% of the students enjoyed studying here. However, there were some areas in which they consider the study conditions not as positive.
Our strengths
Our weaknesses
What have we implemented already?
All in all, the majority of our students were extremely satisfied with the study conditions at the University (70.3%; other universities: 64.5%) and enjoyed studying here (80.8%; other universities: 75.9%).
Our strengths
Our weaknesses
What have we implemented already?
In the survey 2015, the housing conditions in Jena is perceived more positive for the first time. The values approached those of other university locations in the western Länder (average value 3; 1 – not satisfied at all; 5 – extremely satisfied). 40% of our students, which was a considerable decrease in comparison to the previous year, were unsatisfied with the housing conditions and the rental costs (not satisfied/not satisfied at all (2015): 41.5%; other universities: 45.5%; other eastern universities: 18.4%; 2014: 54.8%; other universities: 45.9%; other eastern universities: 20.8%).
Compared to other cities in the eastern part of Germany, the rental price level in Jena was substantially higher. By offering additional rooms in halls of residence, the situation in Jena is still not good, but it is at least comparable with the student opinion from the western university locations.
For further details on Study Quality Monitor (SQM), please refer to:
Results of the survey