Rankings can be carried out by various providers on all the core areas of a university, such as teaching, research and further education.

In Nürtingen-Geislingen University’s view, ranking in the core area of teaching is of the highest importance. One example worth mentioning here is the widely acclaimed subject-specific ranking carried out by ‘Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung’ (CHE). The CHE university ranking comprises facts about the course, about teaching, equipment and research as well as testimonials by the students on the general study conditions at their university and, for some subjects, also the department’s reputation among the professors. The results are published in a special edition of the weekly newspaper “Die Zeit”. Nürtingen-Geislingen University’s degree programs have regularly achieved top positions.

At the last CHE ranking in 2020/21, the following degree programs at Nürtingen-Geislingen University have once again reached top positions: Business Administration, International Financial Management, and Economics. At the Geislingen campus, the business programs as well as Business Law and Business Psychology have achieved top grades.

According to the rankings, the students in the Faculty of Business Administration and International Finance have rated most of the criteria of the general study conditions in Nürtingen as excellent. This includes mentoring by the teaching staff, support during their course of study, the range of courses available and their practice orientation, support for a semester abroad, library facilities and the IT infrastructure. The ranking’s authors awarded both Business Administration programs (bachelor’s and master’s) top grades as regards a rapid completion of the degree program and its practice orientation. Top grades were also achieved for the support new students received. The bachelor’s program in Business Administration also stands out because of its international focus.

In the Economics program, the students have awarded Nürtingen-Geislingen University top grades for the range of courses available, for examinations, for career counseling and for the library facilities. The ranking also emphasized the exceptionally good support new Economics students receive when they start out in their program.

The students from the business programs in Geislingen appreciate the excellent support they get during their course, as well as how the exams are conducted and also the library facilities. In the areas of teaching and research, the ranking has awarded excellent grades for a rapid completion of the degree programs, for the support new students receive and for its practice orientation.

The program in Business Psychology also gets high marks for its practical applications and the support the students get, especially when they start out in their program. In the Business Law program, its practice orientation also stands out. Nürtingen-Geislingen University’s ranking in this area emphasizes one of its main strengths. In addition to this, Business Law with its international focus has achieved one of the top positions. The whole of the Geislingen faculty including all its other programs have also been rated very highly in CHE Ranking.

In addition to the positive results achieved for the bachelor’s programs, the master’s programs at Nürtingen-Geislingen University in the business programs have been rated among the top at universities of applied sciences in Germany in 2020/21.

Nürtingen-Geislingen University has achieved very good evaluations for the master’s programs in International Finance, Controlling, International Management and Organizational Design.  Top grades have been awarded for the general study conditions and the range of courses offered. The programs have also achieved very good results in the following categories: ‘practical relevance’ and ‘finishing the degree in a reasonable amount of time’.

The master’s programs in International Finance and International Management also stand out for the curriculum’s international focus. Over a hundred universities were examined during the ranking process.