Improving Study Conditions

In the computer science teaching unit, we continuously work on improving study conditions and our degree programmes.

Decentralised Quality Management

An important building block for this is the decentralised quality management (dQM) process that we conduct as part of system accreditation.

Because of their close relation in content, all degree programmes of the computer science teaching unit are combined into one cluster. This means that within dQM, and especially in the quality rounds, they are considered together while still taking the individual characteristics and needs of each programme into account.

The cluster "Computer Science" (MaInf 1) includes the following degree programmes:

• Applied Computer Science B.Sc. and M.Sc.
• Applied Data Science B.Sc. and M.Sc.
• Computer Science Two-Subject B.A.

In addition, the decentralised quality management of the faculty also covers the subject-specific and subject-didactic parts of the teacher-training degree programmes (B.A. and M.Ed.) in Computer Science. The educational-science components are handled within the dQM of ZEWIL, the central institution for teacher education.

The decentralised quality management (dQM) is the faculty-level implementation of the Georg-August University of Goettingen's quality management system (QMS) within the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science. It strictly follows the regulations on quality management in studies and teaching and on teaching evaluation at the university (QMO-SL).

A central component of dQM is the delegate model, which ensures that representatives of all status groups actively participate in quality assurance for the degree programmes. All stakeholders can take part in the quality rounds (QR) and can register topics in advance through their delegates. In addition, the persons and groups required by the QMO-SL are involved in the process.

Each cluster is scheduled to have annual quality rounds, which may be supplemented by extraordinary rounds when needed.

The quality rounds are prepared carefully through different formats, for example through discussion formats with individual status groups as well as information events and training sessions, especially for students.

The quality rounds are organised according to the requirements of the QMO-SL, especially with regard to:

• reviewing the subject-related criteria of the Lower Saxony accreditation regulation,
• developing measures to improve quality,
• taking data-based results into account,
• documentation.

In addition to the QMO-SL requirements, each regular quality round also includes monitoring the implementation of measures, evaluating measures from previous rounds and reflecting on the functioning and effectiveness of dQM.

Documentation follows the QMO-SL requirements and is supplemented by an annual report to the faculty council. For more details, please also consult the detailed description of our dQM adopted by the faculty council.

For the Computer Science cluster, quality rounds have so far been held in November 2020, November 2021, May 2022, November 2024 and November 2025.

Overview of past and future timelines

The results of the quality rounds are translated into concrete measures.

• Current overview of measures
• Measures already implemented successfully

The QMO-SL regulations cover the elaboration of measures by the study commission, informing participants in a quality round about derived measures, creating and publishing overviews of measures, monitoring implementation by the dQMS officers, and providing the study commission with a detailed annual update on the implementation status.

These regulations are supplemented by the decentralised quality management of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science through:

• defining implementation responsibility and deadlines through the study commission,
• monitoring implementation and evaluating measures from previous quality rounds in every regular quality round,
• annual reports by the Office of Student Affairs to the faculty council on results and measures from the quality rounds.

The focus topic of the current quality round (QR) is intended to be equipment and infrastructure.

The schedule is currently planned as follows:

• April: nomination of delegates by the status groups
• June: general student assembly
• July: small QR with delegates and QM officers
• Beginning of the winter semester
• October: small QR with delegates and QM officers
• November: large QR (one day, expected at the end of November, on a Wednesday)

You can find the schedule of the 2025 quality round here: schedule.

The student assembly took place in June. The small quality round on 15 July 2025 collected proposals from the student assembly and other stakeholders. The result, a list of revised measures, derived measures and topic proposals, can be found here: working version.

Another meeting of the delegates took place at the beginning of the winter semester 2025/26. The goal of this meeting was to draft the agenda and finalise the proposed topics and measures.

The 2025 quality round was held in person on 26 November 2025. Registration was possible via the Stud.IP course Qualitaetsrunde 2025 - Computer Science / Data Science. The focus topic in that cycle was the didactic concept.

Our dQM depends on the active participation of all status groups. Please make use of the opportunity to contribute to the further development of our degree programmes and study conditions.

Do you have suggestions, ideas or positive or negative feedback? You can feed this into quality management in several ways:

• Get in touch with the QM officers.
• Exchange ideas with representatives of your status group, for example members of the study commission or the student groups.
• Contact our contact person for suggestions, criticism and complaints.
• The Office of Student Affairs Computer Science is also always open to your concerns.