Teaching & Learning

The central quality management and the Reutlingen Didactics Institute support faculties and central institutions in all matters relating to quality development in studying and teaching. Please feel free to contact the Quality in Studies and Teaching Office. 

Reutlingen University evaluates all courses according to the requirements of the evaluation statutes.

Based on the central evaluation

• survey procedures and contents are standardised where appropriate,
• the process is made transparent for all involved,
• the workload for both schools and instructors is minimised,
• the collection of high-quality data is being guaranteed.

The aim of the course evaluation is to

• to allow students to participate in designing their courses through feedback.
• to give instructors an opportunity to optimise courses through student feedback and thus improve the students' learning outcomes.
• Further information can be found in the Intranet

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The evaluation software Evasys can be used for various surveys in the area of quality in studies and teaching. The aim of the surveys is to obtain information about internal areas of improvement or to identify specific needs.

Depending on the purpose, the results of the surveys are compiled in reports and made available to the "client".

At Reutlingen University, all study programmes of the Schools of Informatics, Life Sciences, Engineering, Textiles and the continuing education institution "Knowledge Foundation" are programme-accredited. ESB Business School is system-accredited.

The Foundation "Akkreditierungsrat" (Accreditation Council) is responsible for all accreditation decisions. It is a joint institution of the federal states for quality assurance in teaching and studying at German universities. For further information, please visit the Intranet. 

Reutlingen University surveys its graduates in various ways:

1. There is a graduation survey which all graduates receive upon completing their studies and which is conducted by Reutlingen University itself.
2. There is an annual survey of all graduates from the previous academic year regarding their completed studies at Reutlingen University and their (professional) career paths. Reutlingen University and many other universities in Germany commission the Institute for Applied Statistics (ISTAT) to carry out this graduate survey.

This information is of great importance to the university and its quality management. The experiences of former students can make a significant contribution to the further development and systematic improvement of degree programmes.
Among other things, graduates are asked about the following topics:

• Satisfaction with their studies at Reutlingen University
• Entry into the workforce and current employment
• Application of the qualifications acquired during their studies

Alongside the regular teaching evaluation and other surveys conducted during and at the end of the degree programme, the graduate survey is a further tool for quality assurance in teaching and learning and is implemented by the Quality in Teaching and Learning Unit. In accordance with the privacy policy for the graduate survey, we handle the data with care.

Since 2021, Reutlingen University’s graduate survey has been part of the nationwide “Cooperation Project on Graduate Studies” (KOAB project) and is coordinated by the Institute for Applied Statistics (ISTAT). The KOAB Project is a scientific research project in which around 80 universities participate and for which the graduate survey questionnaire was developed.

As part of the project, around 60,000 university graduates are surveyed annually about their career paths. Each participating university receives its individual results and supra-regional comparative figures.

Graduates of the 2024 examination year with a graduation date between 1 September 2023 and 31 August 2024.

You can access the questionnaire via a secure and anonymous online link. You can take part in the survey using the personal access code provided in the e-mail cover letter. It is possible to interrupt answering the questions at any time and continue at a later date. The access code must be kept for this purpose.

The survey is open until 14 February 2026.

Survey results for the 2024 graduating cohort at Reutlingen University

Of the 1,134 graduates from Reutlingen University who successfully completed their studies in the 2024 academic year, 355 (31%) took part in the KOAB survey. 

Overall, 74% of respondents stated that they had been ‘(very) satisfied’ with their studies at Reutlingen University. When asked whether they would choose the same degree programme again, 79% of respondents answered ‘(very) likely’. 75% of respondents would also be ‘(very) likely’ to study at Reutlingen University again. 85% of Reutlingen University graduates rated the combination of theory and practice as ‘(very) good’. Almost 50% of respondents spent time abroad during their studies. For just under 60% of respondents, the search for their first job took between 1 and 3 months. 85% of respondents are in permanent employment.