B.A. Degree Programs

Students in the Bachelor's programs at the Freie Universität Berlin are asked for their personal opinion on a range of aspects regarding the studying conditions. This occurrs subsequently to an explicit request by the university's chair.

The 'Arbeitsstelle Lehr- und Studienqualität' is in charge of the development of methods, as well as conducting and analysing the questionnaires.

For further information and the results of the past BA-questionnaires of the entire FU Berlin, please visit this page.

M.A. Degree Programs

The first FU-wide survey of students in consecutive Master's programs took place in the 2013 summer term. The 'Arbeitsstelle Lehr- und Studienqualität' is in charge of the development of methods, as well as conducting and analysing the questionnaires.

The FU-wide rate of return was 36,7%; the return rate at the Department of History and Cultural Studies was 31,1%.

For further information and the results of the past MA-questionnaires of the entire FU Berlin, please visit this page.

Alumni Surveys

The Freie Universität Berlin has been part of a cooperative project for the analysis of the effects of higher education and its conditions in Germany since 2008. The effects are analysed with the help of alumni surveys (KOAB). More than 50 universities take part every year in the project (Studying Conditions and Vocational Success, "Studienbedingungen und Berufserfolg"), which is organized and maintained by the 'International Centre for Higher Education Research' (INCHER) at the Universität Kassel.

For further information and the results of past surveys, please visit this page.

Surveys for Exmatriculated Students

The goal of these surveys is to ascertain the subjective reasons for changes of subjects and universities, or for the abandon of one's studies, respectively: This is done in order to find approaches to reduce the rate of exmatriculation.

In the case of the 2014/15 winter term survey, a letter was sent to every (former) student in Bachelor's programs (including those with teaching options) as well as consecutive Master's programs who had either changed their major or exmatriculated themselves in the period between the 2012 summer term and the 2013/14 winter term.

For further information, please visit this page.