Your opinion matters!
Every year, around half a million prospective students try to make a good choice from among more than 20,000 degree programs offered at more than 300 Universities. For more than 20 years, the nonprofit Center for Higher Education Development (CHE) in Gütersloh has sought to assist them with its CHE University Ranking. The most comprehensive university ranking in Germany updates its results for approximately 40 disciplines every three years on a rotating basis.
In the 2025–26 winter semester, it was the turn of students in bachelor's programs in economics.
In the summer semester of 2026, students in master's programs in economics will be surveyed.
If you have any questions about the CHE student survey for bachelor's programs, please contact Ms. Luisa Weiser, phone: +49 5241-9761-37; email: luisa.weiser@che.de
If you have any questions regarding the CHE Student Survey for master's programs, please contact Dr. Nina Horstmann, phone: +49 5241-9761-64; email: nina.horstmann@che.de
Information on the CHE Ranking
The Basic Idea
The basic idea behind the CHE University Rankings is that different criteria are important to each prospective student when choosing the right University. Some are drawn to a large university with cutting-edge research, while others feel more at home at a small university of applied sciences with plenty of internship opportunities in the surrounding area. Only those who can sift through a wealth of information and compare options based on their own criteria can make a good choice. Furthermore, the quality of a degree program cannot be determined solely by numbers, data, and facts. The people who can authentically and fairly assess the quality of a degree program are those who are currently enrolled in it. That’s why we’re reaching out to you! We’d like to ask you to honestly and fairly evaluate various aspects of your degree program in the following questionnaire.
Participation
Results
The results of the surveys for bachelor’s degree programs are published annually in the spring in the magazine *ZEIT Campus* and online at https://studiengaenge.zeit.de/ranking.
Each fall, the results of the surveys for master’s degree programs are published there.
The results from previous years are also available there.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to frequently asked questions from students can be found at https://methodik.che-ranking.de/faq/. In addition, https://methodik.che-ranking.de offers a wide range of information on methodology, rankings, and the CHE.