Information on additonal funds usage

"Studienqualitätsmittel" (SQM) are additional funds that are used exclusively to ensure and improve the quality of teaching and study conditions. They are earmarked for a specific purpose and may not replace the existing funding for degree programmes. All degree programmes are solidly financed within the normal budget of the University of Göttingen. This means that they are offered without the use of "Studienqualitätsmittel".

Ideas and suggestions for new proposals
Suggestions for the use of the "Studienqualitätsmittel" may be submitted by every faculty member, including students, teachers, and administrative staff. Please use the online form (see right hand column) to submit your suggestion. Students may also provide their suggestions to the departmental student organisation. Students have an equal say on the allocation of the additional funds. The boards determining the use of these funds are therefore composed of student representatives.


What has improved at the Faculty?
Within the framework of decentralized use, already the tuition fees at the Faculty of Business and Economics were used in many different ways to improve teaching and supervision of students. The Faculty will keep these individual measures by using the "Studienqualitätsmittel" for funding them.

• Expansion of the tutorials
  
  This allocation category comprises financing for new or additional tutorials. Additional tutorials offer students a large selection of courses from which they can choose from, allowing them to select those that correspond best to their area of specialisation. The introduction of new or additional tutorials for current courses enables lecture content to be dealt with more intensively, which would otherwise only be possible if students studied it on their own.
  
  
• Additional courses
  
  Additional funds also enable guest professors to offer lectures in Göttingen, increasing the selection of course offerings. The same holds true for teaching assignments, which also allow for additional courses to be offered. There is also a crash course in math for students beginning their bachelor's or master's studies to help close any gaps that may exist between high school knowledge and university math requirements, and also falls under the category of additional courses offered.
  
  
• Enhanced technical equipment
  
  Under this category, the additional funds are used to improve teaching material such as purchasing books for the textbook collection, databases and expanding access to online journals. In addition, licenses for simulation games, panel data and case studies for individual courses are acquired every semester. "Studienqualitätsmittel" also finance the extended opening hours of the library of economic and social sciences.
  
  
• Enhanced student support and conditions of study
  
  The Service Centre for Students is also supported by the additional funds. For questions regarding studying abroad, transfer of credits, or general questions regarding studies, the Service Centre for Students provides a place in the Faculty where questions can be answered. The financing of the Info-Point at the Examination Office enables tasks to be conducted with greater manpower, such as quicker turnaround for students requests for printing their degree, handing in papers, or picking up certificates. The time saved at the Examination Office is used for more thorough, individual care of students in complex situations.
  
  Test units have also been financed through which students in project seminars of business informatics can use mobile technology such as iPhones, Android devices and smartwatches to implement seminar specific tasks.
  
  
• Other
  
  The category "other" includes for example the student council's freshman weekend, statistical advice for term papers and theses as well as the administration of tuition fees.