Survey of graduates of the class 2022
The survey of graduates of the class of 2022 is aimed at all those who graduated from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in the winter semester of 2021/22 or the summer semester of 2022. The survey is therefore also aimed at graduates with a Bachelor's degree in the above-mentioned period.
Of course, participation is voluntary.
The results of this survey will be published on the pages of the Quality Management Office.
FAQ
- Who is responsible for the graduate survey?
- For what purpose is the survey conducted and on what legal basis?
- Why should I participate in the survey as a graduate?
- I have obtained a bachelor's degree and am in the master's program, so why should I participate in the survey?
- What is the content of the questionnaire?
- How is the survey integrated into the KOAB project coordinated by ISTAT? What is the cooperation with the National Graduate Panel about?
- How can I participate in the survey?
- What happens during the online survey?
- What happens with the addresses of the graduates?
- How long will the collected data be stored?
- What rights do I have as a graduate with regard to the data collected as part of the survey?
- Can I get results of already past surveys and what happens with the results?
- Whom can I contact if I have further questions?
1. Who is responsible for the graduate survey?
The graduate survey is conducted on behalf of the Vice President of HU Berlin responsible for studies and teaching.
2. For what purpose is the survey conducted and on what legal basis?
The evaluation statutes of the HU Berlin provide the legal framework for the graduate surveys.
Results from the survey of HU graduates are incorporated into the quality development of teaching and learning at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
3. Why should I participate in the survey as a graduate?
There are many good reasons to participate in the project:
- Completing the questionnaire provides an opportunity to reflect on individual study experiences.
- Completing the questionnaire is an important contribution to improving
- the range of courses offered and the conditions of study,
- the university's advising and service facilities, and
- the practical and professional orientation of the studies.
- Subsequent generations of students will benefit from these improvements.
4. I have obtained a bachelor's degree and am in the master's program, so why should I participate in the survey?
Even if you are currently continuing your studies, we are interested in how you evaluate the study conditions of your Bachelor's program in retrospect.
5. What is the content of the questionnaire?
Below is an overview of the content of the questionnaire:
- Pre-study experiences and course of study,
- Study conditions and acquisition of competences,
- Situation after graduation,
- Current situation (employment, further studies, doctorate, job search),
- Relationship between studies and profession,
- Occupational history,
- Occupational orientations and job satisfaction,
- Personal data.
6. How is the survey integrated into the KOAB project coordinated by ISTAT? What is the cooperation with the National Graduate Panel about?
The graduate survey is integrated into the Cooperation Project on Graduate Studies (KOAB), which is coordinated by the Institute for Applied Statistics (ISTAT).
Every year, about 40,000 graduates from about 60 universities are surveyed as part of this nationwide research project. In this way, among other things, the survey results of individual fields of study can be compared with a suitable benchmark.
The cooperation project Graduate Studies is also linked to the national Graduate Panel, which is conducted every four years. Within the framework of the national graduate panel, randomly selected graduates are surveyed. The national graduate panel is primarily used for educational reporting and enables political decision-making at the federal level.
At the beginning of the survey, we inform you whether your survey results will be used for national education monitoring. In this case, the survey results will be used by the universities organized in KOAB and ISTAT as well as by the International Centre for Higher Education Research (INCHER) at the University of Kassel and the German Center for Higher Education and Science Research (DZHW). In this way, we ensure that you, as a graduate, are not invited to different studies with overlapping content, but only to one central study.
7. How can I participate in the survey?
The survey is conducted exclusively web-based. You can access the online questionnaire using your personal access code, which will be sent to you by post.
8. What happens during the online survey?
When participating in the online survey, you log in to the anonymized online survey using your access code via an encrypted connection. During the survey phase, your answers are initially stored on a server at ISTAT. After completion of the survey phase, the survey data will be processed by ISTAT and statistically analyzed within the framework of higher education and graduate research. In addition, your university receives the survey data for its own evaluations.
9. What happens with the addresses of the graduates?
The graduates are invited to participate in the survey by means of a letter. For this purpose, HU needs the addresses of the graduates. Since the addresses stored at the university at the time of graduation are not always up-to-date one year after graduation, the addresses are updated with the help of the residents' registration offices.
10. How long will the collected data be stored?
Address data is deleted immediately after the survey is completed.
The survey data is deleted at HU eight years after collection.
11. What rights do I have as a graduate with regard to the data collected as part of the survey?
You have the right to obtain information about what data is stored about you as part of the survey, as well as the right to rectification or deletion, or to restriction of processing or a right to object to processing.
12. Can I get results of already past surveys and what happens with the results?
Results of already completed surveys are published on the pages of the QM Office. The results from the survey of HU graduates are incorporated into the quality development of teaching and learning at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. In addition, the survey data of the HU graduates, together with the survey data of other German universities that participated in the KOAB project, will be evaluated by ISTAT and published in an aggregated form in a report.
At the beginning of the survey, we inform you whether your survey results will be used for the national education monitoring. In this case, the survey results will be used by the universities organized in KOAB and ISTAT as well as International Centre for Higher Education Research (INCHER) of the University of Kassel and by the German Center for Higher Education and Science Research (DZHW). The national graduate panel is primarily used for educational reporting and enables policy-making at the federal level.
13. Whom can I contact if I have further questions?
If you have any further questions or comments, please feel free to contact the QM staff.