Institutional evaluation successfully completed

With the signing of the agreement on objectives, the Institutional Evaluation of the Department of Chemistry was completed in July 2021. Due to the ongoing corona pandemic, the on-site visit planned for June 2020 was postponed to November 2020 and conducted as a digital event. The evaluation committee assessed the department on the basis of the department’s self-report and the discussions during the on-site-visit.

Departments reviewed by external evaluation committees

In the last weeks, digital on-site-visits of the Departments of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (etit) took place as part of their institutional evaluation. The evaluation committees with experts in the respective fields are headed by Prof. Helmut Bölcskei (etit, ETH Zürich) and Prof. Wolfgang Schröder-Preikschat (Information Technology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg). During two and a half days, each evaluation committee held intensive discussions with various status groups, the departmental offices, the institutes, and internal and external cooperation partners of the respective departments.

Mechanical Engineering department reviewed by external evaluation committee

The digital visit of the Department of Mechanical Engineering took place from 7 to 9 June 2021 as part of the regular institutional evaluation at TU Darmstadt. An evaluation committee with experts under the direction of Prof. i.R. Reinhart Poprawe (RWTH Aachen) held intensive discussions in two and a half days with various status groups as well as internal and external cooperation partners of the Department.

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Executive Board agreed on objectives for further development

The agreement on objectives is the result of an institutional evaluation of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. External peers evaluated the department for the second time (first agreement in 2011). A self-evaluation report by the department formed the basis for an on-site visit in January 2020 by an evaluation committee of six reviewers including one external student. The department and the President discussed the reviewers’ recommendations for the further development of the department and came to an agreement on objectives for the future. In November and December 2020, the university’s Senate and Council gave a positive statement to the agreement, which is now published here (accessible for university members only).

Physics and chemistry departments reviewed by external evaluation committees

Digital on-site-visits during the institutional evaluation At the beginning of November, on-site-visits of the physics and chemistry departments took place as part of their institutional evaluation. The evaluation committees with experts in the respective fields are headed by Prof. Wolfgang Ertmer (Physics, Leibniz Universität Hannover) and Prof. Ferdi Schüth (Chemistry, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohleforschung). During two days, each evaluation committee held intensive discussions with various status groups, the departmental offices, the institutes, and internal and external cooperation partners of the respective departments.