1 Dr. Uwe Hübner, Hannover, October 2007 Higher Education-IT Information technology for higher education administration Research on Higher Education Studying, teaching, research, funding Higher Education Development Buildings, resources, organisation Hochschul-Informations-System GmbH

2 Dr. Uwe Hübner, Hannover, October 2007 General information HIS was founded as a nonprofit organization in 1969 and is jointly owned by the Federal Republic and the Länder of Germany HIS is situated in Hanover, Germany HIS has around 250 employees HIS has an annual budget of € 8 million and additional project funds of € 8 million

3 Dr. Uwe Hübner, Hannover, October 2007 Department I: IT for Higher Education Software and Solutions Provider –Software Development –Customization, Support and Maintenance, Hotlines... –Training... Subdepartments: –Teaching and Learning I and II –Higher Education Resources I and II –Development –Testing/Reporting/Services

4 Dr. Uwe Hübner, Hannover, October 2007 IT for Higher Education Functional Areas: Application and Admission Management Student Administration Examination and Certificates Management Management of Courses and Research Finance and Equipment Administration, Accounting Facility Management Controlling Human Ressources Management Information Management – Business Intelligence Application Service Providing (for all the areas above)

5 Dr. Uwe Hübner, Hannover, October 2007 Department II: Research on Higher Education provide information, analyses and expertise concerning higher education support innovative developments consultancy based on socio-empirical research methods support higher education institutions and ministries introducing new steering models and reporting systems supply both higher education institutions and ministries with an important basis for decision-making concerning future-oriented planning accompany and advise on the implementation of reform projects Subdepartments: Research on Students; Studies on Graduates and Lifelong Learning; Steering, Funding, Evaluation; Information Systems and Online Research.

6 Dr. Uwe Hübner, Hannover, October 2007 Research on higher education: Studying, teaching, research, funding Work Areas: Higher education access Course of studies and success Entry in the labour market and professional experience of graduates Further education and life-long learning Ad-hoc online-surveys (HISBUS) Internationalisation Benchmarking institutional resources and equipment Higher education financing Evaluation, quality assurance and quality development Statistical information systems

7 Dr. Uwe Hübner, Hannover, October 2007 Department III: Higher Education Development support planning, steering and organisation of higher education institutions consultancy on general work processes and specialist issues organisation, infrastructure and construction of higher education institutions support policy-makers concerning strategy development bundling resources supporting legislation that is higher education- and research- friendly integrative approaches to organisation, building/infrastructure and resources in higher education Subdepartments: Organisation and Resource Planning; Higher Education Development - Buildings; Organisation and Management Consultancy; Facility Management, Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Protection.

8 Dr. Uwe Hübner, Hannover, October 2007 Higher education development: Buildings, resources, organisation Organisational analysis, consulting, benchmarking Planning, budgeting and steering in HEI construction Survey of HEI development, local planning propositions Organisation of technical services in HEIs; facility management Health and safety, environmental protection New media in higher education