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Higher Education-ITInformation technology forhigher education administration

Research on Higher EducationStudying, teaching, research, funding

Higher Education Development Planning, resources, organisation

Hochschul-Informations-System GmbHAssisting:

• Leadership

• Decision-making

• Steering

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General information

• HIS was founded in 1969 and is jointly owned by the Federal Republic and the Länder of Germany

• HIS is situated in Hanover, Germany

• HIS has around 260 employees

• HIS has an annual budget (2007) of around €8.5 million and additional project funds of around €9.5 million

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Governing Bodies

Board delegates

Federal Government 1

Ministries of Education 3

Ministries of Finance 3

Rectors Conference 2

Committee for Construction 1

Kuratorium delegates

Federal Government 3

Ministries of Education 16

Federal Bureau of Statistics 1

Rectors Conference 12

Committee for Construction 3

Science Council 1

Council for Student Affairs 1

CEO

Shareholder Meeting Votes

Federal Government 16

16 State Government 2 each

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Revenues

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Institutions using HIS-Software

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Research on higher education institutions:Studying, teaching, research, funding

• 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

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Higher education development:Planning, 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