Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (KU)

Germany

Address: Ostenstraße 26, 85072 Eichstätt, Bayern, Germany (Eichstätt Campus) / Auf der Schanz 49, 85049 Ingolstadt, Bayern, Germany (Ingolstadt Campus – Business/Maths/CS)

Mathematics & Computer Science (Ingolstadt), Business Informatics (Ingolstadt), Geography & Environmental Science (Eichstätt)

KU is the only Catholic university in the German-speaking world. While strong in humanities, social work, and business, its Ingolstadt campus offers programs in mathematics and computer science, especially business informatics. This focuses on Ingolstadt’s tech.

Domains taught:

AI and Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Geotechnics, Mathematics, Project Management, Software Engineering, Statistics, Telecommunications

Diplomas*:

Bachelor, Doctor, Master

Status:

Private

Partnerships:

Only Catholic university in Germany. Strong ethical focus. Ingolstadt campus has tech focus.

Research:

Data science and applied mathematics, Business information systems, Geoinformatics and remote sensing, Environmental modeling.

Famous Alumnis:

N/A

International recognition**:

Number of staff***:

500

Current students***:

5000

Foreign students***:

N/A%

Cumulative former students***:

N/A

Pros

Strong values-based education, offers mathematics and computer science in Ingolstadt with business applications.

Cons

Private (church-funded, state-recognized), primary strengths are not in traditional engineering.

Best For

Catholic university with programs in mathematics, computer science, and business informatics in Ingolstadt.

Most Similar Schools Locally

Among national alternatives, Universität Hildesheim stands out for its focus on geotechnics, project management and computer vision, and it is larger, enrolling about 8,000 students against roughly 5,000 here, and is public, whereas this institution is private.
On content, Universität Mannheim and this institution are close, as both teach project management, computer vision and telecommunications; it is larger, enrolling about 12,000 students against roughly 5,000 here, and is public, whereas this institution is private.
Universität Witten/Herdecke follows much the same lines as this university, with project management, statistics and ecology and sustainability as common ground, and it is also a private institution, and runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.
Zeppelin Universität sits close to this university on project management, telecommunications and statistics; it covers ergonomics and UX and logistics as well, and is far smaller, with about 1,000 students against roughly 5,000 here.
University of Regensburg is the closest domestic counterpart for mathematics, data analytics and software engineering; it is public, whereas this university is private, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral.

Most Similar Schools Abroad

Alfred Nobel University, in Ukraine, takes a similar route through project management, telecommunications and statistics; it is slightly smaller, at about 3,500 students against roughly 5,000 here, and is also a private institution.
Seen from abroad, Princeton University (the United States) is a close relative on subject matter, since project management, mathematics and data analytics are central to both, and it covers physics and life sciences as well, and is larger, enrolling about 9,100 students against roughly 5,000 here.
The closest overseas parallel on project management and computer vision is Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, located in Brazil; it is also a private institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral.
If this university is on your list for ecology and sustainability, data analytics and AI and machine learning, Dartmouth College in the United States deserves a comparison, because it is also a private institution and also offers mba programmes.
Rissho University offers an international parallel to this institution, with geotechnics, project management and computer vision as common ground; it is larger, enrolling about 12,000 students against roughly 5,000 here, and is also a private institution.

*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.

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**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:

known locally
known locally and internationally
is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications

***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.

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