First Year Survey
The first semester is one of the most important phases of the entire degree programme. Successful integration into the university lays the foundations for a successful degree programme.
Factbox
Aim: First-year students share their experiences of their first semester anonymously; this feedback provides the University of Innsbruck with valuable information about their studies and everyday life.
Target group: First-year students from all BA, MA and diploma programmes
Time of survey: In the second semester of the first year of study.
Survey duration: Approximately 3-5 minutes.
Survey tool: Online with the help of the EvaSys evaluation software (https://evasys.de/)
Language: German in BA and diploma programmes, German and English in MA programmes
Content: Information before and at the start of studies, counselling at school, expectations of studying, studying and living at the University of Innsbruck, buddy mentoring system, the first semester of studies.
Survey period: Annually in the summer semester.
Result: The survey results are processed, published in aggregated form and made available to the central service and counselling units as well as decision-makers.
In what form does the first-year student survey take place?
The student will receive the direct link to the survey by e-mail.
The student clicks on the direct link to the questionnaire. The survey starts automatically on the end device.
The student gives feedback regardless of time and place.
The survey takes approx. 3-5 minutes.
Thank you
for your feedback!
Why is your participation important?
By taking part in the survey at the beginning of your studies, you have the opportunity to share your experiences of your first semester anonymously. Your feedback will provide the University of Innsbruck with valuable information on how you are coping with your studies and everyday life at the University of Innsbruck.
The participation of as many students as possible is important in order to obtain meaningful results. This enables the University of Innsbruck to take specific measures to improve the conditions during this phase of your studies. With your feedback you support the quality process in studying and teaching.
Give feedback
Try to describe your perception clearly and concretely.
Explain the effect.
If you wish, formulate suggestions for improvement.
Your feedback should be constructive, precise and respectful.
Anonymity and data protection
All surveys as well as the evaluations and analyses of the Office for Quality Assurance in Teaching are carried out in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations. All feedback is anonymised; the EvaSys software used (https://evasys.de/) guarantees the possibility of anonymous surveys.
This online survey by the Office for Quality Assurance in Teaching is carried out anonymously using an automatically generated code that authorises only one vote to be cast. The code, which you will receive by e-mail with the invitation, enables secure and individualised access to the survey. There is no connection between the access code and your survey data. It would only be theoretically possible to identify a specific person or their re-registration by selecting certain combinations of characteristics (e.g. age, gender, semester, degree programme, etc.) in the raw data of the database, which is not accessible to either the lecturers or the administrators. The University of Innsbruck assures you that this option will not be used.
As access to this data is not possible, no changes can be made to the evaluation at a later date if incorrect information is inadvertently provided. The report preparation for the survey ensures a sufficiently high number of cases in order to maintain anonymity.
Further information on data protection can be found here: https://www.uibk.ac.at/datenschutz/