University of Koblenz’ profile is marked by a combination of Computer Science together with the traditional Departments of Education, the Humanities, and Natural Science.
Research is subject to strong growth. The Department of Computer Science is one of the strongest Computer Science Departments in Germany, in terms of research. Recently, it was ranked fourth nation-wide in the research ranking conducted by the CHE institute, which is the leading university ranking in Germany. The Institute for Software Technology (IST) is part of the Computer Science Department of the University of Koblenz-Landau. The research group for Software Engineering lead by Dr. Jan Jürjens works in the field of software tool building targeted