About us - Introducing the FIM

Research

The FIM carries out fundamental and application-oriented research of international academic standard. It raises considerable third-party funds.

Teaching

The FIM offers higher education of top faculty quality, but within a friendly, informal atmosphere. The graduates have excellent career prospects.

Region

The FIM provides the region with IT competence. It carries out joint projects with companies and offers the scientific-technical services of the Öffnet einen internen Link im aktuellen Fenster Forschungscampus Informatik and of the institutes Öffnet einen externen Link in einem neuen Fenster FORWISS , IFIS and ISL.

Did you know that...

our faculty is one of the four best computer-science faculties in Germany, according to the CHE-ranking performed by the ZEIT student's guide?
the FIM raised a total amount of 4.414.337,00 € of third-party funds in 2009?
the FIM aquired a new chair for IT-security appointed to Prof. Posegga?
within the last four years six new professors were appointed replacing retired professors [Prof. Beyer, Prof. Kaiser, Prof. Kreuzer, Prof. Lukowicz, Prof. Müller-Gronbach, Prof. Polian] and the appointement for a professorship replacing a moving professor was successfully carried out [Prof. Kosch]?
the percentage of unemployed computer scientists under 30 with a university degree is less than 1 % in Eastern Bavaria?
the FIM offers three bachelor degree courses [Internet Computing, Computer Science and Computer Science for Intelligent Technical Systems]? Furthermore, the FIM offers a coherent subsidiary subject offer for all other faculties.
the FIM introduced 2 master degree courses since winter semester 2008/2009: a master Computer Science with three specializations in [Mathematical Modeling and Algorithmic, Intelligent Technical Systems, High-Performance and Reliable Software Systems, and Information- und Communication Systems], and a master in IT-security?
the FIM and its institutes FORWISS, IFIS and ISL carry out joint projects with a large number of regional and supra-regional companies (Bayerwald-Fenster, Bistum Passau, BMW, Daimler, Deutsche Bahn AG, Klinikum Passau, Kontron GmbH, Kurverwaltung Griesbach, Kusser Granitwerke, Landratsamt Passau, MicroEpsilon, msg, Sedlbauer AG, Rodenstock, sd&m, Siemens, Vogt Elektronik, step2e)?
more than ten IT companies have been established by former FIM students, providing at present more than 500 jobs (alfavision [Donner], akt [Troschke], applicate [Börnke], applisoft [Tunali], Anduras [Junker], Batavis [Bachl], Tibia [Börszöni], msg Passau [Bender], Silverwire Passau [Nigrin])?