Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences, (german: Hochschule Heilbronn), is a German University of Applied Sciences with campuses in

Heilbronn Heilbronn () is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, surrounded by Heilbronn (district), Heilbronn District. With over 126,000 residents, it is the sixth-largest city in the state. From the late Mid ...

-Sontheim, in the centre of Heilbronn (Bildungscampus), in

Künzelsau Künzelsau (; East Franconian: ''Kinzelse'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg, in south central Germany. It is the capital of the Hohenlohe district. It is located on the river Kocher, 19 km (12 mi) north of Schwäbisch Hall, and 37& ...

and

Schwäbisch Hall Schwäbisch Hall (; "Swabian Hall"; from 1802 until 1934 and colloquially: ''Hall'' ) is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg located in the valley of the Kocher river, the longest tributary (together with its headwater Lein) of the ...

. Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences ranks amongst the major institutions of Higher Education in the state of Baden-Württemberg where it caters for over 8,000 degree-seeking students on three campuses, namely Heilbronn, Künzelsau and Schwäbisch Hall. The university’s second campus is located in Künzelsau, the economic centre of the

Hohenlohe The House of Hohenlohe () is a German princely dynasty. It ruled an immediate territory within the Holy Roman Empire which was divided between several branches. The Hohenlohes became imperial counts in 1450. The county was divided numerous time ...

district, its third in Schwäbisch Hall.

History

* At April 17, 1961 the ''Staatliche Ingenieurschule Heilbronn'' (State Engineering School) was established in Heilbronn. * Since 1965 it is located in Heilbronn-Sontheim. * In 1969 the four existing technical study courses were complemented by the first economical course. * In 1971 the school was renamed to ''Fachhochschule Heilbronn'' (University of Applied Sciences) * In 1972 the study course medical computer science was founded in cooperation with the

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. * In 1988 the outside campus Künzelsau opened. * Since 2004 the

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degrees were replaced by a bachelor/master-system. * In 2005 the Fachhochschule was renamed to ''Hochschule Heilbronn'' (University). * In 2009 the outside campus Schwäbisch Hall opened. * In 2011 near the city centre of Heilbronn a new campus as part of the Bildungscampus Heilbronn was opened. * In 2018 the Heilbronn University was renamed to Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences.

Overview

Faculties and courses

* Mechanics and Electronics with 5 bachelor and 6 master courses. * * Industrial and Process Engineering with 3 bachelor and 2 master courses. * Informatics with 2 bachelor and 2 master courses * Business and Transport Management with 4 Bachelor courses. * International Business with 5 bachelor and 3 master courses. * Economics and Engineering with 8 bachelor and 4 master courses. * Management and Sales with 4 bachelor and 1 master courses.

Course Range

Business-related subjects: * Financial & Management Accounting * Finance * Human Resource Management * International Management * Marketing Economic & Cultural Area Studies: * Eastern Europe * Francophone World * Hispanic Countries * Middle East and North Africa Language Area Studies: * Arabic * French * Russian * Spanish

Partner universities

Egypt (4) * Misr - Misr International University (MIU) * Alexandria - Pharos University * GUC-German University in Cairo * AUC - The American University in Cairo Argentina (1) * La Plata - National University of La Plata Armenia (1) * Yerevan - State Engineering University of Armenia Australia (1) * Sunshine Coast - University of Sunshine Coast Brazil (4) * Säo Paulo - Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing * Recife - Federal University of Pernambuco * Belo Horizonte - Federal University of Minas Gerais * Federal University of Santa Maria - UFSM Chile (1) * Santiago de Chile - Universidad de Chile France * Université de Haute Alsace (Colmar) * Université Lumière Lyon 2 * Université Catholique de Lyon * Université Haut Savoie Mont Blanc (Chambéry, Bourget and Annnecy) * ESC Clermont Business School * IPAC Nice Indonesia (2) * UNDHIRA Dhyana Pura University * University of Tarumanagara Ireland (1) * Dublin - Dorset College Jordan (1) * Amman - German Jordanian University Cuba (2) * Havana - University of Havana * Santa Clara, Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas Morocco (1) * Rabat Business School Tunisia (2) * Tunis - University of Tunis * Université de Carthage / IHEC Carthage

Approximate number of students

In terms of number of students, Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences is the largest University of Applied Sciences in the state of

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

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References

Hochschule Heilbronn

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External links

Official website, English portal
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