The Neisse University is a trinational academic network held by the cooperating partners University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz,

Technical University of Liberec The Technical University of Liberec is a university in the city of Liberec, Czech Republic. The university has undergone great transformation in its over sixty-year history. When it was founded, it was called the Institute of Mechanical Engineerin ...

and Wroclaw University of Technology. The places of study are located in the border triangle of

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

and

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

, which are approximately 100 km apart.

History

The Neisse University was established in 2001, admitting students for degrees in "Information and Communication Management", currently the only course offered. Its first president was Prof. Dr. Phil. Peter Schmidt. In 2004 it was accredited by

ACQUIN The Akkrediterungs-, Certifizierungs- und Qualitätssicherungs-Institut (Accreditation, Certification and Quality Assurance Institute) (ACQUIN) is a school accreditation system founded in the year 2001 as a consequence of the European Bologna pr ...

.
/sup> Prof. Klaus ten Hagen was elected as the new president in 2004. Since 2007 it has been possible to also immatriculate students from other than the three countries participating in the project. This is especially true of the new master course which is focused on an internationally diverse student group.

Profile of the university

Neisse University has a special profile by following facts: * lectures and seminars are held exclusively in

English language English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the ...

* the place of study changes from Liberec in the first, Jelenia Gora in the second to Görlitz in the third year * international students

Study courses

* Economics and Computer Science ** BSc. Information and Communication Management

Faculties

Due to the changing place of study, the courses available at the Neisse University belong to different faculties of the partner institutes. * Bsc Information and Communication Management ** Faculty of Economics at the Technical University of Liberec ** Faculty of Computer Science at the Wroclaw University of Technology ** Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz

External links

Website of the Neisse University

Website of the University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz

Website of the Technical University of Liberec

Website of the Wroclaw University of Technology

Academic Coordination Centre of the Euro-Region Neisse

student-portal of the "NU Students"

Student Portal NISA WIKISPACES
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