Location

Karlsruhe▪

HsKA – a green campus in a green city ...

Black Forest

Freiburg

Strasbourg

Heidelberg

Switzerland

Paris

… in the centre of Europe

A short trip to:

Karlsruhe Technology Region

An Ideal Academic Environment

Home to 7 higher

education institutions

Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe

Work and Leisure

• Founded in 1878 as „Grand Duchy College of Building“

• University status awarded in 1971

• Number of full-time students: 6,200

• Number of full professors: 190

• Other teaching and research staff: 345

• Technical and administrative staff: 305

• Academic year: winter semester September to Februarysummer semester March to August

• Study fees: 500 Euro / semester

Facts & Figures

• Six faculties:

Architecture & Construction Engineering

Computer Science & Business Information Systems

Electrical Engineering & Information Technology

Geomatics

Management & Engineering

Mechanical Engineering & Mechatronics

• Number of degree programs:

18 Bachelor‘s programs

17 Master‘s programs

Faculty of Architecture and Construction Engineering

Bachelor Programs • Architecture • Civil Engineering

• Construction Management and Economics• Tri-national Civil

Engineering (French/German)

Master Programs • Architecture• Civil Engineering

• Construction Management and Economics• Tri-national Civil

Engineering (French/German)

Bachelor Programs• Business Information Systems• Computer Science

Faculty of Computer Science and Business Information Systems

Master Programs• Business Information Systems • Computer Science

Bachelor Programs• Communications Engineering

and Information Technology• Energy and Automation Technology• Sensorics

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

Master Programs• Electrical Engineering• Sensor Systems Technology• Sensor Systems Technology (English)

Faculty of Geomatics

Bachelor Programs• Cartography and Geomatics• Geo-Information Management• Surveying and Geomatics

Master Programs• Geomatics• Geomatics (English/German)

Bachelor Programs• Business Administration and Engineering• International Management• Technical Communication

Faculty of Management and Engineering

Master Programs• Business Administration and Engineering• International Management• Sales Engineering• Technical Communication

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics

Master Programs• Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics• Mechatronic and Micro- Mechatronic Systems (German/Spanish or German/French)

Bachelor Programs• Automotive Engineering• Culture, Media and Technologies• Mechanical Engineering• Mechatronics

Degree Course Structure

Features of Applied Teaching

• Instruction in seminars

• Professionally experienced staff

• Labs, exercises, simulations, projects, on-site visits

• Integrated traineeships

• Semester projects and final thesis in cooperation with industry

• Strategic alliance of six leading German universities of applied sciences

• In the fields of training, research, technology transfer, advanced training, university management, and international cooperation

• For excellence and a strong practical orientation in technical subjects

Founding member of the

• Institute of Applied Research

• Institute of Materials and Processes

• Institute of Natural Sciences Education for Engineers

• Institute of Production Engineering and Manufacturing

• Institute of Refrigeration, Air-Conditioning, and Environmental

Technology

• Laboratory for Automation Technology

• Institute of Hydraulic Engineering

• Institute of Geomatics

Research Institutes at HsKA

Technology Transfer Centers for

• Aerospace Engineering

• Biomedical Engineering

• Electrical Power Supply and Electromagnetic Compatibility

• Energy Efficiency in Process Engineering

• Opto-electronic and Sensor Technology

• Technical Consultation

Cooperation with Industry

• International degree students: 12%

• Student exchanges per year: approx. 80

• 110 International partner universities in 40 countries

• 9 international study programs, e.g.

Trinational Bachelor & Master in Civil Engineering (University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland & Université de Strasbourg, France)

Master in Electrical Engineering (Ryerson University, Canada)

Master in Sensor Systems Technology (VIT University, India)

ERASMUS Mundus Master in Mechatronic and Micro-Mechatronic Systems (Universidad de Oviedo, Spain & ENSMM de Besançon, France)

An International University

• Foreign Language Institute: various foreign-language courses at different levels, German as a Foreign Language, Germany Today, Intercultural Competence courses

• General Studies courses in

Intercultural Management Communication

Intercultural Communication & Competence

International Business Transactions

International Law Systems & Contracts

International Marketing

International Project Management

• Full member of the European University Association (EUA)

• ECTS Label awarded in 2009

Wastewater treatment in a textile plant

• Current international research projects include:

GOCA – GNSS/LPS/LS-based online Control and Alarm System

EU EuropeAid project: Asia Pro Eco programme for environmental cooperation between Europe and Asia

AGRINET Sensor Controlled Net for Efficient Watering of Agricultural Areas: BW funded project in collaboration with DUT, China

Ryerson University

Universitatea “Politehnika“ din Timisoara

Some of our international partners

• International Office

• Career Center

• Office for Integrated Traineeships

• Joint Academic Library with KIT

• Student Services

• Continuing education & lifelong learning seminars

Facilities

Quality Management: HochschulQualitätsBarometer

• Teaching evaluation

• Personnel survey

• Graduate survey

• Industry survey

HsKA‘s Position in Recent National Rankings

These rankings have made HsKA Germany’s best university of applied sciences for four years running.

Survey results of April, 2009

Survey results of May, 2010

WirtschaftsWoche business magazineNation-wide survey of personnel managers on the subject of excellent graduates

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