Hochschule Fulda
University of Applied Sciences

About the University
The University of Applied Sciences Hochschule Fulda is a modern, practice-oriented institution with an international focus. The university offers a broad spectrum of academic and professional education, grounded in social and ecological responsibility. It is actively engaged in applied research. There are departments of applied computer sciences, business administration, electrical engineering and information technology, food technology, household management, nutrition and food quality, nursing and health sciences, social and cultural studies and social studies. A large number of international students is studying at the Hochschule Fulda and that number is rapidly increasing, especially in international Master’s programmes such as International Management. The university is offering short-time programmes for international students especially from the US.

About the City
Fulda was chartered in 1157 and became a prince-abbacy; it was converted to a prince-bishopric when its abbot acquired the rank of bishop in 1752. The principality was secularized in 1802, passed to Hessen-Kassel in 1815, and was annexed by Prussia in 1866. Most of the noteworthy buildings form an integrated Baroque district. The Church of St. Michael dates from about 820, and the Probstei Church at Petersburg (just outside Fulda) is also 9th century. Fulda is the administrative centre for the neighbouring UNESCO Biosphere Reservation Rhön nature park. Fulda is a substantial banking and financial centre and its major manufactures are textiles and clothing.

Departments

• Applied Computer Science


• Electrical Engineering and Information


• Household Management, Nutrition and Food Quality


• Food Technology


• Nursing and Health Care


• Social and Cultural Sciences


• Social Work


• Business Studies

Statistics (2009)

• Year of foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1974


• Number of students . . . . . . . . . . . .5,048


• Foreign students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   709
  
• Professors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .123

Hochschule Fulda
Akademisches Auslandsamt

Marquardstrasse 35
D-36039 Fulda
Phone: +49 (0)661 / 9640 - 148; - 147; -105
Fax: +49 (0)661 / 9640 189
e-mail: sabine.schwarz@verw.hs-fulda.de
Homepage International Office

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