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FACTS ABOUT KOBLENZ UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES Contents One University – Three Campuses
02-03 President’s Welcoming Address RheinMoselCampus Koblenz 04-05 Developments in Student Numbers
06-07 Distribution of Students by Faculty
08-09 Developments in Staff Numbers
10-11 Revenue/Expenses and the Transfer of Knowledge RheinAhrCampus and Technology Remagen 12 Developments in Funding for Research, Transfer and Research-Based Teaching
13 The Main Areas of Research at Koblenz University of Applied Sciences
WesterWaldCampus 14-15 Practical-Oriented Degree Programmes at Koblenz Höhr-Grenzhausen University of Applied Sciences
16-17 Proportion of Students from Each Federal State
18-19 Core Values of Our University
20 Koblenz University of Applied Sciences – Member of the Business and Science Alliance Koblenz 50 km 21 Koblenz University of Applied Sciences – Member of the Nationwide University Alliance for SMEs 43 km 17 km 22 Imprint
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President’s Welcoming Address 2019
Dear readers, Koblenz University of Applied Sciences has excellent links Over the last few years, Koblenz Univer- with the business sector. It is a founding member of the nati- sity of Applied Sciences has become the onwide ‘University Alliance for SMEs’ and an active member largest university for applied sciences in of the ‘Business and Science Alliance Koblenz’, which seeks
Prof. Dr. Kristian Rhineland-Palatinate. We currently have to enhance cooperation between business and science Bosselmann-Cyran nearly 10,000 students studying at our in the region. International relations are also of significant three campuses in Koblenz, Remagen importance to Koblenz University of Applied Sciences. We are and Höhr-Grenzhausen. Our students are able to choose involved in numerous cooperation agreements with univer- from a selection of around 70 mathematical, technical, sities from all over the world which enable our lecturers and business, social and even artistic degree programmes. We students to engage in international exchanges. As for myself, offer a variety of Bachelor and Master programmes, which are my second term as President began in September 2017. I am available as full-time degree programmes, dual degree pro- very much looking forward to continuing to contribute to the grammes and distance learning courses. Studying at Koblenz success of academic education in both higher education and University of Applied Sciences is particularly appealing for the region. I‘m extremely confident that, in the coming years, numerous reasons: Students are able to complete their Koblenz University of Applied Sciences will succeed in enhan- education in short periods of time and are able to benefit from cing the increasingly sought-after dual degree programmes the university’s modern laboratories, an excellent staff-student and will accomplish its goal of assisting non-traditional target ratio and a high level of practical relevance. On top of this, our groups in becoming involved in academic education by offe- further education offer promotes high-level lifelong learning ring even more flexible learning opportunities. and our Graduate Centre supports our doctoral students with their doctoral research. Koblenz University of Applied Scien- This brochure provides only a brief insight into the develop- ces also stands for application-oriented research. Courses of ment and structures of our university. You are welcome to lectures from six faculties at three locations are conducting visit our homepage (www.hs-koblenz.de) for more detailed interdisciplinary research in the two major research areas information. ‘Analytical Imaging’ and ‘Education, Social Policy and Social Work in the Context of Demographic Change’. We are happy to support companies and institutions in finding tailor-made Best regards solutions for their individual research questions. Prof. Dr. Kristian Bosselmann-Cyran President
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Each winter semester, The number of foreign Koblenz University of Applied students has also risen, con- Developments in Sciences usually welcomes firming just how international between 1,800 and 1,900 Koblenz University of Applied Student Numbers new students at the start of Sciences is. their first semester.
In the winter semester of 16/17, Koblenz University of Applied Sciences exceeded the 9,000 student mark for the first time. As a result of this enormous increase, it is now the largest university of applied sciences in Rhine- land-Palatinate.
WS WS WS WS 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19
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10,000 4271 4323 3967 4079 Male Female 5,000 students students 5365 5514 5003 5066 0
Total students 8970 9145 9636 9837 Foreign female students 306 356 446 480 Foreign male students 397 490 809 1082 Total foreign students 703 846 1255 1562 Foreign students in % 7.8 9.3 13.0 15.9 Newly enrolled students 1879 1881 2034 1927
Source: Key figure tables of the university, February 2019 4 5 COGNITIVE
We are a university of applied Students can choose bet- sciences, offering a wide ween various Bachelor and Distribution of Students range of degree programmes Master degree programmes, across our six faculties. either as full-time degree by Faculty programmes, dual degree Prospective students can programmes or distance Winter Semester 2018/19 select their particular degree learning courses. Every day, programme from a large however, more and more number of subjects. We young people are opting offer around 70 degree for mathematical-technical programmes in mathematics, qualifications. technology, business, social sciences and art.
Total Newly enrolled Graduates students students SS 18 1st Semester
building - arts - materials 543 1047 1590 198 210 408 72 81 153 Business and Management 654 686 1340 131 133 264 95 107 202 Business and Social Sciences 827 1146 1973 178 140 318 68 81 149 Engineering 154 1681 1835 33 351 384 8 96 104 Mathematics and Technology 348 660 1008 95 149 244 26 32 58 Social Sciences 1765 326 2091 189 120 309 173 43 216 Total 4291 5546 9837 824 1103 1927 442 440 882
Source: Key figure tables of the university February 2019
Male Female students students
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Quality of Teaching sis on supporting young The most crucial resource academics: A large number Developments in Staff Numbers at Koblenz University of of cooperative doctorates Applied Sciences is its staff result from collaborations as they ensure the quality of with universities throughout teaching. Not only are our Germany. professors highly competent academics, they also have The proportion of women years of professional expe- among our teaching staff rience outside of universities, is in line with the national i.e. in both business and average. society. This is something we consider to be an essenti- Since 2005, members of our al requirement due to our university‘s teaching staff application-oriented teaching have been awarded eleven approach. The university teaching prizes and two also places great empha- academic prizes.
2016 2017 2018 Professors 172 174 175 Academic staff* 165 207 208 Academic assistants 52 42 32 Student assistants 243 200 225 Non-academic staff 219 249 250
*not including professors
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Revenue/Expenses Development of university‘s total expenses
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Total expenses for the year 2018 = EUR 61,049 thousand
The Transfer of Knowledge and Koblenz University of Applied Sciences has been grow- ing steadily in recent years. This is reflected in the recent Technology development of expenses and revenues from third parties. Other factors that contribute to this development in num- bers include third-party funds and the university’s close link to companies in the region. Koblenz University of Applied Sciences perceives itself as a driving force for innovation in the region. The active transfer of knowledge and technology is primarily carried out in the form of consultations, patents and joint rese- Revenue from third parties 2018 arch projects. The close cooperation with companies is also beneficial to our students as it gives them the E Revenue type Total in thousands chance to participate in practice-based projects which 5,109 Third-party funds (incl. donations) in turn enables them to establish themselves as the next 1,043 Further education generation of professionals. Third-party orders 477 243 Official material testing institutes By collaborating on projects with a wide variety of part- 186 Other (assigned) revenue ners from civil society, the university is able to make an 7,059 impact on the region and fulfil its societal responsibilities.
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Developments in Funding for The Main Areas of Research at Research, Transfer and Research- Koblenz University of Applied Based Teaching Sciences
Research, teaching and – provide third-party funding knowledge transfer are dri- for specific projects. Not ving forces for innovation at only does Koblenz University Koblenz University of Applied of Applied Sciences intro- Sciences. This high level of duce innovate technology application orientation is be- into society, it also shares neficial both to the quality of its latest findings on further teaching and to partner com- education opportunities as a panies, which – alongside a way of contributing to lifelong large number of institutions learning.
Third-party funding based on financers 2016 - 2018 in Euros Our university has a wide-ranging research profile that is sha- 6,000,000 ped by our interdisciplinary connections. This enables us to 5,000,000 contribute a range of expertise to our two research priorities
4,500,000 registered on the HRK‘s research map.
4,000,000 • The research priority • The interdisciplinary rese- 3,500,000 ‘Analytical Imaging’ combi- arch priority ‘Education, So- nes the existing competen- cial Policy and Social Work in 3,000,000 ces of the research fields the Context of Demographic 2,500,000 analytical electron micros- Change’, which carries out
2,000,000 copy, X-ray microscopy, social science-based rese- airborne earth observation, arch, focuses on the various 1,500,000 nuclear magnetic resonan- life situations and life phases 1,000,000 ce imaging, imaging laser of people in society and spectroscopy and image institutions. 500,000 processing into a single 0 interdisciplinary unit. 2016 2017 2018
Economy RLP Innovation Foundation Other federal ministries Other foundations Other EU funds BMBF Regional authorities EU-FRP DFG Other public funds State Ministry DAAD
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Dual Degree Programmes
Degree Programme Faculty Bachelor Vocational qualification Practical-Oriented Degree Civil Engineering building - arts - B.Eng. Draughtsman (IHK), Programmes at Koblenz materials journeyman (HwK)
University of Applied Sciences Hydraulic Engineering/ building - arts - B.Eng. Hydraulic engineer Civil Engineering materials
Materials Technology building - arts - B.Eng. Practice-oriented The wide range of degree programmes require stu- – Glass & Ceramics materials programme programmes offered at dents to either acquire two Koblenz University of Applied qualifications – a vocational Electrical Engineering Engineering B.Eng. Electronics technician for Sciences also includes qualification and a university industrial engineering thirteen dual Bachelor degree degree – (training-oriented Information Engineering B.Eng. IT specialist programmes, in which programmes) or to success- Technology IT merchant approximately 780 students fully complete highly intensive are currently receiving practi- practical phases (practi- cal-oriented education at the cal-oriented programmes). Mechatronics Engineering B.Eng. Mechatronics technician campuses in Koblenz, Rema- The university also intends Mechanical Engineering B.Eng. Industrial mechanic (IHK) gen and Höhr-Grenzhausen to work together with the Engineering Precision mechanic together with more than 200 cooperating companies to (HwK) cooperation companies and expand on the current offer Metal worker (HwK) partners. As a result, the of dual degree programmes. university is considered to be The companies can use Education and Social Sciences B.A. Practice-oriented an important partner for the these offers as a way of in- Non-Formal Learning programme business sector in northern creasing the overall appeal of Rhineland-Palatinate and, working for them, often resul- Education and Social Sciences B.A. Practice-oriented together with chambers and ting in long-term employment. Non-Formal Learning programme (located in Vienna) companies, contributes to training and maintaining a Further information and Business Administration Business and B.Sc. Industrial clerk, professional workforce in the contact: www.hs-koblenz. Management Clerk for office region. These dual degree de/duales-studium management
The range of dual degree programmes on offer at Koblenz Business Administration Business and B.Sc. Tax clerk University of Applied Sciences is particularly beneficial to Taxes Management companies and institutions in the region. In addition to the current selection of dual degree programmes, there are also Software Engineering Mathematics and B.Eng. Practice-oriented other flexible studying options available. The fact that 25% Technology programme of our students (approx. 2,400) are enrolled in extra-occu- pational, job-integrated, dual or distance learning courses Sports Management Business and Social B.A. Practice-oriented underlines the university’s practical-oriented approach. Sciences programme
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Proportion of Students from Each Federal State
90 - 100 % 90-100 80 - 90 % 80-90 70 - 80 % 70-80 60 - 70 % 60-70 50 - 60 % 50-60 40 - 50 % 40-50 30 - 40 % 30-40 20 - 30 % 20-30 10 - 20 % 10-20 0 -10 % 0-10
Other Countries 2.5% Like most universities federal states. These degree Baden-Württemberg 4.7% of applied sciences, the programmes include, for Bavaria 1.8% catchment area of Koblenz instance, the material tech- Berlin 0.3% Brandenburg 0.2% University of Applied nology and artistic degree 90-100 Bremen 0.1% Sciences is mostly regional. programmes available at the 80-90 Currently, about 83 percent WesterWaldCampus or the Hamburg70-80 0.2% Hesse60-70 3.8% of our students come from early childhood programmes 50-60 Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 0.1% Rhineland-Palatinate or on offer at the RheinMosel- 40-50 North Rhine-Westphalia. Ho- Campus. The RheinAhrCam- Lower30-40 Saxony 1.0% 20-30 wever, the fact that we offer pus also boasts new and in- North Rhine-Westphalia 19.9% 10-20 Rhineland-Palatinate90-100 63.0% specific degree programmes novative degree programmes 0-10 Saarland80-90 1.3% that are only available at a specifically geared to the 70-80 Saxony 0.2% small number of other uni- requirements of the labour 60-70 versities or, in some cases, market. Saxony-Anhalt50-60 0.2% Schleswig-Holstein40-50 0.5% exclusively at our university 30-40 Thuringia 0.2% attracts students from other 20-30 Source:10-20 Campus Management System, as of 15.01.2019 0-10
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COOPERATIVE
GLOBALLY NETWORKED
QUALITY- DIVERSE CONSCIOUS
Core Values of Our University VISIONARY
PRACTICAL- ORIENTED INNOVATIVE
Open Koblenz University at the university and the Koblenz University of Studies’. This cooperation In previous years, Koblenz Graduate Centre is currently Applied Sciences was deve- was successfully established University of Applied supporting 75 doctoral stu- loped and approved back in together with the University Sciences has come first dents as they, too, pursue 2011. In 2016, the university of Koblenz-Landau. Bio-ma- in the CHE ranking in this goal. At present, 44 pro- successfully participated in thematicians from the uni- Rhineland-Palatinate for fessors at Koblenz University the Stifterverband‘s diversity versity are currently working its number of first-year are supervising doctoral audit. Re-accreditation will in an interdisciplinary DFG students enrolled without a students in cooperation with take place in 2019. research group on analysing school-leaving certificate. 28 universities (5 of which genomic data. Start-Up Support It is one of the ten most are abroad). A significant way in which Studies of the Future successful universities in Welcoming Culture Koblenz University of Applied Within the framework of this aspect in Germany. In the 2016 study conducted Sciences contributes to BMBF projects, virtual The FAZ describes it as by the International Student society is by supporting inno- laboratories (OpenMINT a ‘beacon of this third Barometer (ISB), one of the vative start-ups, for example Labs) and polyvalent, flexible educational pathway’. world‘s largest surveys of in- by enabling them to partici- degree programmes with (FAZ, 23.05.15, http:// ternational students, Koblenz pate in the ‘Rhineland-Pa- high levels of e-learning and www.faz.net/-gyq-8337q) University of Applied Sciences latinate Ideas Competition’. blended learning content Excellent Teaching ranked first for its welcoming This transfer project was (work&study) are being In recent years, our teaching culture – among a total of 196 awarded the ‘Hochschul- developed at the university. staff have been presented universities participating wor- perle’ (university pearl) by the Praxis@Campus with countless teaching ldwide. The Student Secreta- Stifterverband for the month The company contact fair, awards – a testament to the riat took second place. of October 2017. which gives companies fact that Koblenz University Globally Networked Innovative Research and institutions the chance of Applied Sciences stands Koblenz University of Ap- At Koblenz University of to connect with students for high-quality, prac- plied Sciences is currently Applied Sciences, research and graduates, set a new tice-oriented and innovative involved in 184 collaborative is carried out on an interdis- record in its 14th run in teaching. relationships with 133 part- ciplinary basis but also in co- 2019 with over 100 exhibi- Cooperative Doctorates ner universities worldwide. operation with external part- tors present. Since 2012, a total of 28 ners, such as the ‘Max von Diversity Not Simplicity doctoral degrees have been Laue Institute of Advanced A diversity concept for successfully completed Ceramic Material Properties
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Koblenz University of Applied Koblenz University of Applied Sciences – Member of the Business Sciences - Member of the Nationwide and Science Alliance Koblenz University Alliance for SMEs
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES LÜBECK UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED MAGDEBURG-STENDAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES BREMERHAVEN
NIEDERRHEIN HAMM-LIPPSTADT BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF OF APPLIED SCIENCES OF APPLIED APPLIED SCIENCES SCIENCES BONN-RHEIN-SIEG UNIVERSITY Krefeld OF APPLIED SCIENCES Bonn The university is a mem- The WWA Koblenz is com- KOBLENZ MITTELHESSEN UNIVERSITY OF ber of the Business and mitted to providing informa- UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES Gießen APPLIED Science Alliance Koblenz tion about study opportuni- SCIENCES
(WWA Koblenz), which ties in the Koblenz region, HTW SAAR was founded in 2016 and increasing the visibility of Saarbrücken NUREMBERG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY brings together universities, research institutions and
companies, chambers and actively transferring university OFFENBURG UNIVERSITY OF municipalities as well as knowledge to business and APPLIED SCIENCES educational and cultural society. institutions in the northern Rhineland-Palatinate. Together, the members are working to shape the future The members of the alliance of the Koblenz region in a aim to intensify the dialogue sustainable and positive way. As a founding member of the University Alliance, Koblenz between various areas of University of Applied Sciences, together with eleven partner society, initiate new colla- universities from all over Germany, is committed to esta- borations and increase the www.wwa-koblenz.de blishing closer cooperation between application-oriented region‘s visibility throughout universities and medium-sized companies. Germany. www.hochschulallianz.de
20 21 Sources Koblenz University of Applied Sciences: Quality Management Department (p. 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 16, 17), Human Resources (p. 8, 9), Research and Transfer Department (p. 10, 12, 13, 19), Finance and Procurement Department (p. 10, 11), Department of Higher Education Development (p. 14, 15, 19), Graduate Centre (p. 18), International Office (p. 18), Business and Science Alliance Koblenz (p. 20).
List of Illustrations University of Applied Sciences (II), University Alliance for SMEs (p. 21), shutterstock image archive (p. 4, 6, 8, 10, 13, 16, 20).
Imprint
Publisher The President of Koblenz University, Prof. Dr. Kristian Bosselmann-Cyran
Editorial Staff Christiane Gandner (Spokesperson) Dr. Marc-André Grebe (Consultant to the university management)
Address of the Editorial Office Hochschule Koblenz Kommunikation & Marketing Konrad-Zuse-Straße 1 56075 Koblenz Telephone: 0261/9528-116 [email protected]
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Version: February 2019