Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences

Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences
founding	1971/2003
Sponsorship	Foundation under public law
place	Osnabrück , Lingen (Ems)
state	Lower Saxony
country	Germany
president	Andreas Bertram
Students	14,263 (WS 2018/2019)
Employee	1299 (December 2018)
including professors	321 (December 2018)
Annual budget	€ 128.64 million (including third-party funding) (2018)
Website	www.hs-osnabrueck.de

The Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences (formerly: University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück) is a Lower Saxony university of applied sciences with administrative headquarters in Osnabrück. It has existed in its current form since 2003. Studies began in 1971. Individual faculties go largely back to engineering schools and other higher technical schools, some of which already existed in the 1950s. Since January 1, 2003, the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences has been transformed into a legal foundation under public law . Today the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences also has an institute for music. It offers over 100 bachelor's and master's degrees as well as continuing education programs. In addition to the two locations in Osnabrück-Westerberg and Osnabrück-Haste , the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences has another location in Lingen (Ems) , which is to be further expanded as part of the 2020 University Pact. The lecture halls, seminar rooms and laboratories of the Faculties of Engineering and Computer Science (IuI), Economics and Social Sciences (WiSo) and the Institute for Music (IfM) are located in Albrechtstraße and Caprivistraße, in the Osnabrück district of Westerberg. The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Landscape Architecture (AuL) with its teaching buildings, laboratories, greenhouses and test farms is located in the Osnabrück district of Haste in the middle of an approx. 5 hectare park at the foothills of the Wiehen Mountains . The Faculty of Management, Culture and Technology (MKT) is located on the Lingen campus.

History of the college

The origins of today's Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences lie in previous institutions of tertiary education . Today's Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science emerged from the "State Engineering School Osnabrück" founded in 1962. The origin of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Landscape Architecture is the "Higher Agricultural School" in Quakenbrück , which was founded in 1936. After this institution moved to Osnabrück in 1952 and renamed itself to the “Engineering School for Agriculture” in 1964, it was later affiliated to the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences. Today's Institute for Music emerged from the Osnabrück Municipal Conservatory founded in 1919 and was integrated into the University of Applied Sciences in 1996.

CB building, Caprivistraße

In 1971 the “University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück” was founded as such from the various predecessor institutions and the reorganization of the business department. In 1987, a professorship for nursing science was established for the first time in the Federal Republic of Germany at the University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück , which was filled by Ruth Schröck .

From 1995 to 2000, the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences was one of the model universities in the “Model project for a trial of the global control of university budgets in Lower Saxony”, the results of which have since been incorporated into the higher education legislation of the State of Lower Saxony.

The transfer to the “University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück” in 2003 brought numerous organizational changes with it, including a. the establishment of a board of trustees (chair: Helga Schuchardt ). In 2006, the new Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences foundation was one of the largest public law foundations in terms of expenditure volume in Germany.

In 2004 the new building on the Caprivi campus on the Westerberg was inaugurated; the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences has been using the former barracks area since 1998. The orientation system on the Caprivi campus comes from Andreas Uebele . The German Network for Quality Development in Nursing was also initiated in 2004, the office of which is located at the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences and which develops nursing standards and national expert standards for nursing.

In September 2010, when the new Lower Saxony University Act came into force, the “University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück” was renamed “University of Osnabrück”. In addition, at the start of the 2010/2011 winter semester, the limit of 10,000 students at HS Osnabrück was crossed for the first time.

Today's Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science (IuI) is made up of the former departments of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and computer science as well as materials and processes, the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences (WiSo) from the former departments of economics, the Institute for Public Management, Institute for Public Administration ( Career qualification for the upper service ) and the Institute for Health Professions. The current Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Landscape Architecture (AL) emerged from the former departments of Agricultural Sciences and Landscape Architecture. In 2011, the Faculty of Management, Culture and Technology (MKT) was set up as a new organizational superstructure at the Lingen location, consisting of the former Department for Communication and Society, Department for Management and Technology and the Department for Dual Study Programs, a cooperation with the Emsland University of Cooperative Education , emerged. The new Lingen campus was opened in October 2012 after Halls I / II of the former Lingen railway repair shop were expanded.

In the 2011/12 winter semester, the WiSo Faculty introduced the new and so far unique Bachelor's degree in Applied Economics (BA). In February 2012, the cooperative research college “FamiLe - Family Health in the Life Course” was opened together with the University of Witten / Herdecke .

On April 19, 2013 the groundbreaking ceremony took place for an extension on the Westerberg, which is to be used jointly by the University and University of Osnabrück. The Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture invested around € 23 million in the lecture hall building, with a total of around € 80 million planned for the entire new campus.

Faculties and courses of study

AF building, Albrechtstrasse

Institute for Music, Caprivistraße

Hall IV, Lingen campus

• Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science (IuI)
• Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences (WiSo)
• Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Landscape Architecture (AuL)

• Faculty of Management, Culture and Technology (MKT) in Lingen (Ems)
• Institute for Music at the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences (IfM)

research

There are currently four main research areas at the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences:

• Agricultural systems and technologies
• Energy systems, economics and law
• Innovative materials and material technologies
• Health services research, management and IT in health care

In addition, there are five internal research priorities (BFSP) at the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences:

• Inclusive education - participation as a principle of action and organization
• CityGrid - intelligent energy supply for a city
• The future of urban living space - urban agriculture as a contribution to the sustainable development of the city
• MusicPhysioAnalysis
• PACE - Development of communication systems for problems in organizational communication

The Volkswagen Foundation funded the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences from 2012 to 2016 with around € 1 million for the joint soil science research project Rüwola with the HAWK University of Hildesheim / Holzminden / Göttingen . In December 2011, eight research applications from the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences were granted funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), also amounting to around € 1 million.

Cooperations such as the research college “FamiLe - Family Health in the Life Course” offer the opportunity to pursue a doctorate after studying at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences .

The Waldhof experimental farm of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Landscape Architecture in Wallenhorst is the seat of the Competence Center ISOBUS eV (CCI), a registered association for the promotion of technical development, the accelerated practical introduction and the international implementation of ISOBUS , a data transmission system for agricultural engineering .

International cooperation

Most faculties of the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences offer European / international courses with a one-year stay abroad at one of the many partner universities.

The WiSo faculty offers an MBA program in cooperation with the British Buckinghamshire New University . It takes place as a three-year extra-occupational course with presence phases and serves to acquire management knowledge and leadership skills. The lecturers are made up of professors from the partner universities and experts from companies. Graduates receive a double diploma: Both the academic degree Master of Business Administration from Bucks New University and the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences are awarded. The British partner university is located in High Wycombe ( Buckinghamshire / Great Britain).

UAS7

The Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences also cooperates with universities in China ; an international course in logistics management ("LOGinCHINA") is offered together with the University of Hefei , which is based on the Osnabrück Bachelor course in Business Administration and Management (BA). Together with Beijing Normal University , Danube University Krems and the University of Tampere , an Erasmus + Joint Master Degree (Master in Research and Innovation in Higher Education) was introduced in 2012 .

The university is one of seven members of the German university association "Alliance for Excellence" ( UAS7 ).

Study conditions

Racing car IR08 of the university team at Formula Student Germany (2008)

Compared to other colleges (technical colleges and universities) the ratio of the number of professors and students is high.

Every year between April and May, the Terrassenfest festivals , which are popular not only among students, take place in front of the cafeteria on Westerberg and Campus in Concert on the Lingen campus. Both festivals are organized by students.

In the 2020 CHE ranking, the courses in economics, business administration, social work, business informatics, business psychology and business law achieved top marks and thus secured a place in the top groups in almost all of the subjects mentioned.

Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences takes part in Formula Student Germany under the name Ignition Racing Team with an interdisciplinary team , in which around 40 students from the IuI and WiSo faculties are involved. A team of students from the MKT faculty led by Prof. Dr. In 2015 Gerd Terörde set a world record for the fastest acceleration of an electric kart in 2.635 seconds from 0 to 60 mph (approx. 100 km / h).

The Westerberg campus can be reached by bus lines 11, 17 and M2. Bus travel is free with the semester ticket. The location in Osnabrück-Haste can be reached (also with a semester ticket) with the city and regional bus routes M1,584, 585, 586 and the X610.

In 2018, the university awarded 201 Germany Scholarships from 92 sponsors.

Personalities and alumni

Known (former) lecturers

• Karl-Wilhelm Blum
• Kurt Bodewig , honorary professor for transport logistics
• Helge Breloer , lecturer in appraisal and woody valuation
• Romy Camerun
• Daniela De Ridder
• Uschi oath
• Thomas Elbel , writer, professor of public law
• Peter Florian (pianist)
• Hartmut H. Forche
• Andreas Frey
• Lars Göhmann , co-founder of the theater education course
• Markus Große Ophoff
• Sandra Hempel
• Christel Hoffmann , honorary professor for theater education
• Mirjam Jaquemoth , substitute professor for socioeconomics in private households 2000–2003
• Peter Joehnk , teaching position in the master’s degree in university and science management
• Fritjof Karnani , administrative professor for business administration, in particular corporate management and entrepreneurship
• Mustafa Kizilcay
• Niels Klein
• Susanne Knorre , Professorship for Corporate Communication
• Klaus Kocks
• Frederik Köster , professorship for jazz trumpet
• Marcus Kretzer
• Ulrich Kuhnke , Professorship for Practical Theology and Ethics
• Heinz Rudolf Kunze
• Eva Mayerhofer
• Ingo Mose
• Roland Proell
• Joachim Rieke , professorship for piano and didactics
• Thomas Rückert
• Friederike zu Sayn-Wittgenstein , professor for nursing and midwifery science
• Matthias Schlubeck
• Wilfried Schnepp
• Ruth Schröck , Professorship for Nursing Sciences
• Martin Schwanholz , lecturer in public management
• Peter Seppelfricke , Professorship for Finance
• Wolf Simon
• Carsten Steinert , professorship for human resource management
• Alex Vesper
• Florian Weber
• Frank Wingold
• Klaus Wucherer
• Hans-Dieter Warda, professor emeritus for dendrology, head of the Arboretum Ellerhop-Thiensen

Well-known graduates

• Bernhard Bönisch , member of the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt
• Georg Fruck , former member of the Lower Saxony state parliament
• Peter Gausmann , expert in patient safety and clinical risk management
• Reinhold Hilbers , member of the Lower Saxony state parliament
• Jan Hoffrichter , automotive engineer and fistball player
• Claus Johannßen , former member of the Lower Saxony state parliament
• Michael Lohscheller , Managing Director of Opel Automobile GmbH
• Anette Meyer zu Strohen , member of the Lower Saxony state parliament
• Friedrich-Otto Ripke , State Secretary in the Lower Saxony Ministry of Agriculture
• Anne Ross , singer
• Rainer Spiering , member of the Bundestag
• Frank Sundermann , member of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia
• Doris Tacke , nursing scientist and professor for nursing science at the Diakonie University of Applied Sciences in Bielefeld
• Christa Weinrich , Benedictine, horticultural engineer and author.
• Aloys Wobben , electrical engineer, former owner and managing director of Enercon

The Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences in film and television

In the Lindholm crime scene The nameless girl (2007), which is set in Osnabrück, the murder victim attended a course at the university. The shooting took place in August and September 2006 at the Haste site, the University of Osnabrück and in a student residence. For the ARD television film Vertraute Angst (2008), which is also set in Osnabrück , the Caprivi campus of the WiSo faculty was used as a backdrop for a psychiatric clinic.

In 2007 filming for the docu-drama Remarque - His path to fame (2008) about Erich Maria Remarque , who completed his military training in the Osnabrück Caprivi barracks, took place on the Caprivi campus .

See also

• List of universities in Germany

Web links

Commons : Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Hochschulfreun.de project

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hochschule Osnabrück: Presidium , accessed on October 20, 2019.
2. ^ Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences: WIR in numbers , accessed on October 20, 2019.
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4. ↑ Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences: WIR in numbers - 2018 annual report accessed on October 20, 2019, p. 25 (PDF).
5. ↑ § 1 Foundation FH Osnabrück Regulation (StiftVO-FHOS), cf. also Doreen Kirmse: No right of objection according to § 613a VI BGB in the event of a legally mandated transfer of the employment relationship - foundations as sponsors of scientific and cultural institutions. In: NJW . 2006, pp. 3325, 3327.
6. ↑ Without author: Lingen - Lokhalle becomes FH. In: Immobilien Zeitung. August 2, 2007, p. 18.
7. ^ Mathilde Hackmann: Development of nursing research in Germany in the European context. In: International Journal of Nursing Practice. 2000, pp. 222, 224.
8. ↑ Karl-Heinz Maul: Intellectual capital statements as part of the annual financial statements under commercial law - intellectual capital statements illustrated using the example of the annual financial statements of universities. In: DStR . 2009, p. 2000, 2011.
9. ^ Hermann Falk: Sustainability Strategies for Foundations. In: Gotlind Ulshöfer, Gesine Bonnet (ed.): Corporate Social Responsibility on the financial market. 1st edition. 2009, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften , Wiesbaden, ISBN 978-3-531-16077-1 , p. 204.
10. ↑ Therefore! Osnabrück: Studying in a barracks? The Caprivi barracks has been used as the university campus since 1998. ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) of August 13, 2013, accessed on June 14, 2015.
11. ^ Karl-Jürgen Bieback: No more compensation agreements in nursing? - Problems of quality assurance in SGB XI. In: NZS . 2004, pp. 337, 342.
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13. ↑ noz.de: The magic number has been reached. Retrieved September 29, 2010.
14. ↑ noz.de: Milestone for the Lingen campus. Integration of BA courses in the university of applied sciences sealed. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
15. ↑ Thomas Pertz: Campus in Lingen is growing up. In: New Osnabrück Newspaper . Retrieved July 1, 2011.
16. ↑ Why doesn't a crisis teach us? - 2nd part: Universities, hear the signals! How students reform curricula. In: Spiegel Online . December 28, 2011, accessed December 28, 2011.
17. ↑ ^{a b} idw-online.de: Start of the cooperative research college "FamiLe" of the University of Witten / Herdecke and the University of Osnabrück , accessed on February 25, 2012.
18. ↑ idw-online: Osnabrück campus receives lecture hall building worth 22 million euros , accessed on April 20, 2012.
19. ^ Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung: Volkswagen Foundation supports Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
20. ↑ hs-osnabrueck.de: University of Osnabrück successful with eight applications. European Structural Fund finances research with over one million euros, accessed on January 18, 2020
21. ↑ Without author: Cooperation with Uni in China. In: Personal No. 12/2008, p. 44.
22. ↑ Anna Tille: Education for the world. Lower Saxony universities export their study concepts to China and Jordan. In: DVZ . Supplement from September 14, 2010.
23. ↑ wiso.hs-osnabrueck.de
24. ^ Campus in Concert Lingen. Retrieved April 19, 2019 . 
25. ↑  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) HS Osnabrück, newsletter "INFHOS": ENTREPRENEURS AND STUDENT IN ONE, accessed on June 19, 2011.
26. ↑ From 0 to 100 in 2.635 seconds . In: Hochschule Osnabrück (Ed.): WIR-Journal der Hochschule Osnabrück . No. 9 , December 1, 2015, p. 3 .
27. ↑ Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences awards more than 200 Germany Scholarships for the first time . In: Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences . November 12, 2018 ( hs-osnabrueck.de [accessed April 19, 2019]).
28. ↑ Studentenwerk Osnabrück: Annual Report 2006/2007 (PDF; 2.0 MB), pp. 22–23.
29. ↑ University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück:  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Caprivi campus becomes a film set. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
30. ↑ University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück: shooting Erich Maria Remarque.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Retrieved on February 12, 2013.

Coordinates: 52 ° 16 ′ 59.4 "  N , 8 ° 1 ′ 30.3"  E