Universities of Applied Sciences Baden-Württemberg
The Baden-Württemberg Universities of Applied Sciences (HAW, formerly Fachhochschulen) form one of five types of universities in the tertiary education sector in the state of Baden-Württemberg . They offer bachelor's and master's degrees and represent an important infrastructure facility for the respective region. The most important profile elements of a university of applied sciences consist of a contemporary combination of science with practical orientation in teaching, applied research and social and economic innovation.
Universities of Applied Sciences Baden-Württemberg eV
HAW Baden-Württemberg eV is an amalgamation of 21 state and three church universities for applied sciences (HAW) in Baden-Württemberg. The association is home to the Rectors' Conference of the Universities of Applied Sciences Baden-Württemberg (RKH), promotes and structures cooperation between the universities and represents the common interests of the member universities in public and in the formation of political will. The association maintains an office in Stuttgart .
Tasks of the association
The purpose of the association is to promote science, study, teaching, research and further education. The purpose of the statutes is achieved in particular by promoting and structuring cooperation between the universities as well as by supporting and advising the member universities on overarching issues. The association represents the common interests of the member universities in public and in the formation of political will. He advises state politics and authorities on questions of application-oriented science, education and innovation. It informs the member universities and the public about current developments and prepares opinions. He cultivates the connections especially to economy and science at home and abroad and works together with the university rectors 'conference and other state rectors' conferences to promote the common goals. The association promotes students and young academics.
Board
The following four university rectors are currently elected to the board of the HAW Baden-Württemberg eV (and thus the Rectors' Conference):
- Chairman: Bastian Kaiser ( Rottenburg School of Forestry ),
- Winfried Lieber ( Offenburg University ),
- Gerhard Schneider ( Aalen University ),
- Hendrik Brumme ( Reutlingen University ).
History of the Rectors' Conference (today at HAW BW eV)
After the first phase of the establishment of universities of applied sciences at the end of the 1960s, the first meeting of the Rectors' Conference of the Universities of Applied Sciences in Baden-Württemberg (RKF) took place on May 5, 1972 in Pforzheim.
Since the 1990s, the Rectors' Conference has also seen itself as a political mouthpiece and interest group for the universities of applied sciences. The constant growth of the universities of applied sciences and the broadening of the range of subjects, with a relatively large number of heterogeneous locations, make joint coordination and positioning within the conference more and more important. Under the chairman and rector of the Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, Dietmar von Hoyningen-Huene (1988-2007), who was honored with the Federal Cross of Merit for his commitment to the universities of applied sciences in Baden-Württemberg and nationwide, the RKF is perceived as the voice of the universities of applied sciences as a negotiating partner for MWK and politics.
From the year 2000, the graded study structure with the degrees Bachelor and Master was introduced at the universities of applied sciences as part of the Europe-wide Bologna reform. The RKF has closely accompanied this major reform of the study structures in Germany since the Second World War and advises politics and universities on the complex implementation of the reform on site.
Under the leadership of the chairmen Winfried Lieber (Rector Hochschule Offenburg, 2007-2009) and Achim Bubenzer (Rector Hochschule Ulm, 2009-2013), the RKF will be the Rectors' Conference of the HAW ( RKH). With a stronger focus on participation and transparency within the conference, strategic positioning of the type of university for the next few years was negotiated and resolved, and in 2011 the takeover of the first green-red state government was closely monitored in terms of university policy. At the end of Bubenzer's term of office, the RKH experienced a boost in professionalism through the transformation of the conference into a non-profit association with a permanent office in Stuttgart.
Members
19 state universities, two administration universities (also state) and three universities with church sponsorship are combined in the HAW BW.
- Aalen University
- Aalen University
- Albstadt-Sigmaringen University of Applied Sciences
- Biberach University
- University Esslingen
- Evangelical University of Freiburg
- Catholic University of Freiburg
- Furtwangen University
- Heilbronn University
- Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
- Kehl University of Public Administration
- University of Konstanz
- University of Public Administration and Finance Ludwigsburg
- Evangelical University of Ludwigsburg
- Mannheim University of Applied Sciences
- Nürtingen-Geislingen University
- Offenburg University
- Pforzheim University
- University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten
- Reutlingen University
- University of Forestry Rottenburg
- Schwäbisch Gmünd University of Design
- Stuttgart Media University
- Stuttgart University of Technology
- Ulm University of Applied Sciences