Universities of Applied Sciences Hessen
The Universities of Applied Sciences Hesse (HAW Hessen) is a consortium of five state Hessian Universities of Applied Sciences (Haws).
organization
Forerunners of the HAW Hessen were institutions that had been renamed several times, namely the "Rectors' Conference of the Universities of Applied Sciences of the State of Hesse (RHF)" (from 1972), "Rectors' Conference of the Hessian Universities of Applied Sciences (RHF)" (from 1973), the "Rectors' Conference of Hessian Universities of Applied Sciences (RHF)" (from 1981) and the "Conference of Hessian University of Applied Sciences (KHF)" (from 1999).
Members of 1 January 2016 new firmierten "universities (in short: HAW Hessen) of Applied Sciences Hessen» are the Hochschule Darmstadt , the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences , the University of Fulda , the Technical University of Central Hesse and the RheinMain University and the Protestant College Darmstadt .
The office is located at the university whose president is the chairperson of the HAW Hessen, since January 1, 2018 at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences fra-uas. Frank EP Dievernich is chairman ; The head of the office is Anna Arsova-Odrich.
task
The core tasks of the HAW Hessen are to represent the interests of the Hessian universities of applied sciences, the formation of political will, the dialogue with politics and the public as well as Hessian university politics . Education and research policy challenges at national and European level are also discussed. The aim of this conference is to secure and expand the competitiveness of the participating HAWs.
Around 30 percent of all Hessian students are enrolled in over 300 Bachelor and Master courses here. At the HAWs, in addition to the cooperative doctorate, there is also the opportunity to do a doctorate at one of the university-internal or cross-university doctoral centers.