Fachhochschule Osnabrück

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Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, commonly known as Fachhochschule Osnabrück, is renowned for its strong practical orientation and close collaboration with industry, making it one of Germany's leading institutions of applied sciences. Its most celebrated academic strengths lie in agriculture, landscape architecture, engineering, and business management, consistently ranking top-tier in national evaluations for employability and research relevance. For international students, the university offers an increasingly diverse selection of English-taught bachelor's and master's degree programs, particularly within international business and agricultural sciences. The dedicated International Faculty Office and the International Office provide comprehensive support, ranging from pre-arrival visa guidance and German language courses to integration programs and housing assistance. What sets this institution apart is its unique campus farm and specialized research facilities, which allow students in green sciences and engineering to gain hands-on, real-world experience directly integrated into their curricula.

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Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences (German: Hochschule Osnabrück, formerly Fachhochschule Osnabrück) is a university of applied science in Lower Saxony, whose administrative centre is in Osnabrück. It has existed in its current form since 2003, having originally opened in 1971. Some of its departments can be traced back to engineering schools and other colleges operating as early as the 1950s. Since 1 January 2003, the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences has been a foundation with legal capacity under public law. The university has sites in the Osnabrück districts of Westerberg and Haste along with another site in Lingen in Emsland, which is due to be expanded under the terms of the Hochschulpakt 2020 (University Pact 2020) programme. The lecture halls, seminar rooms and laboratories belonging to the schools of Engineering and Computer Science and Business Management and Social Sciences are located in Westerberg. The School of Agricultural Sciences and Landscape Architecture and its teaching buildings, laboratories and greenhouses are located in the Haste district, in the middle of a 5-hectare park on the verge of the Wiehen Hills, they...

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