Rottenburg University of Applied Forest Sciences
| Rottenburg University of Applied Forest Sciences | |
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| Hochschule für Forstwirtschaft Rottenburg | |
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| Established | 1954 |
| Type | University of Applied Sciences |
| Rector | Bastian Kaiser |
| Students | 620 ( 2011) |
| Location | Rottenburg am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 48°27′29″N 8°56′39″E / 48.45806°N 8.94417°E |
| Campus | Rural |
| Website | www.hs-rottenburg.net |
The Rottenburg University of Applied Forest Sciences (in German: Hochschule für Forstwirschaft Rottenburg) is a Fachhochschule (university of applied sciences) in Rottenburg am Neckar, in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The special profile of the university is the principle of sustainable development. In April 2008 the university was winner of the contest "Profile and Cooperation – excellence strategies for small and middle universities". The contest was announced by the "Founder's Organization for German Sciences" and the "Heinz Nixdorf Foundation".[1]
In February 2006 the university was awarded with the title "Official Project of the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development" by the German UNESCO-committee. This title is only conferred for two years. In 2008 the German UNESCO-committee decided to award the university for another two years. Only 14 projects in Germany, which were awarded in 2006 and 2007, obtained the award for another two years.[2]
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[edit] History
In 1954 the State of Baden-Württemberg founded a forestry school in Rottenburg am Neckar. In the 1970s the school was commuted to a vocational school of forestry. And finally in 1979 it was made a Fachhochschule (University of Applied Sciences). In the beginning the university served only as a training school for forest officers in the upper grade of the civil service of the states Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. Since 1995 the university is publicly available.
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- ^ Report by the information service of German sciences (German)
- ^ Report by the university on its website about the UNESCO award (German)
