FH Joanneum

FH Joanneum

Established	1995
Rector	Karl-Peter Pfeiffer (Rector / Managing Director) Günter Riegler (Commercial Director)
Students	4,000 (2014/15)
Location	Graz, Kapfenberg, Bad Gleichenberg , Austria
Website	www.fh-joanneum.at
FH JOANNEUM - UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES

FH Joanneum is one of the largest Universities of Applied Sciences in Austria. It has about 4,000 students and about 578 employees. The main campus is located in Graz, while there are two other locations in Kapfenberg and Bad Gleichenberg. All three are situated in the province of Styria, Austria.

FH Joanneum offers 45 degree programs in a variety of areas including business, technology, design, media, architecture, health and social services. The programmes are practice-oriented, project-based and interdisciplinary.

History

FH Joanneum was established in 1995. In 2001 the campus in Bad Gleichenberg started to offer health related degree programmes.

Gallery

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  Main entrance Graz, Alte Poststrasse 149
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  Campus Building Graz, Eggenberger Allee 11
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  Automotive Engineering Labs, flat building, blue building to the left of it: Alte Poststrasse 154, Graz
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  FH Joanneum building in Kapfenberg
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  Mensa in Kapfenberg

Departments/ Programmes

The FH Joanneum offers 45 bachelor's and master's degree programs and seven postgraduate courses at six departments and 25 institutes. The six departments are:

• Applied computer science
• Engineering
• Health studies
• Construction, Energy & Society
• Media & Design
• Management

In addition to broad-based programs, there are courses with specialized focus, such as "Energy, Transport and Environmental Management", "eHealth" or "Advanced Electronic Engineering". Some new programs cover fields from which have not yet been offered in Austria as university studies, for example, the midwifery education . ^[1]

Projects

• One of the biggest projects with students participation is the "joanneum racing team". Every year, the students in "Vehicle Technology", "Industrial Design", "Information Design", "Electronics & Technology Management", "Production Technology and Organisation", "Journalism & Public Relations" and "physiotherapy" construct, build and commercialize a whole car. Anchored in the project is the course "automotive engineering" and is supported by sponsors. The car is then taken to the "Formula Student" part and other Formula SAE competitions. The greatest successes are the overall win at the 2006 Formula SAE Italy and the 3rd overall rankings 2007 in Hockenheim and at the Formula Student UK 2008 at Silverstone.
• Another student project is the magazine "blank" and its companion website that are created each year by students of "Journalism and PR" ^[2] . For other media productions cameras, audio recorders, tripods and microphones can be hired.
• The participants of the courses "Luftfahrt / Aviation", "Information Design", "Industrial Design" and "Vehicle Technology" are also involved in projects in the "Green Mobility". In practical projects they contribute new ideas and developments. They are supported by companies in the automotive industry.

The development of a drone (UAVS) for civilian operations fall within the scope Green Mobility.

Initiatives

• Each year the FH JOANNEUM at the KinderUni part Graz, under which children can participate in various workshops and lectures.
• Since 2003, on the premises of the FH JOANNEUM annual Grazer Linuxtage instead.
• Since 2003, takes place annually one of the largest LAN parties in the region at FH JOANNEUM in Kapfenberg, as part of the Open House days, instead. ^[3]
• In 2010, the site in Bad Gleichenberg FH JOANNEUM was awarded the Sustainability Award of the Federal Ministry of Science and Research and the Ministry of Life and appointed by the Austrian UNESCO UN Decade for Education for Sustainable Development project.

Research

Department of Applied Computer Science	Department of Engineering	Department of Building, Energy and Society
Software Development and Digital Media Development	Power electronics in the field of energy systems and mobility	Resource saving urbanization; Building revitalization and building envelope
IT infrastructure architectures & IT Security	Civilian drones and aviation systems	Energy efficiency in industry, building and Local Area
Healthcare and computer science	Total vehicle technology in calculation and testing	Sustainable transport planning, pedestrian navigation

Department of Health Studies	Department of Media and Design	Department of Management
Diagnosis and Treatment	User Interface, data visualization, simulation	International strategies and business processes
Health promotion and prevention	Development of Product Design	Competitiveness in industry and finance
Activity and exercise	Content strategy, Web Literacy	Health promotion and (health) tourist programs

External links

• FH Joanneum