Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences

Not to be confused with Darmstadt University of Technology.

Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences

Hochschule Darmstadt (h_da)
Type	Public university
Established	Technical Hochschule 1876, Hochschule 1971
President	Ralph Stengler
Students	11,380 (2010)
Address	Haardtring 100 D-64295 , Darmstadt , Germany
Website	http://www.h-da.de/

The Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (German: Hochschule Darmstadt), also known as h_da, is a University of Applied Sciences located in Darmstadt, Germany.

History

The roots of University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt goes back to 1876 along with Technische Universität Darmstadt (the first electrical engineering chair and inventions fame), when both these Universities were an integrated entities, a need for a separate industry based research educational institution was felt in the early 1930s, finally University of Applied sciences emerged as a separate industry based research educational institution in 1971 and is the largest University of Applied Sciences in Hesse (German: Hessen) with about 11,000 students.

In 1971 when Hochschule Darmstadt was established, other regions of the Hesse also felt the need of such industry based educational institutions. In later years a heavy number of Hochschule were established all across Germany. As a result of this, today the German industry's engineering workforce is propelled by students of the Hochschule.

Campus

The Main campus of the Hochschule Darmstadt lies at the Haardtring office, but, the campus is evenly distributed all across the city of Darmstadt at different locations. A cluster of Old and Modern university buildings are visible across the city of Darmstadt. The media campus is in Dieburg.

Departments

View of the 'Hochhaus' (high-rise), Administrative Building

• Architecture
• Chemical Technology
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science
• Design
• Economics
• Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
• Mathematics and Science
• Mechanical Engineering
• Media (including Information Science and Engineering)
• Plastics engineering
• Social and Cultural Studies
• Social Education
• Mechatronics

University of Applied Sciences Ranking

Hochschule Darmstadt is a reputed institute and it has consistently ranked high on the DAAD rankings list closely rivaled by Hochschule Karlsruhe. Maintaining its reputation in the specializations of Microelectronics and Robotics, Hochschule Darmstadt has contributed to some of the major industrial developments in Germany, including REIS, Mitsubishi Robot modules.

Research

Incorporated close ties with

• IIS Fraunhofers,
• Max-Planck Society
• EUA European University Association

Institutes

• Institute of Communication and Media (ikum)
• Institute of Local Economics and Environmental Planning

See also

• Education in Germany
• List of universities in Germany

References

• [1] Facts about Hochschule Darmstadt.
• [2] DAAD information on Hochschule and Fachochschule
• [3] ranking

External links

• h_da site