Hochschule Furtwangen University
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| Type | Public University |
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| Established | 5 March 1850 |
| Location | , 48°03′05″N 8°12′28″E / 48.0515°N 8.2077°E |
| Colours | Green and White |
| Website | en |
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The Hochschule Furtwangen University (HFU), formerly the Fachhochschule Furtwangen (FHF), is a German University of applied science in Furtwangen im Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
History
HFU was originally founded as a clockmaking school in 1850 by Robert Gerwig. The German Clock Museum, founded by Gerwig in 1852, remains a department of the university to this day. After World War II, the school was split into two branches: one for engineering and the other for job training. The engineering branch became a Fachhochschule when this type of university was introduced in the early 1970s.[1]
The Hochschule Furtwangen University has three campuses: Furtwangen (main campus), Villingen-Schwenningen and Tuttlingen.
Campus Furtwangen
The Furtwangen campus is the university’s original location and includes the following faculties:
- Digital media
- Health, Safety, Society
- Computer Science
- Mechanical and Medical Engineering
- Business Information Systems
- Business Administration and Engineering[2]
Campus Villingen-Schwenningen
The Villingen-Schwenningen campus was established in 1988 and is located on the site of the former Kienzle watch factory. The following faculties are located here:
- Mechanical and Medical Engineering
- Medical and Life Sciences
- HFU Business School
Campus Tuttlingen
The Tuttlingen campus began operations in 2009. It consists of the Industrial Technologies faculty.
Clock museum
The Deutsche Uhrenmuseum (German clock museum) is located right in the geographic center of clock making in the Black Forest. Its 160-year-old collection of clocks and watches includes about 8,000 items from Germany and abroad.[3] Purchases by the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, notably the collection of Mr. Hellmut Kienzle in 1975, contributed to the international collection.[4][5]
References
- ^ "History". Hochschule Furtwangen University. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
- ^ "Programmes". Hochschule Furtwangen University. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
- ^ "Museum". Deutsches Uhrenmuseum. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
- ^ "German Clock Museum". Hochschule Furtwangen University. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
- ^ "Hellmut-Kienzle-Uhrensammlung". Retrieved September 6, 2018.