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Type
  
Public

Students
  
6.200 WS 2015/16

Total enrollment
  
6,000 (2013)

Founded
  
1877

Principal
  
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Jautz

Campus
  
urban

Phone
  
+49 7231 285

Academic staff
  
800

Established
  
1877; 140 years ago (1877)

Location
  
Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Address
  
Tiefenbronner Str. 65, 75175 Pforzheim, Germany

Similar
  
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Hochschule Pforzheim University (Hochschule Pforzheim – Hochschule fuer Gestaltung, Technik und Wirtschaft) is one of the biggest public university for applied science in Germany Pforzheim. It was evolved by the demand of specialist in the jewelry industry and science then it became to grow into one of the most important applied university of sciences with research as well as education institution in Germany. The main buildings of the campus is located in the south part of the city of Tiefenbronner Str. with affiliated institutes around the city Pforzheim. The Hochschule Pforzheim is one of only nine institutions in Germany which received the Harvard AACSB accreditation.

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History

The university was founded in 1877 with its origins in the Ducal Academy of Arts and Crafts and Technical School for the Metal Processing Industry. The other faculty—the Pforzheim Business School came of the national business college that established in 1963. In the year 1992, a new faculty was established and named as The Faculty of Engineering and the other two faculties were also amalgamated together and since then it became the Hochschule Pforzheim University of Applied Science which enrolls more than 6,000 students nowadays.

Schools

  • DESIGN PF (Dean Prof. Michael Throm)
  • ENGINEERING PF (Dean Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Weyer)
  • BUSINESS PF (Dean Prof. Dr. Thomas Cleff)
  • The numbers of students in each faculty are:

  • 56% School of Business
  • 33% School of Engineering
  • 11% School Design
  • The university offers a wide range of courses regarding to jewelry, accessory design, visual communication, industrial design, transportation design etc. at DESIGN PF.

    Among others ENGINEERING PF offers electrical engineering, information technology, business and engineering, mechatronics, medical engineering, mechanical engineering, technical information technology, etc.

    BUSINESS PF offers Purchasing and Logistics, Marketing, Market and Communication Research, Finance and Accounting, Business Information Systems, Management, Human Resources Management, etc.

    In addition to these bachelors programs, the university also has master degrees programs including Master of Business Administration (MBA) which has a very high ranking among German universities.

    MBA Program

    The Master Programme MBA in International Management (full-time) is the first state-accredited MBA program which combines general management education, marketing and managerial skills to face globals challenges. The langue of the instruction is in English and it has four semesters for the students without a business background and the business graduates can join the program at the 2nd. semester.

    Main Disciplines

  • Corporate Finance
  • B2B-Marketing
  • Brand Management
  • International Finance Reporting Standards
  • European Financial Markets
  • Supply Chain management
  • etc.

    Accreditation

  • AACSB: The Pforzheim Business School has been accredited by AACSB International in 2011. Until 2013, only 8 universities in Germany have received this accreditation which is the benchmark for business school quality.
  • AQAS: The MBA program was accredited by AQAS, Bonn ("Agentur für Qualitätssicherung durch Akkreditierung von Studiengängen"), an agency dedicated for the accreditation of higher education institutions in Germany.
  • Partner Universities

    For more than 40 years Pforzheim University has been supporting exchange programs with international partner universities. Pforzheim University supports for the exchange of students about 100 multilateral arrangements with international partner universities in about 50 countries. The schools are also members of international networks like CUMULUS (International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media), GE4 (Global Education: Exchange for Engineers and Entrepreneurs),or Nibes(Network of International Business and Economic Schools).

    The MBA students are able to have the opportunities to study in their 3rd. semester at one of the partner universities.

    Selection of Partner Universities in Europe

  • École supérieure de commerce et management
  • Grande Ecole de Commerce et de Management, ESC Clermont, France
  • ISCTE – Lisbon University Institute
  • University of Ljubljana
  • Selection of Partner Universities in Americas

  • University of South Carolina
  • University of Wyoming
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Lehigh University
  • UMASS Lowell
  • Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education
  • Selection of Partner Universities in Asia-Pacific

  • Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
  • Indian Institutes of Management
  • Indian Institute of Science
  • Gadjah Mada University
  • National Institute of Design
  • References

    Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences Wikipedia