Fachhochschule Flensburg

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The Fachhochschule Flensburg is one of nine public universities in Schleswig -Holstein. It is with the University of Flensburg Flensburg just south of the town center in the sand mountain district on the campus. Currently, more than 4000 students study at the Fachhochschule Flensburg.

History

In 1875, a navigation school in Flensburg was set up; 1886 saw the establishment of the Royal Seedampf Machinist school. The historic building from the founding days are just outside the present-day campus near the city center, but are still in use by various institutions of the University of Applied Sciences and the University. The school received the status of a 1969 National College of Technology.

Until 1975, here mainly students of marine engineering and Navigator were also constructed according to the extension of the high school complex, inter alia, electrical engineering and computer science were then offered. With time, other engineering subjects were added: mathematics in 1987, technology translation in 1988 and the Department of Economics was established in 1990. The Faculty of Engineering was outsourced in Heath and in 1994 was spun off to college west coast. Since 2005, merged gradually again for economic reasons by a decision of the state government, the two universities. The area of ​​energy and environmental management was established 1997/1998 in conjunction with the University of Flensburg. The Department of International Technical Communication ( IFK ) was created in 2004.

Since 2000, the Planetarium and the associated Menke Menke Observatory in Glücksburg operated by the University of Applied Sciences.

2010 became the Fachhochschule Flensburg due to infidelity allegations against their incumbent chancellor several times in the headlines. The exercise of his official business was forbidden him, while Klaus Arnold tried to proceed with his lawyer. However, he was replaced by Sabine Christiansen. On the infidelity allegations he responded with a private website on which he gave his view of things and it was received on the private interests of employees. Flensburg's daily paper headlined it in April 2011, Chancellor Arnold invites mudslinging. Recently announced in September 2012 the press that the prosecution had caused three house searches, namely in the office and workshop spaces of the University of Applied Sciences, in the private estate of Arnold, as well as an energy company, which had commissioned the University of Applied Sciences in Arnold's tenure as a service provider for call center jobs.

In August 2012, the protest of students became public, who expressed themselves against the harsh rating of a professor. The professor had let fall by 17 of 20 students taking an exam in the chemical process engineering.

Since the neighboring university is changing university to Europe, was planned in November 2013 on the part of college that the college in the future should deal with European issues also increased.

Courses

The school maintains the departments of economics and technology, offering 12 bachelor's and currently six Master and some expiring diploma courses.

• Department of Economics: Business Administration ( B. A. )
• Business Management ( M. A. )
• E-Health ( M. A. )
• International Technical Communication (B. A. / M. A. )
• Economic computer science (B. Sc.)

• Faculty of Engineering: Applied computer science ( with majors in web and software technology, and information and communication technology ) (B. Sc.)
• Applied Mathematics ( B. Sc.)
• Biotechnology / Chemical Engineering ( B. Sc. / M. Sc.)
• Energy and Environmental Management ( B.Eng. , M. Eng. At the University of Flensburg ( co ) )
• Electric Power Systems Engineering (B. Eng.)
• Mechanical Engineering ( B. Eng.)
• Media computer science (B. Sc.) ( With majors in Film and Media Programming)
• Renewable Energy Engineering (B. Eng.)
• Marine Technology (B. Eng., And Technical Officer )
• Maritime, nautical and Logistics ( B. Sc., And Deck Officer )
• Systems Engineering ( M. Eng.)
• Wind Engineering ( M. Sc.)

Cooperations

The Fachhochschule Flensburg offers with the neighboring University of joint degree programs in the field of technical training of vocational teachers and the Master's degree in Energy and Environmental Management.

Since 2007 there is also the possibility of part-time PhD in the field of economic and social sciences at the flensburg.school newly founded, the college itself has no right to award doctorates. The neighboring University of Flensburg also denied the graduates of the School Flensburg enrolling as a graduate student because she has doubts about the independence of the work.

In cooperation with the University of Southern Denmark in Sønderborg and other European partner universities several binational study programs within the framework of the Erasmus program are offered. International partner universities are, for example, the John Moores University in Liverpool, the University of Surrey, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North-West University in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa and the Polytechnic of Namibia in Windhoek.

Flensburg Campus

On campus, the University of Flensburg in Flensburg, the University of Applied Sciences, common lecture halls in the main auditorium, a central library, the cafeteria, dormitories and a kindergarten are located. In addition, there is on the extensive green area since 2003, the Flensburg - Arena (Home Hall of SG Flensburg- Handewitt ) that houses a fitness center and facilities for the high school sports. There are also cafeterias in the university buildings. Beginning of 2010 were completed a new indoor pool and a chapel, 2011, the Maritime Center.

Former Students

Thousands of technical and marine officers have trained for ship operations research at the Institute of Applied Sciences. So half of all trained in Germany Technical ship's officers have obtained their degree at the Fachhochschule Flensburg. By the first decade of the 21st century, the FH Flensburg began to operate an alumni network. In 2008, the modern online portal for alumni area was created. The network will serve as a hub for contacts and exchange of information among the alumni themselves and the professors of the University of Applied Sciences and the University of Applied Sciences in general. In addition to the network facilitate the career and professional advancement of the former students, promote the technical and cultural training as well as the close ties between college graduates and live. Among the most famous former student counts Haron Aloko, son of Attorney Generals Mohammad Ishak Alako, which, like the New York Times reported, worked at the Afghan Embassy in Washington. In addition, the chairman of the CDU Flensburg, Arne Upgrade Meier studied intermittently at the FH until he moved to the same area of ​​study Economics Academy, Flensburg and there graduated. Also, the football player and coach Sascha Gorres began here his studies of economic computer science, but it ended in the United States at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, where he earned a Bachelor in Business Management. In addition, the later polar explorer and author Arved Fuchs began studying marine engineering at the Fachhochschule Flensburg, but it broke off early. Among the activities of the alumni sector of Applied Sciences is one of the Furthermore, the annual Kohl und Pinkel tour and a summer festival.