Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau

Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau
Technische Hochschule Wildau (TH Wildau)
Location
Hochschulring 1, 15745 Wildau, Germany
Federal state of Brandenburg
Germany
Information
Type Public
Founded 1991
President Prof. Dr. Ulrike Tippe[1]
Number of students 3.594 WS 2017/18[2]

The Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau (Technische Hochschule Wildau - TH Wildau) is one of five universities of applied sciences in the federal state of Brandenburg, Germany. It is located near Germany's capital city, Berlin.

History

The history of Wildau begins with fishermen's families that settled by the Dahme River and then came to deliver sand, gravel and bricks from the region by boat to Berlin. Mechanical engineering put Wildau on the map as a location for industry. In 1897, the Schwartzkopff company established a locomotive works there, and built a works' housing complex that is a listed building today. In the Second World War the works were involved in armaments production, and were then demolished after the war. It was from the remains of these works that the East German state enterprise in heavy engineering was founded, which in turn had to restructure completely after 1989. In the region around Wildau numerous technology and business parks have been set up in recent years, with service industries and logistics centres, energy and environmental technology companies. The works school, founded in 1949, was an integral part of mechanical engineering in the region before 1990. In 1991 the federal state of Brandenburg founded the University of Applied Sciences Wildau. With ca. 3400 students the University of Applied Sciences Wildau now is the largest university of applied sciences in Brandenburg.[3]

Degree programmes

The Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau has 15 Bachelor’s programmes and 15 Master’s programmes.[4] Alongside the traditional engineering disciplines, the range of degrees at the university includes courses in natural sciences, engineering, economics, law, business administration and management. TH Wildau is the only university in Brandenburg to offer Logistics, and the first university in the whole of Germany with a degree in Telematics. It is also the first University of Applied Sciences in Germany with a degree in Biosystems Technology/ Bioinformatics.

Students can earn internationally recognized academic degrees such as master's and bachelor's degree (according to the Bologna Process).

Students can pursue Master's programmes in English at the university's graduate school, the Wildau Institute of Technology.

International cooperations

TH Wildau is entering in many cooperations with foreign universities in Europe and Latin America. [5]Among the University's current partners are Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University and Saint Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics from Russia.

References

  1. ↑ Organigram TH Wildau (retrieved on 31/07/2017)
  2. ↑ Statistisches Bundesamt: Studierendenzahlen Studierende und Studienanfänger/-innen nach Hochschularten, Ländern und Hochschulen, WS 2017/18, S. 38 (retrieved on 20/07/2018)
  3. ↑ "History". en.th-wildau.de. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  4. ↑ "Profile". en.th-wildau.de. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  5. ↑ "Profile". en.th-wildau.de. Retrieved 2018-07-31.

Coordinates: 52°19′10″N 13°37′57″E / 52.31944°N 13.63250°E / 52.31944; 13.63250

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