Innovative university
in the centre of Germany

50 Years of Fulda University of Applied Sciences

 

A Look Back at the Anniversary Year

In 2024, Fulda University of Applied Sciences celebrated its 50th anniversary with numerous events held throughout the year. Highlights included the ceremony with Minister President Boris Rhein in June and the open house for the public in November.

Gäste des Festakts zum 50. Jubiläum der Hochschule Fulda vor der Mensa

Profile of the Fulda University of Applied Sciences

We stand for

Unity of teaching and research

Fulda University of Applied Sciences is characterised by high-quality teaching in a broad range of subjects, modern, needs-based formats and a personal atmosphere. It is also a strong research university with independent right to award doctoral degrees in profile-defining areas. Teaching and research are closely interlinked and benefit from each other both in terms of content and structure.


Transfer and application orientation

The Fulda University of Applied Sciences stands for the practical and application-orientation of teaching and research. It picks up on impulses from practice and brings knowledge, ideas and technologies to application together with practical placement partners. Students acquire competences that are highly relevant for their future careers. This makes the Fulda University of Applied Sciences the central driving force in the regional innovation system. It combines local, regional and global issues and takes social, economic and ecological aspects into account.


Inter- and transdisciplinarity

Teaching and research at Fulda University of Applied Sciences are interdisciplinary. Stakeholders from society, politics and business are systematically involved in order to develop viable solutions for the complex challenges of our time.

Guiding principle(s) of the Fulda University of Applied Scie

Equal education and equal opportunities

The study conditions at Fulda University of Applied Sciences are particularly suitable for an increasingly heterogeneous student body. The university is committed to education and equal opportunities and thus addresses all prospective students. It sees it as its assignment to support motivated students with their diverse educational biographies in the best possible way right from the start.


Regionality and internationality

Fulda University of Applied Sciences is firmly rooted in the region and contributes to its sustainable development. It has been cooperating with a large number of regional players for years and offers regionally tailored education and continuing education programmes. At the same time, Fulda University of Applied Sciences is an international, cosmopolitan university that is highly attractive to prospective international students. It specifically supports the interculturality of its members and fosters intensive exchange with its partner universities worldwide.


Campus-based university

On a "campus of short distances" with a high quality of stay, Fulda University of Applied Sciences offers its members excellent conditions for studying and working. As a university and an attractive employer, the well-being and equal participation of all members of the university are particularly important to it.

University Development Plan
Overcrowded cafeteria at Fulda University of Applied Sciences in the 1980s

Chronicle of the Fulda University of Applied Sciences

The history of the Fulda University of Applied Sciences in pictures.

 

Art on campus

There are many works of art to discover on the campus of Fulda University of Applied Sciences. The works of art are located both outdoors and indoors. Here you will find information about the works of art and where they can be found.

These include the following works:

  • "24 discs 7 squares" by Franz Erhard Walther
  • Word work "Alphabet" by Franz Erhard Walther
  • Forgetting curve by Dolores Zinny and Juan Maidagan
  • the sculpture "Kopf" by Robert Sturm
  • Artworks from the "Bindeschuh" project
  • "an" - Two equal masses by James Reineking
  • "Two fixed and two moving lines assymetric" by George Rickey

Drone shot of the artwork "Curve of Oblivion" by Dolores Zinny and Juan Maidagan
Logo universities of applied research

Fulda University of Applied Sciences is one of 119 universities of applied sciences in Germany. Thanks to their close links between research and practice, HAWs act as problem solvers and drivers of innovation.

Logo of the campaign Weltoffene Hochschulen gegen Fremdenfeindlichkeit (Open-minded universities against xenophobia)


Fulda University of Applied Sciences sees itself as an open-minded university and supports the campaign of the German Rectors' Conference.

Logo: Accredited by the Accreditation Council

Fulda University of Applied Sciences has held system accreditation since June 2026 and is authorised to accredit its study programmes internally until 2034.
This means greater autonomy, shorter procedures and greater flexibility to adapt study programmes more quickly to academic, societal and professional developments.