University of Applied Sciences Mainz
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The University of Applied Sciences Mainz (German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
: Fachhochschule Mainz), usually shortened to FH Mainz, is an 1971 founded university located in Mainz
Mainz
Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. The University of Applied Sciences Mainz consists of three faculties: School of Technology, School of Design and School of Business. The common feature of all fields of study is the practical orientation of the university, the short periods of study and the internationally orientated courses.
In 2009 the School of Business, the School of Technology with the departments Geoinformatics and Surveying and the administration of the university moved to the new location "Campus". All other departments will move aswell in the near future to the new location "Campus".
History and profile
The University of Applied Sciences Mainz was stated out of the in 1971 established University of Applied Sciences Rheinland-Pfalz in MainzMainz
Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...
.
Predecessor institutions of the University of Applied Sciences were other educational institutions for example for civil engineers
Civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...
, artisan
Artisan
An artisan is a skilled manual worker who makes items that may be functional or strictly decorative, including furniture, clothing, jewellery, household items, and tools...
s and artists. In the year of 1996 the University of Applied Sciences was re-established as an independent university with three faculties.
At the University of Applied Sciences Mainz a wide variety of study programs is offered, for example in architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
, civil engineering
Civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...
, geospatial and surveying, real estate project management, interior design
Interior design
Interior design describes a group of various yet related projects that involve turning an interior space into an effective setting for the range of human activities are to take place there. An interior designer is someone who conducts such projects...
, communication design
Communication design
Communication design is a mixed discipline between design and information-development which is concerned with how media intermission such as printed, crafted, electronic media or presentations communicate with people...
, media design, technical building management, and economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
(eg business management, international business, business law, career Integrating economics, economic computer science).
Study Programs
These study programs are divided into the three following faculties:- School of Technology
- School of Design
- School of Business
The faculties are also divided in separate courses of studies:
The faculty of Technology offers:
- Architecture
- Civil Engineering
- Geoinformatics & Surveying
The faculty of Design offers:
- Communication Design
- Media Design
- Interior Architecture
The faculty of Business offers:
- Business administration & international business
- Business law
- Business computerscience
Business Law
For students with a bachelor's degree the university offers a full-time 3-term (1,5-year) masters programme. The last term of the programme include the masters thesis.The University of Applied Sciences offers continuing education courses, in which professionals can acquire the additional qualification of Masters, for example, a part-time M.B.A. (WIN-MBA).
At the summer semester 2008, all graduate programs at the University of Applied Sciences were converted on the Bologna Process
Bologna process
The purpose of the Bologna Process is the creation of the European Higher Education Area by making academic degree standards and quality assurance standards more comparable and compatible throughout Europe, in particular under the Lisbon Recognition Convention...
to the international bachelor
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
and master
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
degrees.
Faculties and departments
Location Campus Lucy-Hillebrand-Straße 49°59′03"N 8°13′42"E (Bretzenheim)- School of Technology with the departments GeoinformaticsGeoinformaticsGeoinformatics is the science and the technology which develops and uses information science infrastructure to address the problems of geography, geosciences and related branches of engineering.-Overview:...
and Surveying - School of Business consisting of the departments business administration, business law and information managementInformation managementInformation management is the collection and management of information from one or more sources and the distribution of that information to one or more audiences. This sometimes involves those who have a stake in, or a right to that information...
Location Holzstraße 49°59′50"N 8°16′45"E (city center)
- School of Technology with the departments ArchitectureArchitectureArchitecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
, Civil EngineeringCivil engineeringCivil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings... - School of Design with the departments Communication DesignCommunication designCommunication design is a mixed discipline between design and information-development which is concerned with how media intermission such as printed, crafted, electronic media or presentations communicate with people...
, Media Design and Interior ArchitectureInterior architectureInterior Architecture is truly a marriage of three distinct design disciplines: interior design, architecture, and industrial design...
Library
The library is currently situated at the two locations: Campus and Holzstraße. The libraries at these locations provide the media for each faculty situated there: economics at the location at Campus; engineering and design at the location Holzstraße.The libraries provide books, journals, electronic media and videos for the each subject areas taught at the University of Applied Sciences. In addition, it offers daily and weekly newspapers, general reference books etc. The inventory is as a rule freely accessible to everyone. Exceptions are CDs, DVDs, videos, DIN standards.
AStA
The University of Applied Sciences has also an AStAAStA
The General Students' Committee or AStA, is the acting executive board and the external representing agency of the student body at universities in most German states. It is therefore considered the student government and student representative organization...
.
The General Students' Committee (German: Allgemeiner Studierendenausschuss) or AStA, is the acting executive board and the external representing agency of the (constituted) student body at the FH Mainz. It is therefore considered the student government and student representative organization. The AStA is separating in following sectors: administration, office, finance, executive board, university policy, international subjects, culture, light and sound, public relation, social matters, sport, traffic and directorate. They have an International Consultant for the special needs of foreign students. Furthermore they offer social advice. The AStA also organize parties for the first year students and for the whole FH.
Institutes at the FH Mainz
- i3mainz
- Institute for spatial information and surveying technology.
- ai-mainz
- Institute for Architecture Mainz.
- iS-mainz
- Institute for sandwich technology - Mainz.
- Institute for media design.
- Design lab Gutenberg
- Institute as an interface between research and teaching of communication design.
- Institute for entrepreneurial action.
- IFAMS
- Institute for applied management science and social entrepreneurship.
- FGKU
- The Research Group Municipal and Environmental Economics (FGKU).
Business
The School of Business is made up of the two study programmes: Business Administration and Business Law.
Full-time | Part-time consecutive | Part-time extension studies | |
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Bachelor | BWL (Business Administration) WR (Business Law) (LL.B) | BIS (Business Administration work-study), awis (Information Systems job training-study), mmi (Media Management & IT job training study) | |
Master | Management (M.A.) , WR (Business Law) (LL.M), International Business (M.A.) Webinar Information, International Business (M.Sc.) | Management (BIS, M.A.), IT Management (work-study) | WIN-MBA (Business Administration), Business Law (LL.M.), Taxation, Auditing, Public Private Partnership (LL.M) |
Technology
The School of Technology is made up of the three study programmes: Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geoinformatics and Surveying.Architecture
Full-time | Part-time consecutive | |
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Bachelor | Architecture | Architecture with integrated practical period |
Master | Architecture: “Housing – Existence and Development | Real Estate Project Management (Continuing education) |
Civil Engineering
Full-time | Part-time - Continuing education | |
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Bachelor | Civil Engineering, International Civil Engineering, Facility Management | Architecture with integrated practical period |
Master | Civil Engineering | Facility Management |
Geoinformatics and Surveying
Full-time | Part-time | Certificate | |
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Bachelor | Geoinformatics and Surveying | ||
Master | Geoinformatics and Surveying | Geoinformatics | Geoinformatics |
Design
The School of Design is made up of the three study programmes: Communication Design, Media Design and Interior Design.Communication Design
Full-time | |
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Bachelor | Communication Design |
Master | Master programme Gutenberg Intermedia |
Media Design
Full-time | |
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Bachelor | Media Design |
Master | Media Design |
Interior Architecture
Full-time | |
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Bachelor | Interior Design / Interior Architecture |
Master | Kommunikation im Raum |
Diploma | Interior Architecture |
Family friendly university
Studying at the University of Applied Sciences Mainz gives the students the chance to study with children. For this purposes a special program is established together with the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. To provide more kindergarten-places a new kindergarten is since 2010 under construction. This kindergarten is located on the new campus of the University of Applied Sciences Mainz.How to get to the Campus
- You can get to the Location Campus by public transport:
- Linie 69 direction Fachhochschule (University of Applied Sciences)
- Linie 68 direction Klein-Winternheim
- By Car:
- Leave the Highway A-60 on exit Mainz-Lerchenberg. Stay on K-3.