Hochschule Bochum is a university of applied sciences with strong programs in engineering (mechanical, electrical, civil, mechatronics), computer science, geomatics, and business.
Address: Lennershofstraße 140, 44801 Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Mechanical Engineering & Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Civil Engineering & Geomatics
Domains taught:
- Aerospace, AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Bioengineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Geotechnics, Industrial Design, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Optics, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Robotics, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics, Transportations
Diplomas*:
- Bachelor, Master
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Located in Bochum (Ruhr area). Known for its SolarCar project and sustainable engineering focus.
Research:
Sustainable mobility and automotive engineering (SolarCar), Robotics and automation, Geoinformatics and surveying, Civil engineering and sustainable construction, Business informatics.
Famous Alumnis:
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International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
400
Current students***:
8000
Foreign students***:
N/A%
Cumulative former students***:
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Pros
Good applied engineering programs, innovative projects like SolarCar, focus on sustainability.
Cons
Focus on applied sciences.
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University of applied sciences with strong programs in engineering, IT, and geomatics, known for its SolarCar project.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden works in much the same fields, chiefly aerospace, transportations and geotechnics, and it is smaller, enrolling about 5,000 students against roughly 8,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- Another national school that puts aerospace, transportations and quality at the centre is Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, and it also offers mba programmes and covers sound engineering and metrology as well.
- Where this institution leans on aerospace, transportations and geotechnics, Hochschule Karlsruhe – Technik und Wirtschaft does the same, and it is also a public institution and also offers doctoral programmes.
- A good alternative in the same country is Hochschule Heilbronn, which likewise covers aerospace, transportations and geotechnics; it covers logistics and food science as well, and has almost the same size, at about 8,000 students.
- For students who like the aerospace, transportations and quality focus of this institution but want another option nearby, Hochschule RheinMain University of Applied Sciences fits well: it covers sound engineering and ergonomics and UX as well, and is larger, enrolling about 13,000 students against roughly 8,000 here.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Kanazawa Institute of Technology offers an international parallel to this institution, with transportations, quality and geotechnics as common ground; it is slightly smaller, at about 7,000 students against roughly 8,000 here, and is private, whereas this institution is public.
- Lublin University of Technology, based in Poland, is built around transportations, quality and geotechnics much like this university, and it is also a public institution and also offers doctoral programmes.
- Takushoku University in Japan pursues a similar profile in transportations, optics and signal processing, and it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's and master's, and covers ergonomics and UX as well.
- If this university is on your list for aerospace, quality and optics, ZHAW School of Engineering in Switzerland deserves a comparison, because it is also a public institution and runs the same bachelor's and master's programmes.
- Shandong University of Science and Technology in China shares the transportations, geotechnics and optics orientation of this institution, and it also offers doctoral programmes, and is far larger, with about 38,000 students against roughly 8,000 here.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
- Additive Manufacturing, Civil Engineering, Innovation, Renewable Energy, Robotics, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Practices
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
- known locally
- known locally and internationally
- is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
- is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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