HfG Offenbach is a public art and design university offering programs in visual communication (including media) and product design, with a focus on theory, experimentation, and practical application.
Address: Schlossplatz 1, 63065 Offenbach am Main, Hessen, Germany
Product Design & Industrial Design, Media & Communication Design (technical aspects)
Domains taught:
- Chemistry, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Ergonomics and UX, Fluid Dynamics, Industrial Design, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Nanotechnologies, Physics, Process Control, Quality, Robotics, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Sound Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics
Diplomas*:
- Diploma, Doctor
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Art and design university in the Rhine-Main region.
Research:
Industrial product design and innovation, Interface design and digital media, Material research and manufacturing processes for design, Experimental design and art.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
100
Current students***:
700
Foreign students***:
N/A%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Focus on creative design with strong theoretical and practical components.
Cons
Primarily an art and design school.
Best For
Art and design university with programs in product design and media design involving technology.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- Think of Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd when sound engineering, ergonomics and UX and signal processing is the priority: it has almost the same size, at about 700 students, and is also a public institution.
- Hochschule Wismar shares the core fields of this institution, namely sound engineering, quality and signal processing; it is far larger, with about 4,000 students against roughly 700 here, and is also a public institution.
- Another national school that puts ergonomics and UX, quality and nanotechnologies at the centre is Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hof, and it also offers bachelor's, master's and mba programmes, and covers optics and civil engineering as well.
- Hochschule Pforzheim shares the core fields of this school, namely ergonomics and UX, signal processing and fluid dynamics; it is far larger, with about 6,000 students against roughly 700 here, and is also a public institution.
- Where this institution leans on sound engineering, ergonomics and UX and nanotechnologies, Technische Universität Ilmenau does the same, and it covers metrology and transportations as well, and is far larger, with about 5,000 students against roughly 700 here.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Sapporo City University, in Japan, takes a similar route through sound engineering, ergonomics and UX and signal processing; it covers optics and project management as well, and is slightly larger, at about 800 students against roughly 700 here.
- If this institution is on your list for quality, nanotechnologies and signal processing, Höhere Fachschule für Technik Mittelland in Switzerland deserves a comparison, because it is also a public institution and does not run the doctoral programmes found here.
- A foreign alternative with a similar emphasis on quality, nanotechnologies and signal processing is INSTN in France, and it is also a public institution and also offers master's and graduate certificate programmes.
- Supméca offers an international parallel to this institution, with sound engineering, quality and signal processing as common ground; it also offers master's programmes and covers logistics and aerospace as well.
- If this school is on your list for quality, nanotechnologies and signal processing, École technique - École des métiers Lausanne, École Supérieure in Switzerland deserves a comparison, because it is slightly smaller, at about 500 students against roughly 700 here, and is also a public institution.
*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.
- Creative Design Strategies, Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM), Design for Sustainability, Design Thinking, Industrial Design, Innovation, Product Design, Prototyping, User-Centered Design
*: 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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