FH Südwestfalen is a university of applied sciences with campuses in Hagen, Iserlohn, Meschede, Soest, and Lüdenscheid, serving the South Westphalia region with programs in engineering, IT, agriculture, and business.
Address: Baarstraße 6, 58636 Iserlohn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (Iserlohn Campus – Engineering/IT)
Mechanical Engineering & Automotive, Electrical Engineering & Information Technology, Computer Science & Agricultural Engineering
Domains taught:
- Aerospace, Agriculture, AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Bioengineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Food Science, Geotechnics, Industrial Design, Life Sciences, Logistics, 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, Doctor, Master
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Multi-campus university serving the South Westphalia industrial and rural region.
Research:
Automotive engineering and mechatronics, Automation and industrial IT, Agricultural technology and sustainable farming, Renewable energy systems.
Famous Alumnis:
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International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
500
Current students***:
12000
Foreign students***:
N/A%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Wide regional coverage, diverse applied programs relevant to local industries and agriculture.
Cons
Geographically dispersed campuses, focus on applied sciences.
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University of applied sciences serving South Westphalia with programs in engineering, IT, and agriculture.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- Both schools build their programmes around logistics, aerospace and agriculture, and Hochschule Osnabrück is the one to compare first within the country, since it is slightly larger, at about 14,000 students against roughly 12,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- Fachhochschule Dortmund - University of Applied Sciences and Arts offers a comparable education in logistics, aerospace and food science: it is also a public institution, and runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.
- Fachhochschule Kiel is the closest domestic counterpart for logistics, aerospace and agriculture; it is smaller, enrolling about 8,000 students against roughly 12,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- For students who like the aerospace, transportations and optics focus of this institution but want another option nearby, Fachhochschule Aachen fits well: it is slightly larger, at about 15,000 students against roughly 12,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen overlaps with this institution on logistics, aerospace and food science, so the two are easy to compare, and it is also a public institution, and runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Seen from abroad, Tamagawa University (Japan) is a close relative on subject matter, since logistics, aerospace and agriculture are central to both, and it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and covers ergonomics and UX and bioinformatics as well.
- Shizuoka University offers an international parallel to this institution, with aerospace, agriculture and food science as common ground; it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and covers sound engineering and astroscience as well.
- For a study option in Poland with a comparable spread of aerospace, agriculture and food science, University of Agriculture in Krakow is the reference point: it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and covers bioinformatics and microbiology and genetics as well.
- University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz brings a Poland setting to the same core fields, agriculture, food science and transportations, and it is smaller, enrolling about 7,000 students against roughly 12,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- For agriculture, food science and quality outside the home country, Berner Fachhochschule in Switzerland is a natural reference; it is also a public institution and also offers diploma programmes.
*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.
- Agriculture, Automotive, Engineering, Information Technology (IT), Mechanical Engineer, Product Development, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Development
*: 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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