Hochschule Wismar is a university of applied sciences offering programs in technology (engineering, IT), business, and design, with a practical and international orientation.
Address: Philipp-Müller-Straße 14, 23966 Wismar, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Mechanical Engineering & Process Technology, Civil Engineering & Architecture, Information Technology & Multimedia
Domains taught:
- 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, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marine Science, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Optics, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Robotics, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Sound Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics, Transportations
Diplomas*:
- Bachelor, Diploma, Master
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Located in the Hanseatic city of Wismar. Focus on applied research and international exchange.
Research:
Maritime technologies and shipbuilding (related design/engineering), Renewable energy and building technology, Digital media and communication design (technical aspects), Business informatics.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
300
Current students***:
4000
Foreign students***:
10%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Good applied programs in engineering and IT, strong design faculty, international programs (e.g., with partner in Warnemünde for maritime).
Cons
Focus on applied sciences.
Best For
Applied sciences in engineering, IT, and design with a focus on maritime and renewable technologies.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- On content, Hochschule Offenburg and this school are close, as both teach sound engineering, logistics and transportations; it covers ergonomics and UX and food science as well, and has almost the same size, at about 4,000 students.
- Among national alternatives, Hochschule Flensburg stands out for its focus on logistics, marine science and transportations, and it does not run the diploma programmes found here and covers food science and bioinformatics as well.
- Among national alternatives, Hochschule Düsseldorf - University of Applied Sciences stands out for its focus on sound engineering, transportations and quality, and it does not run the diploma programmes found here and covers ergonomics and UX as well.
- Think of Hochschule RheinMain University of Applied Sciences when sound engineering, logistics and transportations is the priority: it is also a public institution and does not run the diploma programmes found here.
- Fachhochschule Kiel offers a comparable education in sound engineering, logistics and marine science: it is larger, enrolling about 8,000 students against roughly 4,000 here, and is also a public institution.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Berner Fachhochschule offers an international parallel to this school, with quality, geotechnics and optics as common ground; it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and diploma.
- For quality, geotechnics and optics outside the home country, Hochschule Luzern in Switzerland is a natural reference; it runs the same bachelor's, master's and diploma programmes, and covers ergonomics and metrology as well.
- For a study option in Japan with a comparable spread of transportations, geotechnics and optics, University of Kitakyushu is the reference point: it also offers doctoral programmes and covers food science and microbiology and genetics as well.
- Kyoto Institute of Technology, based in Japan, is built around optics, signal processing and fluid dynamics much like this institution, and it also offers doctoral programmes and covers ergonomics and UX and aerospace as well.
- A foreign alternative with a similar emphasis on transportations, quality and geotechnics is Koszalin University of Technology in Poland, and it is also a public institution and also offers doctoral 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.
- Civil Engineering, Design for Manufacturing (DfM), Design Thinking, Information Technology (IT), Project Management, Quality Management, 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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