Address: Salzdahlumer Straße 46/48, 38302 Wolfenbüttel, Niedersachsen, Germany (Main Campus)
Automotive Engineering & Mechatronics, Computer Science & Business Informatics, Electrical Engineering & Renewable Energy
Ostfalia is a large university of applied sciences in Lower Saxony with multiple campuses (Wolfenbüttel, Wolfsburg, Salzgitter, Suderburg). It offers a wide range of programs in engineering, IT, business, and social work, with strong links to the automotive industry.
Domains taught:
Aerospace, AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Bioengineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Ergonomics and UX, 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, Sound Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics, Transportations
Diplomas*:
Bachelor, Master, MBA
Status:
Public
Partnerships:
Multiple campuses in a region with strong automotive industry (Volkswagen).
Research:
Vehicle technology and e-mobility, Industrial automation and robotics, Software engineering and AI, Renewable energy and environmental technology, Supply chain management.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
800
Current students***:
12000
Foreign students***:
N/A%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Wide range of applied engineering and IT programs, strong connections with automotive industry, multiple campus locations.
Cons
Geographically dispersed campuses.
Best For
Large university of applied sciences with strong programs in automotive, computer science, and electrical engineering.
Another national school that puts ergonomics and UX, logistics and transportations at the centre is Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Würzburg-Schweinfurt, and it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and mba.
Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg follows much the same lines as this institution, with sound engineering, ergonomics and UX and logistics as common ground, and it does not run the mba programmes found here and covers bioinformatics and nanotechnologies as well.
Hochschule Heilbronn is the closest domestic counterpart for logistics, aerospace and food science; it runs the same bachelor's, master's and mba programmes, and is smaller, enrolling about 8,000 students against roughly 12,000 here.
Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin takes a similar route through sound engineering, ergonomics and UX and logistics, and it is slightly larger, at about 14,000 students against roughly 12,000 here, and is also a public institution.
Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences works in much the same fields, chiefly sound engineering, ergonomics and UX and logistics, and it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and mba.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
The closest overseas parallel on food science, quality and geotechnics is Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, located in Switzerland; it is slightly larger, at about 14,000 students against roughly 12,000 here, and is also a public institution.
Abroad, Poznań University of Technology (Poland) covers sound engineering, logistics and aerospace in a comparable way, and it covers metrology and bioinformatics as well, and is slightly larger, at about 16,000 students against roughly 12,000 here.
Students considering a move abroad can look at Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France in France, where sound engineering, logistics and aerospace also form the core, and it is also a public institution and also offers doctoral programmes.
Kobe University brings a Japan setting to the same core fields, logistics, transportations and optics, and it also offers doctoral programmes and covers marine science and bioinformatics as well.
On content, Shizuoka University in Japan and this school are close, as both teach sound engineering, aerospace and food science; it covers astroscience and agriculture as well, and is slightly smaller, at about 10,000 students against roughly 12,000 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.
*: 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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