Hochschule Pforzheim is a university of applied sciences known for its unique combination of design, engineering, and business programs, with a strong emphasis on practical skills and creativity.
Address: Tiefenbronner Straße 65, 75175 Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Mechanical Engineering & Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering & Information Technology, Industrial Design Engineering
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, Industrial Design, Life Sciences, Logistics, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Optics, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Robotics, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics, Transportations
Diplomas*:
- Bachelor, Master, MBA
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Strong in design, engineering, and business. Known for its School of Design and transportation design program.
Research:
Automotive engineering and design, Medical technology and precision engineering, Sustainable product development, Business informatics and digital innovation.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
450
Current students***:
6000
Foreign students***:
10%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Unique combination of design, engineering, and business, good industry connections, strong in transportation design.
Cons
Focus on applied sciences.
Best For
University of applied sciences known for design, engineering, and business, strong in transportation design.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- Hochschule Reutlingen offers a comparable education in ergonomics and UX, logistics and transportations: it covers quality and bioinformatics as well, and has almost the same size, at about 5,500 students.
- Both schools build their programmes around ergonomics and UX, logistics and transportations, and Hochschule Furtwangen University is the one to compare first within the country, since it covers food science and bioinformatics as well, and is slightly smaller, at about 5,000 students against roughly 6,000 here.
- The comparison with Hochschule Heilbronn is straightforward on subjects, since both focus on logistics, aerospace and transportations, and it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and mba.
- For students who like the ergonomics and UX, transportations and optics focus of this institution but want another option nearby, Technische Hochschule Deggendorf fits well: it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and mba, and covers geotechnics as well.
- Both schools build their programmes around ergonomics and UX, logistics and aerospace, and Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden is the one to compare first within the country, since it runs the same bachelor's, master's and mba programmes, and covers geotechnics as well.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Looking internationally, Takushoku University in Japan is where ergonomics and UX, transportations and optics get a comparable treatment; it does not run the mba programmes found here, and is larger, enrolling about 10,000 students against roughly 6,000 here.
- Gunma University, based in Japan, is built around transportations, optics and signal processing much like this school, and it is also a public institution and also offers doctoral programmes.
- Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, in Switzerland, takes a similar route through optics, signal processing and fluid dynamics; it is also a public institution and also offers diploma programmes.
- ZHAW School of Engineering in Switzerland is the nearest foreign match on aerospace, optics and signal processing; it covers metrology and quality as well, and is smaller, enrolling about 4,000 students against roughly 6,000 here.
- Vistula University brings a Poland setting to the same core fields, transportations, optics and fluid dynamics, and it runs the same bachelor's, master's and mba programmes, and covers geotechnics as well.
*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.
- Automotive, Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM), Design for Sustainability, Engineering, Industrial Design, Mechanical Engineer, Product Development, 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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