THM is one of Germany’s largest universities of applied sciences, with campuses in Gießen, Friedberg, and Wetzlar. It offers a wide range of programs in engineering, computer science, life science engineering, and business.
Address: Wiesenstraße 14, 35390 Gießen, Hessen, Germany (Main Campus Gießen)
Mechanical Engineering & Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering & Information Technology, Life Science Engineering & Computer Science
Domains taught:
- Aerospace, AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, 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, Metrology, Microbiology and Genetics, Nanotechnologies, 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:
Largest university of applied sciences in Hessen. Strong industry collaborations.
Research:
Automation and robotics, Medical technology and biotechnology, Renewable energy and energy efficiency, Software engineering and AI, Industrial engineering and logistics.
Famous Alumnis:
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International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
800
Current students***:
18000
Foreign students***:
N/A%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Wide range of applied engineering and IT programs, strong practical orientation, multiple campuses serving Central Hessen.
Cons
Geographically dispersed campuses.
Best For
Largest university of applied sciences in Hessen, strong in engineering, IT, and life science engineering.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- Technische Hochschule Köln is the closest domestic counterpart for metrology, logistics and aerospace; it is slightly larger, at about 26,000 students against roughly 18,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg takes a similar route through logistics, aerospace and food science, and it does not run the doctoral programmes found here and covers sound engineering and ergonomics and UX as well.
- Technische Hochschule Wildau shares the core fields of this school, namely metrology, logistics and aerospace; it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral.
- Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of metrology, logistics and aerospace can consider Technische Universität Hamburg, and it is smaller, enrolling about 7,500 students against roughly 18,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- On content, Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau and this institution are close, as both teach logistics, aerospace and food science; it has almost the same size, at about 19,000 students, and is also a public institution.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- University of Tsukuba in Japan is the nearest foreign match on aerospace, food science and transportations; it covers astroscience as well, and has almost the same size, at about 17,000 students.
- University of Rzeszów offers an international parallel to this school, with aerospace, food science and transportations as common ground; it is also a public institution, and runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.
- Poznań University of Technology, based in Poland, is built around metrology, logistics and aerospace much like this institution, and it covers sound engineering as well, and has almost the same size, at about 16,000 students.
- Okayama University in Japan shares the aerospace, food science and transportations orientation of this school, and it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and covers astroscience and agriculture as well.
- Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich offers an international parallel to this school, with metrology, aerospace and food science as common ground; it is slightly larger, at about 24,500 students against roughly 18,000 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.
- Engineering, Information Technology (IT), Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Renewable Energy, Robotics
*: 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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