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Green. Innovative. Practical. Welcome to Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, the German university is specializing in green engineering courses. At the heart of all our courses are the natural world and our place in it. From molecules to landscaping, from energy to health – in all our degree programs, we focus on the efficient and sustainable use of natural resources. Our 6,400 students live and study on the largest green campus in Germany, made up of the Weihenstephan and the Triesdorf campuses. Our outstanding learning facilities include show gardens, pilot plants, laboratories, and a biotechnology center. We work actively to preserve natural resources and ensure long-term competitiveness. We foster our students to become responsible engineers and equip them with a first-class education to face the national and international employment market.
Green, innovative, and practical - Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences in a nutshell. Since it was founded in 1971, it has developed a unique profile. No other university of applied sciences has a comparable range of subjects clearly and consistently oriented towards green subjects. Uniquely in Bavaria, the degree programs cover everything to do with nature, food, and the environment in the very broadest sense, ranging from the scientific to the artistic, from high-tech to Land Art, from molecules via trees through to landscape areas.
The environmental management system at the Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences has been validated following EMAS. This makes it Bavaria's second university to tackle the European Union's demanding environmental regulations. As early as 2009, the Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences reached target agreements with the Bavarian State Ministry for Science, Research and the Arts relating to the development of an "ecologically sustainable and resource-efficient university." As part of this process, in 2012, a decision was made to introduce an environmental management system to be audited by external consultants. The university decided to implement an environmental management system based on the European Union's EMAS regulations (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme).
Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences is split into two sections, Weihenstephan and Triesdorf, which are home to seven departments. Together, they offer 19 bachelor's degree programs, 13 work-study degree programs, and 12 master's degree programs. The subjects offered to form a self-contained cluster of subject areas that cover essential aspects of human life. It begins with agricultural raw material production, includes animal products, covers relevant issues in food and food supply, considers environmental concerns, and extends to the development of rural and urban spaces. Accordingly, Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences provides education and training covering the entire supply chain - from the field to the table, or from the field to the electric wall socket. With study placements and work placements, degree programs leading to a double degree, and active collaborations with more than 80 educational institutions worldwide, the education and training provided also have an international perspective.
What marks Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences out and makes it such a success is the direct practical relevance and sound scientific basis of the education and training it provides. It is part of its philosophy to educate and train students for opportunities in various occupations, thereby also meeting the needs of industry and business. Knowledge and technology transfer is the link between the university and businesses, associations, and institutions. Research has equal priority.
Weihenstephan-Triesdorf is the only university of applied sciences in Germany that has consistently specialized in green engineering degree programs. All subjects are based on nature, man, and natural resources. From the molecule to the apple, from energy to health, from fields of wheat to spaces to live and landscape areas - in all the degree programs, the focus is on managing and using natural resources both efficiently and sustainably.
Our students live and learn on the largest green campus in Germany. Show gardens, experimental farms, laboratories, and a biotechnology center all provide an excellent learning environment. The atmosphere is informal and friendly - our students are at the heart of all we do.
Most of our students come from our region in Germany our partner universities are located around the world. This allows us to offer our students study placements, projects, and the preparation of final dissertations and research proposals worldwide.
All Departments at Weihenstephan-Triesdorf conduct research that is interdisciplinary and practice-based in nature and international in scope. All Departments collaborate closely with one another, and we are continuing to expand our collaboration with other universities both in Germany and abroad. As a partner to business and industry, we focus on applied research and deliver results with practical relevance in collaboration with them. These results in turn feedback into our students' education and training and allow us to keep the content of our programs up-to-date and relevant in practice. Quality management is a fundamental principle of our university of applied sciences.
For us, quality management is a permanent process in which we all play a role. Our quality management systems cover all areas of the university. It helps us to pursue clear strategies, achieve our objectives, and maintain transparency and sustainability.
Our staff is our most precious asset. Their subject expertise and social skills ensure our success. For us, respect, trust in one another, professional development, career opportunities, and flexible work models are all a given. Half of our students are women. In this respect, Weihenstephan-Triesdorf ranks first in engineering degree programs in Germany. This is an incentive for us to strive for equality of opportunity, the promotion of women, and a family-friendly attitude in all university areas.
The aim of research and teaching at Weihenstephan-Triesdorf is the efficient and sustainable management of nature and natural resources. We are actively working on maintaining the fundamentals of life and ensuring sustainable competitiveness. With this perspective, we educate and train our students to be responsible engineers, who then have the first-class education and training to be ideally placed for employment both in Germany and abroad.
On 19 March 2014, the Bavarian Minister of Science, Dr. Ludwig Spaenle, and the then President of Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, Prof. Dr h.c. (MSUA) Hermann Heiler signed an agreement outlining the objectives for the further development of Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences by 2018.
University of Applied Sciences Innovation Alliance 2013 (Innovationsbündnis Hochschule 2013) The agreement is based on the University of Applied Science Innovation Alliance 2018 concluded by the Bavarian state government with the state universities of applied sciences and state universities in 2013. With the alliance, the state government guarantees the universities a reliable financial framework and the required planning security for 2014 to 2018. In return, the universities undertake to be actively involved in implementing key higher education policy objectives. Also, individual targets are agreed with each university depending on their specific profile.
In addition to teaching with a practical orientation, applied research and development have developed over the last few years to become a second core area in universities in applied sciences. Thanks to various funding programs, mainly through the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF), universities have significantly expanded on their strengths in application-oriented research, the transfer of knowledge and technology with companies, and educating the next generation of researchers.
With the coming into power of the 2006 Bavarian Higher Education Act, the then "Fachhochschulen," now known as 'universities of applied sciences,' were first permitted to work in the field of applied research. Until this time, research was kept within the universities, focusing on basic research, meaning new insights were therefore chiefly achieved through experimental or theoretical work without direct application. Applied research, too, focuses on acquiring new knowledge, but with particular emphasis that results should feed into practice, where they will find the application.


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