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The Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, University of Applied Sciences (H-BRS) was founded in 1995. It is a dynamic and research-driven university with around 9,000 students, approximately 150 professors, and 260 research associates. Around 400 highly qualified lecturers support them from the fields of academia, business, and industry. An additional 200 employees work for the Administration, the Library, and the Language Centre. The University is located in Hennef, Rheinbach, and Sankt Augustin. In Bonn, the University of Applied Sciences runs the B-IT (Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology) jointly with Bonn University and Aachen Technical University (RWTH). The University Development Plan (Hochschulentwicklungsplan, HEP) contains the strategic objectives that the University intends to achieve and the concrete measures taken to reach these goals - the main motive being sustainability. At Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, you can currently choose from 35 practically-oriented study programs based on the latest research findings (19 bachelor's and 16 Master's programs). The University's professors have professional experience in both business and academia. Our excellent infrastructure and our well-equipped laboratories are just as integral to our offer as our numerous PC workstations, our university-wide W-LAN, our modern University and District Library, and our active campus life. After the reunification of East and West Germany in 1990, Berlin was chosen as the new, united Germany. In 1994 an agreement was reached to compensate Bonn in various ways to lose status and income. As an integral part of this agreement, the H-BRS was founded on the joint initiative of the federal parliament of Germany and the federal government of Germany, the parliament of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the federal state government of North Rhine-Westphalia - this is unique in the history of Germany. The University is specifically aimed at providing new academic tuition and research capacities and contributing to the structural advancement of the economic area through practical projects and cooperation with business and industry. In summer 1999, the first 26 graduates obtained their German "Diplom." As early as in 2002, the University reached its original goal of 2,500 students and thus had to be expanded. As it now stands, the University is not explicitly subsidized by the German federal government any longer; it provides excellent tuition, study, and research conditions on a largely autonomous basis. With a view of the job market's changing requirements, H-BRS sustainably supports periods of study abroad. Summer Schools are already suitable for students during their first semesters (Grundstudium). They are mainly subsidized by the University's Fund-Raising Association (Fördergesellschaft). It is compulsory to study at least one foreign language. The Language Centre, an integral part of the University, offers approximately 25 languages, focusing on technical language. The University cooperates with approximately 80 foreign universities in about 40 countries. In the winter semester of 2016/17, the proportion of international students enrolled at Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg was roughly 17 percent. We attach much importance to training highly qualified specialists and executive staff for the national and international job market. Also, we make our students familiar with the company founded as an alternative to employment by providing them with the necessary information and infrastructure at an early stage of their studies. The Alumni Network links alumni and current students within a continuously growing network to jointly and actively shape their future. We help students and employees to reconcile their study, academia, and family commitments by offering family-friendly measures to students and employees alike. The number of female professors and research associates working for the H-BRS is above average. Our various measures are also aimed at making the study of technical subjects more attractive to female pupils. Above all, the feedback received from satisfied students and alumni, several excellent rankings, and achievement awards prove that the University is already one of the top universities in many respects. H-BRS has an excellent technical infrastructure, well-equipped laboratories, and computer hubs with network access. State-of-the-art media are available to borrow from our University and District Libraries in Sankt Augustin, Rheinbach, and Hennef, including guest users. General and technical language courses are on the program at the University's own Language Centre. CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) takes place in language laboratories on both sites. The university premises in Sankt Augustin and Rheinbach are relatively new, being built between 1997 and 1999. Since 1999 they have been extended and developed, as a result of which the laboratories and studios are modern and equipped with the latest technology. Learning at the University is hands-on and in a technical environment that meets the latest standards. The University gives students at the University their e-mail address, can check their examination results online, and have constant access to the computer hubs and project rooms to work outside of the regular opening hours. Welcome to the online presence of the Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, University of Applied Sciences. On this website, you will find information on our offers for students, our general and subject-specific services for students, our know-how intuition, research, counseling, and transfer for close cooperation with partners from academia, business, and industry, politics, and society. International, innovative, networked, and committed to the leitmotif of sustainability - this is the challenge that our students and graduates rise to just as much as our employees. In 1995, i.e., shortly after the federal government offices had moved from Bonn to Berlin, our University was founded on the joint initiative of the federal parliament of Germany (Bundestag), the parliament of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia (Landtag NRW) and the federal state government of North Rhine-Westphalia (Landesregierung NRW) as an integral part of an agreement to compensate Bonn for its loss of status as the capital of Germany. Ever since then, the University has been undergoing continuous development. We believe that those who want to be top of the league continuously have to ask themselves whether or not they still meet the requirements and challenges of the present and the future. For us, this means: we want to become even more innovative, even more, international and even better linked with each other. To achieve this goal, we need you because you represent what our University stands for: you as our cooperation partner, you as a person who asks questions and gives us constructive feedback. This is how you contribute to our development and exchange of information. No matter whether you are an applicant or a parent, self-employed, an academic, or otherwise interested: it is your inspiration, your criticism, your wishes, but also your positive feedback that is very welcome to us. H-BRS is a dynamic university on three campuses: Sankt Augustin, Rheinbach, and Hennef. Our enthusiastic professors and research associates are involved in both teaching and research, and we also have lecturers from the fields of business, industry, and academia. Our continually expanding range of courses includes degree courses in Business Administration, Computer Science, Technical Journalism/PR, Engineering, Applied Natural Sciences, and Social Insurance Management. The headquarters and administrative offices of the University are located in Sankt Augustin. View full university