FH Campus Vienna becomes the University of Applied Sciences!

FH Campus Vienna becomes the University of Applied Sciences!

The FH Campus Vienna renamed July 14, 2025 and is now entitled "University of Applied Sciences Campus Vienna". This name change is part of the amended University of Applied Sciences Act, which has been in force since July 2024. With the new name, the university would like to highlight its application -oriented research and increase its international visibility. The University of Applied Sciences has been active for over twenty years and offers practical and interdisciplinary training programs based on application -oriented research ots.at reports that ... .

The Campus Wien University of Applied Sciences is the largest and most diverse university for applied sciences in Austria with seven departments and over 70 study programs. Your approximately 8,500 students are enrolled at two locations and two cooperation locations. The courses offered are located in the areas of applied nursing science, applied life sciences, building and designing, health sciences, social issues, technology as well as administration, business, security and politics. In addition, the university operates application -oriented research in ten subject -specific research centers that deal with significant technological, economic and social developments. The subsidiaries of the university, such as the FH Campus Wien Research and Development GmbH, also fit their names accordingly to Research-haw.de

application -centered research and training

universities for applied sciences (HAW), as well as the Campus Wien University of Applied Sciences, play a central role in the Austrian university system. These institutions offer practical training that meets the needs of industry and ensure that students are prepared for the labor market with relevant skills. Around 240 HAWS are active in Germany, and in the winter semester 2022/2023, over a third of the students were enrolled at a HAW. Haws has been a supporting pillar of the German knowledge and research landscape research-haw.de

global visibility and social influence

The renaming to the University of Applied Sciences Campus Vienna is not only an important step for the institution itself, but also for the perception of technical colleges in the international education landscape. The aim is to make the degrees more comparable and at the same time increase the global visibility of research and teaching. The university is not only an important educational provider in Austria, but also acts internationally and offers interdisciplinary research approaches that address social challenges ots.at, that… .