Universities of applied sciences: What is taught?
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The universities of applied sciences (FH) prepare students for professional activities that require the application of scientific knowledge and methods by means of a practice-oriented curriculum.
A total of 300 practice-orientated studies are offered in the following fields:
A total of 300 practice-orientated studies are offered in the following fields:
| Technical and information technology: electrical engineering, automobile engineering, building services engineering, mechanical engineering, micro engineering, media engineering, informatics, telecommunication, systems engineering, industrial engineering | |
| Architecture, civil engineering and planning design: architecture, land use planning, landscape architecture, civil engineering, timber processing technology, geomatics | |
| Chemistry and life sciences: chemistry, biotechnology, food technologies, life technologies, environmental engineering technologies, oenology | |
| Agriculture and forestry | |
| Economics and services: business administration, facility management, hotel business, tourism, information management, information and documentation, communication | |
| Design: visual communication, product and industrial design, interior design, conservation and restoration | |
| Healthcare: care, physiotherapy, ergotherapy, midwifery, nutritional consultancy | |
| Social work: social work, social pedagogics, socio-cultural animation, general societal work |
| Music, theatre and other applied arts: instrumental and vocal music teaching, interpretation and performance, school music and church music, conducting, special musical fields, theatre worker as performing artist, theatre worker as art director, visual art, teaching profession for design and arts | |
| Applied linguistics: translation, interpreting | |
| Applied psychology. |
In addition there are the study courses of the universities of teacher education (Pädagogische Hochschulen), which are responsible for all forms of teacher training.

