About the university
A portrait of H-BRS
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, HEP3) contains the strategic objectives that the University intends to achieve as well as the concrete measures taken to reach these goals - the main motive being sustainability
Studying at Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
At Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, students can expect a practice-oriented course of study based on the latest research findings in around 40 degree programmes. There is also a range of continuing education and certificate degree programmes.
The professors have experience in science and business. An excellent technical infrastructure and well-equipped laboratories are just as much a matter of course here as numerous PC pools, university-wide Wi-Fi, a modern university and district library and an active campus life. H-BRS bundles its numerous cooperative doctoral programmes in the university's own Graduate Institute; around 100 PhD students are currently enrolled on doctoral programmes at H-BRS.
Research@H-BRS
As a University of Applied Sciences, H-BRS is intensively involved in practical research. A total of 17 research institutes cover a wide range of topics from detection technologies, genetics, sustainable development, resource conservation, security research and visual computing. In addition, the university conducts extensive research in cooperation with regional and national industry and has founded the Centre for Applied Research, where companies can rent space at the university for research questions.
History of the university
Unique in Germany, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg is the result of a joint initiative by the Bundestag and federal government, the state parliament and state government as well as the region as part of the Bonn-Berlin Compensation Agreement reached in 1994. The official founding date is 1 January 1995.
The special mission of the H-BRS: to create new academic teaching and research capacities and to contribute to the structural development of the economic region through practical projects and co-operation with industry. In the summer of 1999, the first 26 graduates receive their diplomas. By 2002, it had already surpassed its original target of 2,500 students and had to be expanded. Today's H-BRS has since been released from special federal funding and has created excellent teaching, learning and research conditions largely autonomously.
From the university to the world
In view of the changing demands of the labour market, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg intensively promotes study visits abroad. The summer schools, which are also supported by the university's development organisation, are attractive even for undergraduate students.
Learning at least one foreign language is compulsory. The university's own language centre offers a range of around 15 languages. The focus is on specialised language. Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg cooperates with around 80 foreign universities in around 40 countries. In the winter semester 2023/24, more than 18 per cent of foreign students are enrolled at the university.
Specialists for business and industry
We attach a lot of importance to training highly qualified specialists and executive staff for the national and international job market. In addition, we make our students familiar with company foundation 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 so as to enable them to jointly and actively shape their future.
Family-friendly university
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 manifold measures are also aimed at making the study of technical subjects more attractive to female pupils.
H-BRS - simply excellent!
A number of excellent rankings and achievement awards, above all the feedback received from satisfied students and alumni, prove that the University is already one of the top universities in many respects.
Facilities
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 by guest users. General and technical language courses are on the programme at the university's own Language Centre. CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) takes place in language laboratories on both sites.
Laboratories and studios
The university premises in Sankt Augustin and Rheinbach are quite 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.
PC pools
Students at the university are given their own e-mail address through the university, can access their exam results via the net and have access to the PC pools and project rooms at all times, where work can be done even after the regular opening hours.
Contact
Location
Sankt Augustin
Room
E 241
Address
Grantham-Allee 20
53757, Sankt Augustin
Contact hours
Montag bis Freitag: 10 bis 15:30 Uhr
Telephone
+49 2241 865 9712