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Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences can look back on over 100 years’ of education tradition. Its predecessor institutions are the Geestemünde School of Navigation established in 1879 and the City Technical College inaugurated in 1884. Today, the University has about 2.600 students. The curricula and research activities of the courses are targeted at what is needed in practice and gives this new impetus through future-oriented developments. Most diploma theses are compiled in close co-operation with regional businesses and contribute to strengthening the competitiveness of the economy. This mutual exchange of ideas however also has a stimulating effect on teaching.

The combination of over 100 years’ of practice-oriented teaching experience and future-oriented research is also expressed in the innovative architecture of the University’s new buildings. The former emigrants’ house – in the last century the final port of call for many people before their departure to the New World – today houses the library and the canteen. The brick building’s glass-roofed entrance hall charmingly links parts of the old emigrants’ house of 1849 with the modern lecture rooms and laboratories. As a meeting place, it also helps continue the long tradition of dialogue between representatives from politics, commerce and science in a pleasant atmosphere.

Courses at Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences focus on engineering and economics: Business Administration, Bioanalytics, Change Management in SMEs, Cruise Industry Management, Digital Media, Information Technology, Business Information Systems, Food Technology, Food Economics, Logistics Engineering and Management, Maritime Technologies, Medical Engineering, Process Engineering and Energy Technology, Production Technology, Transport/Logistics, Ship Operation Engineering, Supply Engineering and Plant Operation Engineering as well as the online course in Media Information Technology.

With its location in the centre of the City of Bremerhaven and between the mouth of the Geeste and the North Sea, Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences displays its links to the city as well as its maritime and international roots. The prospects of studying at Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences are aimed not just at a career in Germany but also take into account the international employment market.

Mobility and flexibility are also supported through improvement of language skills. Apart from English, the important business languages of French and Spanish are also offered. Additional courses in marketing, management, personnel management and business administration round off the framework of a traditional engineering course.
Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences is continuously expanding its international partnerships with other institutions, whereby special value is placed on ensuring that these enable students of all disciplines to undertake periods of stay abroad.