Portraits of the Programme Universities

HSR Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil Switzerland is part of the East Switzerland University of Applied Sciences and provides courses in the fields of technology/ information technology, building and planning. The School offers six bachelor's courses in electrical engineering, computer science, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, landscape architecture and physical planning as well as numerous post-graduate and advanced learning programmes in all subjects. Lively technology and knowledge transfer characterise the HSR's application-oriented research and development activities. Its institutes, research units and centres are all highly successful, making the HSR a strong partner to business, industry and the public sector. Offering views of the Glarn Alps and located next to Lake Zurich, the modern school has the most beautiful campus in Switzerland and is also close to the railway station and the old quarter of Rapperswil. The popular and vibrant city of Zurich is a mere 30-minute train ride away.

The Nürtingen-Geislingen University is one of Baden-Württemberg's 22 applied sciences universities with a profile that allows it to stand alongside universities as an academic educational institution. It is characterised by hands-on teaching and application-oriented research. In addition to a master's programme in landscape architecture the university offers concentrated, practicerelated courses in the fields of business administration, international financial management, agronomics, food chain management, economics, international management, landscape planning/architecture, town planning and environmental studies. The Nürtingen-Geislingen University is one of the leading business universities in Germany. Nürtingen was once the home of the German lyric poet Hölderlin, and is located at the foot of the Swabian Alb highlands. The city offers a wide range of cultural activities, and its cosy bars and historic quarter lend it a very unique flair.

Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences is not only Germany's largest university in the field of green sciences, it is second to none in Bavaria in its range of courses in the field of biological engineering sciences, with the result that it attracts students from all over Germany as well as other countries. The Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences offers a unique combination of study programmes, namely agricultural marketing and agricultural management, bioinformatics, biotechnology, forestry, horticulture, landscape architecture, landscape construction and management, agriculture, environmental engineering, nutrition, and food supply management and food technology. Four post-graduate programmes - the Master of Business Administration in Agriculture (MBA), the International Master of Landscape Architecture (IMLA), the Master of Business Administration in Regional Management (MBA) and additional studies in animal husbandry and meat production - round off its extensive range of courses. Weihenstephan is a suburb of Freising, a former bishopric founded 1,200 years ago and now better known for its numerous facilities in the fields of nutrition, the environment and nature conservation. Thanks to its proximity to Munich, Nuremberg, the Bavarian Alps and the Franconian lakes, Freising offers a wide range of cultural and recreational activities.