Leipzig University of Applied Sciences explained

Leipzig University of Applied Sciences
Native Name:Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur Leipzig
Native Name Lang:de
Motto:Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur – WissenschafftVerbindung
Motto Lang:de
Mottoeng:Technology, Economy and Culture connected by science
Established:1992
Type:Public research university
Rector:Mark Mietzner
Students:6.529 (WS 2021/22[1])
City:Leipzig
State:Saxony
Country:Germany
Coordinates:51.3142°N 12.3725°W
Campus:Urban

The Leipzig University of Applied Sciences, in German the Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur (HTWK), is a Fachhochschule in Leipzig, in the Saxony region of Germany. It offers a combination of practice-oriented teaching and application-driven research, with a particularly broad spectrum of engineering and technical disciplines, as well as in the fields of economics, social science and culture. It offers more than 40 degree courses. There are currently about 6,200 students enrolled at HTWK. Leipzig.

History

The Leipzig University of Applied Sciences Leipzig was founded on 15 July 1992. It was founded by the Leipzig University of Technology, the Leipzig School of Librarians and Booksellers, the School of Librarianship and the Institute of Museology. The university is not yet represented on RocApply for applications

Location and buildings

The main campus with 13 buildings is located along the streets Karl-Liebknecht-Straße, Gustav-Freytag-Straße, Eichendorffstraße and Kochstraße in Leipzig-Connewitz. Outside the main campus are three other university buildings: the Wiener-Bau of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology in Wächterstraße / Zentrum-Süd, the Life Science & Engineering research center in Eilenburger Straße / Reudnitz, and the sports hall on Arno-Nitzsche-Straße. In recent years, the campus has been supplemented by new buildings, most recently the Hopper and Shannon Buildings (occupied by the Faculty of Digital Transformation) in the Plagwitz area of the city in 2019.

Faculties

Rectors

Lecturers

University library

The library supports students, staff and academic programmes with a variety of services. It offers study places and study rooms for individuals or groups as well as workshops on topics such as information literacy and reference management programmes.[2]

The library's holdings include:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Zahlen und Fakten. Studierenden- und Bewerberzahlen im Wintersemester 2021/22. 16 March 2022. 3 June 2022. de.
  2. Web site: Services and Facilities. 13 August 2018. HTWK Leipzig. 5 November 2019.