The Fachhochschule Düsseldorf is a Fachhochschule

Fachhochschule

A Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of tertiary education institution, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Greece...

 (University of Applied Sciences) with departments for social sciences and cultural studies, technical sciences, architecture, media, design and business education in Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...

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Its foundation was in 1971. It is the second largest University of Applied Sciences in North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...

, after the Fachhochschule Köln (Cologne).

List of Departments

• Dept. 1 - Architecture
• Dept. 2 - Design
• Dept. 3 - Electrical Engineering
• Dept. 4 - Mechanical and Process Engineering
• Dept. 5 - Media
• Dept. 6 - Social Sciences and Cultural Studies
• Dept. 7 - Business Studies

External links

• Official Website