The RheinMain University of Applied Sciences (German

German language

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: Hochschule Rhein Main) is a university located in Wiesbaden

Wiesbaden

Wiesbaden is a city in southwest Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse. It has about 275,400 inhabitants, plus approximately 10,000 United States citizens...

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Germany

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History and Profile

The RheinMain University of Applied Sciences was founded in 1971.

The University of Applied Sciences at this time was called University of Applied Sciences Wiesbaden (German

German language

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: Fachhochschule Wiesbaden).

In September 2009 the University of Applied Sciences was renamed.

Since 1, September 2009 the University of Applied Sciences is called RheinMain University of Applied Sciences.

At the RheinMain University of Applied Sciences a wide variety of study programs is offered. These study programs are divided into the three following faculties:

• Faculty of Applied Social Sciences
• Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering
• Faculty of Design – Computer Science – Media
• Faculty of Engineering
• Geisenheim Faculty of Viticulture, Oenology, Horticulture, Beverage Technology and Landscape Architecture
• Wiesbaden Business School

The faculties of Social Sciences, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Design – Computer Science- Media, and the Wiesbaden Business School are located in Wiesbaden

Wiesbaden

Wiesbaden is a city in southwest Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse. It has about 275,400 inhabitants, plus approximately 10,000 United States citizens...

. The Faculty of Engineering is situated nearby Rüsselsheim

Rüsselsheim

Rüsselsheim is the largest town in the Groß-Gerau district in the Rhein-Main region of Germany. It is one of seven special status towns in Hesse and is located on the Main, only a few kilometres from its mouth in Mainz. The suburbs of Bauschheim and Königstädten are included in Rüsselsheim...

, and the Geisenheim Faculty can be found in Geisenheim

Geisenheim

Geisenheim is a town in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hessen, Germany, and is known as Weinstadt , Schulstadt , Domstadt and Lindenstadt ....

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More than 9.000 students study at RheinMain University of Applied Sciences: 5.200 in Wiesbaden, 2.600 in Rüsselsheim and 1.100 in Geisenheim (in summer 2009). They are enrolled in 46 different degree programs, including part-time and cooperative, distance learning and master's programs. The transition to bachelor's and master's programs is completed.

The RheinMain University of Applied Sciences has about 600 employees, 210 of them are professors.

Study locations at a Glance

The three study locations of the RheinMain University of Applied Sciences (Wiesbaden, Rüsselsheim, Geisenheim) are all allocated in the Rhein Main area. The Rhein Main area is situated in the center of Germany, nearby Frankfurt Airport

Frankfurt Airport

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Wiesbaden
The study location Wiesbaden consists of three campuses.

• Kurt-Schumacher-Ring

At the Kurt-Schumacher-Ring campus the following faculties can be found:
- Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering,
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- information studies division of the Faculty of Design –Computer Science – Media.

• Bleichstraße/Bertramstraße

The Bleichstraße/Bertramstraße campus can be found right in the center of Wiesbaden. The faculty of
- Wiesbaden Business School is situated there,as well as the Language Center and a specialized library, to name only a few of the institutions allocated at the Bleichstraße/Bertramstraße campus.

• Unter den Eichen

The media-focus degree programs of the faculty of Design – Computer Science – Media are situated on this campus.