Mainz University of Applied Sciences
The Mainz University of Applied Sciences (German: "Hochschule Mainz"), is a 1971-founded university located in Mainz, Germany. The University of Applied Sciences Mainz consists of three faculties: School of Technology, School of Design and School of Business. The common feature of all fields of study is the practical orientation of the university, the short periods of study and the internationally orientated courses. In 2009 the School of Business, the School of Engineering with the departments Geoinformatics and Surveying and the administration of the university moved to the new location "Campus". All other departments will  move as well in the near future to the new location "Campus". History and profile. The Mainz University of Applied Sciences stands in the long tradition of two educational institutions from the "Electoral Mainz" and the "Grand Ducal Darmstadt". On the one hand the "craftsman drawing school" founded 1841 in Mainz (1933 renamed in "State School of Arts and Crafts", 1939 dissolved), whose origin can be seen in the 1757 founded "Electoral Academy of Painting and Sculpture". On the other hand, the "Grand Ducal State Construction School" founded in 1876 in Darmstadt (1933 renamed in the "State Building School"), in  1936 relocated from Darmstadt to Mainz. After the Second World War, the "Staatsbauschule und Landeskunstschule" was officially reopened on October 3, 1946 in the Auditorium Maximum of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz as the succession institution of the "State Building School" and the "State School of Arts and Crafts". In 1971 the University of Applied Sciences Rhineland-Palatinate was founded. In the year of 1996 the Mainz University of Applied Sciences was re-established as an independent university with three faculties: School of Engineering, School of Design and School of Business. At the Mainz University of Applied Sciences a wide variety  of study programs is offered, for example in architecture, civil engineering, geospatial and surveying, real estate project management, interior design, communication design, media design, technical building management, and economics (e.g. business management, international business, business law, career Integrating economics, economic computer science). Teaching and Research. Degree Programs. These study programs are divided into the three following faculties: The faculties are also divided in separate courses of studies: The faculty of Engineering offers: The faculty of Design offers: The faculty of Business offers: At the time of summer semester 2008, all graduate programs at the University of Applied Sciences were converted  on the Bologna Process to the international bachelor and master degrees. Faculties and departments. Location Campus Lucy-Hillebrand-Straße (Bretzenheim) Location Holzstraße (city center) Services. Library. The library is currently situated at the two locations: Campus and Holzstraße. The libraries at these locations provide the media for each faculty situated there: economics at the location at Campus; engineering and design at the location Holzstraße. The libraries provide books, journals, electronic media and videos for the each subject areas taught at the University of Applied Sciences. In addition, it offers daily and weekly newspapers, general reference books etc. The inventory is  as a rule freely accessible to everyone. Exceptions are CDs, DVDs, videos, DIN standards. AStA. The Mainz University of Applied Sciences has also an AStA. The General Students' Committee (German: Allgemeiner Studierendenausschuss) or AStA, is the acting executive board and the external representing agency of the (constituted) student body at the Mainz University of Applied Sciences. It is therefore considered the student government and student representative organization. The AStA is separating in following sectors: administration, office, finance, executive board, university policy, international subjects, culture, light and sound, public relation, social matters, sport, traffic and directorate. They have an International Consultant  for the special needs of foreign students. Furthermore, they offer social advice. The AStA also organize parties for the first year students and for the whole University.