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RWU is a university of applied sciences in one of the strongest economic regions in Europe. It combines academic teaching with practical relevance, creating ideal conditions for future-oriented studies. RWU offers a diverse, interdisciplinary range of courses in the fields of technology, business and social studies, which are consistently geared towards the requirements of society and the world of work.
Personal support and practical learning
A special feature of RWU is the close exchange between students, lecturers, companies and social partners. Small study groups, personal support and trusting cooperation characterize everyday student life. The informal campus creates an environment in which students can discover, test and develop their individual potential. The interdisciplinary dialog promotes creative thinking, a sense of responsibility and the ability to play an active role in shaping the future.
Internationality and exchange
Around 3,500 young people from different countries and cultures are currently studying at RWU. This international diversity enriches campus life, as do the numerous collaborations with partner universities on all continents. They provide students with valuable opportunities for semesters abroad, international projects and intercultural experiences that have an impact far beyond their studies.
Individual development and future prospects
Studying at RWU means more than just acquiring specialist knowledge. It is a time of personal development in which talents are recognized and promoted, in which students grow into responsible specialists and leaders. RWU sees itself as a place of learning, exchange and inspiration - a place where the future begins.
| Acronym | RWU |
| Motto / Slogan | Potenziale entwickeln. Zukunft gestalten. Realizing potential. Shaping the future. |
| Colour | Burgundy and Grey |
| Mascot | Lion |
| Founded | 1964 |
| Location | Weingarten, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| Address | RWU Hochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences P.O. Box 30 22 88216 Weingarten Germany, Doggenriedstraße 70 88250 Weingarten Germany |
"The student is at the heart of everything They do”
Their degree programs are forward-looking and internationally oriented. They equip their students with professional qualifications and interdisciplinary competencies.
Their teaching is practice-based, professional, partnership-based, personalized, and passionate. They use digital formats to augment in-person classes taught on a small, friendly campus.
Applied research is integrated into our teaching. They share their scientific findings with broader society.
Forward-looking Degree Programs
They offer bachelor and master degree programs, which evolve alongside the interests of applicants and the requirements of an ever-changing professional world. We facilitate lifelong learning by offering continuing education programs that fit into the schedules of working professionals. Master‘s graduates at RWU are qualified to continue on to a PhD program should they choose to do so. Their lecturers keep their professional and didactic knowledge up to date.
Internationally Oriented
They view internationalization as a strategic goal. That‘s why they specifically design our courses and programs so that international students and teachers can find an academic home at RWU. They also help their students, lecturers, and staff gain international experience, be it through a semester abroad, staff exchange programs, or cooperations with partner universities around the world. They offer language classes and intercultural training to all university staff.
Interdisciplinary Competencies
They provide their students with a wide range of soft skills. A special emphasis is placed on critical thinking and problem-solving skills, i.e. the ability to analyze, understand, and overcome complex challenges.
Equip
They give their students the tools they need to follow their own professional and personal paths. They facilitate lifelong learning via a wide range of continuing education programs. Many of their graduates later return to RWU with professional experience and share their knowledge as experts with subsequent generations of students.
Practice-based, Professional, Partnership-based, Personalized, and Passionate
These are the five aspects that characterize teaching and learning at their university. See our „Good Teaching and Learning“ mission statement.
Friendly Campus
RWU has a walkable campus, friendly staff, and small class sizes. Supporting their students with personalized counselling is very important to them.
Digital Formats
They augment face-to-face teaching with blended learning. That means they use didactic best practices to combine different methods and media from in-person instruction as well as e-learning to create added value for their students.
Integrated into Our Teaching
Their teachers illustrate current research topics by incorporating their own applied research into the courses they teach and enabling students to participate in research projects.
Share Their Scientific Findings
As a public university, one of their goals is to contribute to overcoming the challenges currently facing their society. They draw from their various fields of expertise to advise organizations and corporations and support them in their research and development projects. In doing so, they also seek to strengthen the broader Lake Constance and Upper Swabia region as a place to live and do business.
"They are a beacon of learning in the region”
Their students learn in a modern, quality-oriented academic environment and receive the best possible support in developing their talents. Their graduates are sought-after professionals and future leaders.
Their staff and teachers value the university as an attractive place to work. They can count on a wide range of professional development opportunities within a family-friendly working environment.
Their university is well connected within the region and around the globe. They are renowned for our distinctive range of courses and their culture of independent research.
Modern
They teach up-to-date course content using modern infrastructure, technology, and methods. Their premises are contemporary, inviting, and equipped with state-of-the-art technology. Work and study spaces are available for both individuals and teams. Their administrative processes are fast, streamlined, and optimized with the help of digitalization.
Quality-oriented
Quality management is a cornerstone of their teaching, research, continuing education, and administration. They think and act in a quality and service-oriented way. This includes measures such as reliable evaluation processes, regular student counseling, quick responses to student inquiries, as well as performance reviews measured against many different benchmarks. Continuous improvement is an integral part of our mindset. Teachers and employees take ownership of their own professional development.
Academic Environment
Research is an important part of university life for both teachers and students. Their students are active participants in research projects, especially at their research institutes. RWU teaches cutting edge content and pioneers new didactic concepts.
Support
They promote student initiatives, projects, and start-ups, which give our students the opportunity to discover and test their talents and professional interests.
An Attractive Place to Work
Autonomy and self-determination are features of every position at their university. They offer the opportunity to work remotely in order to promote productivity and employee satisfaction, as well as be a family-friendly workplace. The leadership principles at RWU are practiced throughout the university and contribute to the collaborative achievement of goals as well as to a positive working environment. Regular, constructive feedback and the promotion of employee health are integral to their workplace culture.
Wide Range of Professional Development Opportunities
They foster the interests and talents of their teachers and staff through targeted professional development, continuing education, and training. They encourage employees to participate in university committees and projects.
Family-friendly Working Environment
As a family-friendly university, they offer their students, lecturers, and staff customized solutions in order to achieve the greatest possible compatibility between school/work and family responsibilities.
Well Connected
They are a respected and sought-after partner for cooperation and research for companies in the region and beyond. We maintain active cooperation with numerous universities worldwide. Their students benefit from this network and contribute to it as alumni.
Distinctive Range of Courses
The range of courses they offer is unique in the region. It sets them apart from other universities of applied sciences. The courses they teach reflect the future needs and challenges facing their society in the fields of technology, economics, and the social sciences.
A Culture of Independent Research
Research at RWU follows the guidelines of the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) and is free from undue influence from both internal and external economic and political interests. They foster a culture of frank and open discussion without prejudice and promote critical thinking and ideology-free debate on research topics and trends. Their professors are active contributors to this research culture and regard research as a natural and important part of their work at RWU. This includes participation in international research groups and networks, among other activities.
RWU is a university of applied sciences in one of the strongest economic regions in Europe. It combines academic teaching with practical relevance, creating ideal conditions for future-oriented studies. RWU offers a diverse, interdisciplinary range of courses in the fields of technology, business and social studies, which are consistently geared towards the requirements of society and the world of work.
A special feature of RWU is the close exchange between students, lecturers, companies, and social partners. Small study groups, personal support, and trusting cooperation characterize everyday student life. The informal campus creates an environment in which students can discover, test, and develop their individual potential. The interdisciplinary dialog promotes creative thinking, a sense of responsibility, and the ability to play an active role in shaping the future.
Around 3,500 young people from different countries and cultures are currently studying at RWU. This international diversity enriches campus life, as do the numerous collaborations with partner universities on all continents. They provide students with valuable opportunities for semesters abroad, international projects and intercultural experiences that have an impact far beyond their studies.
Studying at RWU means more than just acquiring specialist knowledge. It is a time of personal development in which talents are recognized and promoted, in which students grow into responsible specialists and leaders. RWU sees itself as a place of learning, exchange and inspiration - a place where the future begins.
Admission requirements vary by course and program. View the specific requirements on the program page
ENGLISCH LANGUAGE SKILLS
Applicants who are interested in an English-speaking Bachelor's or Master's degree program must provide proof of sufficient English language skills.
Recognized certificates:
Admission requirements vary by course and program. View the specific requirements on the program page.
ENGLISCH LANGUAGE SKILLS
Applicants who are interested in an English-speaking Bachelor's or Master's degree program must provide proof of sufficient English language skills.
Recognized certificates:
1. Registration on hochschulstart.de
When applying for the first semester of the admission-restricted Bachelor's degree programs, the first step is to register at Hochschulstart as these study places are allocated via the dialog-oriented service procedure (DoSV) on Hochschulstart.de.
A BID and BAN number is assigned during registration. As these numbers will be required at a later date and possibly also for applications to other universities, it is important to make a note of them.
For applications to higher semesters or for applications for their Master's degree programs or Bachelor's degree programs without admission, no registration at Hochschulstart is required.
2. Registration in the RWU application portal
The next step is to register in the RWU application portal is required. When applying for a degree program that participates in the dialog-oriented service procedure (DoSV), you will be asked for your BID and BAN in the RWU application portal. However, this information can also be entered at a later date. Further instructions on registration can be found in the portal.
After registration, the user ID will be sent by e-mail. Applicants can use this to log in to the RWU application portal and process their application.
3. Complete and submit the application form
After successfully logging in to the RWU application portal the application can be started. Documents such as the university entrance qualification (HZB) are required for the application and should be kept ready for upload.
Once the online application has been successfully completed, the final step is"Submit application" to submit the application electronically.
4. Prioritization of applications via Hochschulstart
This step is only necessary when applying for several degree programs that are awarded via the Dialogue-Oriented Service Procedure (DoSV). In this case, after applying in the RWU Portal, the applications must be prioritized on Hochschulstart must be prioritized.
If several admission offers are received, the applications with admission offers that were prioritized low are automatically eliminated.
Steps for prioritization:
The prioritization is only visible on Hochschulstart and not in the RWU application portal.
5. Check application status
The current application status can be checked at any time in the RWU application portal at any time. Our Admissions Office will process incoming applications as quickly as possible. With a valid application, applicants automatically take part in the selection procedure which starts after the application deadline. In the case of admission-free degree programs, admission offers are allocated on an ongoing basis and before the application deadline.
Those who are admitted receive an offer of admission. If the applicant wishes to accept the place, the next step is to enrollment at RWU.
If admission cannot be granted by the end of the admission procedure, applicants will receive a letter of rejection. A letter of exclusion is issued if the application documents have not been received in full or are invalid for the selection procedure.
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He serves as the legal representative of the university. Spägele was re-elected for his third term, which runs until 2028. In 2025, he was nominated for the prestigious "University Manager of the Year" award in Germany.
October 1971
Transfer of the state engineering schools to universities of applied sciences and introduction of the rectorate constitution.
March 1973
First elected Rector: Professor Dr. Karl Dieter, Vice-Rector: Professor Dr. Wolfgang Brauch.
November 1971
The state government decides to relocate Ravensburg University of Applied Sciences to Weingarten.
October 1982
Studies begin in the main building in Dogg... read more
Winter semester 1989/1990
25 years Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences
July 1999
1st issue of the university magazine "Konzepte"
November 2004
The University of Applied Sciences celebrates its 40th birthday. The highlight of the events in the anniversary year is the alumni festival on November 27, 2004.
January 2005
Henning Rudewig replaces Peter Holländer as Administrative Director.
Spring 2005
The "Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences" is now called "Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences".
Winter semester 2005/2006
The university now only offers Bachelor's and Master's degree courses.
September 2008
The new Rector, Professor Dr. Thomas Spägele, takes office. Professor Dr. Franz Brümmer and Professor Dr. Michael Pfeffer are appointed Vice-Rectors.
August 2009
The Formula Student Team's first racing car is ready.
February 2012
The universities of Aalen, Esslingen, Heilbronn, Mannheim, Ravensburg-Weingarten, Reutlingen and Stuttgart Media University form a network within the Hochschulföderation SüdWest (HfSW).
December 2012
The Chancellor of Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences, Henning Rudewig, was confirmed in office for a further eight years.
July 2013
The Rector of Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences, Professor Dr. Thomas Spägele, takes up his second eight-year term of office.
March 2015
Since March 15, 2015, Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences has been certified with the "family-friendly university audit", thereby increasing its attractiveness as a place to study, work and research.
December 2015
New campus app: students can use the campus app on their smartphone to find out about their lecture plans, grades or the canteen schedule.
February 2016
The "International Conference on Optics-photonics Design and Fabrication" (ODF) takes place for the first time in Western Europe from February 29 to March 2, 2016. Around 170 optics experts from all over the world are guests at Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences.
December 2016
Twelve students from Israel's Technion University in Haifa are visiting the university in Weingarten for a project week. German and Israeli students are working together across national borders in the "Formula ATID" project.
January 2017
At its meeting on 26 January 2017, the Senate of Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences elected Professor Dr. Zerrin Harth to the position of Vice-Rector. The newly tailored area of responsibility includes the topics of diversity, continuing education and student life.
March 2017
In the Wirtschaftswoche ranking, Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences takes ninth place in Business Informatics - a top result considering that this is a nationwide survey.
April 2017
Another milestone for a forward-looking university: the groundbreaking ceremony for the new e-mobility laboratory takes place on April 28.
May 2017
Minister of Science Theresia Bauer is a guest at Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences on "Teaching Day.
March 2018
The Higher Education Federation SouthWest (HfSW) is opening a contact office in Pune, India. In future, the branch office will serve as a contact point for Indian applicants as well as intensify networking between the universities and the local universities and companies.
May 2018
The Formula Student Team Weingarten celebrates its tenth anniversary and has built two racing cars for the first time to mark the occasion. The Combustion vehicle "Stinger18c" and the Driverless vehicle "Stinger18d" were ceremoniously unveiled in front of over 200 guests.
June 2018
Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences, the Fraunhofer Institute for Technological Trend Analysis INT, the city of Ravensburg and the district of Ravensburg decide to cooperate with a focus on technological trend research. The Fraunhofer contact office opens in the kup start-up center in Ravensburg.
October 2018
As part of the event series "Start Up Stories - Are you still studying or have you already founded?", Baden-Württemberg's Minister of Science, Research and the Arts Theresia Bauer visits the university in Weingarten.
March 2019
Almost 3,600 students are enrolled at the University of Applied Sciences in Weingarten
June 2019
A comprehensive relaunch project was launched to shape the university's future sustainability. A new corporate design is intended to sharpen the approach to the various target groups, increase awareness of the university in a relevant way and create an independent and modern image.
One major change is the change in communication to the English name of the university: Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences - "RWU" for short. The new logo is a word and figurative mark consisting of the abbreviation RWU and a lion. The lion is derived directly from the coat of arms of the city of Weingarten and combines tradition and regional ties with strength and self-confidence. This visually translates the university's identity.