Faculty I: Computer Science & Applications

Your future begins here

Welcome to the world of future-oriented technologies. At Faculty I: Computer Science & Applications, young people study to advance digital transformation. We offer you a forward-looking and practice-oriented range of programmes at the interface of computer science, business and technology. Whether you want to develop the next ground-breaking AI app, design sustainable production or business processes, or drive companies forward through technological innovation - you will find the perfect basis for your career with us.

  • Quality and experience We've been training experts at HFU who meet digital and economic challenges with innovative solutions for over 50 years. The practically oriented progamme has an excellent reputation in companies and offers outstanding future prospects.
  • Digitalisation meets industry Learning with state-of-the-art infrastructure and practical courses - that's what you can expect at our faculty. You'll benefit from intensive contact with our numerous industry partners right from the start.
  • Friendly and personal With us, you have direct contact with professors. You'll be working in small study groups and will always find someone to answer your questions. Our study support team is committed to helping you succeed right from the start.

Mission statement & academic programmes

Our range of programmes

Our faculty offers the following bachelor's degree programmes: 

After completing your bachelor's degree, you can choose from the following master's degree programmes :

Special study formats are our Internal link opens in the same window:Studium Plus and the pre-study programme, the Internal link opens in the same window:Computer Science Orientation prep course.

Personal support and contacts for life

A friendly IN community awaits you here. Make your time at university the best time of your life: 

  • enjoy cutting-edge course content
  • make personal contacts with dedicated professors
  • benefit from manageable study groups
  • take advantage of our close cooperation with industry partners
  • gain insights into innovative research projects in the fields of cloud computing, IT security, AI or socioinformatics 

Your study support

We accompany, support and encourage our students right from the start. Our academic support team offers a wide range of measures − from the time you start university until you graduate: 

  • Induction week for first semester students
  • Mentoring programme: new students are assigned a contact person from higher semesters
  • Support office: your first point of contact for any questions
  • Supporting events and assistance
  • Competitions, campaigns and awards for high-achieving students

Labs

The Faculty of Computer Science and Applications labs have cutting-edge equipment for teaching, research, industry partnerships and public relations.

In the labs, students can deepen their knowledge by putting their theoretical lecture content into practice, then apply this in practical and research-oriented environments. The laboratory landscape is characterised by a high degree of diversity − aligned with the teaching and research aims of the faculty − and covers a broad professional and technical spectrum.

IT services for students, researchers and teaching staff are offered across all laboratories. These include virtualisation infrastructures, version management, container technologies and cloud services, for example for machine learning.

Students without their own computer can use suitable end devices in PC pools or borrow a laptop for a certain period of time. Through corresponding agreements with renowned tool manufacturers such as JetBrains and Visual Paradigm, licenses for selected software products are available free of charge for teaching and research purposes.

Selected laboratories

As an Academic Partner of Visual Paradigm, Furtwangen University is granted the use of Visual Paradigm for UML modeling, business process modeling, database design, etc.

Company partnerships

Our degree programmes are characterised by a high degree of professional and practical relevance. Over a third of our graduates meet their future employer during their studies. This is due to the selected company partnerships that we foster as part of projects, in the practical semester or through collaboration on bachelor's or master's theses.

Since 2013, we have been working successfully with six participating companies in an industrial advisory board.

Partners in the Industrial Advisory Board: 

Our students benefit from:

  • from up-to-date teaching content with a high degree of practical relevance
  • the firmly anchored practical semester (first own professional practice plus valuable contacts)
  • projects with cooperation partners and tasks from the workplace
  • direct insight into company practice during interesting company excursions

For teachers and school classes

We're happy to pass on our enthusiasm

  • Insider information from our students? Get them via smartphone or during a visit on site!
  • Learning a programming language while at school? Our student study programme is just right for you!
  • Fancy a trip to the Robotics Lab? Come to Furtwangen with your school class!
  • Need further training? We train teachers every year! 

External link opens in a new window:All the latest information can be found on our website: www.start-informatik.de

WING - the magazine

Students of our business administration and engineering programmes have been producing the magazine with a circulation of 1600 copies every semester since 1996. It is sold to students, companies and partners of the university, and distributed to interested parties at trade fairs. Six to nine students from the 5th semester produce the magazine as part of a project. In this way, the students get to know the entire production process of a print medium.

WING" gives readers a comprehensive insight into business administration and engineering studies at Furtwangen University. The magazine reports on current developments at the university, in the faculty and in the degree programmes; authors provide information about the careers of WING students, about projects and theses from science and practice, the close cooperation with companies and about Furtwangen.

Alumni

Welcome alumni of Faculty I!

To join our alumni network, get in touch with former fellow students and stay in touch with the faculty, please fill out our Download file:alumni form and send to Email application is started:susan.robinson(at)hs-furtwangen.de!

 We look forward to hearing from our alumni!

Events

Faculty news

Welcome to our faculty - we're looking forward to seeing you!

Dean of Faculty I