Hochschule Harz

The Hochschule Harz – University of Applied Studies and Research has two bases in Saxony-Anhalt. The Department of Automation and Computer Sciences, as well as the Department of Business Studies, are located in Wernigerode. The Department of Public Management can be found in Halberstadt.

Hochschule Harz has a deep relationship with the Harz region. Many offers are explicitly addressed to non-students. The exchange of ideas between different generations and occupational groups represents the main concern of this alignment.

Hochschule Harz is the location of the Centre of Competence for “Information and Communication Technologies, Tourism and Services” that is part of the research initiative “Network of Excellence for Applied and Transfer-oriented Research” (KAT) in Saxony-Anhalt. Within this network, applied research activities of all institutions of higher education in Saxony-Anhalt are linked to each other: All in all, 157 projects of four universities of applied sciences with a total capacity of about eight million Euros in 2009. Since 2005, the following research foci of the Centre of Competence of Hochschule Harz have been defined:

• e-government for business organizations
• legal basis of e-administration
• application of geographic information systems and web-mapping-services
• polymer fibres
• tourism for generation 50 plus
• security, distribution and e-government
• automated vehicular disposition
• microcontroller applications