The most important facts and figures about the University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer at a glance:
Foundation of University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer (Hochschule Emden/Leer)
- Newly founded: 2009
- Initially founded: 1973 (as East Friesland University of Applied Sciences [Fachhochschule Ostfriesland])
Staff (as of 31.12.2020)
- 462 employees (396.36 FTE*)
- of which 114 professorships (112.75 FTE*)
Total income in 2020 (preliminary)
53.6 million Euros
- of which is allocated by the federal state from the budget: 36.2 million Euros
- of which is allocated by the federal state from special funds: 9.5 million Euros
- of which is third-party subsidies: 3.7 million Euros
Area
- Study location of Emden: 90,000 m²
- Study location of Leer: 6,450 m²
Study faculties
- Maritime Sciences
- Social Work and Health
- Technology
- Business Studies
Study programmes (as of summer semester 2022)
- 27 Bachelors degree programmes
- 12 Masters degree programmes
Including various courses that can be studied part-time, as well as online and continuing education courses, courses in the practical/dual system and cooperative courses of study with
- Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
- Jade University of Applied Sciences (Wilhelmshaven/Oldenburg/Elsfleth)
- Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
- various universities as part of the Virtual University of Applied Sciences (VFH)
Student numbers (as of winter semester 2021/2022)
- 4,296 students
- of whom 904 first-year students started their studies in the 1st semester of the winter semester 2021/2022
- the proportion of female students is 42%
Number of graduates (01.10.2020 to 30.09.2021)
- Maritime Sciences: 68
- Social Work and Health: 256
- Technology: 316
- Business Studies: 196
*FTE: Full-time equivalent (decimal places rounded up/down), the unit for the notional number of full-time employees in an organisational unit when all part-time employment relationships are converted into full-time employment relationships.
Wilfried Grunau
Head of the presidential office and media spokesman
Dipl.-Ing. Wilfried Grunau
Room V 204
Tel.: +49 (0) 4921 807 1005
E-Mail: Wilfried.Grunau(at)hs-emden-leer.de