WIR in numbers
Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences in numbers
The Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences has always preserved its character of a familiar teaching and learning place. And that despite strong growth in recent years. In the nationwide university landscape, this growth is not exceptional. In the 2002/2003 winter semester, approximately 1.9 million (mostly) young people studied at Germany's universities, in the 2019/2020 winter semester there were about 2.9 million students.
Here we present some key figures on Lower Saxony's largest university of applied sciences whose history dates back to the first half of the 20th century. For current figures on the university, please regularly refer to the "WIR in numbers (in German)" annual report.
Winter semester 2007/2008 (start of University Pact 2020): 7,535
Winter semester 2022/2023: 13.377
Winter semester 2022/2023:
Business Management and Social Sciences (Caprivi Campus): 5.256
Engineering and Computer Science (Westerberg Campus): 2.848
Management, Culture and Technology (Lingen Campus): 2.226
Agricultural Sciences and Landscape Architecture (Haste Campus): 2.613
Institute of Music (IFM Westerberg): 434
First-year students from Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen): 1.884
First-year students from North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen): 1.339
First-year students from the remaining German federal states: 357
First-year students from abraod (by HZB): 75
Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences is committed to teaching intercultural competencies. To achieve this, the establishment and maintenance of an international network is obviously crucial. Valuable contacts all over the world have evolved over the decades, and they are summarised on this map.
122 total
Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences: 33
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Landscape Architecture: 51
Faculty of Management, Culture and Technology: 17
Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science: 20
Institute of Music: 1
Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences plays an important regional role as employer.
In late 2022, the University of Applied Sciences had a total workforce of 1.338 employees; 666 women and 672 men.
