FH Joanneum


FH Joanneum is the second largest university of applied sciences in Austria. It has about 4,600 students and about 651 employees. The main campus is located in Graz, while there are two other locations in Kapfenberg and Bad Gleichenberg. All three are situated in the province of Styria, Austria.
FH Joanneum offers 49 degree programs in a variety of areas including business, technology, design, media, architecture, health and social services. The programmes are practice-oriented, project-based and interdisciplinary.

History

FH Joanneum was established in 1995. In 2001 the campus in Bad Gleichenberg started to offer health related degree programmes.

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Departments/ Programmes

The FH Joanneum offers 49 bachelor's and master's degree programs and 10 postgraduate courses at six departments and 25 institutes. The six departments are:
In addition to broad-based programs, there are courses with specialized focus, such as "Energy, Transport and Environmental Management", "eHealth" or "Advanced Electronic Engineering". Some new programs cover fields which have not yet been offered in Austria as university studies, for example, the midwifery education.

Projects

The development of a drone for civilian operations fall within the scope Green Mobility.

Research

Department of Health StudiesDepartment of Media and DesignDepartment of Management
Diagnosis and TreatmentUser Interface, data visualization, simulationInternational strategies and business processes
Health promotion and preventionDevelopment of Product DesignCompetitiveness in industry and finance
Activity and exerciseContent strategy, Web LiteracyHealth promotion and tourist programs

Training Priorities, Certifications and Laboratories

The Department of International Relations has several tasks. Firstly, it takes care of all exchange students from the FH going abroad and from abroad coming to the FH. The Department of International Relations acts as a contact point for the partner universities. The department also organizes German courses and holds events and excursions.
FH JOANNEUM has around 200 partner universities in Europe, Asia, South America, North America and Australia / New Zealand.

Student union

ÖH joanneum is the student union of FH JOANNEUM. It exists since the winter semester 2005/2006 and has since become an integrated part of the Teaching Board. By anchoring the FH student representatives in the Austrian Students' system, ÖH joanneum has become a legally established body. The activities of ÖH joanneum include representing the interests of FH Joanneum students at a higher level. Since autumn 2010 ÖH joanneum is also working on the magazine "JOE", educational issues and the organization of studies and the student life at home and abroad. The first edition was published in January 2011.