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Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau

Zwickau University of Applied Sciences
Place

Zwickau , Germany

Website
Website
Number of students
5200

About the study place

Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau is a university of applied sciences with its main campus in the city of Zwickau. It also has campuses located in Markneukirchen, Reichenbach and Schneeberg. The school specializes in four core areas of study: technology, economics, arts and life sciences.

Zwickau, with its 90,000 inhabitants, is the fourth largest city in the state of Saxony, located in eastern Germany. The city has historically been one of the centres of the country’s automotive industry and is the hometown of Horch, Audi and Trabant. The original Audi plant in the city is now home to a museum. The area has a lot to offer to nature lovers. Both the Ore Mountains and the Mulde River Valley region which has many great hiking trails.

At the Zwickau University of Applies Sciences there is a focus on the interaction between people and technology. This is achieved through close dialogues between different disciplines of study. The school also has a focus on helping students achieve their full potential by having a good student to teacher ratio.

Credits

In order to have 30 ECTS credits approved at OsloMet after the exchange, you must take 30 ECTS credits at this institution. 

 

Semester division

First semester: September—February
Second semester: March—July

Housing

This institution offers student accommodation (fh-zwickau.de).

In the Facebook group OsloMet Utveksling you can contact students who have been there before to hear where they lived and how they went about finding accommodation.