Mission statement

Our mission statement

University Foundation

As a young and successful University Foundation we want to

• shape our future autonomously and self-dependently.
• do all we can to ensure close links with the society around us
  and powerful networking with partners in culture and commerce.
• build up the foundation assets in the long term.

University with a unique profile

As a university with an innovative academic profile, we offer

• a consecutive Teacher Education and Training programme with
  practical studies elements from the first semester onwards.
• a programme in Cultural Studies with an international orientation
  and fully integrated artistic practice.
• an intercultural and multidisciplinary study programme incorporating
  the fields of languages, translation and information studies.
• a close relationship between the university and industrial partners
  in Computer & Information Science (more than 30 funding enterprises)

University for the students

As a university for the students, we put special emphasis on

• the active integration of students into teaching and learning processes.
• social responsibility: aid programmes such as the “Minerva Kolleg” or social capital.
• the participation of students in the decision-making as to how student fees are used.
• a family-oriented university.