Salzburg University of Applied Sciences

Fachhochschule Salzburg, Urstein Oesterreich, Kada Wittfeld Architekten, Aachen © FH Salzburg/Joerg Hempel, Germany

Salzburg University of Applied Sciences offers its 3,200 students a first-rate academic education with a strong practical orientation in the following disciplines: Applied Social Sciences, Business and Tourism, Creative Technologies, Health Sciences, Green Engineering and Circular Design and Information Technologies and Digitalisation. With its international outlook and focus on innovative research and teaching, the university is a pioneer of future-oriented solutions for business and society.

We collaborate with partner institutions in Europe, America, Asia, and Australia in international pro-jects as well as faculty and student exchange. Besides their studies, students can create networks for later professional careers at the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences. All of our auditoriums and labs provide modern state-of-the-art equipment. Our locations – Urstein Campus, Kuchl Campus, Salzburg Campus (University Hospital LKH), and Schwarzach Campus (Kardinal Schwarzenberg Hos-pital) – are situated in one of the most beautiful areas in the world.

Faculties and programmes

Bachelor’s Programmes. Biomedical Sciences | Business Informatics and Digital Transformation | Business Management | Design & Product Management | Forest Products Technology & Timber Construction | Information Technology and Systems Management | Green Building – Design & Engineering | Innovation & Management in Tourism | Midwifery | MultiMediaArt | MultiMediaTechnology | Nursing | Occupational Therapy | Orthoptics | Physiotherapy | Radiation Technology | SME-Management & Entrepreneurship | Social Work
Master’s Programmes.  AI for Sustainable Technologies1 | Applied Image & Signal Processing | Business Informatics | Business Management | Cyber Security1 | Design & Product Management | Forest Products Technology & Timber Construction | Information Technology and Systems Management | Industrial Informatics & Robotics1 | Innovation & Management in Tourism | MultiMediaArt | MultiMediaTechnology | Social Innovation | Smart Buildings in Smart Cities | Technical Art1
Postgraduate/Certificate Programmes. Child and Youth Care | Circular Economy | Digital Communication and Management | Culinary Tourism |International Executive Master’s Programme in Hospitality Management (Vietnam/Salzburg) | Mental Health Nursing | Midwifery Sciences

1 Subject to approval by the respective bodies

Specials

High research competence. The Salzburg University of Applied Sciences focuses on applied research especially in information technologies, business & tourism, media and design, health-related studies as well as wood technologies. Our campuses are interdisciplinarily connected and offer a wide range of teaching and research tools including the Marketing Research & eTourism Lab, a robotic laboratory and the MediaLab.
Excellent industry contacts. We have close ties with leading regional and international companies. Professional placements and project experience are a central part of our studies. The Salzburg University of Applied Sciences cooperates closely with companies. A great percentage of our lecturers is also active in the business world.
Advanced infrastructure. State-of-the-art lab equipment provides the ideal setting for creative minds and supports the most advanced teaching methodologies. Both campuses can be reached by local trains or buses. The picturesque city centre of Salzburg is only a few minutes’ ride away. We also have housing opportunities at both locations.
International network and English degree programmes. Four degree programmes (one bachelor’s and three master’s programmes) are fully taught in English and cater to international students, who constitute roughly 50% of the regular student population of these programmes.