Hochschule für Forstwirtschaft Rottenburg | |
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| Type | Fachhochschule (University of Applied Sciences) |
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| Established | 1954 |
| Rector | Bastian Kaiser |
Academic staff | 26 |
| Students | 850 ( 2012) |
| Location | , , 48°27′29″N 8°56′39″E / 48.45806°N 8.94417°E |
| Campus | Rural |
| Website | www.hs-rottenburg.net |
The Rottenburg University of Applied Forest Sciences (in German: Hochschule für Forstwirschaft Rottenburg) is a Fachhochschule (university of applied sciences) in Rottenburg am Neckar, in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The special profile of the university is the principle of sustainable development. In April 2008 the university was winner of the contest "Profile and Cooperation – excellence strategies for small and middle universities". The contest was announced by the "Founder's Organization for German Sciences" and the "Heinz Nixdorf Foundation".[1] In 1954 the State of Baden-Württemberg founded a forestry school in Rottenburg am Neckar. In the 1970s the school was commuted to a vocational school of forestry. And finally in 1979 it was made a Fachhochschule (University of Applied Sciences). In the beginning the university served only as a training school for forest officers in the upper grade of the civil service of the states Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. Since 1995 the university is publicly available.