Our university stands for future-oriented sustainable teaching and research. We want to shape the future together with all members of our university. We have decided to go forward on the Bio-economy by breaking new ground and looking for innovative perspectives. We invite everyone involved to actively contribute their own ideas and skills to this process. Because the world is changing - and change is the order of the day!
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We have established thematic focal points in the fields of biotechnology, energy, construction and business administration which are subject-specific and interdisciplinary from the perspectives of natural scientists, engineers, architects and economists. Our study programs are closely linked to professional practice and set up in an interdisciplinary manner with an international perspective. With numerous laboratories, studios and workshops, students enjoy optimal infrastructure and facilities to exploit their potential and expand their skills.
In addition to teaching and further education, research is also the focus of our activities. Together with our vast network of partners from the academic and economic sectors, we develop new innovative projects and further research approaches with the focus of environmentally friendly and climate-neutral technologies and processes. We convey these in the form of courses for students and also present them on open days and events that are open to the general public.
Study programs
Architecture
Buildings shape our environment like hardly anything else. With the structure of their rooms, their shape, construction, and materials, they create living spaces in the home and cities. In our degree courses, we teach students the relationship between people, buildings, and the environment and encourage them to develop innovative methods in the field of architecture and construction. Our study programs promote technical understanding as well as socio-political commitment and creativity and help students to recognize and embark on their individual career paths.
We offer our students an integrated classroom for drawing to work on their projects. This studio space is characterized by a creative workshop character and reflects the atmosphere and working method in architectural offices. It is also closely connected to the workshops for model making and experimental tests, which use analog and digital techniques. We develop research and transfer projects in the institutes for architecture and urban development, as well as timber construction.
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Energy Engineering
Global climate change is not unnecessary scaremongering but a legitimate challenge. The only effective action is to rethink our society and to restructure the energy sector. We consider future-proof energy systems to be inextricably linked with the construction and operation of sustainable objects of any size. As scientists, we see a transformation from fossil to renewable resources as urgently needed in the context of the energy transition.
Our courses deal intensively with energy and climatic requirements for the planning, construction, and operation of buildings and energy systems. The holistic view of systems plays a central role and is also the holistic answer to quality questions that span several disciplines.
We combine practice-oriented teaching, application-oriented research, and targeted transfer in order to train young talent to develop innovative and individual solutions based on engineering principles. In keeping with research-based teaching and teaching research, students work intensively with researchers. This gives them access to extensive laboratory equipment and real field systems.
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Civil Engineering and Project Management
Civil engineers and construction project managers shape the world of tomorrow and create sustainable infrastructure and also ensure we a sustainable development of the environment. The work of civil engineers, therefore, requires an exchange between different disciplines and an understanding of their working methods and technical language. In addition to this interdisciplinary approach, the civil engineer's area of responsibility is also growing with increasing responsibilities for the entire life cycle of the created objects. Project development, financing, controlling, renovation, planning, execution and monitoring, legal matters, and contract drafting.
We train civil engineers and construction project managers who can combine detailed knowledge from the individual areas of responsibility with a view of the whole. Our studies offer intensive learning and working atmosphere and use current projects from practice as case studies. We work in small groups and exchange directly with one another. We rely on established and innovative approaches, as well as analog and digital tools. This mix of methods optimally prepares our students for their professional careers.
Business Administration
The world - and with it the business world - is in upheaval: digitization, climate change and globalization are fundamentally changing companies and their previous business models.
Formerly successful business models are disappearing, while new companies and business ideas are emerging. Smart technologies are fundamentally changing the way we live, work and do business. This means that future specialists and managers who are flexible and creative enough to meet the challenges of tomorrow will have great career opportunities and above-average income prospects.
In addition to imparting technical knowledge, our faculty focuses on the development of personal and social competencies: problem-solving and methodological skills, holistic thinking and interdisciplinary collaboration coupled with an international perspective are crucial skills. Innovative teaching approaches such as design thinking and service learning are just examples of how we develop our own approaches to problem solving as well as creative ways of thinking.
Faculty of Biotechnology
The Biotechnology Department at HBC trains specialists who are in demand in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries and even parts of the energy industry. A central tool in our teaching is the state-of-the-art laboratories in which we map the entire manufacturing process in the industry. This guarantees one aspect of teaching that is particularly important to us: relevance to practice.
Our laboratories are not only of central importance for teaching but also for research. In the Institute for Applied Biotechnology, our scientists and doctoral students work on research projects that deal with complex processes – from the cloning of a gene to the purification and analysis of the product. Our innovative research activities give us a reputation that goes beyond the German research community. Nationally and internationally, we are a sought-after partner for well-known research institutes and companies in the field of pharmaceutical and industrial biotechnology.
International & Intercultural Program (IIP) @HBC
Do you want to dig deeper in sustainability topics? Strengthen your English skills? And increase your professional and international network?
Join the IIP@HBC program!
Five Good Reasons for IIP@HBC:
- Study together with both German and international students in English-taught subjects and projects
- Build up international, discipilary, interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary and intercultural competence
- Find solutions for global challenges in your special discipline by mutual exchange with students and experts
- Get an insight into the production of local companies and increase your professional network
- Proof your extraordinary profil with an IIP Certification
The IIP@HBC aims in the creation of an efficient exchange, both on a professional and social level, between german and international students at Hochschule Biberach.
To realize the idea of this interdisciplinary and intercultural learning model, we created two study groups (=clusters). Depending on your study program at home university it is possible to choose subject-specific (disciplinary) electives and interdisciplinary projects from one cluster. Transdisciplinary Activities and Intercultural competence courses are not cluster-specific and the same for all IIP@HBC students.
Cluster 1: Designed Sustainability contains subjects, which might be of interest for future Architects, Civil Engineers, Energy Engineers, Project Managers and Business Administrators.
Cluster 2: Sustainable Biotechnology offers courses and laboratory sessions for students in the field of Pharmaceutical and Industrial Biotechnology.
Both Clusters offer an english course catalogue with a combination of intercultural competence courses, transdisciplinary reflections topics, interdisciplinary projects and subject-specific electives. The courses are offered on Bachelor level.
IIP@HBC scholarship
supports incoming students from our IIP@HBC partner universities, who intend to complete a semester at HBC and participate in the program by selecting the compulsory courses. For additional information please download the related PDF document or contact the program coordinators.
Application and Admission
You are welcomed to spend one or two exchange semesters at HBC!
Your home university can send us a nomination, when the nomination is accepted, you will receive the link of the online application portal and further practical information from the HBC International Office.
For partner universities:
Nomination deadline for the following winter semester: May 1
Nomination deadline for the following summer semester: November 1
For Incomings:
Application deadline for the following winter semester: May 15
Application deadline for the following summer semester: November 15
Factsheet with exchange informations:
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International degree seekers
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Further information regarding admission, please refer to the information for international applicants (in German).
Your entrance qualification and language certificate must be first officially recognised. For degree programs in Baden-Württemberg, the qualifications are assessed by the Center for International Students of the Universities of Applied Sciences in Baden-Württemberg (Studienkolleg).
The application deadlines for the entrance test, assessment test and certificate recognition at Studienkolleg are May 1 for the winter semester and November 1 for the summer semester.
Our Location
Bibearch is located in the Upper Swabia region of the German state of Baden-Württemberg which can look back on a rich historical past. Nowadays it is also a significant industrial location where numerous multi-international corporates establish their headquarters.
The two campuses of the university: Campus Stadt in the heart of Biberach and Campus Aspach just a few kilometers away. Short distances and the easy access to the university employees enable easier cooperation and create a lively campus atmosphere. There are also a lot of festive events in Bibearch around the year!
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Our Commitments
As a university with a focus on construction and energy, we see it necessary not only to impart technologies and skills that are environmentally friendly and resource efficient, but also to implement them under our own roof. We were the first university in Baden-Württemberg to develop an integrated climate protection concept as part of the national climate protection initiative. Our target is to achieve as a climate-neutral university by 2030.
HBC, with its two locations Campus Stadt and Campus Aspach, has been one of the six EMAS-certified universities in Baden-Württemberg since 2015. EMAS (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme) is the environmental management certification of the European Union and is one of the most important systems worldwide for continuously improving the environmental situation and ensuring sustainable organization.
Another commitment that is close to our hearts is the family-friendliness of our university. We offer students and employees a wide range of advisory services for intensive family phases in life - be it with small children or with family members in need of care. We are also committed to ensure equality and diversity at HBC, so that staff and students enjoy equal treatment regardless of gender, ethnic or social origin, age, disability, sexual orientation or identity, religion, ideology or political opinion.
Erasmus Policy
HBC have been awarded the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education and are committed to our Erasmus Policy Statement with the core principle of digitalization, inclusion and sustainability in participation of the Erasmus+ Program.
Still have questions? Our International Office is happy to advise and assist you!
