Applied Research

Here, you’ll bridge the gap between technology and people. You’ll analyze movement patterns and emotional responses to develop innovations for sports, Medizintechnik, and rehabilitation.

• Focus: You’ll specialize in Biomechanik, data science, and affective computing.

• Practical application: Using state-of-the-art sensor technology and analysis tools, you’ll develop solutions that address multidisciplinary challenges in healthcare and industry.

You harness the power of biological systems to build a sustainable future. This track focuses on the efficient production of biotechnological products and industrial processes.

• Focus: You will engage intensively with expression organisms, enzymes, bioanalytics, and bioprocess engineering.

• Practical experience: You will develop innovative approaches for industrial and pharmaceutical Biotechnologie and learn how to conserve and efficiently utilize biological resources.

Become an expert in intelligent data management. You will further develop cutting-edge machine learning methodologies and apply them in scientific and industrial contexts.

• Focus: Building on Python programming and deep learning, you’ll learn the latest AI algorithms and put them into practice.

• Practical experience: Through direct involvement in ongoing research and industry projects, you’ll learn how software development really works in interdisciplinary teams.

Shape the connected world of tomorrow. Here, you’ll explore how devices, sensors, and people can communicate with each other securely and efficiently.

• Your focus: State-of-the-art communication technologies and network structures in the “Internet of Everything.”

• Your practical work: You’ll work at the interface of hardware and software for networked infrastructure.

Hochschule Offenburg charges an administrative fee of 80.00 euros per semester and a social contribution of 65.00 euros for the Studierendenwerk Freiburg. In addition, the University’s student body charges all enrolled students a student body fee of 25.00 euros per semester to fulfill its responsibilities. Students on leave of absence from their studies are also required to pay these fees; however, foreign students enrolled on a temporary basis are exempt pursuant to Section 60(1), sentence 2, of the Higher Education Act (LHG).

= 170 euros per semester

Additional costs for PLUS Education degree programs (degree programs with a teaching certification option)

For students in the following bachelor's programs 

• Elektrotechnik/Informationstechnik PLUS Pädagogik

• Mechatronik PLUS Pädagogik

• Media Technology/Business PLUS Education 

• Wirtschaftsinformatik PLUS Pädagogik

an additional fee of 28.00 euros for local public transportation (semester ticket) applies, in accordance with the fees regulations of the Freiburg Studierendenwerk.

Note: You pay the semester fee to Hochschule Offenburg; however, you are enrolled at both Hochschule Offenburg and Freiburg University of Education. 

Additional Costs for International Master's Programs

Students in international master's programs must also pay a flat-rate service fee of 150.00 euros per semester.

Since the 2017/18 winter semester, universities in the state of Baden-Württemberg have been charging international students tuition fees of 1,500.00 euros per semester and students pursuing a second degree 650.00 euros per semester.

You can find more information about these fees here:

https://www.landesrecht-bw.de/bsbw/document/jlr-HSchulGebGBWrahmen

https://mwk.baden-wuerttemberg.de/de/universities-studies/studying-in-bw/studying-financing/fees-for international students and second studies/faqs?highlight=Studying-fees

http://www.bw-studyguide.de/en/studying/finance-and-funding.html

Exceptions to Tuition Fees for International Students:

According to Section 3 of the LHGebG, international students who are not citizens of an EU/EEA country and do not hold a German university entrance qualification are required to pay tuition fees. However, the law provides for a few exceptions.

To determine whether you are required to pay tuition fees, you can use the following information form and send it, completed and accompanied by the necessary supporting documents, to studiengebuehren@hs-offenburg.de:

Tuition Fee Information Form (PDF)

To apply for an exemption from tuition fees, please use the corresponding application form:

Application for Tuition Fee Exemption for International Students (PDF)

Application for Tuition Fee Exemption for a Second Degree Program (PDF)

Pursuant to Section 6, Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the LHGebG, Hochschule Offenburg may fully or partially exempt a limited number of international students from tuition fees if it deems them to be particularly gifted. The requirements, etc., are set forth in the bylaws governing tuition fee exemptions for international students based on exceptional talent. Students at the University can find more detailed information in the relevant announcement on the intranet.

Information about BAföG is available on the website of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. If you have any questions about BAföG, the Freiburg-Schwarzwald Studierendenwerk—which is responsible for Hochschule Offenburg—will also be happy to assist you under the “Money” section. You can submit applications for financial aid at the Studierendenwerk’s branch office on the Offenburg campus.

Studierendenwerk Branch Office

Badstraße 24, 77652 Offenburg

Phone: 0781 205-328

Office hours:
Mon and Wed from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.,
as well as by telephone appointment

Here you’ll find a PDF in which we’ve summarized the criteria for what are known as “standard achievements”—the requirements you must demonstrate to continue receiving funding after two years of BAföG support.

A scholarship takes the financial pressure off you. Find the right support in our overview of scholarship programs.