Fulda University of Applied Sciences

Fulda University of Applied Sciences
Hochschule Fulda – University of Applied Sciences
President	Karim Khakzar
Academic staff	147
Students	7,637
Address	Marquardstraße 35, D-36039 Fulda, Fulda,; Fulda district, Hesse, Germany; 50°33′53″N 9°41′15″E / 50.5647°N 9.6875°E
Colors	Green and white
Website	www.hs-fulda.de

Fulda University of Applied Sciences (officially named Hochschule Fulda – University of Applied Sciences) is located in the city of

southwest Germany

.

Formerly known as Fachhochschule Fulda, it was founded as the fifth state

University of Applied Sciences in Hesse in 1974. Today, Fulda University of Applied Sciences is the first German University of Applied Sciences to have been conferred the right to award PhD degrees.^[1]

History

Established in 1971, the college was part of the

University of Applied Sciences Gießen

, until the location became an independent institution in 1974.

In 2006, the university was renamed Hochschule Fulda - University of Applied Sciences due to the restructuring of German and European higher education under the

Bologna process. Students at the university can now obtain state-accredited Bachelor, Master, and, as of 2016, also Doctoral

degrees.