| FernUniversität in Hagen | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1974 |
| Type | Public |
| Rector | Helmut Hoyer |
| Location | Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Campus | Distance education |
| Affiliations | European Association of Distance Teaching Universities |
| Website | http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/ |
The FernUniversität in Hagen (Distance University of Hagen) is the only state-run distance teaching university in Germany. The Headquarters are located in Hagen, Germany.
The FernUniversität was founded in 1974 to provide distance higher education for students at home and abroad and is an integral part of the regular public higher education system. In 2005 nearly 45000 students enrolled at the university.
Faculties
The university has four faculties:
- Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences
- Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
- Faculty of Economics
- Faculty of Law
Study Centers
The approximately 60 study centers, which are located across Germany and in some countries, provide an important aspect to the distance learning concept of the university. At these study centers, students can get information about the university, get to know fellow students, borrow books, study for exams, and learn to use the technical tools of the university. Furthermore, the study centers sometimes offer seminars and preparatory classes for exams.
Here is a list of study centers
In Germany
- Baden-Württemberg: Karlsruhe, Schwäbisch Gmünd and Villingen-Schwenningen
- Bavaria: Munich and Nuremberg
- Berlin
- Brandenburg: Frankfurt (Oder) (will be closed on Sep. 30, 2008)
- Hamburg
- Hesse: Frankfurt am Main and Bad Hersfeld
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Rostock
- Lower Saxony: Emden (will be closed on Sep. 30, 2008), Göttingen, Hameln, Helmstedt, Hildesheim, Lüneburg, Oldenburg (will be closed on Sep. 30, 2008), Salzgitter, Stade and Wolfsburg
- North Rhine-Westphalia: Arnsberg, Borken, Bottrop, Brilon, Castrop-Rauxel, Coesfeld, Eschweiler, Euskirchen, Gummersbach, Herford, Krefeld, Leverkusen, Lippstadt, Lüdenscheid, Lüdinghausen, Marl, Minden, Neuss, Rheine and Wesel
- Rhineland-Palatinate: Koblenz and Kaiserslautern (will be closed on Sep. 30, 2008)
- Saarland: Saarbrücken
- Saxony: Leipzig
- Saxony-Anhalt: Köthen
- Schleswig-Holstein: Lübeck
- Thuringia: Erfurt
Outside of Germany
- Austria (Linz, Bregenz, Steyr, Wien, Bad Goisern, Saalfelden and Villach),
- Switzerland (Brig and Pfäffikon)
- Russia (Smolensk)
- Hungary (Budapest)
- Latvia (Riga)
External links
- FernUniversität Hagen (German)
- "The Fernuniversitaet in Hagen / University in Hagen" (English)
Coordinates: 51°22′38″N 7°29′43″E / 51.37722°N 7.49528°E
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