About

With more than 10,000 students, Hochschule Bielefeld – University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSBI) is the largest university of applied sciences in East Westphalia-Lippe (OWL). Based in Bielefeld, Minden and Gütersloh, it has an excellent network not only in the OWL region, but also nationally and internationally through diverse contacts, partnerships and cooperations in science, economy, politics and culture.

Our six faculties – Design and Art, Minden Campus, Engineering and Mathematics, Social Sciences, Bielefeld School of Business and Health – strive for high quality in teaching and research.

With our diverse range of courses, we make a responsible contribution towards social development. Our teaching serves to educate academically, to qualify for specialist and executive roles and to spark interest in lifelong learning.

In research, teaching and transfer, the university’s mission is to become a key innovation hub in the OWL region. Studies at HSBI will enable graduates to enter the successful network of the region with its leading-edge cluster it’s OWL, the Campus OWL association, the consortium of universities and universities of applied sciences as well as regional businesses.

With our course offer, we address all groups of prospective students: young people who have just graduated from school, professionals who want to achieve further qualifications without giving up their job or those who want to combine academic and vocational training. We have developed various study models for this purpose: full-time programmes, work-integrated programmes and programmes with professional qualification, part-time programmes and part-time combined programmes. Opportunities for scientific further education round off our course offer.

HSBI is system-accredited and thus authorised to accredit its own study programmes. Our university’s own quality management system ensures an attractive and diverse range of courses geared towards all prospective students’ needs, comprehensive support for all students in achieving their study goals and, last but not least, an enhancement of all graduates’ qualification levels.

As an employer, HSBI has received multiple awards for its successes in promoting equal opportunities and has been certified as a family-friendly university.