Private University of Applied Sciences

Best possible conditions for your academic success

We gear the content of our study programmes directly to the requirements that await you as a graduate in professional practice. To do this, we constantly involve partner companies in the design and further development of our study programmes. This enables the PFH to guarantee high quality in its management study programme and to offer unique courses in key technology fields like carbon materials and composites. The latest research results achieved by our professors are included directly in your study programme.

The University is represented by campus locations in the student town of Göttingen, in the capital Berlin and in Stade near Hamburg. Depending on your choice of the study programme, you will study at one of the three campus locations or choose between several alternatives. All three of the PFH's campus locations have modern equipment, and good connections and thus provide the best conditions for your studies.

Why study privately at PFH?

If you are wondering what differences there are between studying at a state university and the privately run PFH, you will find below some of the advantages that our study programme offers you.

Practically-oriented study programme

The content of our study programmes is geared to the real needs of business. Furthermore, all the PFH's on-campus study programmes contain a high practical element. Depending on the course of study, practical projects with collaborating companies, extensive work placements and/or technical qualification in laboratories and workshops complement the theoretical content. This will remove any reality shock that you may face when entering working life.

Successful study programme concept

The demand for our graduates proves that the PFH's study programme concept is working well: 99 per cent of them find direct entry to a career in less than six months after completing their studies. Many are recruited even while they are studying.

Individual supervision rather than full lecture theatres

Our courses take place in small groups – over-full lecture theatres and lecturers that hardly know their students do not exist at the PFH. Our professors are always ready to listen to you and advise you about subjects relating to your studies as well as questions concerning your career path. A study programme at the PFH will develop you individually in terms of both your subject matter and personal skills. We attach importance to your always having a contact person for your concerns during your studies and to our achieving your goals together.

Health Insurance

Foreign students are obligated to take out health insurance in Germany. In order to register, you have to present a health insurance certificate. Please organise your health insurance in Germany in good time before your study stay. Tips on the topic of health insurance are available, for example, from the German Student Services Association (Deutsches Studentenwerk) on their website for international students.

Accommodation

If you want to study in Göttingen, we can apply for a furnished room in a residence at the Student Services Association in Göttingen. The application is non-binding and free of charge. If you don’t want to stay in dormitories, private housing is also available. Please use the following links to look for private rooms.

Mission Statement

PFH Private University of Applied Sciences is committed to generating and disseminating knowledge while providing a critical and interdisciplinary reflection on political, social and economic interests. Practical orientation in teaching and research, particularly in management, innovation and technology, is the overriding principle governing our actions. Through our application-oriented and practically relevant education in study programmes, we impart well-founded theoretical as well as practical knowledge and skills to both students in their initial training and working professionals in terms of lifelong learning, using a range of different teaching methods in on-campus and distance-learning courses while taking increasing digitisation into account. The diversity of these programmes enables the University to create a platform that allows all participants to enjoy an intellectual and pluralist exchange that promotes education, constantly giving rise to the innovative impetus for students, PFH's future development as a university and university development as a whole.

PFH sees itself as an institution that recognises and values the diversity of all individuals and groups involved in it as potential. University management undertakes to ensure mutual esteem and respectful communication in working relations as fundamental to the sustainable development of PFH as a whole and its participants. Due to the enduring impact and practical orientation of the competencies they acquire during their study programmes, our graduates can assume professional responsibility with particular alacrity or train for higher levels of responsibility within their companies. PFH thus sees itself as an interface between students as high potential and the world of business.