Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences

The Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences (FHV) in Dornbirn is Vorarlberg’s largest university one of the pioneers of applied sciences in Austria. Founded in 1994, every year around 1,600 students enrol in technology, business, design, social work and health study programmes.

FHV is one of the most research-intensive universities of applied sciences in Austria, counting with five research centres (Microtechnology, User Centred Technologies, Business Informatics, Energy and Digital Factory Vorarlberg) and one research group (Empirical Social Sciences).

In 2020, its research income was 4,7 million euros. 50% of the ongoing and completed research projects were based on collaborations with businesses/organisations in Vorarlberg.

FHV cooperates with other European higher education communities since 2020 and has 132 partner universities worldwide.

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Facts and numbers

Campus

Research centres

Digital Factory VoraRlberg

energy

Microtechnology

User Centred Technologies

Social and Economic Services

Located in the westernmost province of Austria

The Voralberg University of Applied Sciences is located in Dornbirn, the westernmost province of Austria. Vorarlberg is also in the heart of the international Lake of Constance region where Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein meet.

Around 4.1 million inhabitants live in this economically and culturally vibrant region located in beautiful natural surroundings.

Collaborations across and beyond borders are what distinguishes the people and companies at Lake Constance. From productive SMEs, a successful service and tourism sector, to an outstanding and internationally active industry, the Lake of Constance region is one of Europe’s high-performance and innovative hotspots.

Address

Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences
Hochschulstraße 1, 6850 Dornbirn
Austria
Phone +43 (0)5572 792
Email info@fhv.at
Website www.fhv.at/en/