Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences

Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg (H-BRS), known in English as Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, is a public state university founded in 1995 in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has three campuses in Sankt Augustin (main campus), Rheinbach and Hennef, and enrols around 9,000 students. The university offers approximately 40 Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes across five departments: Natural Sciences, Engineering and Communication, Computer Science, Social Policy and Social Security Studies, and Management Sciences. H-BRS is research-oriented, with 16 research institutes covering topics from detection technologies and genetics to sustainable development and visual computing. Many programmes are taught in English, and the university maintains partnerships with around 90 foreign universities worldwide. Semester fees are charged instead of tuition fees, consistent with the public German higher education model.