Glimpses of a Success Story

July: Conference in Remagen: “Five Years after the 2021 Flooding – Changing Research Perspectives” hosted by the Competence Network Science for Reconstruction involving Koblenz University of Applied Sciences and partner institutions

October: Launch of a new B.Sc. Programme in Artificial Intelligence.

April: Launch of the "Management, Leadership, Innovation" (MLI) Programme - an M.A. degree course fully delivered in English - and a Start-Up Lab.

October: 25th Anniversary of RheinAhrCampus Remagen; the official opening of the academic year at Koblenz University of Applied Sciences was celebrated at RheinAhrCampus Remagen. The first pioneers of the university shared memories and greetings with the academic community.

November: RheinAhrCampus hosts a first workshop on how to re-build the heavily impacted bridge infrastructure after the disastrous Ahr flooding

July: Dramatic floods hit parts of Germany. The Ahr valley is heavily affected by the flooding disaster.

March: Coastal Carolina University and HS Koblenz form a joint delegation to participate in the 2021 Washington Model OAS (https://wmoas.org/)

Launch of two new specialisation areas in Faculty of business and Social Sciences (B.A. in “Research and Innovation Management, M.A. in ”Management, Leadership, Innovation" (partly delivered in English)

June: First Digital International Week at Campus Remagen - an international online expereince involving numerous partner universities!

March: Launch of the cooperation with Pondicherry University in India

July: Launch of the Double Degree Programme with the University of the Sunshine Coast

March: Topping-out ceremony for new seminar tract and dormitories

October: RheinAhrCampus celebrates its 20th anniversary

February: HS Koblenz reaches first place in Rhineland Palatinate on MeinProf.de Higher Education Ranking. This ranking is mainly based on student responses and focuses on teaching quality and resources.

August: First Summer School in the Caucasus Region connecting students and lecturers from Azerbaijan, Georgia and Germany.

August: Eleven high school students from the Ahrweiler region program robot animals (ROBERTAS) in the context of the Ada Lovelace Project. The purpose of this state-funded program is to motivate young women for careers in Science and Engineering.

February: HS Koblenz reaches second place in MeinProf.de Higher Education Ranking. This ranking is mainly based on student responses and focuses on teaching quality and resources.

Ahrweiler District Administration names RheinAhrCampus "Institution of the Month".

September: B.A. degree course "Health Care and Social Services Management: Business Administration for the Nursing Sector" open for enrolment

March: B.Sc. degree course in “Technomathematics” open for enrolment

September: “Faculty of Business and Social Management” is renamed. Its new name, "Faculty of Business and Social Sciences" is meant to strengthen the university's academic profile

March: New MBA concentrations ("Sports Management" and “Leadership”) open for enrolment

December: The blog "Absolutely intercultural" (Dr. Borgmann/Anne Fox) is among the winners of the European Podcast Award

January: The project „Integration im Fachbereich“ (Integration into Faculty) is launched at RheinAhrCampus. It aims to support German and international students with their integration into academic life and the campus community.

September: MBA concentration "Leadership/Financial Management" available for enrolment

October: Official Opening of the RheinAhrCampus Recreation Area after a planning and realisation phase of 3.5 years and a total investment of EUR 140,000

October: RheinAhrCampus celebrates its tenth anniversary

December: Agreement with "Kultur-Leaderhip-Stiftung / Universitaet Landau" paves the way for cooperation concerning doctoral degrees for RAC graduates and staff.

November: RheinAhrCampus Remagen is awarded a second place in the 2007 University Communication Prize competition - for an outstanding website.

December: The blog "Absolutely intercultural" (Dr. Laurent Borgmann/Anne Fox) receives the Edublog Award in the category "best audio and/or visual podcast"

September: The new MBA concentration "Recapitalisation and Insolvency Management" is offered for the first time.
Implementation of bachelor's and master's programmes replacing the more traditional, nationally standardised "Diplom" programmes.
 

July: Number of students reaches 2,500.

February: RheinAhrCampus hosts the regional section of "Jugend forscht - Kinder experimentieren" (Research by Young People) for the first time 

December: Students launch Pr1mus (a counselling agency run by students)

November: Implementation of Quality Management Circle

September: The unique distance learning process "Educational and Social Management with a focus on Early Childhood (B.A.)" is launched with substantial media attention.

First children's university lecture courses

After a successful auditing process, FH Koblenz is awarded the status of a "Familienfreundliche Hochschule" (i.e. family-friendly university, an equivalent of the "work & family" audit at the level of German higher-education institutions)

April: Launch of the degree programme "Educational and Social Management in Early Childhood" - a program which receives substantial attention nationwide

March: Reconstruction of Soft Facial Parts (RSFP), an international conference attended by over 150 scientists

December: Opening of the University Child Care Centre

May: First International Week; this networking event, which has been a regular component of the campus calendar until today, celebrates the links to more than 20 partner universities around the world and involves visits of many international guests. Apart from that, sponsorship agencies, companies and other important partners are actively involved

April: Opening of Multi Beach Court

March: Medical Robotics, Navigation and Visualization (MRNV), an international conference bringing together more than 300 scientists

December: Topping-out ceremony for a newly built hall of residence near the campus

November: Celebration of the fifth anniversary of RAC - and "Campus 'n Region"

September: MBA Program in Distance Learning welcomes the first 83 students. Apart from a good range of basic modules, they can choose concentrations in Marketing, Production Management, Logistics Management, Health Care and Social Services Management, and Leisure and Tourism Management.

June: First Logistics Forum; First science@night event - a summer event celebrating innovation in the natural sciences and introducing RAC research activities to the public

May: Launch of the first Summer School Program in cooperation with Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC, USA, and HS Bonn-Rhein-Sieg; this short-term exchange program continues to make a significant contribution tho the activities in the framework of the Sister State Agreement between the federal states of South Carolina and Rhineland Palatinate

April: Number of enrolled students exceeds 1,000; First Girl's Day event to promote women in higher education (especially in the natural sciences and engineering)

March: Implementation of the semester ticket (providing free public transport for every enrolled student travelling between Cologne and Koblenz)

October: First "Campus 'n Region" fair for companies, future students and the general public; this is one out of many activities providing links to regional institutions

March: Opening of the newly built campus canteen; launch of the university soccer team (which wins an inter-university state tournament in the same year)

March: Opening of the newly built campus MENSA, the university dining facility / cafeteria

March: Opening of the RheinAhrCampus university library

February: First academic excursion to Achill Island, Ireland; in the context of European projects, these excursions connect students from several European partner universities for joint activities in workshops, seminars, project tasks, etc.

January: Start of the Ada Lovelace Project, which aims to promote girls and women with an interest in studying natural sciences and technologies

October: First students admitted for the winter semester; a total of 119 students take up their "Diplom" studies in the Faculty of Business and Social Management and the Faculty of Mathematics and Technology

05 October: Official opening attended by Jürgen Zöllner, Minister of State for Education, Science and Further Education in Rhineland Palatinate and about 240 guests of honour

May: Topping-out ceremony and press conference introducing the mission statement and the concept

Laying of foundation stone for RheinAhrCampus building

26 April: Bonn/Berlin Act is passed. This federal law specifies the compensation for the Bonn region after the transfer of the title German capital from Bonn to Berlin, due to reunification. Bonn and the region are awarded substantial financial means for new investments into higher education. One of the compensation projects is RheinAhrCampus Remagen, the northernmost university campus in the federal state of Rhineland Palatinate.