A good recommendation: Studying in Mittweida

On 15 January, Anna accompanied her younger sister Lisa to the Open Campus Day at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences. Anna is currently in her third semester studying ‘Sustainable real estate management’ there. Lisa is due to take her A-levels in 2026 and is still torn between ‘Media Management’ and ‘Social Work’ – two degree programmes at Mittweida that, at first glance, seem to have little in common. Yet both disciplines ultimately focus on people and are also housed in the same building at Mittweida. Both are highly recommended. After her A-levels, Lisa plans to do a voluntary social year – which is also a good recommendation.

Lisa is one of around 900 prospective students who chose Mittweida University of Applied Sciences at the Saxony-wide university information day. Like her, many had already come well-informed, with specific ideas and questions about the more than 50 degree programmes on offer and about studying and living in Mittweida.

Even in degree programmes not directly related to people, Mittweida University of Applied Sciences demonstrated at its information stands, in lectures, open-door laboratory sessions and project presentations how research and teaching at Mittweida contribute to making life and work safer and healthier, and to protecting the environment. Whether through the application of AI, media informatics and Biophotonics in medicine; sustainability in product design and business management; the latest methods to solve crimes and make our infrastructure more secure against cyber-attacks, or the use of purple bacteria for efficient hydrogen production and algae for heavy-metal detoxification in mining – these examples demonstrate the breadth and practical relevance of the disciplines at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences.

To ensure that your decision to study is based on reliable information, representatives from the faculties and the Student Advisory Service will be on hand to offer guidance at the Open Campus Day (Studieninformationstag). 

In addition, the Mittweida Student Advisory Service offers, amongst other things, monthly Discord information evenings, as well as a straightforward way to get in touch via WhatsApp, chat or, in the ‘traditional’ way, by email and telephone.

With ‘Intelligent and Secure Systems’ and ‘Maker Science’, HSMW will be offering two unique new degree programmes from the 2026/2027 winter semester. They were presented at the Open Campus Day (Studieninformationstag) on 15 January.

‘Computing meets Engineering’ is the slogan for the new degree programme ‘Intelligent and Secure Systems’. Students acquire a combined knowledge base in two core areas: IT security and engineering. This combination is highly topical and has been of great relevance to the business world for decades. The HSMW has proven expertise in research and teaching in both these areas.

“Fully autonomous cars, automated factories, remote-controlled buses and trains – these are not utopian dreams; engineers are currently working feverishly on them; even now, numerous driver-assistance systems are making our technology safer and more convenient,” says Professor Michael Kuhl, Dean of the Faculty Engineering Sciences. However, this requires reliable and intelligent technology.