Applied Sciences for Life - that is what the University of applied sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf stands for. We are one of the leading national and international universities of applied sciences for life and green engineering - for students as well as for teachers, researchers and non-scientific staff.
Three reasons for the HSWT
Work with meaning
We stand for the anchoring of the principles of sustainability in society and business. All staff make an important contribution to the sustainable use and protection of natural resources.
Work at eye level
We stand for a family-like and appreciative cooperation between all university members. Only in a non-discriminatory, family-friendly university environment can creativity, innovation and knowledge develop freely.
Work with perspective
We enable lifelong learning through further training opportunities and a diverse portfolio of tasks that is tailored to individual life situations and reflects the dynamics of the professional world.
Workplace with meaning & perspective
The staff of HSWT are involved in socially significant issues at four locations in Freising, Triesdorf, Straubing and Schlachters. Our work in the fields of sustainable land use, climate change, biodiversity, Food Technology, Biotechnology or renewable energies thus contributes to solving local and global challenges.
HSWT benefits for staff
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Excellent teaching & research infrastructure
Show gardens, greenhouses, experimental farms, state-of-the-art laboratories and technology centres provide an innovation-promoting and productive working environment
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Employed in the public service
Job security, capital-forming benefits, special annual payments, company pension scheme, collectively agreed wages and wage increases, additional remuneration for special services make employment in the public service attractive.
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Work-life balance
Flexible working time models, flexitime and generous home office arrangements create individual freedom. Sabbatical year models are also possible.
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Interdisciplinary exchange & networking opportunities
We develop and maintain national and international networks in the sense of long-term partnerships at eye level, from which our staff benefit in many ways.
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Further education & additional qualifications
In addition to regular in-house training and e-learning, the HSWT supports staff with individual training requests.
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Collegial cohesion
University events such as Welcome Day, University Day, Alumni Homecoming Day, job shadowing and participation in inter-university sports competitions promote contact and exchange within the college.
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Excellent sustainability, equal opportunities & diversity in the profession
Awarded by TOTAL E-QUALITY and EMAS
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Health management
With HSWTbewegt, we are creating a growing health offering that employees rate as promoting health as well as increasing satisfaction, and we are increasing competence in the area of healthy leadership.
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Active participation in everyday university life
HSWT employees have considerable opportunities to shape everyday life at the university in our committees and working groups. We also welcome volunteer support in the Weihenstephan plant fire brigade, as first responders, safety officers and in other important functions that are also carried out during working hours.
Locations of the HSWT
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Weihenstephan Campus
The green Weihenstephan campus is only a few minutes away from the centre of the attractive small town of Freising. The Bioengineering (Sciences), Horticulture and Food Technology, Landscape Architecture, Sustainable Agriculture and Energy Systems as well as Forestry are based here. The International Office, the general subject advisory service, the career centre, the library, the language centre and student services are also located on campus.
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Campus Triesdorf
© Ivory Productions The Triesdorf campus in Weidenbach is home to the Agriculture, Food, and Nutrition department and the Environmental Engineering department. The Higher School of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry School, Dairy School and many other agricultural teaching facilities are located in the immediate vicinity. In an idyllic rural setting and with a direct bus connection to Triesdorf, a productive learning and working atmosphere prevails here.
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HSWT location Straubing for sustainable resource utilisation
HSWT is a long-standing co-operation partner at the TUM Campus Straubing. The HSWT professorships of Bioinformatics, Energy Technology, Geothermal Energy, Complex Networks, Marketing and Management of Renewable Resources, Sustainable Business Management, Organic-Analytical Chemistry and Environmental and Development Economics teach and conduct research at the University's integrative research centre for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics.
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Schlachters research station for pomiculture
At the Schlachters research station for pomiculture in Sigmarszell on Lake Constance, university members carry out practical research and teaching in the field of pome fruit research on an area of around 8 hectares. The research facility is part of the Institute of Horticulture and is supported by an interdisciplinary advisory board.
50 years of HSWT: Teachers & researchers at the University of applied sciences
To mark the 50th anniversary of the HSWT, we asked the university community to tell us more about them personally, their life at the University of applied sciences and their activities. The portraits show alumni, teachers and staff, researchers and research projects up close. Some selected introductions of the employees from the project 50 Years of Applied Sciences for Life can be found here.
