Köthen

Around 2,200 students study and research in three Departments - Computer Science and Languages (FB5), Electrical, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (FB6) and Applied Biosciences and Process Engineering (FB7) - supervised by 55 professors. A further international flair is provided by the 350 or so students from abroad who prepare for successful studies in Germany at the Preparatory College (Landesstudienkolleg). There are spacious sports facilities and an active student club on campus. The Administration of Anhalt University of Applied Sciences can also be found there.

The charming old town of Köthen invites you to take a stroll. You can discover traces of the town's history everywhere, which has been shaped by more than 900 years of impressive towers, churches and the castle. It is the people who have made Köthen internationally famous. First and foremost Johann Sebastian Bach, to whom Köthen owes the title "Bach City". The composer worked as a bandmaster for Prince Leopold von Anhalt-Köthen. A second famous name is world-famous: Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, founder of homeopathy, worked and researched in Köthen. Since the world medical association "Liga Medicorum Homoeopathica Internationalis" moved its headquarters from Geneva to Köthen, the town is now considered the "world capital of homeopathy".

Alongside music and medicine, the German language of instruction plays an important role. Köthen was not only home to the first German textbook publisher. As early as the 17th century, the first language preservation society "Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft" was founded - a German academy with diverse linguistic, literary and (educational) political ambitions. Since 2007, the "Neue Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft zu Köthen" has been continuing this tradition; among other things, the princely palace is home to the "Language of Instruction Experience", which is well worth seeing. And there is another tradition: the engineering degree programs of the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences have been concentrated in Köthen since 1891. Technical and technological questions have always been answered there at the cutting edge of technology.

Köthen is also characterized by consistency when it comes to leisure and customs - people like to party here, especially during the fifth season. International students in particular are amazed at the invasion of revellers. Guests from all over Saxony-Anhalt enjoy themselves at the carnival parade on Rose Monday. But the city is also a great place to live. There is even a seaside resort nearby: A natural beach and top-quality water attract visitors to the Edderitz seaside resort, a recultivated area in the former lignite mining district. This modern development is also very much in the tradition of Anhalt University of Applied Sciences - the whole of society benefits from a solution-oriented approach.