PFH Private University of Applied Sciences, established in 1995, is a state-recognized university that focuses on training and educating future managers and specialists in key technologies. Employability is at the centre of all its endeavours and PFH stands out by offering a unique “job guarantee” (find out more in the “Career & Alumni” section). The university’s philosophy is that personal mastery, academic excellence, and practical knowledge and experience are essential to becoming a responsibly-acting professional. This may only be achieved through individual attention combined with theoretically founded and practice-oriented teaching. With career and coaching services as well as individual mentoring embedded into the university’s structure, all study programmes are characterized by their practical and economic relevance, their internationality and a pronounced orientation towards careers.Show more
Academics at PFH Private University of Applied Sciences
PFH offers a three-semester Master’s degree in General Management at its Campus in Göttingen. It is accredited by ZEvA, the Central Accreditation and Evaluation Agency, and state-recognised.
Also entirely taught in English, PFH offers a Master of Science in LightweightEngineering & Composites, taking place at PFH Hansecampus Stade, located in the direct vicinity of the Airbus Plant and Composites United e.V.. The programme lasts for 3 semesters with a total of 90 ECTS. It has been developed with international engineering graduates in mind who are seeking to gain expertise in the exciting field of composites and who have an affinity towards Germany.
CAMPUS & STUDENT LIFE
PFH Campus Göttingen offers all the benefits of a small, dynamic university within the inspiring environment of one of the most renowned university towns in Germany. Blessed with a young population of 125,000 people, 30,000 of who students, today, Göttingen is a hotspot in research.
The city has numerous R&D institutes, including five Max Planck Institutes and the German Aerospace Centre. Over the centuries, it has bred 44 Nobel laureates, the latest of whom won the prize in 2014. Several leading high-tech companies, especially in measurement technologies, automotive supplies and bionic mobility, have their base in Göttingen. The campus is in the immediate vicinity of downtown Göttingen where sports, cultural events and an exciting night-life ensure a leisure time well spent. With Berlin, Hamburg and Frankfurt at its doors, Munich, Paris, Brussels, Prague and London are only a stone-throw away.
CAREER & ALUMNI
The Master of Science in General Management will qualify you for challenging activities in business and academia. It will equip you to carry out leadership
functions in companies and organisations. PFH Management graduates are employed throughout the world in a wide variety of industries today: as marketing
managers in Asia, as management accountants in DAX companies, as advisers in auditing firms, as international representatives for automotive groups, as brand specialists in the food industry, etc.
As graduate of the MSc in General Management programme you get a job guarantee according to which PFH undertakes to repay 20 percent of tuition fees if you have completed the programme within the standard period of study and, despite your own initiative and the University’s Career Service, have not found a suitable job within nine months. PFH has needed to redeem this promise only six times in its history, with over 600 Management graduates. Our graduates are sought after in business and usually have a firm contractual commitment even before they complete their studies. Conditions apply.