& international business Business law Information management At the time of summer semester 2008, all graduate programs at the University of Applied Sciences were converted on the Bologna Process to the international bachelor and master degrees. Institutes at the Mainz University of Applied Sciences i3mainz Institute for spatial information and surveying technology. ai-mainz Institute for Architecture Mainz. iS-mainz Institute for sandwich technology - Mainz. Img Institute for media design. Design lab Gutenberg Institute as an interface between research and teaching of communication design. IUH Institute for entrepreneurial action. IFAMS Institute for applied management science and social entrepreneurship. FGKU The Research Group Municipal and Environmental Economics (FGKU). Faculties and departments Location Campus Lucy-Hillebrand-Straße (Bretzenheim) School of Engineering with the departments Geoinformatics and Surveying School of Business consisting of the departments business administration, business law and information management Location Holzstraße (city center) School of Technology with the departments Architecture, Civil Engineering School of Design with the departments Communication Design, Media Design and Interior Architecture Services Library The library is currently situated at the two locations: Campus and Holzstraße. The libraries at these locations provide the media for each faculty situated there: economics at the location at Campus; engineering and design at the location Holzstraße. The libraries provide books, journals, electronic media and videos for the each subject areas taught at the University of Applied Sciences. In addition, it offers daily and weekly newspapers, general reference books etc. The inventory is as a rule freely accessible to everyone. Exceptions are CDs, DVDs, videos, DIN standards. AStA The Mainz University of Applied Sciences has also an AStA. The General Students' Committee (German: Allgemeiner Studierendenausschuss) or AStA, is the acting executive board and the external representing agency of the (constituted) student body at the Mainz University of Applied Sciences. It is therefore considered the student government and student representative organization. The AStA is separating in following sectors: administration, office, finance, executive board, university policy, international subjects, culture, light and sound, public relation, social matters, sport, traffic and directorate. They have an International Consultant for the special needs of foreign students. Furthermore, they offer social advice. The AStA also organize parties for the first year students and for the whole University. See also Fachhochschule List of colleges and universities Mainz References External links Mainz University of Applied Sciences 1971 establishments in West Germany Educational institutions established in 1971 Universities and colleges in Rhineland-Palatinate Universities of Applied