The Hochschule Harz – University of Applied Studies and Research has two bases in Saxony-Anhalt. The Department of Automation and Computer Sciences as well as the Department of Business Studies are located in Wernigerode. The Department of Public Management can be found in Halberstadt. History In October 1991, Hochschule Harz was founded as “Fachhochschule Harz”. Initially, the courses on offer consisted of Business Administration, Tourism, and Business Informatics at the Department of Business Studies in Wernigerode. 77 students took up their studies in the 1991/1992 winter term. Meanwhile, six Bachelor's degree programs are offered at the Department of Business Studies. Today the number of students has increased to about 1,700. In the 2007/2008 winter term, two Master's degree programs – „Business Consulting“ and „Tourism and Destination Development“ – were launched. In autumn 1992 – one year after the foundation of the University of Applied Sciences – teaching started at the Department of Automation and Computer Sciences. At the beginning of the 1992/1993 winter term, 28 students were enrolled in the degree programs “Electrical Engineering” and “Computer Science” for the first time. Today, about 800 students are enrolled in a total of eight computer science and engineering-based degree programs. The course offer was completed with the Master's degree program “Computer Science/Mobile Systems”. The Department of Public Management in Halberstadt is the youngest department, and at the same time the second base of Hochschule Harz. In the 1998/1999 winter term, with the implementation of the degree programs “Public Administration” and “Administrative Economics/Public Service Management”, university education for the public sector started. The course offer was enlarged by introducing the degree programs “European Administrative Management” and “Administrative Management/eGovernment”. Undergraduate degree programs of the Department of Public Management are currently complemented by the Master's degree program “Public Management”. “Fachhochschule Harz” was renamed “Hochschule Harz – University of Applied Sciences” on January 27, 1998. The courses on offer increased continuously in the following years. In 2003, Hochschule Harz received the award „best practice Hochschule 2003" from „Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung“ (CHE). Campus Wernigerode Wernigerode is the headquarters of Hochschule Harz. The administrative and didactic buildings of the Department of Business Studies as well as the Department of Automation and Computer Sciences are located on a 62,000 sqm large, green campus in Hasserode (district of Wernigerode). In a new building on the site of a former paper mill, central departments like an electronic data processing center, a