▁requirements . ▁Initial ly , ▁the ▁university ▁had ▁only ▁three ▁fac ult ies ▁with ▁ 1 , 3 0 4 ▁full ▁and ▁part - time ▁students , ▁but ▁today ▁the ▁university ▁has ▁developed ▁into ▁Germany ' s ▁leading ▁institution ▁for ▁distance ▁education ▁and ▁is ▁the ▁only ▁full ▁university ▁in ▁that ▁field ▁with ▁a ▁student ▁body ▁of ▁ 8 3 , 5 3 6 ▁students ▁in ▁the ▁summer ▁term ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁and ▁ 8 6 , 8 8 9 ▁students ▁in ▁the ▁winter ▁term ▁ 2 0 1 3 / 1 4 . ▁Besides ▁the ▁substantial ▁number ▁of ▁off - camp us ▁students , ▁a ▁considerable ▁number ▁of ▁full - time ▁post grad uate ▁research ▁students ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 , 8 0 0 ▁members ▁of ▁academic ▁and ▁research ▁staff ▁are ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁H agen ' s ▁main ▁campus ▁in ▁H agen . ▁ ▁The ▁fac ult ies ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁H agen ▁award ▁under grad uate , ▁gradu ate ▁and ▁post do ctor al ▁degrees ▁( bach elor ' s , ▁master ' s , ▁doctor ate ▁degrees ▁( Ph . D s ) ▁and ▁enable ▁hab il itation ). ▁All ▁the ▁degrees ▁awarded ▁by ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁H agen ▁are ▁equivalent ▁to ▁those ▁awarded ▁by ▁traditional ▁German ▁univers ities ▁and ▁u ph old ▁rig orous ▁academic ▁standards . ▁The ▁University ▁of ▁H agen ▁is ▁award ing ▁degrees ▁and ▁is ▁doing ▁research ▁in ▁the ▁fields ▁of ▁Business ▁Administration ▁and ▁Econom ics ,