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About Ferdinand Porsche FERNFH

Facts & figures

Austria’s first Distance-Learning University of Applied Sciences
Ferdinand Porsche FERNFH was founded in 2006. The first degree programme to start in 2007 was the BA in Business Informatics. Thanks to innovative forms of learning and teaching within the field of distance learning, FERNFH plays a pioneering role with regard to distance learning programmes in Austria.

Founded in 2006

Owner

FERNFH Management & Service GmbH (74%), 
Province of Lower Austria (26%)

Executive Management

 
  • Axel Jungwirth, CEO of Ferdinand Porsche
    Fernfachhochschule GmbH and
    FERNFH Management & Service GmbH
  • Elfriede Riesinger, COO of Ferdinand Porsche
    Fernfachhochschule GmbH
  • Alexander Fleischer, CFO of
    FERNFH Management & Service GmbH
 

Degree programme available

since the 2007/08, autumn semester

Location

Wiener Neustadt



Students

1.003

Graduates

2.305

Staff

75

Lecturers: 

173 (external 152, internal 21)

Degree and
executive programmes

10

Degree programmes

 
  • Aging Services Management | Bachelor
  • Business Administration and Psychology | Bachelor
    and Master
  • Business Informatics | Bachelor and Master
 

Micro-Credentials

24