The Neisse University was a trinational academic network held by the cooperating partners University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz, Technical University of Liberec and Wroclaw University of Technology. The places of study were located in the border triangle of

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and

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, which are approximately 100 km apart.

History

The Neisse University was established in 2001, admitting students for bachelor degrees in "Information and Communication Management", the only course offered. Its first president was Prof. Dr. Phil. Peter Schmidt. In 2004 it was accredited by

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/sup> Prof. Klaus ten Hagen was elected as the new president in 2004. From 2007 it had been possible to also immatriculate students from other than the three countries participating in the project. This was especially true of the master course which was focused on an internationally diverse student group. In 2019, Wrocław University of Technology had to terminate its cooperation with Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences and TU Liberec. The Rector of Wrocław University of Technology informed the partner institutions in December 2019 that, due to new regulations in the Polish Higher Education Act, Wrocław University of Technology no longer sees itself in a position to continue its participation in the international Neisse University network. No new students were enrolled for the 2019/2020 semester.

Profile of the university

Neisse University has had a special profile by following facts: * lectures and seminars were held exclusively in the

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* the site of instruction changed from

Liberec Liberec (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 108,000 inhabitants, making it the fifth largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse River, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well preserved and is pr ...

in the first to Jelenia Gora in the second and then to

Görlitz Görlitz (; ; ; ; ; Lusatian dialects, East Lusatian: , , ) is a town in the Germany, German state of Saxony. It is on the river Lusatian Neisse and is the largest town in Upper Lusatia, the second-largest town in the region of Lusatia after ...

in the third year * international students

Study courses

* Economics and Computer Science ** BSc. Information and Communication Management

Faculties

Due to the changing sites, the courses available at the Neisse University belonged to different faculties of the partner institutes. * Bsc Information and Communication Management ** Faculty of Economics at the Technical University of Liberec ** Faculty of Computer Science at the Wroclaw University of Technology ** Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz

References

External links

Website of the Neisse University

Website of the University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz

Website of the Technical University of Liberec

Website of the Wroclaw University of Technology

Academic Coordination Centre of the Euro-Region Neisse

student-portal of the "NU Students"

Student Portal NISA WIKISPACES
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