Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil
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Former names | Interkantonales Technikum Rapperswil |
|---|---|
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1972 |
| Budget | CHF 72.162 million[1] |
| Rector | Herrmann Mettler |
Academic staff | 237[1] |
Administrative staff | 307[1] |
| Students | 1188[1] |
| Location |
Rapperswil-Jona, St. Gallen (canton), Switzerland 47°13′25.00″N 8°49′05.00″E / 47.2236111°N 8.8180556°ECoordinates: 47°13′25.00″N 8°49′05.00″E / 47.2236111°N 8.8180556°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www.hsr.ch |
HSR (German: Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil) or University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil is a technical university in Rapperswil, a locality of the city of Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland. HSR is part of the University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland.
Location
The university is located nearby Seedamm respectively Rapperswil railway station and Knie's Kinderzoo on upper Lake Zürich (Obersee).
Trivia
Archaeological relicts have been found at the Technikum island settlement,[2] and the remains of a first wooden bridge (1523 BC, reconstructed in 2001) to Hurden located on the Obersee lakeshore nearby the Technical University (HSR) respectively the so-called Heilig Hüsli at the northwestern part of the Seedamm area. The three neighbouring Prehistoric settlements, as well as the early lake crossings, are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps.[3][4]
See also
External links
Media related to Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil at Wikimedia Commons
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Annual report 2010" (PDF). HSR. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ↑ "Sites Switzerland: Rapperswil-Jona–Technikum (CH-SG-02)". palafittes.org. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
- ↑ "Prehistoric Pile Dwellings in Switzerland". Swiss Coordination Group UNESCO Palafittes (palafittes.org). Retrieved 2014-12-07.
- ↑ "World Heritage". palafittes.org. Retrieved 2014-12-07.