Detailed Information about the University
Official website Wikipedia page
Full official name of the university in the national language:
Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main (HfG Offenbach).
Year of establishment
1832 as a School of Crafts (Handwerkerschule); university status granted in 1970.
Location
Offenbach am Main, Hesse, Germany.
Languages of instruction
German; English for selected programmes.
Academic fields
Art:
- Sculpture
- Stage Design and Costume Design
- Media / Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
- Experimental Spatial Concepts
- Photography
- Graphic Design and Illustration
- Communication Design
- Conceptual Drawing and Life Drawing
- Painting
- Performance in an Expanded Context
- Typography
- Art History
- Philosophy/Aesthetics
- Sociology and Theory
Design:
- Digital Design
- Industrial Design
- Information Design
- Integrative Design
- Material Design
- Urban Design
- Brand Design
- Curating and Design Criticism
- Intercultural Design
- Interaction Design
- Design Theory
- Cultural and Technology Theory
Rankings and accreditations
- State recognition and accreditation by the Hessian Ministry of Science and the Arts (Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst), Germany;
- Webometrics (2025): ranked No. 9,712 globally and No. 239 in Germany;
- EduRank (2025): ranked No. 7,588 globally, No. 1,681 in Europe, and No. 228 in Germany.
Cooperation with Odesa Polytechnic National University
Coordinators
- From Odesa Polytechnic: Oleh Shablii, Head of the International Relations Office, vmz@op.edu.ua;
- From HfG Offenbach: Jana Wardag, International Programmes Coordinator, International Office, team.internationales@hfg-offenbach.de
Concluded agreements
- No. 265-06 dated 19 March 2025 – Erasmus+ Inter-Institutional Agreement (KA1) on academic mobility for higher education students and staff.
Academic mobility
- Mykhailo Slukin – student of group MD-222, 10 April 2025 - 30 September 2025, studies under the Erasmus+ programme.