Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil
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Former names
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Interkantonales Technikum Rapperswil |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1972 |
| Budget | CHF 72.162 million |
| Rector | Margit Mönnecke |
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Academic staff
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237 |
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Administrative staff
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307 |
| Students | 1188 |
| 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.
The university is located nearby Seedamm respectively Rapperswil railway station and Knie's Kinderzoo on upper Lake Zürich (Obersee).
Archaeological relicts have been found at the Technikum island settlement, 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.
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