Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil

The Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil (University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil), also called Technikum or HSR, was a technical university in Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland. Since 2020 the former HSR is the Campus Rapperswil-Jona of the new OST – Ostschweizer Fachhochschule.

HSR
Former names
Interkantonales Technikum Rapperswil
TypePublic
Established1972
BudgetCHF 85.368 Million
RectorMargit Mönnecke
Academic staff
510
Administrative staff
140
Students1600
Location, ,
Switzerland

47°13′25.00″N 8°49′05.00″E / 47.2236111°N 8.8180556°E / 47.2236111; 8.8180556
CampusUrban
HSR on Obersee lakeshore

The university campus is located in Rapperswil at the lakeshore of the Obersee, which is the southeastern part of Lake Zurich. The Seedamm, the Rapperswil railway station and Knie's Kinderzoo are in the vicinity.

Trivia

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Remains of pile dwellings have been found at the archaeological site Technikum, which is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps.[1]

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