Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil

HSR

Former names

| Interkantonales Technikum Rapperswil
Type| Public
Established| 1972
Budget| CHF 85.368 Million
Rector| Margit Mönnecke

Academic staff

| 510

Administrative staff

| 140
Students| 1600
Location|

Rapperswil-Jona

St. Gallen (canton)

Switzerland

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

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.

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]

## See also

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* List of largest universities by enrollment in Switzerland
* List of universities in Switzerland

## References

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1. ^ The archaeological site Technikum at palafittes.org

## External links

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Media related to Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil at Wikimedia Commons

* Campus Rapperswil-Jona ost.ch

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* Germany
* United States
* Israel