More than 380 researchers, about 600 national and international partners in economy, science and society and more than 300 R&D projects every year have made the University of Applied Sciences of Upper Austria number 1 among the Universities of Applied Sciences in Austria! The university covers the most current and most significant research fields of the 21st century at the four locations Hagenberg, Linz, Wels and Steyr. The special feature: Close networking with companies and institutions in practice. The Research Groups conduct research and development in exact co-ordination with the needs of the economy, a fact which guarantees rapid realization in industry as well as society. The research areas at Hagenberg are Information and Communication Systems, Quality of Life for the Elderly, Media and Knowledge Technologies and Software Technology and Applications. The research Group Embedded Systems is close connected to the bachelor degree program “Hardware-Software-Design” and to the master degree program “Embedded Systems Design”.