What's the difference between applied science universities in Germany and ordinary universities?

German traditional universities (non-liberal arts) are generally divided into two categories:

The first category is research-oriented comprehensive universities, Uni(Universitaet) and TU(Technisch Universitaet). Although TU is translated as Polytechnic University or University of Science and Technology, in fact, the professional settings of such schools are also very complete. For example, TU-Dresden is the most comprehensive university in Germany. Comprehensive universities are eligible to award degrees from undergraduate to doctoral. Generally, the scale is relatively large, with tens of thousands of students, no walls on campus, and school buildings scattered in cities. Germany, a city with hundreds of thousands of people, is already a first-tier city. If a city has two comprehensive universities and several other institutions of higher learning, it will basically become a university city.

The second category is Universities of Applied Sciences, FH(Fach Hochschule). There are few FH majors, generally offering undergraduate and master courses, and a few schools have doctoral programs. The size of the school is much smaller than before, and the number of students is generally only a few thousand.

In fact, FH is a veritable cradle of engineers in Germany. More than two thirds of engineers graduated from FH. The curriculum of such schools pays attention to practice, faces employment and is easy for students to master. Professors in school are often executives of an enterprise, which is very helpful for students to recommend internships and employment.

FH, like a comprehensive university, is recognized by the state. As for university rankings, FH is generally invisible, because those rankings are generally based on the number of high-end papers, the number of doctoral programs and other indicators. Of course, FH has no advantage in this respect. It can be said that FH is a valuable social resource unique to Germany. For example, there is a FH named Mitveda Universities of Applied Sciences, which I'm afraid few people know. This school is located in Mitvedari, a small town in East Germany, with only 3,000 students, but many famous people are graduates of this school, such as August Horch, the founder of Audi, Friedrich Opel, and J? The inventor of rocket propulsion, Rgen Skafte Rasmussen, the vice president of GE, Gerhard Neumann, and the inventor of PAL- TV, Walter Bruch, etc.