It has a student enrolment of around 14,700 (as of winter semester 2023/24),[1] making it one of the largest public universities of applied sciences in Germany.

The University offers around 100 degree programmes (as of winter semester 2023/24)[1] in the fields of business and management, engineering, design, health, social studies and teacher training.

There students can train to become vocational school teachers or industrial engineers in one of its institutes:[4] The Bachelor and Master’s programmes offered by the university are spread across the areas of business and management, engineering, design, health, social work and teacher training.

Münster University of Applied Sciences fully met the requirements of the Bologna Process, namely of creating harmonised academic qualifications across Europe, and completely converted its study programme to the tiered Bachelor/Master’s system by winter semester 2007/2008.

FH Münster is a member of the higher education consortium UAS7, an alliance of seven research-oriented universities of applied sciences with an international outlook.