Currently, the university is headed by Alexandra Bormann who took office in March 2024, replacing Rolf Schofer, who has been the rector of the HFU since 2006.

In addition to the modernisation and an extension of the building, direct access to the central bus station (ZOB) was created.

A special element is the so-called "Tuttlingen Model" the cooperation between university, city, district and industry.

The so-called Tuttlingen concept includes close cooperation with commercial enterprises, which guarantee permanent practical relevance through lecturers, demonstrations in companies, internships and the supervision of scientific work.

The study centre is located in Konrad-Goldmann-Straße 7 in the Freiburg district Wiehre and is easily accessible by public transport.

[7] Since the winter semester 2001/2002, the entire range of courses has been converted to Bachelor and Master degrees, in accordance with the Bologna process.

Within seven semesters, a first professionally qualifying Bachelor's degree can be obtained, which enables graduates to successfully start their careers.

Initially it offered online courses in the fields of media, computer science and economics under the so called service tele-akademie.

Since 2010, it has expanded its range of courses to include attendance training and has bundled its further education activities in the now called HFU Academy.

The topics offered are based on the profile of the university and are assigned to the fields of computer science, engineering, economics, digital media, health and other key qualifications.

Master's programmes open up new career perspectives and are designed as research or application-oriented postgraduate courses.

They usually consist of three semesters and can be taken either directly after a first degree course or, after a certain amount of professional experience, as part-time studies while working.

Michael Lederer, the Vice President for International Affairs and Continuing Education at HFU and Rüdiger Kukral of the Furtwangen Internship Placement Service (FIPS) signed the cooperation agreement; Lakehead President Moira McPherson has visited Furtwangen in the summer of 2019.

The federal states independently take care of schools and universities and draw up their own laws and regulations.

This committee is mainly responsible for the organization, financing and control of the student leisure and sports activities at the HFU.

De facto, the AStA is also divided between the three locations and takes care of student affairs largely independent from the other parts of the HFU.