[4] From 1995 to 2000, the Fachhochschule was one of the model higher education institutions featured in the initiative “Modellvorhaben für eine Erprobung der globalen Steuerung von Hochschulhaushalten in Niedersachsen” (Model Projects for a Trial of Global Management of University Budgets in Lower Saxony), whose results have since been integrated into legislation concerning higher education in the state.

[6] The new building on the Caprivi Campus in Westerberg was dedicated in 2004; the School of Business Management and Social Sciences has been using the barracks grounds since 1998.

In February 2012, the cooperative research college "FamiLE – Familiengesundheit im Lebensverlauf" (Family Health in the Course of Life) was founded in conjunction with the Witten/Herdecke University.

In December 2011, eight research applications from the University of Applied Sciences for grants from the European Regional Development Fund (with a total value of roughly 1 million euro) were approved.

Through cooperative initiatives such as the „FamiLe – Familiengesundheit im Lebensverlauf" research college, students are given the opportunity to undertake doctoral studies following the completion of their courses.

In cooperation with Buckinghamshire New University in the United Kingdom, the School of Business Management and Social Sciences offers an MBA programme.

It is a three-year part-time course with attendance periods and enables students to acquire understanding of management and leadership abilities.

Graduates will receive a double diploma: one which awards them the title of Master of Business Administration from both Bucks New and Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences.

Along with Münster's university of applied sciences and the Saxion Hogeschool in Enschede, Netherlands, an MBA course in International Supply Chain Management is offered.

In the (Charlotte) Lindholm-centred 2007 Tatort episode "Das namenlose Mädchen" [de] (The Nameless Girl), which takes place in Osnabrück, the murder victim attends a course at the university.

The Caprivi campus of the School of Business Msnagement and Social Sciences is also featured in the 2008 made-for-TV film "Vertraute Angst" (Familiar Fear) from ARD, in which it is used as the setting for a psychiatric clinic.