The history of today's University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt dates back to 1807 and is linked with three previous institutions: the Balthasar-Neuman Polytechnic of the district of Lower Franconia, the Würzburg Commercial College and the Würzburg School of Applied Arts.

In the following years new courses were added including social work (1972), plastics engineering (1973), computer science (1975), nursing management (1995), business economics (1998), Business informatics (2000), media management (2000), computational engineering (2003), logistics (2008) and robotics (2020).

Between 1991 and 2000 the university developed a new campus in Aschaffenburg, initially offering business economics and from 1997 electrical engineering.

February 2003, the then minister of science, Hans Zehetmair, laid a foundation for a circular teaching building in Schweinfurt extending to 3000m² and costing almost 14.5 million euros.

In Schweinfurt, a new building located at Grüner Markt, opposite Kilianskirche was erected by the housing company Stadt- und Wohnbau GmbH (SWG).

It cost about 9.6 million euro and the State of Bavaria has rented it from SWG for a minimum of 12 years.

The University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt is a member of MedienCampus Bayern, the umbrella organization for media education in Bavaria.

The IDEE is thematically divided into the following centers, whereby interdisciplinary cooperation in the sense of the required competencies in Industry 4.0 is always in the foreground.

Recently, CERI received 120 million euro funding from Bavarian Government for its new building in Schweinfurt.

[9] The Center for Additive Metal Printing, or CAMP for short, deals with application-oriented research fields that are gaining in importance for both SMEs and large regional companies.

[citation needed] The Institute for Power Engineering and High Voltage Technology (IEHT) was founded on 1 October 2011 at FHWS and forms part of the Competence Centre Mainfranken at the department in Schweinfurt.

[citation needed] The Institute for Rescue, Emergency and Disaster Management was founded in the summer semester of 2014 and is affiliated with the IAL, the second research-based institution of the faculty with the aim of transferring interdisciplinary knowledge into usable projects and products To raise college.

Of particular importance in IREM is the integration of structures and experiences of members of public authorities and organizations with security tasks (BOS).