Welcome to PIA, the repository of the South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences. Here you will find both publications and other documents of the South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences that are also listed in the online catalogue KAI. All publications by university members benefit from the following advantages of the publication server:

• Free publication as open access
• Worldwide visibility
• Permanent availability as well as long-term archiving
• Citability by assignment of a Digital Object Identifier (DOI)