The University of Applied Sciences Ludwigshafen am Rhein - University of Economics was founded in 1965 as a state higher education college Ludwigshafen, which became part of the Fachhochschule Rheinland-Pfalz in 1971 as a department Ludwigshafen
In 1976 it came to the union with the division Worms , which lasted until 1991. The Fachhochschule Ludwigshafen became independent in 1996.