From humble beginnings as a professional school, it quickly grew to become an important institution, which was awarded the status of a fully-fledged Hochschule (an educational institution equivalent to a university, but specializing in a certain field such as technology or business or art) in 1919.
Fra den noget ydmyge begyndelse voksede skolen hurtigt til en af de vigtigste institutioner, som fik status som Hochschule (en uddannelsesinstitution lig et universitet specialiseret inden for et bestemt felt fx teknologi, økonomi eller kunst) i 1919.