Berufsbegleitend - while in employment

A degree programme is undertaken whilst a person is in full-time employment, and is mainly structured as self-study with accompanying seminars.

Duales Studium - Dual System

A ‘Dual System’ degree programme combines university study with elements of professional/vocational training or professional work experience. In contrast to standard part-time study, the professional or vocational training elements are an integral component of the course of study. The actual form that this professional component takes can range from work placements integrated into the degree programmes through to a full course of professional training completed parallel to the university study.

Duales Studium, ausbildungsintegrierend - Degree programme with integrated professional training

Admission to a degree programme with integrated professional training generally requires an entrance qualification for universities of applied sciences (‘Fachhochschulreife’) or a higher education entrance qualification (‘Allgemeine Hochschulreife’) as well as an agreed training contract. Degree programmes with integrated professional training combine university study with training for a recognised apprenticeship trade. In addition to the initial professional academic qualification, a second qualification in the recognised apprenticeship trade will be awarded.

Duales Studium, berufsintegrierend - part time degree programmes for professionals

Part-time degree programmes for professionals are aimed at prospective students who have completed professional training and already have some relevant employment experience. Admission is also possible without an entrance qualification for universities of applied sciences (‘Fachhochschulreife’) or a higher education entrance qualification (‘Allgemeine Hochschulreife’) and study is combined with part-time employment in a job related to the subject of the degree programme.

Duales Studium, praxisintegrierend - Degree programme with integrated work experience

These degree programmes are characterized by longer periods of work experience at a company. Additionally, these programmes lead to an academic qualification, but not to a professional qualification in contrast to degree programmes with integrated professional training.

Fernstudium - Distance Learning

Distance learning is essentially guided self-study that is independent of the teacher both in terms of time and place. These programmes are characterised by the use of multimedia (e.g. the internet) and by requiring only the minimum amount of attendance that is necessary.

Internationaler Studiengang - international degree programme

An international degree programme must

 

• include a compulsory foreign language component of at least 40 per cent; these courses must cover specialist language as well as everyday communication, or
• result in the awarding of two academic degrees (if necessary in succession) on the basis of an agreed contract, or
• be based on a curriculum that has been jointly agreed with one or more foreign partners and that extends beyond the framework of EU Mobility Programmes.

Teilzeitstudium - part time study

Part-time study offers students the opportunity to complete a degree programme with a time commitment of approximately 50% of the standard study time. There are no conditions attached to how the remaining time is used, which is the case in the Dual System. d with one or more foreign partners and that extends beyond the framework of EU Mobility Programmes.