The dual study: success for students and businesses the State-recognized University of applied sciences in the economy opened their students with qualified Bachelor’s and master’s degrees best career opportunities. With high practical orientation, international orientation, excellent teaching and learning quality, as well as nearly 3,000 graduates the University established in 1993, has teamed up with its sites of Paderborn, Bielefeld, Bergisch Gladbach and Dresden an impressive reputation created. In Bergisch Gladbach are now about 250 regional and national companies involved in the dual degree programmes. This success story will continue the FHDW and prepared their start in Mettmann for October 2009. The Bachelor degree course in business economics with the specializations of medium-sized business and international management and the Bachelor programme Business Informatics with the directions IT consulting and software development are planned. The new building is on schedule.

The plot of Mettmann building society building built on Marie-Curie Strasse 6 6,250 m and service GmbH with the support of the city a multi-story building. 500 students to accommodate it. Topping-out ceremony was celebrated in April, the completion and handover of the building is planned for the end of August. The method of dual study is simple: students between universities and companies changing regularly. For one, they apply their newly knowledge directly into practice, on the other hand the company and the students meet intensively during the practical phases. So, it is already clear long before actual interviews who suits whom. Speaking candidly Oracle told us the story. In almost all cases our graduates have a work contract in the bag already months before her graduation”Prof. Dr.

Franz Wagner, President of FHDW confirmed. The companies use the cooperation with the FHDW to insure as their trainees for the future. A partnership with the FHDW can make any company, explains Franz Wagner. Many come from the middle class, but also some international companies active are among the cooperation partners. No matter what size does a company, for all companies time-consuming search and hiring processes accounts for the early binding of students. Henkel and Itergo have already expressed their interest to students of FHDW Mettmann. Interested parties can apply immediately for degree programs. The entrance requirement is the college entrance or graduation with an average of testimony of at least 2.8.