Studying at a university – what does that mean?
In terms of content, you’ll learn exactly the same subject matter as in a traditional business degree. But your environment is unique! Depending on your chosen career path, you’ll lend a hand in administration, help shape the digital future in Campus IT, tinker in the workshops, organise things in the library or carry out experiments in the lab. It’s guaranteed never to get boring here.
Your benefits with us at a glance:
- The perfect start: joint induction days to get to know each other and gain exciting insights into different areas through work rotations.
- Excellent support: A thorough training programme with consistent, personalised guidance from experienced trainers.
- Campus atmosphere: An exciting, international environment with students from over 120 countries.
- A great bonus: Free access to university sports (over 50 sports, including yoga, running and team sports) and support for your mental wellbeing.
Our apprenticeship programmes:
Entry requirements
At least a technical college entrance qualification or an equivalent or higher qualification
Training programme
- A 3-year in-company apprenticeship combined with vocational school and block-release periods at the Institute for Public Administration in Hilden
- Option to shorten the training period if you have the relevant qualifications
Content
- Introduction to administration, law and finance
- Insights into the areas of procurement, student affairs, administrative support and secretarial work
- Understanding and applying legislation
- Application of modern office communication and management
- Insights into human resources and organisation
Entry requirements
At least a technical college entrance qualification or an equivalent or higher qualification
Training programme
- A 3-year in-company training programme combined with vocational school and inter-university further training at the institute in Hilden
- Option to shorten the training period if you have the relevant qualifications
Course content
- Office communication and administration
- Basic knowledge of accounting and human resources management
- Basic knowledge of business organisation
- Compiling and analysing statistics
- Maintaining filing systems
- Proficiency in word processing and spreadsheet programmes, as well as business management software Proficiency in modern communication technology
Entry requirements
At least a technical college entrance qualification or an equivalent or higher qualification
Training programme
- A 3-year in-company apprenticeship combined with vocational school
- Option to shorten the training period if you have the relevant qualifications
Content
- Digital development of the university
- Developing, creating and maintaining (network-based) IT solutions
- Analysing, optimising and digitising work and business processes
- Collaboration on software projects
- Digital processing and management of information and data
- Identifying software and hardware requirements for workplace equipment
- Implementing data security and data protection
- Processing service requests from university staff and students
Entry requirements
At least a technical college entrance qualification or an equivalent or higher qualification
Training programme
- A 3-year in-company apprenticeship combined with vocational school
- Option to shorten the training period if you have the relevant qualifications
Content
- Design and implementation of complex information and telecommunications systems
- Installation, configuration and administration of networked information and telecommunications systems
- Use of methods for project planning, implementation and monitoring
- Presentation of system solutions
- Troubleshooting using expert and diagnostic systems
- Advising and supporting users
Entry requirements
University of Applied Sciences entrance qualification, A-levels
Training programme
- 3.5-year in-company apprenticeship combined with vocational school in the field of mechanical and plant engineering
- 2 days at vocational college
- 3 days of in-company training
- Option to shorten the training programme if you have the relevant qualifications
Content
- Product development: product development processes
- Planning and designing components and assemblies
- Creation of technical documents (3D data sets and drawings) using computer-aided design
- Carrying out calculations, assessing raw materials and consumables, distinguishing between manufacturing and assembly techniques
- Supporting the product development process from design through prototyping to the test phase
Entry requirements
At least a technical college entrance qualification or an equivalent or higher qualification
Training programme
- A 3-year in-company apprenticeship combined with vocational school
- Option to shorten the training period if you have the relevant qualifications
Content
- Media processing (acquisition, cataloguing in accordance with the ‘Resource Description and Access (RDA)’ guidelines)
- Technical processing of media
- Assisting with content indexing
- Establishing and checking the shelving order
- Active and passive interlibrary loans within the hbz network
- Processing of loans, returns, reminders, branch requests and pre-orders for media
- Fee management
- Providing information and assisting library users with accessing library services
Entry requirements
At least a technical college entrance qualification or an equivalent or higher qualification
Training programme
- 3.5-year in-company training combined with vocational school
- Option to shorten the training period if you have the relevant qualifications
Course content
- Analytical chemistry
- Chemical analysis and measurement methods
- Gas analysis
- Laboratory work, laboratory techniques
- Sampling
- Physical measurement and testing methods
- Quality testing, quality assurance
- Experimental procedures and evaluation
- Spectroscopy
- Environmental working techniques
