Studies with Intensified Practice
In cooperation with the Bavarian federation of employers’ associations Bavarian higher education institutions have developed academic study with intensive in-company training. These Studies with Intensified Practice aim at combining regular bachelor’s studies with intensified internship phases in companies. During their lecture free periods, students do paid work in a chosen internship company. Depending on the degree programme, they can enter Studies with Intensified Practice even after having taken up regular studies.
Duration of Studies with Intensified Practice
The duration of Studies with Intensified Practice is the same as of regular studies, i.e. 3.5 years, and is complemented by internship phases of up to 16 months.
Advantages of Studies with Intensified Practice for students
- Gaining professional experience and insights into the company
- Knowledge from studies can be directly implemented in the company
- Excellent job and career opportunities after graduation
- Financial support during studies
Advantages of Studies with Intensified Practice for companies
- Securing highly qualified junior staff at an early stage
- Getting to know the students intensively
- Optimal preparation for later employment in the company
- No training period after graduation because of extensive practical experience
How places are awarded
In principle, the requirements of the respective degree programme apply to the awarding of a place on Studies with Intensified Practice (e.g. university entrance qualification, admission restriction and pre-study internship, if applicable). For more information regarding the requirements for individual degree programmes, please refer to the pages of our Department of Student Affairs (HSST).
Contractual arrangements
Students will conclude a contract with the company regarding Studies with Intensified Practice. It contains regulations on kind and scope of internships, holiday entitlement, payments as well as other framework conditions.
Hochschule dual offers a sample contract for download (only available in German).
Becoming a cooperating company
There is also the possibility to conclude a written cooperation agreement with THWS. The services provided by THWS and the partner company, the form of cooperation and other details of the dual cooperative studies are specified there.
THWS degree programmes offering this study model
- Architecture
Further information in German at www.hochschule-dual.de - Civil Engineering
Further information in German at www.hochschule-dual.de - Business Administration
Further information in German at www.hochschule-dual.de - E-commerce
Further information in German at www.hochschule-dual.de - Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
Further information in German at www.hochschule-dual.de - Geo Data Technology
Further information in German at www.hochschule-dual.de - Geovisualisation
Further information in German at www.hochschule-dual.de - Computer Science
Further information in German at www.hochschule-dual.de - International Management
Further information in German at www.hochschule-dual.de - Plastics and Rubber Engineering
Further information in German at www.hochschule-dual.de - Logistics
Further information in German at www.hochschule-dual.de - Mechanical Engineering
Further information in German at www.hochschule-dual.de - Mechatronics
Further information in German at www.hochschule-dual.de - Media Management
Further information in German at www.hochschule-dual.de - Robotics
Further information in German at www.hochschule-dual.de - Surveying and Geoinformatics
Further information in German at www.hochschule-dual.de - Business Information Systems
Further information in German at www.hochschule-dual.de - Business and Engineering
Further information in German at www.hochschule-dual.de
Cooperating companies
Study offers and information on companies that offer academic study combined with vocational training or academic study with intensive in-company training in cooperation with THWS can be obtained by selecting the relevant degree programme in the Studienplatz-Portal.
In the following list, you can navigate directly to cooperating partners of a degree programme and find additional companies that are not listed in the Studienplatz-Portal.
Architecture
An additional selection of companies offering academic study with intensive in-company training:
- Planart Kastner Architecture Firm
- PS PLANNING & SERVICE GMBH
- The State Construction Office of Schweinfurt
Civil Engineering
An additional selection of companies offering academic study with intensive in-company training that are not included in the portal:
- Dorn Construction AG
- E. & B. Haas GmbH & Co. KG
- Gotthard Weeth GmbH
- Christian Heil Engineering
- Feldmann + Greve Engineering GbR
- Probst Engineering GmbH
- KMS Engineering Company mbH
- SST Road and Civil Engineering GmbH & Co. KG
- STRABAG Rail GmbH
- The State Construction Office of Ansbach
- The State Construction Office of Würzburg
Business Administration
An additional selection of companies offering academic study with intensive in-company training:
- congatec AG
- Frankonia Trade GmbH & Co. KG
- PKF Issing Faulhaber Wozar Altenbeck GmbH & Co. KG
- Sparkasse Mainfranken Würzburg
- Thoraxzentrum Bezirk Unterfranken (centre for thoracic diseases in the Lower Franconia region)
- Vyaire Medical GmbH
- Administration union of the Sparkasse Mainfranken (savings bank)
Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
An additional selection of companies offering academic study with intensive in-company training:
- H. Steinhardt GmbH
- Lohmann-koester GmbH & Co. KG
- Würzburger Versorgungs- und Verkehrs GmbH
- abi Technische Gebäudeausrüstung GmbH & Co. KG
Geovisualisation
An additional selection of companies offering academic study with intensive in-company training:
- 3D WELT Surveying GmbH
- Angermeier Engineering GmbH
Computer Science
An additional selection of companies offering academic study with intensive in-company training:
- Dematic GmbH
- Industrial Pipes of Franconia GmbH & Co KG
- Schneider Electric Automation GmbH
International Management
An additional selection of companies offering academic study with intensive in-company training:
- Industrial Pipes of Franconia GmbH & Co. KG
- ZF Friedrichshafen AG
Plastics and Rubber Engineering
An additional selection of companies offering academic study with intensive in-company training:
- Aptar Freyung GmbH
- Ernst Hombach GmbH & Co. KG
- Industrial Pipes of Franconia GmbH & Co KG
- Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
- GEMÜ Apparatus Engineering GmbH & Co. KG
- Leoni Wiring Systems GmbH
- Procter&Gamble Enterprise Group
- Saint Gobain Performance Plastics Ltd.
Logistics
An additional selection of companies offering academic study with intensive in-company training:
- Winora Group E. Wiener Bike Parts GmbH
Mechanical Engineering
An additional selection of companies offering academic study with intensive in-company training:
- Bilfinger Noell GmbH
- FFT Production Systems GmbH & Co. KG
- GKN Sinter Metals GmbH
- Oswald Electric Motors GmbH
- SEHO Systems GmbH
- abi Technische Gebäudeausrüstung GmbH & Co. KG
Product Development and Systems Design
An additional selection of companies offering academic study with intensive in-company training:
- Bilfinger Noell GmbH
- FFT Production Systems GmbH & Co. KG
Robotics
An additional selection of companies offering academic study with intensive in-company training:
- FFT Production Systems GmbH & Co. KG
Surveying and Geoinformatics
An additional selection of companies offering academic study with intensive in-company training:
- A.I.T GmbH
- AfDBV
- AfDBV Bamberg
- AfDBV Coburg
- AfDBV Kulmbach
- AfDBV Neustadt a.d.Aisch
- AfDBV Wunsiedel
- AfDBV Würzburg
- AfLE Ansbach / Middle Franconia
- AfLE Bamberg
- AfLE Krumbach / Swabia
- AfLE Middle Franconia
- AfLE Swabia
- AfLE Würzburg / Lower Franconia
- Angermeier Engineering GmbH
- Cloud Surveying
- DB Netz AG
- Eckardt Surveying
- Hell Engineering GbR
- Anton Herbst GmbH Engineering Office
- K+S Minerals and Agriculture GmbH
- Wesel district
- State Agency for Spatial Information and Rural Development Baden-Württemberg
- Heilbronn district
- Main-Tauber district
- Enzkreis District Office
- Ludwigsburg District Office
- Main-Tauber District Office
- Leonhard Weiss GmbH & Co. KG
- Mainova AG
- Schwing & Dr. Neureither Surveying Office
- Heiko Eckardt Surveying Office
Business Information Systems
An additional selection of companies offering academic study with intensive in-company training:
- KonversionsKraft AG
- Krause & Schopp Integration Management
- Würth Industrial Services GmbH & CO. KG
Business and Engineering
An additional selection of companies offering academic study with intensive in-company training:
- FFT Production Systems GmbH & Co. KG
Civil Engineering
Offers by cooperating companies for the degree programme Civil Engineering in the “Studienplatz-Portal” (Search portal for study places by Hochschule Dual):
Information about the academic study combined with vocational training: Technical product designer
Information about the academic study combined with vocational training: Construction draughtsperson
Information about the academic study combined with vocational training: Bricklayer
An additional selection of companies offering academic study combined with vocational training:
- Adam Hörnig Construction Company
- Anton Schick GmbH & Co. KG
- Balthasar Höhn GmbH Construction Company
- Eberhard Pöhner Construction Company
- Emil Geis GmbH Construction Company
- Georg Göbel GmbH Construction Company
- Liebstückel GmbH Construction Company
- Böhner Construction GmbH & Co KG
- Dechant Building Construction & Civil Engineering GmbH
- Building Construction & Civil Engineering GmbH Gerhäuser
- Horn Engineering GmbH & Co. KG
- Kammerdiener GmbH & Co KG
- Leonhard Weiss Gmbh & Co KG
- Max Bögl GmbH & Co. KG
- NEWO Construction GmbH
- Otto Heil GmbH & Co. KG
- Riedel Construction GmbH & Co. KG
- Strabag GmbH
- Strabag Rail GmbH
- Theo Hahn GmbH & Co. KG
- Wolf Residential Construction GmbH
Business Administration
Offers by cooperating companies for the degree programme Business Administration in the “Studienplatz-Portal” (Search portal for study places by Hochschule Dual):
Information about the academic study combined with vocational training: Banker
Information about the academic study combined with vocational training: Office manager
An additional selection of companies offering academic study combined with vocational training:
- Berufsförderungswerk Würzburg gGmbH (vocational training institute)
- Maintal Konfitüren GmbH (producers of jam)
- Raiffeisenbank Estenfeld-Bergtheim eG
- Sparkasse Mainfranken Würzburg
- Uponor GmbH
Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
Offers by cooperating companies for the degree programme Electrical Engineering and Information Technology in the “Studienplatz-Portal” (Search portal for study places by Hochschule Dual):
Information about the academic study combined with vocational training: Mechatronics engineer
Information about the academic study combined with vocational training: Electronics engineer
Information about the academic study combined with vocational training: Technical systems planner
An additional selection of companies offering academic study combined with vocational training:
- PID GmbH & Co KG
- RGT Rhönland Gesundheitstechnik GmbH
Logistics
Offers by cooperating companies for the degree programme Logistik/Logistics in the “Studienplatz-Portal” (Search portal for study places by Hochschule Dual):
Information about the academic study combined with vocational training: Industrial manager
Mechanical Engineering
Offers by cooperating companies for the degree programme Mechanical Engineering in the “Studienplatz-Portal” (Search portal for study places by Hochschule Dual):
Information about the academic study combined with vocational training: Precision engineer
Information about the academic study combined with vocational training: Mechatronics engineer
Information about the academic study combined with vocational training: Industrial mechanic
An additional selection of companies offering academic study combined with vocational training:
- FGB: Fertigungsgerätebau Adolf Steinbach (building manufacturing machines)
Mechatronics
Offers by cooperating companies for the degree programme Mechatronics in the “Studienplatz-Portal” (Search portal for study places by Hochschule Dual):
Information about the academic study combined with vocational training: Mechatronics engineer
Robotics
Offers by cooperating companies for the degree programme Robotics in the “Studienplatz-Portal” (Search portal for study places by Hochschule Dual):
Information about the academic study combined with vocational training: Mechatronics engineer
Business and Engineering
Offers by cooperating companies for the degree programme Business and Engineering in the “Studienplatz-Portal” (Search portal for study places by Hochschule Dual):
Information about the academic study combined with vocational training: Electronics engineer
Information about the academic study combined with vocational training: Mechatronics engineer
Information about the academic study combined with vocational training: Industrial mechanic
FAQ - Intensified Practice
Are these studies a special degree programme?
No, you will be a regular student.
Who takes care of the internship placement?
Usually, you take care of finding an internship yourself. In this you can, of course, also contact other companies. We provide a list of companies, which have offered internships to students in the context of their Studies with Intensified Practice.
Can I still do a semester abroad?
This should be decided after consultation with the internship company. In general, we always recommend a semester abroad. Maybe your company can even support you.
How is the payment?
The system suggests that students are paid continuously from their 3rd semester onwards (also during the theory semester). However, special arrangements are also possible.
How much holiday do I get?
As a rule, the contracts provide for a holiday entitlement of ten days during the internship blocks.
When do I have to look for a cooperating company?
Basic rule: The earlier, the better!
You should start looking for it no later than at the end of the 1st semester. Do not underestimate the necessary lead time at the company (for decision-making).
Do Studies with Intensified Practice prolong my studies?
Normally, your studies are not prolonged, because the additional internship periods are during the semester breaks, which are free of lectures and exams anyway.
How do I enter my career after graduation?
Ideally, you enter your career immediately after you graduated in your cooperating company.
What about the bachelor's thesis?
After consultation with the company, it is also a good idea to write the bachelor's thesis at the company.
Can the contract also be terminated in case of doubt?
Contacts contain a termination clause.
What personal qualities do I need to have for Studies with Intensified Practice?
In any case, you should be motivated to do the additional internship periods. Besides that, you should fit in with the company.