Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Lörrach

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Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Lörrach (DHBW Lörrach) offers a unique dual study model, seamlessly integrating academic theory with extensive practical experience gained through partner companies, making it ideal for students seeking a direct path into the professional world. It is particularly known for its strong programs in Business Administration, Engineering, and Social Work, which are highly aligned with industry needs. While most full degree programs are taught in German, the university actively promotes international exchange and provides support through its International Office for incoming and outgoing students. International students benefit from the practical focus and the opportunity to gain valuable work experience directly within German companies, significantly enhancing employability. This distinctive blend of academic rigor and hands-on professional training sets DHBW Lörrach apart.

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The Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Loerrach (DHBW-Loerrach) was founded in 1981 as Berufsakademie Lörrach. It offers workplace-focused, cooperative degree courses. This means that students alternate between learning the theory at school and applying it on the job in a three-months rhythm. Besides Loerrach, seven other schools of cooperative education and three branch campuses were founded in Baden-Wuerttemberg since the beginning of 1974. The German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg has changed the school’s legal status on March 1, 2009. The union of the merged eight institutions with 11 campuses is now named Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University. It is a legal entity of public law and simultaneously a state institution. By 2009 the combined student enrollment across all 11 campuses had reached more than 25,000 students. More than 90,000 graduated alumni have been educated in more than 8,000 cooperating companies. About 2,000 students are enrolled at the DHBW Loerrach. It runs a faculty of business and a faculty of engineering and offers 17 different business and technical fields of study. All programs are intensive and...

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