Research & Development

Why choose FHM-University? Our bachelor’s and master’s programmes offer an exceptional balance between academic theory and real-world business practice. We focus on future-oriented topics such as industrial and business excellence, technological and digital solutions, green energy strategies and global management initiatives. Come and develop your personal and professional skills in Germany‘s Best Business School (voted twice in a row since 2023).

“Cyber security ensures that our companies can continue to compete successfully on a global scale. The new international research project at the FHM Campus Düren will deliver important results that can be implemented in practice. In particular, we are looking for approaches in the project that will make cyber security training for companies even more effective with completely new methods, such as the use of virtual escape rooms.”

Dear students,

I am delighted to welcome you to FHM and congratulate you on your enrollment! This guide is intended to help you find your way around the FHM at the beginning of your studies. It will give you a brief overview of your contacts, the departments and services at the university. I wish you every success with your studies and a great time at FHM!

“SMEs are playing an increasingly important role in the development of the urban-rural relationship and the associated areas. In order to prepare the skilled workers of the future for the digital world, SME research - in close cooperation with companies - is of the utmost importance. We would like to support this with the IfM regionally, nationally and internationally.”

With the Institute for Health, we are investing in a future-oriented sector and we are increasing the attractiveness of our region for young people. The institute is a great opportunity to establish a center for knowledge transfer in our district. We expect the institute to develop a radiance beyond the district into neighboring districts and also into neighboring Switzerland.

Our collaboration with the University of Applied Sciences will further develop the local educational landscape. We are broadening our practical offering with the new academic qualifications. Currently, more than 100 vocational students have opted for the academic model and will achieve a bachelor's degree in cooperation with the FHM. We want to increase this number in the future.

The establishment of the institute is an important impetus, particularly in the district of Waldshut, where the journey to the universities of Freiburg or Constance is a long one. It can also support the positive development of the Hochrhein Clinic at its new location.

The topics of health and care are topics for the future, and we at FHM have been dealing with them for years – both in teaching and in the dual study programs in the health sector. We look forward to welcoming many students to the district in the future and to establishing many contacts with partners here in the Waldshut region.

With the new courses offered in nursing, we are rounding off our range of services perfectly and bundling our activities. We look forward to the new, future-oriented study centers in the Waldshut district.

“We want to develop North Rhine-Westphalia into one of the most innovative economic regions in Europe in the coming years. To achieve this goal, the state government is focusing on excellence in research and education, successful technology transfer to industry and ethically responsible implementation. I am delighted that Germany's first Innovation City is being built in North Rhine-Westphalia. The Ostwestfalen-Lippe region is characterized by a strong economy, excellent universities and a growing start-up culture. This makes Bielefeld an outstanding location for the pilot project."

“Bielefeld is a perfect candidate for the pilot city: a strong SME sector, a robust university landscape, forward-looking and innovative institutes and many social initiatives, plus a growing start-up ecosystem. With Open Innovation City, we want to combine these forces and establish a culture of innovation to boldly shape the future of the city ourselves. The aim is to develop a national model for a city that is open to innovation and drives progress.”

“We, the City of Bielefeld, support the Open Innovation City project and see it as a further building block in our successful development process to become one of the most innovative and digital economic regions in Europe.”

“Particularly in professional development, where issues such as diversity management, team building, conflict management and inclusion are becoming increasingly important due to structural changes in the workforce, performative methods of knowledge transfer have decisive advantages over traditional forms. In this respect, we are where e-learning was about 25 years ago. People can see the potential, but it will be years before we see widespread adoption. Once that happens, science theater will be as common as e-learning is today. And combining the media representation of knowledge with its performative presentation opens up completely new worlds of knowledge.”