Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW)

Preamble Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University emerged from the former University of Cooperative Education (Berufsakademie Baden-Württemberg - BA BW) and continues to carry on the acknowledged and highly successful model of dual education. More than 40 years ago, this model was initiated by the renowned companies Robert Bosch, Daimler-Benz and SEL. Taking into consideration its outstanding performance over the past decades, the German Federal State of Baden-Wuerttemberg has granted Berufsakademie Baden-Württemberg the legal status of a university. Now the institution is officially called Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg - DHBW). With its main official seat in Stuttgart and its eight various locations across Baden-Wuerttemberg, DHBW is the first university in Germany to integrate academic-based theoretical knowledge and work experience. We consistently and deliberately combine academic studies with applied learning in the professional world, cooperating with numerous workplace training providers (corporate partners). Students completing their degrees at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University alternate between academic studies and on-the-job training, which gives them the opportunity to immediately apply concepts learnt in class to their workplace and vice-versa bring in new ideas from their training companies into the classroom. With this strategy, DHBW provides a route to sought-after academic qualifications while enabling students to gain extensive practical experience. This enables DHBW graduates to take on challenging tasks early in their professional pathways, helping them to launch their successful careers. DHBW welcomes participating companies and social institutions as equal partners to the university. All partners work together to continuously develop and improve the dual study concept and to achieve our mutual goals.