The Dual models

Study at the university with integrated vocational training (with IHK or HWK qualification) in a company or organisation of your choice.

• Duration: 4.5 years
• Vocational training in the first year
• Transfer to the university after a maximum of 14 months in the company
• Completion of training during the degree programme in the 3rd year of training
• Alternating university and practical phases
• Usually smooth transition from dual study programme to employment

Study at the university with intensive practical phases in a company or organisation of your choice in addition to the planned practical semester

• Duration: 3.5 years, including 16 months of practical work plus Bachelor's thesis
• Familiarisation with company processes and building up sound professional practical experience and valuable contacts
• Alternating university and practical phases
• Practical phases during the lecture-free period
• Company-related Bachelor's thesis in the company
• Generally smooth transition from dual study programme to employment

Highly qualified junior staff through a dual Master's programme

• Duration: 1.5 years
• Alternating practical and theoretical phases
• At least half of the standard period of study takes place in the company
• Start in the summer semester (with a few exceptions also in the winter semester)
• Company-related Master's thesis
• Non-dual Bachelor's graduates are also eligible for admission.

This variant of the degree programme with in-depth practical experience focuses on the second half of the degree programme and thus a successful career start.

• Target group: above-average students, nominated by the faculty
• Selection time: after the first three semesters at the earliest
• Funding period: over the last, usually three, semesters of study
• Sponsorship agreement: between company and student, including continuous monthly remuneration, including during the theoretical phases
• Interlocking of theory and practice: lectures in the semester cycle, practice in the lecture-free period
• Smooth transition from studying to working life
• Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes
• Professional service and support for ICS students through the ICS

You can find more information about the ICS model here:

For students
For companies

or in general at www.ics-ev.de.

If you have any questions, please contact:

ICS e.V. | Netzwerk Hochschule-Wirtschaft
Thomas Schauer, Managing Director
Central telephone number +49 911-13050502