On the International Business Administration (IBA) programme, you can study either on a traditional full-time basis or via the dual study programme. In the dual study programme, your studies are closely linked to a partner company: you gain professional experience, earn your own salary and have a good chance of being offered a permanent position after graduation.

How the 12-week model
works Both study options begin with approximately twelve weeks of lectures, followed by approximately two weeks of examinations. In the traditional programme, this is followed by a second on-campus phase at the university. In the dual programme, you spend around twelve weeks at the company instead. → The 12-week model in detail

We offer the following degree programmes as dual programmes

• Digital Business Management – dual (B.A.)
• International Business with Logistics and International Trade – dual (B.A.)
• Global Trade Management – dual (M.A.)
• Entrepreneurship – dual (M.A.)

Your path to a dual study
programme You apply twice: first to one of our partner companies, then – once you have the contract – to Worms University of Applied Sciences. You can find available places in the job board on the mycampus app and directly on the individual websites of our partner companies. All the steps and deadlines are explained in the ‘Dual Application Process’ accordion on the Orientation & Application page. A
quick reference guide: the guides for the dual Bachelor’s programme (PDF) and the dual Master’s programme (PDF).

The work placement semester is an integral part of the degree program, in both the traditional and cooperative study models. You will apply your knowledge within a company and gain professional experience. Many students find their future employer here, or the topic for their final dissertation.

In the traditional degree program, you choose your own placement, either in Germany or abroad.

In the cooperative study program, you always complete the work placement semester at your cooperative partnership company. There is no need to look for a placement yourself.

• Bachelor’s: in the 5th semester, at least 20 consecutive weeks, prerequisite: 90 ECTS
• Master’s: in the 3rd semester, at least 20 weeks, 30 ECTS

You can find your roadmap – from gathering information and searching for a placement right through to completion – in the ‘Practical Semester’ accordion on the ‘Study & Study Organization’ page.

Bachelor’s team: iba-bachelor@hs-worms.de Master’s team: iba-master@hs-worms.de Cooperative study program: iba-dual@hs-worms.de

Whether it’s a place on a work-study program, an internship, a part-time student job or a dissertation: here you’ll find the latest opportunities from our partner companies and other employers.

• Job board in the mycampus app: Worms University of Applied Sciences’ central job board. → Go to the job board
• Job Board in the Moodle course: opportunities specifically for IBA students. → Bachelor’s | Master’s
• Career Center: advice on applications and starting your career. → Visit the Career Center

You’ll find an overview of our cooperative study partner companies further down this page.

Bachelor’s Team: iba-bachelor@hs-worms.de Master’s Team: iba-master@hs-worms.de Cooperative study program: iba-dual@hs-worms.de

At the IBA, you gain practical experience not only through the cooperative study program and your work placement semester. You also work closely with companies as part of your modules:

• Company projects: You’ll tackle real-world problems posed by partner companies, for example through case studies, project work or your final dissertation.
• Field trips: You’ll get a behind-the-scenes look during company visits.
• Guest lectures and workshops: Industry professionals share insights into their day-to-day work.

This helps you establish initial contacts with potential employers, often as early as the first semester. You can find current examples further down this page and on our social media channels.

Experiencing logistics through play
The work of logisticians is highly complex and interdisciplinary. Conventional teaching and training concepts in companies and universities reach their limits when it comes to making this breadth visible and learnable. That is why we are breaking new ground in the International Business Administration (IBA) program.

Alongside traditional lectures, students in the “Learning Workshop for Logistics and Retail” get to know logistics processes and challenges in a playful way. Using the example of a DIY store chain, they make sure that goods are available in the store while keeping inventory under control.

Through this hands-on experience of material and financial flows, students experience the full breadth of logistics right in the seminar room and practise their communication and negotiation skills. In this way we qualify and inspire young people for logistics and help companies meet the growing demands of the future.

The Learning Workshop in video

Expert opinions

“At the 2016 network meeting of the German simulation game association, Prof. Dr. Sebastian Herr presented the ‘Learning Workshop Logistics and Retail’ he developed. The experts from universities and companies were impressed not only by the variety of content that can be taught (including a holistic understanding of the value chain of retail companies), but also by the didactic concept of the Learning Workshop. Essentially, it is an innovative simulation game approach in which practice-relevant competencies for logistics and supply chain management are acquired in an experience-oriented and authentic way. Various content modules build on each other in a meaningful way and, with appropriately increasing complexity of tasks, repeatedly provide well-matched scope for action and decision-making, so that participants are confronted with new, motivating problem-solving scenarios in line with their growing skills. The appropriate transfer and reflection modules of this Learning Workshop are central to learning success.”

Willy C. Kriz, Professor at FHV University (Austria) for Simulation Game Design, HR/OB, Leadership and Change Management

“The ‘Learning Workshop Logistics & Retail’ at Worms University of Applied Sciences is a suitable teaching and learning concept for developing students’ communication and cooperation skills. Realistic game scenarios simulate flows of goods and logistics chains from production to the end customer and make ‘textbook knowledge’ tangible. Because students can take on different perspectives and roles in various game situations, they gain both detailed knowledge and an overall picture. This offers learning paths that go into depth on the one hand and, on the other, place topics and content in a direct practical context that connects them. Here, the ‘common thread’ becomes a Lego brick that makes its way from production to consumption. Learning through play in a group in particular offers many opportunities to engage intensively with the subject and to exchange ideas. In the game roles, in informal conversations on the sidelines or when helping and asking each other, what has been experienced is communicated and reflected on directly. This takes place in a very close and familiar atmosphere in which it is possible to ask differently and to receive different answers from different people than in conventional teaching and learning scenarios. The ‘Learning Workshop Logistics & Retail’ can be characterized as a place of collective and collegial learning, where learners become teachers and teachers become co-learners. In this way, it succeeds in addressing and developing students’ subject-specific, social and methodological skills at the same time.”

Dr. Eike Hebecker, academic coach and consultant in higher education didactics, spokesperson of the Netzwerk Wissenschaftscoaching (www.wissenschaftscoaching.de)

Your contacts

Prof. Dr. Christian Reuter: christian.reuter@hs-worms.de Prof. Dr. Sebastian Herr: sebastian.herr@hs-worms.de