Prospective students

The German study place portal (Studienplatzportal) offers an overview of THWS degree programmes offered in a cooperative variant, a detailed description of the individual degree programmes, and the contact information of our practice partners.

Are you in contact with a company that has not yet become a THWS practice partner, i.e. that has not yet entered into a practice partner agreement? In this case, please directly ask the company for cooperative studies. If the company is interested, they can get into contact with the THWS coordinator of cooperative studies.

Once you have found a suitable offer, you can apply as a cooperative student with one of our 100+ practice partners, and then regularly apply for a place at THWS via the THWS CampusPortal.

Please note that some practice partners might run individual assessment processes well in advance of the ones at THWS. Thus, please contact the employer of your choice as soon as possible (about one year before starting your studies)! Applications at THWS are subject to application deadlines - for German-taught degree programme with open admission, the application period usually starts on 1 May.

Please also consider that there are individual admission requirements for some degree programmes, e.g. pre-study internships!

Enter into a practice partner agreement with your practice partner. This agreement defines you and your practice partner's rights and duties: Compensation, holiday entitlement, practice phases - all this is governed by the practice partner agreement. The modalities of the agreement are negotiated between the student and the practice partner without THWS involvement. As a basis for the agreement, we recommend you use the sample contract of hochschule dual which is available in the download section.

During the enrolment process, cooperative students submit their practice partner agreement to THWS; subsequently, they are listed as students of the cooperative variant of the degree programme.

Have you only just learnt about cooperative studies and are still in the midst of the application process with the practice partner, but the application period at THWS is about to end? Enrol within the deadline as a regular student first. If you manage to find a cooperative student position with a practice partner, please inform the Department of Student Affairs as soon as possible and submit your practice partner agreement by the end of the lecture period of the first semester at the latest.

In this case, please also contact the coordinator of cooperative studies at your THWS location and the programme director of your degree programme.

Done! You are officially enrolled in cooperative studies at THWS. During your studies, you will attend the so-called transfer colloquium to reflect and exchange with the other cooperative students from your degree programme or faculty. In specific modules, you will complete different examination achievements or exam topics than your fellow students - for continuous systematic theory-practice-transfer between THWS and company. You spend your internship semester with the practice partner. The final thesis is also completed in cooperation with the practice partner.

The practice plan for your degree programme contains recommendations for practice phases with the practice partner. For the practice plans, please see the download section.