Career-integrated studying: Information for businesses

Up-to-date, application-oriented knowledge that can be put into practice straight away, as well as a fresh perspective. This, ultimately, highlights the reasons why companies should enable their staff members to undertake studies whilst working. Nevertheless, we will go into a little more detail below:

Staff members who study alongside their jobs often bring a breath of fresh air to the workplace. This is because they can apply the insights they gain at the university directly and continuously to their day-to-day work. This is ensured not least by the application-oriented teaching at Hochschule München. At the same time, students have the opportunity to discuss a wide range of professional challenges with their fellow students and lecturers – and they, in turn, bring these new ideas and perspectives back into their day-to-day work.

Furthermore, career-integrated study programmes are always designed in such a way that they do not interfere with the staff member’s actual work, but can be undertaken alongside a full-time job. Nevertheless, staff members are certainly pleased when they are allowed to engage with course material during working hours from time to time. Theses or project work, for example, offer a good opportunity for this. This is because they allow an internal issue to be examined and addressed from an academic perspective: in this way, the staff member completes the coursework whilst simultaneously working for the company.

In the medium and long term, an increase in performance can be expected. Although studying alongside work can certainly take its toll from time to time, highly qualified staff are an asset. Upon completing career-integrated studies, staff members are well prepared for future challenges and, consequently, for the future of your company.

The decision to undertake studies whilst working is usually taken after careful consideration. Staff are therefore all the more pleased when their employers support them in this endeavour. In practice, the following options are common:

• Partial or full funding for your studies
• Reduction in weekly working hours
• flexible working hours
• flexible holiday arrangements or special leave
• Prospects for new roles or areas of responsibility