Applied Computer Science – dual (Bachelor)

• You want to combine theory and practice intensively and be financially independent during your university studies.
• You have good mathematics and logical thinking skills as well as an interest in technical contexts.
• Motivation and team spirit are your strengths.
• You want to hit the ground running and realise your potential in a forward-looking professional field.

Both the technical and scientific basics are taught in the first two semesters. From the third semester onwards, there is a wide range of compulsory electives to choose from. There are always practical modules in the cooperating enterprise. The final semester takes place entirely in the enterprise. Students work intensively on a practical project and then write their Bachelor's thesis.

Lots of basic knowledge and yet specialised -In addition to long-lasting basic knowledge, the university studies programme offers a wide range of electives in the following areas:

Embedded Systems

Embedded systems can be found in many areas of everyday life - for example in vehicles (airbags, navigation, etc.), mobile phones, household appliances or consumer electronics. Here they perform monitoring, control or regulation functions. Graduates should be able to:

• Know the structure and mode of operation of embedded systems in contrast to conventional computer systems and the special aspects of mobile systems.
• be able to assess areas of use and applications of mobile embedded systems.
• be able to develop systems and applications.
• master typical tools, technologies and concepts for the design and development of systems with mobile components.

IT infrastructure

As part of the IT infrastructure specialisation, you will deal with the design, planning, development and use of communication networks such as intranet systems or secure IT networks. You will acquire subject-specific skills, abilities and knowledge from your future professional field in the area of public and private networks (internet, intranet, WLAN, VPN,...) and will thus be able to successfully apply research methods and techniques to solve current problems in the network-side design, development and introduction of mobile applications and various internet services in professional practice. Graduates should be able to:

• Design, implement and supervise internet/intranet technology, systems and services.
• Design secure IT applications and networks
• Design and develop software for networked, multimedia and cooperative systems based on the internet/intranet
• Develop, programme and operate distributed and innovative applications based on the internet/intranet
• recognise and analyse practical requirements with regard to the development, introduction and supervision of internet/intranet systems, develop improvement concepts and implement them successfully

Digital media

In the field of digital media, the focus is on creative design and the digitisation of library items such as electronic publishing, audio-video production, 3D modelling and the theoretical basics of visualisation. Graduates

• are familiar with the characteristics and possible applications of different types of media
• have a sound basic knowledge of electronic publishing, hypermedia and multimedia programming as well as 3D modelling and animation
• can independently plan, design and realise a complex audio and video project
• possess the necessary interdisciplinary competences in applied computer science with the basics of media didactics for the development and evaluation of learning systems in today's e-learning environment
• Know important theoretical backgrounds for the use of visualisations in explanation and learning processes and can design visualisations to illustrate complex issues and implement them using suitable tools.

Specialisation in business informatics

In the specialisation in business informatics, you will learn to understand business contexts and use methods and applications to map and support them. One example of this is creating product recommendations based on the purchases of other customers or optimising supply chains. The graduates should

• be able to assess the structure, functionality and application of business management systems
• be able to adapt complex systems in an applied manner (e.g. for controlling, sales), further develop and nurse them
• be able to capture and formalise user requirements, transform them into concepts and convert them into applications
• be able to present and train complex application systems and implement and enforce them in teamwork

• University entrance qualification
• Applicants who have not applied for their university entrance qualification at a German-speaking institution must provide evidence of German skills at level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (DSH-2 or equivalent).
• Learning agreement with an enterprise with which the university has concluded a cooperation agreement.

At the university:

With German educational certificates: 15 April to 30 September; with foreign educational certificates: 1 March to 30 September

At the practical placement partner:

1. application to one of our practical placement partners for a dual study programme job offer.

2. conclusion of the learning agreement for the dual study programme

3. application to the Fulda University of Applied Sciences for the applied computer science degree programme.

As a rule, enterprises start the application process early, sometimes more than a year in advance. However, as not all positions can always be filled, an application at a later date may still be worthwhile.