FOM - University of Economics and Management

FOM college
motto	The University. For working people.
founding	1993
Sponsorship	Private
place	Essen (headquarters) and others
state	North Rhine-Westphalia
country	Germany
Rector	Burghard Hermeier
Students	around 55,000 (as of July 2020)
Employee	around 1000 (as of July 2020)
including professors	470
Website	www.fom.de

The FOM Hochschule (FOM for short, formerly the University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management ) is a private, state-recognized university with headquarters in Essen , which mainly offers business , engineering and health science courses for professionals and trainees. The sponsor is the non-profit foundation Bildungscentrum der Wirtschaft .

history

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In 1990, Essen company and business associations took the initiative to found a private college for professionals and trainees. After it was founded in 1991, the University of Applied Sciences for Economics & Management finally received state recognition in 1993, so that in the winter semester of 1994/95 the course began with 149 students. In the following years, the FOM expanded and study centers were opened at other locations in Germany.

In 2010 the name was changed to FOM Hochschule für Oekonomie & Management , because on the one hand, as part of the Bologna Process in Germany, the degree programs were converted to the two-tier Bachelor / Master system and, with regard to the degrees, no longer between the individual types of university, A distinction was made between those at which the university degree was obtained, and on the other hand, due to developments in the university sector in an international context, the focus could be placed more on scientifically sound training. The renaming did not change anything in the FOM's degree programs and degrees. The FOM logo will also be retained as a trademark.

The FOM University has been a member of the Erasmus program since the 2009/10 winter semester . In January 2012, the FOM College of which was FIBAA systemakkreditiert . In 2018, the FIBAA reaccredited the system for a further eight years, so that, according to the current status, the FOM bears the quality feature "system-accredited university" until the end of the summer semester 2027. Since March 2013, the FOM University has been a member of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft as part of the quality network for dual studies.

organization

Like the Hessian University of Cooperative Education , the eufom Business School and a number of administrative and business academies , the educational institution is sponsored by the Essen Foundation for the Education Center of the Economy (BCW).

The scientific management consists of the rector and chancellor (also part of the management) as well as four vice-chancellors and three porectors (teaching, research, quality and innovation). There are currently eight deans for the individual subject areas . In addition, the university is advised by an advisory board of the senators . For non-scientific tasks, a management is active at each location, which, however, is subordinate to the overall management based in Essen. Regional study leaders are responsible for the scientific part itself. In addition to the lecturers , contact persons for content are the respective nationwide responsible module leaders. The division into modules is intended to ensure a range of courses that is as uniformly structured as possible and comparable in terms of qualifications. In addition, such interlinking can lower the costs of the courses. According to its own information, the FOM University has more than 470 full-time lecturers and 1500 lecturers. It is not possible to publicly research the exact number of employees at the FOM University who are not active in teaching. This has the background that often employees of the FOM University, as the best-known product of the BCW Group, also work for the other educational institutions. According to its own information, the BCW Group employs more than 1000 people.

eufom Business School of the FOM University

Eufom is the business school of the FOM University and currently offers seven-semester full-time, German-English-language Bachelor programs at nine university centers in Germany. The study concept of the eufom Business School not only provides for the transfer of knowledge, but also aims to promote individual personality development, in particular talents, individual competencies and skills of the students, e.g. B. through personal support from an "Academic Coach", 360 ° feedback discussions or the creation of an individual competence profile for the résumé.

Locations

Germany, Austria

There are a total of 32 university centers in Germany at which many of the courses can be taken - partly in cooperation with other universities: Aachen, Augsburg, Berlin, Bochum, Bonn, Bremen, Dortmund, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Essen, Frankfurt am Main, Gütersloh, Hagen, Hamburg, Hanover, Herne, Karlsruhe, Kassel, Cologne, Leipzig, Mainz, Mannheim, Marl, Munich, Münster, Neuss, Nuremberg, Saarbrücken, Siegen, Stuttgart, Wesel and Wuppertal. The FOM University has also been in Vienna since 2019.

The eufom Business School is located in Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Essen, Frankfurt amMain, Hamburg, Cologne, Munich, Münster and Stuttgart.

China

Since 2003, the university has carried out the German-language degree in business administration at two locations in China . The first study center was in Langfang near Beijing and was a cooperation project with the Shanxi University of Finance & Economics (SUFE). The Bachelor of Business Administration training is now taking place on the SUFE campus in Taiyuan .

The second study center started operations in September 2004 in Taian ( Shandong Province ) in cooperation with the Shandong Agricultural University (SDAU). At this location, too, Chinese students are being prepared for a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in a joint course.

In 2013 the FOM China programs are bundled at the FOM German-Sino School of Business & Technology. Around 2,000 Chinese students are currently enrolled at the German-Sino School. More than 4,000 graduates are now active in the German and Chinese business environment.

Course offer

The course is structured in a similar way to that at state universities, which means that it is divided into semesters . The course is based on the guidelines of the Bologna Process , so that there is a strong structure for both teachers and students. Lectures take place in face-to-face form without being required.

costs

In its statement on reaccreditation, the Science Council summarized that the tuition fees amount to an average of 12,690 euros for a bachelor's degree and 11,410 euros for a master’s degree or 13,810 euros for an MBA degree (as of 2015). The total costs result from monthly installments between 295 and 495 euros. In addition, the FOM charges additional one-off costs, e.g. B. for exam registration for the thesis or fees for the university certificate. A scholarship system does not exist. In practice, employers often contribute to the costs.

FOM college

In order to be able to reach the target group of working people, most of the events take place during the week in the evening and on Saturday. Depending on the place of study and needs, individual courses are also offered in the form of a day study (two days a week, all day). For employed people, the bachelor's degree at the FOM University takes seven semesters. For employed people, the master’s degree at the FOM University takes four to five semesters, depending on the course.

The courses are organized in so-called university areas:

• University of Economics & Management
• University of Economics & Psychology
• University of Economics & Law
• University IT Management
• Higher education engineering
• University Health & Social Affairs
• University sector Open University

In addition, the FOM offers a dual course of study with different model orientations. For example, the model of the training-integrated dual degree program is offered, in which graduates not only acquire a university degree (Bachelor), but also a professional qualification.

Another special area is the "Open University". The focus here is on the permeability between vocational and academic education, with the aim of ensuring that vocational qualifications or competencies that have already been acquired can be credited towards a degree through professional training. In concrete terms, this means that study time and tuition fees can be saved.

eufom Business School of the FOM University

The FOM's eufom Business School offers seven-semester bachelor's degree programs with an economic basis and an international focus for (technical) high school graduates. The course is a full-time course.

The courses:

• International Business Management
• Business Psychology
• Marketing & Digital Media
• Law & Digital Business

research

In contrast to the organizational structure at, for example, traditional state universities, the FOM is not organized in a typical chair or subject structure. As a result, professors have no academic staff and are not obliged to conduct research, but rather have to fulfill their teaching duties according to the contractual arrangement. However, since research is one of the so-called service tasks of a university of applied sciences, the FOM also regards research as a strategic goal. As a result, since the founding of research facilities, the institutes and competence centers of the FOM, professors have been able to establish themselves in an application-oriented research landscape within the framework of own and third-party funding. They are supported by a professional research management team, the Research Support Department . Its tasks include the handling of administrative processes so that the researchers can concentrate primarily on the respective research areas of a specialist nature. The university provides an annual research report in which its own information on the individual research achievements is published.

Scientific institutions and institutes

The university maintains a total of 11 research institutes and 15 "competence centers":

Logo of the Institute for Logistics and Service Management (ild)

• Institute of Automation & Industrial Management (iaim)
• Institute for Labor & Personnel (iap)
• Institute for Empiricism & Statistics (ifes)
• Institute for Health & Social Affairs (ifgs)
• Institute for IT Management & Digitization (ifid)
• Institute for Public Management (ifpm)
• Institute for Logistics & Service Management (ild)
• Institute for Personnel & Organizational Research (ipo)
• Institute for Strategic Finance (isf)
• Institute for Business Psychology (iwp)
• Institute of Management & Information Systems (mis)
• Competence Center for Accounting & Taxation (KCAT)
• German-Sino Competence Center of Business & Technology (KCBT)
• Competence Center for Corporate Social Responsibility (KCC)
• Competence Center for Didactics in University Teaching for Working People (KCD)
• Competence Center for Entrepreneurship & SMEs (KCE)
• Competence Center for Future Mobility (KCFM)
• Competence Center for Interdisciplinary Economic Research & Behavioral Economics (KCI)
• Competence Center for Medical Economics (KCM)
• Competence Center for Management in Health and Social Services (KCG)
• Competence Center for Marketing & Sales Management (KCMS)
• Competence Center for Sustainable Development (KCN)
• Competence Center for Qualitative Research (KCQF)
• Competence Center for Technology & Innovation Management (KCT)
• Competence Center for Management & Corporate Governance (KCU)
• Competence Center for Applied Economics (KCV)
• Competence Center for Business Law (KCW)

Trivia

Since the beginning of 2015, the former German Institute for Portfolio Strategies (dips) has been operating as the Institute for Strategic Finance (isf).

Cooperations

Business cooperation

In cooperation with several companies, the university offers high school graduates and school leavers with a technical college entrance qualification the opportunity to complete a university degree parallel to practical vocational training in the company. Cooperation partners include:

• Commerzbank (Düsseldorf office)
• Santander Consumer Technology Services GmbH
• Deutsche Telekom
• Bertelsmann
• Innogy SE
• TFC buyers

National university collaborations

• Bochum University

International university cooperation

The FOM currently maintains the following international university partnerships:

• Africa : University of Cape Town , Cape Town
• Australia : International College of Management, Sydney
• China :
  • Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology , Beijing
  • Shandong Agricultural University , Tai'an
  • Shanxi University of Finance & Economics , Taiyuan
  • College of Mobile Telecommunications, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications , Chongqing
  • Wuhan University , Wuhan
• France :
  • Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale , Dunkerque
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland :
  • University of Central Lancashire , Preston
  • University of South Wales , Wales
• Iceland :
  • University of Bifröst , Bifröst
• Netherlands : Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
• Spain : Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia , Murcia
• Hungary : West Hungarian University , Sopron
• USA :
  • Mercer University , Macon (Georgia)
  • Pace University , New York City
  • University of San Diego , San Diego

Web links

• FOM Official Website
• eufom Business School of the FOM University Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chronicle The FOM in fast motion, on fom.de.
2. ↑ University centers , on fom.de.
3. ↑ The FOM - specialist for part-time studies , on fom.de
4. ↑ ^{a b c} The BCW Group - an initiative of the non-profit foundation Bildungscentrum der Wirtschaft. BildungsCentrum der Wirtschaft non-profit GmbH, accessed on July 26, 2020 . 
5. ↑ The FOM specialist for part-time studies. FOM, accessed January 11, 2020 . 
6. ↑ FOM University of Economics & Management - State-recognized university for working people ( Memento from October 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ ^{a b} The Chronicle of the FOM University. FOM University of Economics & Management, non-profit company, accessed on July 28, 2020 . 
8. ↑ FOM University of Economics & Management, non-profit company: FOM's first Erasmus student spent a semester in Spain. FOM Hochschule, April 28, 2010, accessed on July 28, 2020 . 
9. ^ Scientific Council: Statement on the reaccreditation of the FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics & Management, Essen . Cologne July 2nd, 2010.
10. ↑ Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA): FIBAA system accreditation FOM University of Economics & Management, Essen, expert opinion (short version) . Bonn January 2012 (FIBAA system accreditation FOM University of Economics & Management, Essen report (short version)).
11. ^ Foundation of the Accreditation Council: Decision of the FIBAA Accreditation Commission for institutional procedures: FOM University of Economics & Management, Essen. April 2018, accessed July 28, 2020 . 
12. ↑ FOM University of Economics & Management, non-profit company: FOM University system-accredited for a further eight years. December 6, 2018, accessed July 28, 2020 . 
13. ↑ Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft: Quality Development in Dual Studies - A Handbook for Practice . Ed .: Volker Meyer-Guckel, Sigrun Nickel, Vitus Püttmann, Ann-Katrin Schröder-Kralemann. Management company f. Science care , Essen 2015, ISBN 978-3-922275-64-0 ( stifterverband.org ).
14. ^ FOM University for Economics & Management non-profit company: FOM University accepted into the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft. March 14, 2013, accessed July 28, 2020 . 
15. ↑ eufom European University for Economics & Management non-profit company mbH: The eufom Business School as part of the FOM. Retrieved May 23, 2017 . 
16. ^ FOM University for Economics & Management, non-profit company: The scientific organization of the FOM University. Retrieved on July 26, 2020 (German). 
17. ↑ fom.de
18. ^ Eufom European University for Economics & Management non-profit company mbH: About eufom, the business school of the FOM University. Retrieved on February 14, 2018 (German). 
19. ↑ Eufom Business School: sterile and yet familiar . In: FAZ.NET . ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed July 30, 2020]).
20. ↑ FOM University for Economics & Management, non-profit company: At a glance: The university centers of the eufom Business School. Accessed July 31, 2020 (German). 
21. ↑ WiWi-Online: Business Schools eufom Business School. Retrieved February 14, 2018 . 
22. ↑ eufom - the business school of the FOM University: The guided competence management of the eufom Business School. Accessed July 30, 2020 (German). 
23. ^ FOM University for Economics & Management non-profit company: The nationwide university centers of the FOM University. Retrieved January 11, 2020 . 
24. ^ FOM University of Economics & Management, non-profit company: Bachelor and Master studies at the FOM in Vienna. Retrieved October 8, 2019 (German). 
25. ↑ eufom - the business school of the FOM University: At a glance: The university centers of the eufom Business School. Accessed July 30, 2020 (German). 
26. ↑ Wissenschaftsrat: Opinion on the reaccreditation of the FOM University of Economics & Management, Essen (Drs. 5419-16), July 2016. Wissenschaftsrat, July 8, 2016, accessed on July 17, 2020 . 
27. ↑ FOM University of Economics & Management, non-profit company: The FOM study time models for working people. Accessed July 30, 2020 (German). 
28. ↑ fom.de
29. ↑ Dual studies at FOM University and KfW Bankengruppe Frankfurt. March 11, 2020, accessed July 30, 2020 . 
30. ↑ bento - the young magazine from SPIEGEL: Studying or earning money? Both are possible in the dual study program. DER SPIEGEL GmbH & Co. KG, January 2, 2020, accessed on July 30, 2020 . 
31. ↑ FOM University of Economics & Management, non-profit company mbH: Studies with crediting of previous achievements. Accessed July 30, 2020 (German). 
32. ^ Eufom European University for Economics & Management non-profit company mbH: About eufom, the business school of the FOM University. Retrieved February 14, 2018 . 
33. ↑ eufom Business School of the FOM University - 37 evaluations for the study. Retrieved February 14, 2018 . 
34. ↑ eufom European University for Economics & Management non-profit company mbH: Studying International Business Management | eufom Business School. Retrieved February 14, 2018 . 
35. ↑ eufom European University for Economics & Management non-profit company mbH: Studying Business Psychology | eufom Business School. Retrieved February 14, 2018 . 
36. ↑ eufom European University for Economics & Management non-profit company mbH: Studying Marketing & Digital Media | eufom Business School. Retrieved February 14, 2018 . 
37. ^ FOM University of Economics & Management, non-profit company: Research and development at the FOM University. Retrieved on August 24, 2020 (German). 
38. ^ FOM University of Economics & Management, non-profit company: The research institutes of the FOM University. Retrieved July 18, 2020 . 
39. ^ FOM University of Economics & Management, non-profit company: The competence centers of the FOM University. Retrieved July 18, 2020 . 
40. ↑ From dips to isf: Institute for Strategic Finance pools the financial research of the FOM University
41. ↑ Commerzbank AG: Locations of the dual universities. February 7, 2019, accessed August 2, 2020 . 
42. ↑ Santander Consumer Technology Services: Dual study of business informatics at Grupo Santander. Retrieved August 2, 2020 . 
43. ↑ Bachelor of Science in Business Information Systems - Business Information Systems (m / f / d), Bonn. Retrieved August 2, 2020 (en-en). 
44. ↑ Bertelsmann SE & Co KGaA: Central Training introduces Master’s courses - Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA. Retrieved August 2, 2020 . 
45. ↑ innogy SE: Dual Studies at Innogy - Overview. Retrieved August 2, 2020 . 
46. ↑ The use of simulators saves fuel. July 24, 2018, accessed on August 2, 2020 (German). 
47. ↑ ATPL + Bachelor. In: FFH Aviation Training. Retrieved on August 2, 2020 (German). 
48. ^ Bochum University of Applied Sciences: Mechanical engineering. Retrieved August 2, 2020 . 
49. ^ FOM University of Economics & Management, non-profit company: The international partner universities of the FOM. Retrieved on August 4, 2020 (German). 
50. ↑ FOM University of Economics & Management, non-profit company: partner universities - German-Chinese educational cooperation. Retrieved on August 4, 2020 (German). 

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