StudiumPlus (Technical University of Central Hesse)

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Wetzlar campus

Under the name StudiumPlus , the Scientific Center for Dual University Studies (ZDH) offers the dual study programs of the Technical University of Central Hesse (THM). The center is located on the THM campus in Wetzlar on the site of the former Spilburg barracks and now has branches in Bad Hersfeld , Bad Vilbel , Bad Wildungen , Biedenkopf , Frankenberg (Eder) and Limburg an der Lahn . The range of courses with the university degrees Bachelor and Master exists since April 25, 2001 and has been successively expanded. The ZDH has also been running the THM's advanced training courses since 2015. 1601 students studied there in the 2019/20 winter semester.

history

There are three partners behind StudiumPlus: the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (THM) as the largest university for applied sciences in Hessen, the CompetenceCenter Duale Hochschulstudien StudiumPlus e. V. (CCD), in which more than 900 companies and institutions are united, as well as the Chamber Association of Central Hesse under the leadership of the IHK Lahn-Dill . This cooperation makes StudiumPlus the largest provider of dual study programs in Hessen. The IHK-Verbund Mittelhessen under the leadership of the IHK Wetzlar developed a study program together with the university around the year 2000 with the aim of combining academic teaching with professional practice. The vocational academies in other federal states served as models . In order to ensure that the companies in Central Hesse receive specialists and executives with vocational higher education, the ZDH was founded in 2000 by the THM and the association CompetenceCenter Duale Hochschulstudien - StudiumPlus e. V. (CCD) was founded by the company. A board of trustees acts as a link between the two institutions. The first course in industrial engineering started operations in the 2001/02 winter semester with 31 students and 28 company members after approval by the Hessian Ministry of Science and Art (HMWK) and accreditation by the Central Evaluation and Accreditation Agency . The courses in economics (2002), engineering / microsystems technology and business administration (2003) followed. The first graduates passed in 2004, the number of students had risen to 228, those of the participating companies to 100. The number of company members rose from 150 (2005) to 275 (2009), 350 (2010), 650 (2015) up to over 900 (2019). Wetzlar has been an official university location since October 27, 2010. Since October 2010, there have been branches of StudiumPlus with their own specific courses in Bad Hersfeld, Bad Wildungen and Frankenberg, since the winter semester 2012/2013 in Biedenkopf, since the winter semester 2015/16 in Bad Vilbel and since the winter semester 2016/17 in Limburg an der Lahn .

campus

Historical photo from 1950 of today's campus area

A building ensemble in the former Spilburg barracks in the east of the city of Wetzlar serves as the campus and headquarters of StudiumPlus . The aggregate "Parade ground with surrounding buildings" from 1914 (today Charlotte-Bamberg-Strasse, Steinbühlstrasse, Spilburgstrasse) is a registered cultural monument . The university facility uses two of the three-story, plastered buildings on high rubble stone plinths with dormer-studded hip roofs. Together with the single-storey parade hall, the buildings are grouped around a large historical parade yard, which today creates a campus atmosphere.

organization

The dual study programs are run by the Scientific Center for Dual University Studies at THM, based in Wetzlar. It is responsible for setting up, implementing and developing the StudiumPlus offers. The ZDH is headed by Harald Danne as Managing Director. Task of the association CompetenceCenter Duale Hochschulstudien - StudiumPlus e. V. , also based in Wetzlar, promotes practical, scientific training with the aim of obtaining a university degree. The CCD is a cooperation partner of the THM; it brings together over 800 partner companies and institutions of the THM. The CCD is headed by CEO Norbert Müller. The StudiumPlus board of trustees, with equal representation, is the interface between THM and the company and has the task of advising the ZDH on its development and promoting the use of scientific knowledge and knowledge gained from operational practice. In 2011, StudiumPlus founded a specialist board of trustees for "Alumni" made up of alumni, as well as a regional board of trustees for the North Hessian branch offices. Since 2015, the ZDH has also been responsible for the THM's continuing education programs.

Dual study program

In the dual study program ( university degrees : Bachelor and Master ), academic teaching and professional practice are equally important. The practical course not only conveys specialist knowledge, but also prepares students for professional life by including offers such as business ethics, social skills and etiquette in the curricula of the courses.

StudiumPlus currently offers seven bachelor's degree programs and three master’s degree programs, divided into different subject areas:

further education

The StudiumPlus further education offer includes various extra occupational further education seminars, certificate courses and master’s degree programs. The focus of all programs is the systematic expansion of competencies in order to meet the increasingly complex requirements in professional life.

The topics of the advanced training seminars are in particular Industry 4.0 , change management , data protection and lateral thinking .

Awards

The success of StudiumPlus is underlined by awards:

  • On May 5, 2006, StudiumPlus was recognized by the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft in the competition “ReformStudiengang Fachhochschule” as one of four “Best Practice Examples” for its exemplary and practice-oriented Bachelor's degree programs in terms of application-oriented teaching.
  • In 2010, StudiumPlus received the "Dual Studies Hessen Award 2010". The Hessian Ministry for Science and Art as well as the Hessian Ministry for Economy, Energy, Transport and State Development honored the outstanding achievements in the interaction of science and economy.
  • Another award followed in 2013 by the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft: StudiumPlus was appointed to the nationwide "Quality Network for Dual Studies" as one of 10 dual providers in Germany.
  • In 2013, the Willy Robert Pitzer Foundation awarded StudiumPlus an award for the development of the training concept for "Assistant System Coordinators".
  • Since 2008, the dual study programs have been ranked in the top group in the university rankings of the Center for University Development (CHE).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Malte Glotz: First-year record at Studium Plus. WNZ Mittelhessen, 10/9/10, page 11 https://epaper.mittelhessen.de/issue.act?issueId=153752&mutationShortcut=E201&issueDate=20191009&thumbUrl=http://zh.diginews-service.apa.at/download/ZHUFDGJFKA/a2ee7a02 -0167-4601-8f3b-3cfd8e8c85bc / ZH_20191009_E201_2 / THUMBNAIL_1-x_75_380.jpg}
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  3. ↑ StudiumPlus: Milestones in 2001
  4. ↑ StudiumPlus: Milestones in 2004
  5. ↑ wnz: Wetzlar officially became a university location yesterday. In: Gießener Anzeiger. October 28, 2010, accessed November 2, 2010 .
  6. ↑ Limburg becomes a branch of the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen , accessed on June 3, 2016 at limburg.fm.de
  7. ↑ THM press review of May 31, 2016
  8. ↑ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Spilburg barracks In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse
  9. ↑ Scientific Center for Dual University Studies (ZDH) ( Memento from May 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ https://www.mittelhessen.de/lokales/region-wetzlar/weiter-berichte-region-wetzlar_artikel,- sucht-nach-neuen-Wegen-_arid, 1331805.html
  11. ↑ CompetenceCenter Dual University Studies StudiumPlus (CCD)
  12. ↑ StudiumPlus Board of Trustees
  13. ↑ Thomas Röbke: New courses: four times great! . In: DIE ZEIT, year 2006, issue 22, August 15, 2006
  14. ↑ r: Hessen Award as a distinction for "Studium Plus" . In: Frankenberger Zeitung, November 28, 2010
  15. ↑ StudiumPlus: https://www.studiumplus.de/sp/plus/aktuelles/meilensteine.html

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