The HWG LU stands for a contemporary combination of science and practical orientation
At HWG LU, practical orientation is at the heart of the course. Our lecturers all have many years of professional and practical experience and therefore know exactly which skills are in demand on the job market. Thanks to their excellent contacts in the business, social and healthcare sectors, our students benefit from a high level of practical relevance right from the start.
Thanks to numerous collaborations with renowned companies and organizations, both regional and international, everyday study life is enriched by practical projects, excursions and final theses. Our dual degree programs also offer a perfect combination of study and vocational training and provide excellent insights into operational processes through integrated practical assignments.
Up-to-date teaching content and innovative teaching methods are very important to us, which is why we always focus on the further didactic training of our teaching staff. This guarantees up-to-date and practice-oriented teaching of the subject matter.
Such a practice-oriented course at HWG LU makes it much easier to start a career and offers excellent prospects for the future. Our graduates are recognized in the professional world and highly valued by employers.
The HWG LU is the ideal place to successfully combine theory and practice and to prepare for the demands of a globalized and digitalized working world.
Our laboratories: combining theory and practice
Projects: Win-win for students and practice partners
In curriculum-based projects with renowned practice partners, our students can regularly put their knowledge into practice and establish valuable contacts with companies and institutions in the metropolitan region. And this continuous exchange is not only a great benefit for our students: our cooperation partners regularly praise the creative ideas and innovative perspectives of our teams on their problems.
Here are just a few examples:
- Practical and complex: annual case study of the dual degree programs Health Economics in Practice (GiP).
Learn more - Challenging practical problems: Annual "Design Thinking Challenge " of the Master's degree program in Business Informatics with a focus on Data Science & Consulting.
Find out more - Exciting and instructive: annual company day of the International Personnel Management and Organization (IPO) degree programs.
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Practical orientation: part of our DNA
Cooperation partner
As a university with a strong practical and research focus in the heart of the metropolitan region, we are networked in many ways with partners from science, research, public institutions and industry. Our cooperation partners include regional companies and organizations, such as the city of Ludwigshafen, as well as national and international players. Our external partners also value us as a fast, flexible, practice-oriented and very open university.
Lecturers from the field
Our lecturers all have extensive practical experience, which they gained before joining us (at least five years). As professors with a practical background, they are very familiar with the requirements of the business, social and healthcare sectors and maintain excellent contacts in these areas. Our students are the main beneficiaries of this: A high level of practical relevance is guaranteed from the outset when studying in Ludwigshafen!
Dual degree programs
Those who attach great importance to practical relevance should consider the dual study models at HWG LU. This form of study combines a degree course with traditional vocational training and integrates fixed practical placements at cooperating companies. Through "training on the job", these university-practice partnerships give students an excellent insight into company practice right from the start.
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