Company Partners

Close connection of economy and university

Combining theory and practice is part of the guiding principle of the FOM: students do not only acquire profound academic knowledge in the area of economics with a strong practical component, but also social competences such as the ability to work in a team and good negotiation skills, which they will be able to implement directly in their working life. In order to ensure this mixture, the university has been working closely with companies and trade associations since its establishment.

The FOM is in contact with more than 700 cooperation companies, including Bertelsmann AG, Siemens AG, Arvarto Logistics Services GmbH, Deutsche Bahn AG, AOK Rheinland/Hamburg and DIS AG. The university offers study courses for some of these companies or supervises groups of students from these companies. Other companies offer their apprentices and employees the chance to study individually at the FOM in addition to their work for that company. In addition, more than 150 business representatives are involved in various boards of the university such as the regional boards of trustees or the friends of the FOM. Professionals with practical experience from all areas and industries teach at the university.

From this multifaceted cooperation, the FOM gets important impulses for the establishment of new university study centres, the development of new courses of study and the offer for time models specific to certain locations. Furthermore, the university is given the opportunity to carry out market analyses and react to current further education requirements.