The FOM University of Applied Sciences (; stylized as ''FOM'') is one of Germany's largest private universities with more than 47,000 students. The

Fachhochschule A (; plural ), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a Hochschule, German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts, such as engineering, te ...

is privately run, works in close co-operation with other universities, and is state recognized. Also it has the biggest economic and business sciences faculty in Germany. The majority of students are working professionals. The range of courses offered centers on business, business administration, economic psychology and engineering. The FOM, founded in 1993, has traditionally close relationships with many major German companies.

History

The university was founded in

Essen Essen () is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dortmund, as well as ...

in 1990 in order to cater to working people. On 18 September 1993 it received state recognition and in September 1994 it began operating. In the first year, there were 149 students studying Master of Business Administration. In 1998 they began to expand to other sites outside Essen. In 2005 they began offering courses in engineering in association with the

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. In 2012, the university sued a former student for being too fast when completing 11 semesters worth of studies in only 4 semesters. The FOM is accredited by the

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since 2006 as well as the

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since 2004.

Locations

The main faculty is located in

. There are 33 other schools in Germany, located in Aachen, Arnsberg, Augsburg, Berlin, Bochum, Bonn, Bremen, Dortmund, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Freiburg, Gütersloh, Hagen, Hamburg, Hannover, Herne, Karlsruhe, Kassel, Koblenz, Köln, Leipzig, Mainz, Mannheim, Marl, München, Münster, Neuss, Nürnberg, Oberhausen, Saarbrücken, Siegen, Stuttgart, Wesel and Wuppertal. There is also an FOM in Viena and in

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China

Since 2003 FOM has had two faculties in China, one near

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and the other in the

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province in co-operation with the

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Industry partners

The FOM has partnerships with more than 700 companies including 3M,

Allianz Allianz SE ( , ) is a German Multinational corporation, multinational financial services company headquartered in Munich, Germany. Its core businesses are insurance and asset management. Allianz is the world's largest List of largest insurance ...

Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank AG (, ) is a Germany, German multinational Investment banking, investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, and dual-listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. ...

, RWE,

Siemens Siemens AG ( ) is a German multinational technology conglomerate. It is focused on industrial automation, building automation, rail transport and health technology. Siemens is the largest engineering company in Europe, and holds the positi ...

Deutsche Bahn (, ; abbreviated as DB or DB AG ) is the national railway company of Germany, and a state-owned enterprise under the control of the German government. Headquartered in the Bahntower in Berlin, it is a joint-stock company ( AG). DB was fou ...

Bayer Bayer AG (English: , commonly pronounced ; ) is a German multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company and is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies and biomedical companies in the world. Headquartered in Leverkusen, Bayer' ...

HSBC Trinkaus HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG, operating as HSBC Deutschland, is a German financial services company. It traces its history back to 1785 and is one of the longest-established members of the HSBC Group. HSBC in Germany has operations in private, c ...

ThyssenKrupp ThyssenKrupp AG (, ; stylized as thyssenkrupp) is a German industrial engineering and steel production multinational conglomerate. It resulted from the 1999 merger of Thyssen AG and Krupp and has its operational headquarters in Duisburg and E ...

BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, trading as BMW Group (commonly abbreviated to BMW (), sometimes anglicised as Bavarian Motor Works), is a German multinational manufacturer of vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Th ...

Vodafone Vodafone Group Public Limited Company () is a British Multinational company, multinational telecommunications company. Its registered office and global headquarters are in Newbury, Berkshire, England. It predominantly operates Service (economic ...

, Ford,

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and

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Scientific facilities and research institutes

The university maintains a total of 11 research institutes and 15 "competence centers": *dips Deutsches Institut für Portfolio-Strategien :Research emphasis on financial portfolio management, quantitative modeling and asset management. *iap Institut für Arbeit und Personal :Research emphasis on organization and employee relations, with an emphasis on the organization of worktime. *ild Institut für Logistik und Dienstleistungsmanagement :Research emphasis on logistics, service management, and operation research. *ipo Institut für Personal- und Organisationforschung :Research emphasis on employee and organizational theory, with emphasis on incentive systems and knowledge management. *ild Institut für Logistik und Dienstleistungsmanagement *iaim Institute of Automation & Industrial Management *ifes Institut für Empirie & Statistik *ifgs Institut für Gesundheit & Soziales *ifid Institut für IT-Management & Digitalisierung *ifpm Institut für Public Management *isf Institute for Strategic Finance *iwp Institut für Wirtschaftspsychologie *mis Institute of Management & Information Systems *KCAT KompetenzCentrum für Accounting & Taxation *KCBT German-Sino Competence Center of Business & Technology *KCC KompetenzCentrum für Corporate Social Responsibility *KCD KompetenzCentrum für Didaktik in der Hochschullehre für Berufstätige *KCE KompetenzCentrum für Entrepreneurship & Mittelstand *KCFM KompetenzCentrum für Future Mobility *KCI KompetenzCentrum für interdisziplinäre Wirtschaftsforschung & Verhaltensoekonomie *KCM KompetenzCentrum für Medizinoekonomie *KCMS KompetenzCentrum für Marketing & Sales Management *KCN KompetenzCentrum für nachhaltige Entwicklung *KCQF KompetenzCentrum für Qualitative Forschung (Scientific directors: Prof. Dr. Ulrike Schwegler & Prof. Dr. Gernot Schiefer) *KCT KompetenzCentrum für Technologie- & Innovationsmanagement *KCU KompetenzCentrum für Unternehmensführung & Corporate Governance *KCV KompetenzCentrum für angewandte Volkswirtschaftslehre (Scientific directors: Prof. Dr. Christina Wilke & Prof. Dr. Monika Wohlmann) *KCW KompetenzCentrum für Wirtschaftsrecht The FOM is member of the

Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft – or Stifterverband for short – is a registered not-for-profit association that is based in Essen and which also has a capital city office in Berlin. Its work is focused on education, science and in ...

Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft
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References

External links

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