Your dual bachelor's degree program

Application for your dual study program

1. Online admission procedure of NORDAKADEMIE
   2. Application at the cooperation company of your interest
   3. Selection procedure at the company
   4. Employment contract with the company and enrollment at NORDAKADEMIE

Application deadlines

There are no application deadlines at NORDAKADEMIE. The current list of available study places is always available on our website from June of the previous year. We therefore recommend that you apply approximately 12 to 15 months before the start of your studies.

Cooperating companies

The daily updated study place list provides you with an overview of all cooperating companies that still have study places available for the designated calendar year.

Study conditions

• Lecturers with practical experience
• Extensive personal support
• Teaching in small groups
• Classrooms with state-of-the-art equipment, e-learning platform and access to the building 24/7
• Naturally landscaped campus with recreational and sports facilities

Special requirements

• Compressed study times
• Short semester breaks
• Commitment and dedication to work and study required

To ensure that NORDAKADEMIE can provide you with a comprehensive and interdisciplinary education, your participation in seminars from our extensive range is a mandatory part of the curriculum.

More than 100 selectable seminar events complement the compulsory and examination subjects with courses on personal development as well as current management and subject-related topics. They cover the entire course of study and are independent of the content of the subject modules.

Information on registering for and deregistering from seminars and on compulsory participation in seminars can be found in the "Seminar Information Sheet" at CIS intranet.

Academical education and corporate practice are more permeated than ever by scientific processes. In order to be able to learn efficiently right from the start, it is therefore important that you are able to work scientifically and make optimal use of the relevant methods. Appropriately, in the first semester there is the seminar course "Scientific Work and Methods", which must be attended by all students.

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To help you to cope with an international working environment, NORDAKADEMIE's foreign language courses are a central component of the dual Bachelor's degree program. We meet the growing demands on language skills with foreign language courses as compulsory and elective subjects.

Our native speakers not only teach in their language, they also impart know-how about the respective country's culture. Classes are held in small groups according to previous knowledge.

At NORDAKADEMIE you can acquire internationally recognized certificates. These include the

• Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English
• Diplôme de Français des Affaires de la Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de Paris

English is a required subject in all bachelor's degree programs due to its overwhelming importance as a global business language.

French or Spanish are required subjects in the Business Administration and Industrial Engineering program, and electives in the Business Information Systems and Applied Computer Science program.

Japanese and Chinese are electives within the curriculum.

In general, a C1 level in German is required to study at NORDAKADEMIE.

The International Office supports students to prepare their semester abroad at NORDAKADEMIE. With the support of the Student International Office, it provides information about study opportunities at foreign partner universities, among other things.

In addition, the International Office is the first point of contact for our foreign guest students.

Opening hours

Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

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Please note that you will be redirected to our German website. A C1 level in German is required to study at NORDAKADEMIE.

During the seven semesters of regular study, your training company pays your tuition fees.

Further information is provided in the current fee schedule. Please note that the regulations and statutes are in German, as for studying at NORDAKADEMIE a C1 level in German in required.

In order to start a dual study program at NORDAKADEMIE, you must have a university entrance qualification, have passed the online selection process at NORDAKADEMIE and have found a partner company for the dual study program. 

If you have obtained your school-leaving certificate outside Germany, you may need to have your university entrance qualification checked in advance. Please refer to our FAQs for information on the admission requirements for international applicants

Also a c1 level in German is required.

Find out more about our multi-stage application process here: Dual Bachelor's degree program: This is your path to NORDAKADEMIE - Application

On the almost 18,000 m2 grounds of NORDAKADEMIE in Elmshorn you can learn, live, eat and socialize. The spacious campus, which is close to nature, invites you to spend time in the fresh air and has modern buildings, an Audimax, a cafeteria and a dormitory. This makes Elmshorn an attractive university location in the greater Hamburg area.

You can reach the train station in Elmshorn within a 10-minute walk from the campus.

Since January 2015, NORDAKADEMIE has been operating a university-owned dormitory in Elmshorn. In addition, you can rent a single room on the NORDAKADEMIE campus in the student dormitory run by the private operator EMV Immobilien-Management. The low-energy building consists of two floors with 20 rooms each.

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Please note that you will be redirected to our German website. A C1 level in German is required to study at NORDAKADEMIE.

Find here an overview of all examination regulations and statutes of NORDAKADEMIE:

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Please note that you will be redirected to our German website. A C1 level in German is required to study at NORDAKADEMIE.