The University of Applied Sciences of SMEs (FHM) was founded in 2000 by the middle class for the middle class. She prepares by application-oriented teaching and studies on professional technical and management activities at home and abroad. The successes of the graduates are available for the training concept of FHM: ​​Close to practice and compact in knowledge transfer. Students are introduced sound scientific evidence and methods that enable them prominent tasks in - perceive the economy and in society - particularly medium.

Eight locations
Currently are at the FHM about 5,000 students at sites in Bamberg, Berlin, Bielefeld, Hannover, Cologne, Pulheim, Rostock and Schwerin enrolled. The courses offered by the university include classic full-time courses, part-time jobs for professionals and developed together with industry and dual trial study models. In addition, the range of distance learning and certificate courses are in the field of science education.

Enterprise network
A collaboration with partners from the business world not only exists on paper. Students, teachers, and employees live this cooperation on a daily basis: Overall, the network of the university has more than 4,000 company contacts. Numerous collaborations are intense and are maintained by the locations of the university for many years. TheFHMalso be understood as application and research-oriented, as a regionally based and international aligned university. This is reflected in the daily lives of students: The course includes a six-month study in practice (SiP phase) at a company, a number of projects with companies and guest lecture series with experts as well as regular excursions to companies. A particular concern of the university is the promotion of independent, entrepreneurial and global thinking and acting.

Internationality
The FHM develops its further international relations and cooperation, thus contributing to the formation of intercultural skills of students and teachers. As part of a state-approved prepares you Studienkollegs foreign students for studying in Germany.

Research and Development
The professional school of the middle class is since its foundation in addition to the teaching and learning heavily on research and development projects and maintains a sustainable transfer system. The applied research has been classified by the Science Council of the Federal Republic of Germany as "impressive"; also from the perspective of the European Union is one of the FHM the research-intensive universities.