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Incoming short-term stays (BIPs)

Short-term stays for students can be arranged at THWS through Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programmes (BIPs).*

Blended Intensive Programmes consist of short, intensive, and collaborative curricula and activities, allowing students to take part in a brief physical group mobility experience alongside a virtual component. The emphasis is on international collaboration and exchange. Participants in BIPs will gain skills that are valuable for their studies or careers while also enhancing their intercultural and/or foreign language abilities.

Is your home university involved in a BIP with an on-site phase at THWS? Here’s how you can apply to participate.  

*Information on short-term stays as part of staff mobility can be found here
[Translate to Englisch:] Blended Intensive Programmes BIPs
[Translate to Englisch:] Blended Intensive Programmes BIPs
[Translate to Englisch:] Blended Intensive Programmes BIPs

To be eligible for a short-term stay as part of a Blended Intensive Programme at THWS, you must be enrolled as a full-time student at one of our partner universities. Agreements between the participating institutions ensure that appropriate high-quality lectures are offered and can be credited towards your home university.

Participation in a BIP at THWS is not possible without an Erasmus+ exchange agreement between your home university and THWS.

A nomination from your home university is required to participate in a BIP at THWS. Therefore, please first contact the BIP coordinator or the International Office at your home university.

To apply for a short-term stay as part of a Blended Intensive Programme at THWS, please follow these steps:

  1. Participate in the selection process at your home university before applying. Check with the International Office at your home university to find out how you can take part in the selection process for short-term stays under Blended Intensive Programmes.
  2. After successfully completing the selection process, your home university will nominate you for participation in the BIP at THWS.
  3. Once your nomination is received, the International Office at THWS will email you a link to the application portal for BIP participants (MoveON).
  4. Please apply as soon as possible after receiving our email on the MoveON portal. You can find the application deadlines for the BIP in the invitation email or in the BIP information on this page.

For your application, you will need to complete the application form and upload the following documents:

  • Confirmation of enrolment from your home university
  • A copy of your identification document
  • A photo for your student ID (file format: JPG, maximum 5 MB, minimum resolution of 600 x 450 pixels)
  1. For students from the Faculty of Design only: Please send a portfolio along with the signed application form to welcome[at]thws.de. The faculty requires your portfolio to assess your artistic skills.

If you are accepted to participate in the Blended Intensive Programme, you will receive a written confirmation via email from the International Office at THWS.This email will request the submission of additional documents as well as the payment of the semester fee, including:

  • Proof of health insurance
  • Payment of the semester fee
  • Creation of the Digital Learning Agreement (DiLA)

BIPs for the academic year 2024/25 at THWS

BIP Inhalte

Studierende erleben in fiktiven Rollen und Unternehmen reale, klimabezogene (wirtschaftliche) Herausforderungen und entwickeln Strategien, um sich vor negativen Auswirkungen des Klimawandels zu schützen und Chancen zu erkennen. Das Planspiel verfolgt drei Hauptziele: 1) die Motivation der Teilnehmer für den Umgang mit dem Klimawandel zu erhöhen und das Gelernte bzw. Entdeckte in der Unternehmenspraxis zu vermitteln und anzuwenden 2) die Teilnehmer in die Lage zu versetzen, eigene maßgeschneiderte Anpassungskonzepte im Unternehmen abzuleiten und ein Bewusstsein für notwendige Maßnahmen zu entwickeln 3) das Verständnis, die Zusammenhänge und Grundbegriffe des Klimawandels und der globalen Auswirkungen zu erhöhen.

Das Planspiel wird mit 25 Studierenden (Teams von 3-4 Personen) durchgeführt, die das Spiel mit einem Moderator (Dozent) spielen und eines der fiktiven Unternehmen auswählen, die in einer fiktiven Spielregion angesiedelt sind, die ein Hot Spot des Klimawandels ist. Die Gruppen entwickeln Strategien, um ein gutes Gleichgewicht zwischen ökonomischen und ökologischen Anforderungen zu erreichen, und verfügen über ein individuelles Budget. Die Unternehmen gewinnen, wenn sie eine hohe Punktzahl bei ihren individuellen Fokus-KPIs erreichen, was gleichzeitig einem hohen Reifegrad entspricht.

Programm

  • Virtuelle Phase: 02. Mai 2025
  • Intensivwoche in Schweinfurt: 19. -23. Mai 2025

 

Intensivwoche in Schweinfurt

19. - 23. Mai 2025

Das detaillierte Programm wird kurz vor dem BIP verfügbar sein.

Campus/Location:

Nominierungs- und Bewerbungsfristen

Nachdem Sie den Auswahlprozess an Ihrer Heimathochschule absolviert haben, werden Sie von der Heimathochschule an der THWS nominiert. 

Nominierungsfrist: 15.01.2025

Registrierung über MoveON: 31.01.2025

Kontakt

Inhaltliche Ansprechperson: Xenia Sophie Fischer, xeniasophie.fischer[at]thws.de, Projektteam "Personal Green Skills in Higher Education"

Kontakt Hochschulservice Internationales: welcome[at]thws.de

 

 

BIP contents

Practical Business Skills: Managing Diversity

  • exploring and embracing diversity in a business context
  • implementing strategies of organisational behaviour
  • practicing intercultural communication skills

BIP partner

  • Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences, Finland
  • Lucian-Blaga-University Sibiu, Romania

Schedule

  • Virtual phase: 18 March 2025 (9 - 11 a.m. CET) und 25. March 2025 (9 - 11 a.m. CET)
  • Intensive week in Würzburg: 07. - 11. April 2025

 

Intensive week in Würzburg

07 - 11 April 2025

The detailed programme will be available closer to the BIP.

Campus/Location:

Student registration deadlines

After you have completed the selection process at your home university, you will be nominated by your home university at THWS.

Nomination deadline: 15 January 2025

Registation deadline via MoveOn: 31 January 2025

Contact

Academic contact: Claudia Lopes Victorio, claudia.lopesvictorio[at]thws.de, Dominik Winkler, dominik.winkler[at]thws.de; THWS Business School

Administrative contact at the THWS International Office: welcome[at]thws.de


You can find information about participating in BIPs at THWS partner universities here.