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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 contents

Students experience real, climate-related (economic) challenges in fictitious roles and companies and develop strategies to protect themselves from the negative effects of climate change and to recognize opportunities. The simulation game has three main objectives: 1) to increase participants' motivation to deal with climate change and to convey and apply what they have learned and discovered in business practice 2) to enable participants to derive their own tailor-made adaptation concepts within the company and to develop an awareness of the necessary measures 3) to increase understanding of the interrelationships and basic concepts of climate change and global impacts.

The simulation game is played with 25 students (teams of 3-4 people) who play the game with a moderator (lecturer) and choose one of the fictitious companies located in a fictitious game region that is a climate change hot spot. The groups develop strategies to achieve a good balance between economic and environmental requirements and have an individual budget. The companies win if they achieve a high score on their individual focus KPIs, which also corresponds to a high level of maturity.

Programme

  • Virtual component: 02 May 2025
  • Intensive week in Schweinfurt: 19 - 23 May 2025

 

Intensive Week in Schweinfurt

19 -  23 May 2025. The detailed programme will be available closer to the BIP.

When making the travel arrangements, please make sure to arrive in Schweinfurt by XXX. The programme will start on Monday morning at XX and finish on Friday afternoon at XX.

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: Xenia Sophie Fischer, xeniasophie.fischer[at]thws.de

xeniasophie.fischer[at]thws.deAdminstrative contact at the International Office: welcome[at]thws.de

BIP contents

The students work in small groups on innovative use cases for humanoid robots to find out whether these actually offer advantages or are rather to be understood as hype.

Number of ECTS: 3

BIP partner

This BIP is organised within the UNINOVIS alliance.

  • University of Tirana, Albanien
  • Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Finnland
  • University Sorbonne Paris Nord, Frankreich
  • University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italien
  • Kauno Kolegija, Litauen
  • University of Málaga, Spanien

Programme

  • Virtual component: 06 - 11 May 2025 via Zoom
  • Intensive week in Schweinfurt: 12 - 16 May 2025

 

Intensive week in Schweinfurt

12 - 16 May 2025

A detailed programme of the intensive week can be found here.

The programme starts at 9 a.m. on Monday, 12 May and ends at 12 p.m. on Friday, 16 May. We recommend arriving in Schweinfurt on Sunday, 11 May.

Campus/Location: Campus Ignaz-Schön, Schweinfurt

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: 30 March 2025

Registration deadline via MoveON: 30 March 2025

Contact

Academic contact: Carolin Gläser, carolin.glaeser[at]thws.de, Coordinator Transnational Study Programmes UNINOVIS

Administrative contact at the International Office: 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.