Practical orientation
In addition to its internationality, a further strength of the degree course is its distinct practical orientation. Long-standing, close contacts exist with leading German and international companies, which offer BIM students relevant work experience in various fields of business (see below). Moreover, it is often possible to complete the Bachelor project in collaboration with a company.
The course includes two periods of work experience which are undertaken in the fourth and eighth semesters. The first of the two internships is done in Germany, the second abroad. If the course commences at one of the partner universities, the order here is reversed.
The current BPO (Bachelor exam regulations) state that the internship in the fourth semester will be of 18 weeks’ duration and that in the eighth semester will be 15 weeks.
The practical module for the fourth semester is structured as follows:
- Internship preparation: the dates and content of the various events are published in the course prospectus and on the course’s own Homepage. This module is spread over the second and third semesters.
- Internship: An internship report must be written in addition to the actual internship in the company. Information as to the required content can be found in § 4 of the exam regulations for the BIM course.
- Internship follow up: the internship follow up includes a reflection on the internship as a whole and an evaluation of the internship (was the content adequate, how good was the support, intercultural aspects, usefulness of the knowledge acquired etc.). The report which must be written here must also be written in a second language (see the course-specific exam regulations for more details).
Printed versions of the latest internship offers for all courses offered by the Business School are posted in the glass showcases in the ground floor corridor of A Wing. In addition, all of the faculty’s internship offers will soon also be available as a download via the script server.
BIM partners in the business world:
- Marketing-Club Bremen e.V.
Since 1998 the Marketing-Club Bremen e.V has awarded a sponsorship prize to the best student of the year in the BIM introductory courses. - BIM Council:
Advisory board comprising members from industry and science; alumni network
Companies with BIM interns (selection):
Adidas AG
Airbus Deutschland GmbH
Air France, Paris
Andersen Consulting
Atlanta, Bremen
Atlantic Hotel, Hamburg
Audi, Neckarsulm
Aventis
Bahlsen KG, Hannover
Banque Nationale de Paris, Frankfurt/Main
BDF Beiersdorf AG
BMW AG, München
Born & Born Konzertagentur, Bremen
Bosch Telekom, München
Bosch-Siemens Hausgeräte
Brauerei Beck GmbH & Co.
Bremer Lagerhaus Gesellschaft
Bremer Straßenbahn AG
British Airways
Budde & Ariens Unternehmensberatung, Kiel
Club Méditerranée, Düsseldorf
Coca Cola
Colgate-Palmolive, Hamburg
Commerzbank AG, Bremen, Frankfurt/Main
Continental AG, Hannover
DaimlerChrysler AG
Deutsche Lufthansa, Köln
Deutsche Shell AG, Hamburg
Dr. Oetker KG, Bielefeld
Eduscho GmbH, Bremen
Eggers & Franke, Bremen
Escada, München
EWFE Heiz- und Brennwerttechnik, Bremen
FIDES Treuhandgesellschaft, Bremen
Flughafen Bremen AG
Flughafen Frankfurt am Main AG
Flughafen München AG
Gebrüder Hellmann, Bremen
Hanseatische Sportmarketing GmbH, Bremen
Hapag Lloyd Tours, Bremen
Henkel KGaA, Düsseldorf
Kaefer Isoliertechnik, Bremen
Kellogg Deutschland GmbH, Bremen
KPMG, Hamburg
Kraft Foods, Bremen
Krawag, Ludwigshafen
Krupp Polysius, Beckum
Kühne & Nagel Weltweites Transportmanagement, Bremen
L'oreal, Paris
La Roche Posay Deutschland, Kronberg (Ffm)
Leipziger Messe
Lloyd Werft, Bremerhaven
Lufthansa Technik AG, Hamburg
MAN Roland, Leipzig
MBB Förder- und Hebesysteme GmbH, Bremen
Megatel Informations- und Kommunikationssysteme, Bremen
Nestlé Motta GmbH
Otto Versand, Hamburg
Porsche AG, Stuttgart
Publics Werbeagentur, Düsseldorf
Roha Arzneimittel, Bremen
SAP, Walldorf
Schenker International, Bremen
Schwarzkopf AG, Hamburg
Senator for Trade and Industry, SMEs, Technology and European Affairs, Bremen
Shell, Hamburg
Siemens AG, München, Hamburg, Bremen
Sony Deutschland, Köln
Sparkasse Bremen
Sportverein Werder Bremen
STN Atlas Elektronik GmbH, Bremen
Tchibo, Hamburg
VDO Kienzle, Villingen-Schwenningen
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg
Wella AG, Darmstadt