| FOM Hochschule fuer Oekonomie und Management | |
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| Established | 1993 |
| Type | Private |
| Chancellor | Dr. Harald Beschorner |
| Rector | Prof. Dr. Burghard Hermeier |
| Students | 15,000 (February 2010)[1] |
| Location | Essen and several more, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | green |
| Nickname | FOM |
| Website | [1] |
The FOM - Hochschule fuer Oekonomie und Management (University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management) is a German business school with headquarters in Essen and offering a broad range of business and engineering courses. It is privately run, works in close co-operation with other universities, and is state recognized. It has approximately 15,000 students, making it one of the largest in Germany. The majority of students are working professionals. The range of courses offered centers around business, business administration and engineering. The headquarter is located in Essen, Germany, with several branches located throughout Germany and two branches located in China. The FOM, founded in 1990, has traditionally close relationships with many major German companies.
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The school was founded in Essen in 1990 in order to cater to working people. On 18 September 1993 it received state recognition and in September 1994 it began operating. In the 1st year there were 149 students studying Master of Business Administration. In 1998 they began to expand to other sites outside Essen. In 2005 they began offering courses in engineering in association with the Ruhr University Bochum.
The main faculty is located in Essen. There are 18 other schools in Germany, located in Berlin (2001), Bochum, Bremen (2006), Cologne, Dortmund, Duisburg (1998), Düsseldorf, Frankfurt (2001), Gütersloh (2001), Hamburg, Leipzig, Marl, Munich, Neuss, Nuremberg (2006), Siegen and Stuttgart. There is also an FOM in Luxembourg.
Since 2003 FOM has had two faculties in China, one near Beijing and the other in the Shandong province in co-operation with the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.
Degrees awarded include[2]:
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