University or technical college?
Good morning,
Later in life, when you apply for a job after completing your studies, does it make a difference whether you studied at a university or a technical college? Is there still a distinction made these days? I always remembered that technical colleges were always portrayed as something "inferior." So, is it entirely possible that a degree from a university is valued higher than one from a technical college, even if it's the same subject or the same degree?
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Depending on the university, it may be that the degree is considered more valuable than that of a college of applied sciences, because;
1. At a university, the focus is more on theory, while at a college of applied sciences it is more practical.
Two. There (university) is often given a more extensive content.
I study BWL at a university of applied sciences and there are numerous students who change from university because the study was more demanding there.
So depending on what you want to study, you can consider whether it’s reasonable for you to be university or FH. And as I know, there are online tests where you can compare your ablation.
That depends on it.
For example, there is a relatively well-known company near me, which employs the mechanical engineers of the FH rather than those of the university, because a study at an FH is more practical.
A Bachelor or Master is always worth a lot, no matter what college he was awarded.
In contrast to the degree, no distinction of the academic degree is provided.
First of all, the most important question: what do you want to study? There is often no way past university in subjects such as law, medicine, physics or German.
However, in the engineering sciences or also in social sciences or commercial studies, it is possible to choose whether university or FH. Here I would first say quite a lot that one should study a Bachelor rather in practice and a Master rather in science-oriented. For example, I studied my Bachelor at a dual university in close cooperation with a company. As a result, “trotz” of short studies is qualified relatively efficiently for an academically demanding position, but the basics that it needs later for the master do not miss. There are often practical semesters for which 30 ECTS will be added. At Unis, one often hasn’t, because they still assume from their old habit that their students do the master anyway. Then you can do internships, but they are often not compulsory, i.e. if you are such a lazy sack as me, then after five or six semesters you have the Bachelor in your pocket but you have no practical experience.
Since the Master is made to qualify for researching, scientific activities, I would like to visit a university for this. There are also university colleges with good research (I work on one myself), but the likelihood of coming in contact with scientists: in daily contact, working properly with specialist literature, etc. is significantly higher at the university.
However, universities of applied sciences would not offer master’s degree courses if it has not proved that graduates are also well qualified for 20 years. In the end, the decision between Fachhochschule (here small, rather structured, rather no moving into a large city is necessary) and university (here large, rather many different areas of expertise, rather moving into another, mostly large city necessary,…) is also a question of the starting situation (financial, familiary,…) and also of personal taste (will we even move from the province to Munich / Heidelberg / …?).
Yes, it makes a difference, but that has nothing to do with “better” or “bad”.
University => theoretical
FH => practical
It is often the case that bosses who have studied themselves at a university prefer to hire university graduates and to hire FH graduates even at an FH.