Studying while working -
how can this be done successfully?
The MBA program "Leadership & Management" intensively prepares students for the challenges facing a modern manager.
It enables students to solve questions and problems in business practice at senior management level.
The Degree programme imparts the skills and know-how required for successful management positions.
Question your motivation for studying the MBA alongside your job.
The MBA programme "Leadership & Management" intensively prepares students for the challenges of a modern manager.
It enables students to solve questions and problems in business practice at senior management level.
The Degree programme imparts the skills and know-how required to successfully fill management positions.
Plan the time required for studies into your daily routine and coordinate it with those around you.
Likewise, prospective students should consider how they will find the time necessary for career-integrated studies. If they have to attend courses for 8 to 12 hours a week and also have to plan certain time slots for preparatory and follow-up work, prospective students should realize that their studies will not be without consequences for their partner, their circle of friends and their leisure activities.
Experience from the career-integrated MBA studies at the Hochschule Niederrhein clearly shows that if you discuss such aspects with your partner or family before the start of the studies and ask for understanding and acceptance, the success rate will be significantly higher. Also keep in mind that the time burden can be particularly high at the beginning, as you first have to get used to the new situation and develop certain routines.
Go into your studies with an open mind and curiosity and actively participate in the events.
Active and curious participation in the courses is helpful for the studies to succeed alongside the job and to have a lasting effect. This is also reflected in the experience of career-integrated MBA studies at the Hochschule Niederrhein: the more frequently the courses are attended and the more intensive the personal participation, the greater the success of the studies.
A high level of participation and interaction help students to link new knowledge to what they have previously learned and to integrate it into their professional context. Students who approach the content of their studies with curiosity and participate intensively in professional exchange with lecturers and fellow students are more successful than those who complete their studies with an "entertain me, please" attitude alongside their job.
Structure your everyday life as much as possible.
Career-integrated studies can become a heavy time and physical burden. Rituals and routines can help you to cope with this strain, e.g. a clear daily rhythm: plan fixed times for learning phases as well as for sporting activities and social contacts.
Celebrate intermediate successes and don't let any setbacks throw you off track.
In addition, continuous self-reflection helps, especially in dealing with setbacks that may occur, e.g. if individual examinations have to be repeated. Often, such setbacks prove valuable in retrospect. From time to time, however, you should also reward yourself and celebrate interim successes.
After your studies: Make the most of your free time and your expanded knowledge and contact base.
Graduates of the career-integrated MBA studies at the Hochschule Niederrhein report that they first had to learn how to manage their free time again after the studies. However, friends, families and also other tasks at work help to quickly fill the time windows that have become free. When it comes to the challenges that arise in the future, it is not only the knowledge acquired during the studies that helps, but also the network of fellow students and lecturers that has been established, as well as the personality that has matured further as a result of the studies. At this point, at the latest, it becomes clear that you have invested in your own future with career-integrated studies.
