The FHM organises its programmes by trimesters. Thanks to the FHM competence model, the curricula are interdisciplinary, academically compact and application-oriented. Small study groups and study group supervisors allow individual support of each student. Close integration of theory and practice is achieved by practice projects integrated in the course, a close network with medium-sized companies and practical experience of the teaching staff.

Internationalisation is a key quality and development feature of the University of Applied Sciences of SMEs (FHM). The aim is to support SMEs in the internationalisation process through internationally oriented degree courses and international research projects. The Campus.International offers an extensive range of international courses for applicants from abroad. The FHM also maintains numerous partnerships in Europe and beyond through the International Office, particularly with Asian and British universities, and a German-Asian SME Institute.

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There are several PC clusters with the latest hardware and software available to the students, which can be used in courses and projects. The FHM is equipped with WiFi; The equipment in the seminar rooms is state of the art; The media campus with news, TV, radio and photo studios is available to all students. All students have online access to the Statista statistics portal. Students can access more than 30,000 digital books as well as millions of specialist articles, journals, statistics, studies, etc., in the online library.

The research activities of the Economics Cluster focus on the topics of "Entrepreneurship", "Sustainability", "Innovation" as well as "Digitalisation/Security". These research activities, which are strongly geared towards SMEs, are documented in various institutes and endowed professorships, such as the Centre for Sustainable Governance, the Institute for SMEs and the Cyber Institute in Düren. Of particular note is the now-completed Open Innovation City project with a funding volume of €5.4 million.

In its study "Model in Diversity 2022", the Institute of Management and Economic Research (IMWF) certified the outstanding commitment of the University of Applied Sciences of SMEs (FHM), thus underlining the relevance of diversity for the university. Sustainability is one of the main pillars of FHM. It is one of the three guiding themes in degree course development. The MA Sustainability & Climate Management and the “Sustainability Manager” continuing education course. FHM maintains a Centre of Sustainable Governance for extensive sustainability research