Easy Language | HdBA - University of Applied Labour Studies

The University of Applied Labour Studies is also known as the HdBA.
Please find information on our universities in the towns of Mannheim and Schwerin here.

You can study the following three degree courses at both universities:

Bachelor Degree: Labour Market Management
Arbeitsmarkt-Management is pronounced: a-beits-maakt-men-nitsch-ment.
Here you can learn, for example:
- How do I advise companies?
- How do I find employees and trainees?
- How do I find work for people who are looking?
You can go on to study for a Master after completing the Bachelor programme.
Bachelor Degree: Education, Career and Employment Counselling
Here you learn how to advise customers of the National Employment Agency.
For example:
- Which job is right for which customer?
- What support is there for customers who have no work?
- What further training is available to customers?
You can go on to study for a Master after completing the Bachelor programme.
Master Degree: Labour Market-oriented Counselling
Here you learn more about the subjects you did for the Bachelor degree.
Before starting the Master, you must have completed a Bachelor programme.

A Bachelor degree lasts three years at the universities.
You receive your tuition at the university.
And you also learn about the work the National Employment Agency does.
This is called an "integrated degree programme".
The Master programme takes 2.5 years.

National Employment Agency workers can take part in further education courses at the universities.
These courses are called academic further education.

Professors work on research projects.
These include:

Research projects for other institutions who pay univerisities for this research.
This is called third-party funding.
own research projects
research projects in cooperation with the National Employment Agency

The University of Applied Labour Studies is also known as the HdBA.

There are many sections to our website.
We explain how you can find what you are looking for.

There are 3 main headings:

UNIVERSITY
DEGREE
RESEARCH

Please click on the 3 lines next to the large headings.
Then you will see all topics that come under the 3 large headings.

[Translate to English:] Menü Hochschule, Studium, Forschung

You can see our logo in the top left corner.
Please click on the logo.
You will then always come back to the homepage.

[Translate to English:] Zurück zur Startseite

In the top right corner, you can choose the language for our website:

English
German

Left of that, you can see all information in sign language and in easy language.

[Translate to English:] Sprache auswählen

Our homepage consists of black writing against a white background.
This way, you can read everything well.
In the top right corner, you can change the contrast of the website.
Please click on the word: Contrast.
Then you can see more of a frame around the text.
This way, you can see the different texts even better.

In the top right corner, you can change the size of the text.
Please click on the + next to the word "font size".
Then the font will appear larger.
Please click on the - next to the word "font size".
Then the font will appear smaller.
Please click on the arrow between the + and -.
Then everything goes back to the way it was.

[Translate to English:] Textgröße ändern

In the section News you will find out what is going on at the university.
In the sections University, Studying and Research there is
information on these topics.
In the section Downloads there is information in PDF files for downloading.
In the section Further Links you can find other internet sites
which could be interesting to you.

Please find this information right at the bottom of the homepage:

Link to homepage and to the 3 main sections University, Studying and Research
HdBA Alumni
Here you can find information for former and new members of the universities.
For example, for former students.
News
Here you can find news from the universities.
Downloads
You pronounce downloads "daun-loots".
Here you can find information in PDF files to download.
Career
Please find job vacancies here for people who would like to work at the universities.
Contact people for special circumstances
Here you can find the contact details for people with special tasks
at the universities.
For example, the Equal Opportunities Officer or the Disabled Persons Representative.
Sitemap
Sitemap is pronounced "zeit-mapp".
Here you can find an overview of all headings on this website.
Contact and reaching us
Here you can see how to reach the universities by car or public transport.
Log in
Here you can register in different areas.
These are only for people
who work at the universities.
Legal notice
Here it says:
- Who put the website together?
- Who is responsible for the site?
Data protection
We have your information when you visit our website.
For example: When did you visit our site?
This information is called data.
Here it says what we do with this information.
What does non-accessibility mean" (If you click here, you reach the explanation of non-accessibility)
Here it says how accessible the website is.