Corporate Connections — Cooperation between Academia and Industry

As a partner of our university, you can position your company in a prestigious academic environment and reach students and graduates directly. Through targeted presence across various channels, you can strengthen your employer brand in the long term, increase your visibility and build credibility in an academic context.

Your advantages:

• Positioning as an attractive employer
• Access to qualified students and graduates
• Increased credibility and reach
• Year-round, cross-media presence

Your options:

• Social media: LinkedIn, Instagram
• Presence on our website, in brochures and at events
• One-to-many info sessions
• Visibility directly on campus and at events

Reach talent where it emerges: our Career Service connects your company directly with qualified students and graduates. As the central interface between your company and our talent, we give you direct access to promising young professionals. Use targeted formats to get to know students early on, spark their interest in your company, identify future specialists and build long-term relationships.

Your advantages:

• Directly address your target group
• Interdisciplinary mix of recruiting activities
• Effectively attract and retain talented young professionals

Your options:

• Networking events such as Meet’n Greets
• Expert input at Digital Career Tuesday
• Workshops and company visits
• Digital internship exchange & targeted mailings via the career database
• Student coaching by alumni

Invest specifically in the further development of your employees: continuing professional development gives your company the opportunity to promote talent, specialists and managers in the long term. In cooperation with the University of Cologne Business School (UCBS), we offer high-quality continuing education formats – from Executive MBAs and specialised seminars to tailor-made in-house training courses. This allows you to strengthen skills, retain managers and secure the innovative strength and future viability of your company.

Your advantages:

• Strengthening and retaining managers and employees
• Reducing costs and effort through lower recruitment
• Qualification as an important factor for entrepreneurial development

Your options:

• Executive MBA (EMBA) including scholarships from the Business School
• Broad seminar portfolio, e.g. digital transformation, change & innovation management, leadership or corporate entrepreneurship
• Tailor-made in-house training for managers and employees
• Exchange with EMBA alumni at events and company visits

Take advantage of direct access to excellent research: in cooperation with our departments, you will receive direct access to scientific expertise, in-depth analyses and practical projects. Together, we will support you in developing new products or business models, optimising business processes in the long term and developing solutions that will make your company more innovative, efficient and strategically stronger in the long run.

Your advantages:

• Scientifically sound consulting
• Long-term optimisation of business processes
• Use of current research for strategic development

Your opportunities:

• Market studies and market analyses
• Expertise in areas such as corporate development, entrepreneurship, finance/accounting, digital transformation and much more
• Business and capstone projects

Make a visible statement about education and social commitment: with scholarships, equipment projects or the promotion of research and teaching, you can support the academic development of the next generation. At the same time, you can strengthen your corporate image, build networks with potential employees and researchers, and achieve a high impact with little effort.

Advantages

Comparatively little input required, high impact

Options

• Scholarships for students (e.g. Germany "Deutschlandstipendium")
• First-semester gift, e.g. discount code for a WiSo hoodie
• Lecture hall and study space equipment
• Donations to promote research and teaching