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FOM University of Applied Sciences

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German university

The FOM University of Applied Sciences (German: FOM Hochschule für Oekonomie & Management; stylized as FOM) is one of Germany's largest private universities with more than 47,000 students. The Fachhochschule is privately run, works in close co-operation with other universities, and is state recognized. Also it has the biggest economic and business sciences faculty in Germany.2 It employed 2,195 people in 2021.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1993Founded1
  • HeadquartersEssen, Germany1
  • Websitewww.fom.de
  • Legal formgemeinnützige GmbH1
  • Kind of organizationNonprofit organization1
  • LEI391200QJWQTMLOJRDX273
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressLeimkugelstrasse 6, 45141 Essen, Germany3
  • Registered withLocal Court Essen, HRB 108963

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The FOM University of Applied Sciences (German: FOM Hochschule für Oekonomie & Management; stylized as FOM) is one of Germany's largest private universities with more than 47,000 students. The Fachhochschule is privately run, works in close co-operation with other universities, and is state recognized. Also it has the biggest economic and business sciences faculty in Germany.2

The story

The university was founded in Essen in 1990 in order to cater to working people. On 18 September 1993 it received state recognition and in September 1994 it began operating. In the first year, there were 149 students studying Master of Business Administration. In 1998 they began to expand to other sites outside Essen. In 2005 they began offering courses in engineering in association with the Ruhr University Bochum.

In 2012, the university sued a former student for being too fast when completing 11 semesters worth of studies in only 4 semesters.

The FOM is accredited by the Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation since 2006 as well as the German Science and Humanities Council since 2004.

From Wikipedia’s article on FOM University of Applied Sciences, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

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Locations

The main faculty is located in Essen. There are 33 other schools in Germany, located in Aachen, Arnsberg, Augsburg, Berlin, Bochum, Bonn, Bremen, Cologne, Dortmund, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Freiburg, Gütersloh, Hagen, Hamburg, Hanover, Herne, Karlsruhe, Kassel, Koblenz, Leipzig, Mainz, Mannheim, Marl, Munich, Münster, Neuss, Nuremberg, Oberhausen, Saarbrücken, Siegen, Stuttgart, Wesel and Wuppertal. There is also an FOM in Vienna and in Luxembourg.

China

Since 2003 FOM has had two faculties in China, one near Beijing and the other in the Shandong province in co-operation with the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.

Scientific facilities and research institutes

The university maintains a total of 11 research institutes and 15 "competence centers":

dips Deutsches Institut für Portfolio-Strategien

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Research emphasis on financial portfolio management, quantitative modeling and asset management.

iap Institut für Arbeit und Personal

Research emphasis on organization and employee relations, with an emphasis on the organization of worktime.

ild Institut für Logistik und Dienstleistungsmanagement

Research emphasis on logistics, service management, and operation research.

ipo Institut für Personal- und Organisationforschung

Research emphasis on employee and organizational theory, with emphasis on incentive systems and knowledge management.

ild Institut für Logistik und Dienstleistungsmanagement

iaim Institute of Automation & Industrial Management

ifes Institut für Empirie & Statistik

ifgs Institut für Gesundheit & Soziales

ifid Institut für IT-Management & Digitalisierung

ifpm Institut für Public Management

isf Institute for Strategic Finance

iwp Institut für Wirtschaftspsychologie

mis Institute of Management & Information Systems

KCAT KompetenzCentrum für Accounting & Taxation

KCBT German-Sino Competence Center of Business & Technology

KCC KompetenzCentrum für Corporate Social Responsibility

KCD KompetenzCentrum für Didaktik in der Hochschullehre für Berufstätige

KCE KompetenzCentrum für Entrepreneurship & Mittelstand

KCFM KompetenzCentrum für Future Mobility

KCI KompetenzCentrum für interdisziplinäre Wirtschaftsforschung & Verhaltensoekonomie

KCM KompetenzCentrum für Medizinoekonomie

KCMS KompetenzCentrum für Marketing & Sales Management

KCN KompetenzCentrum für nachhaltige Entwicklung

KCQF KompetenzCentrum für Qualitative Forschung (Scientific directors: Prof. Dr. Ulrike Schwegler & Prof. Dr. Gernot Schiefer)

KCT KompetenzCentrum für Technologie- & Innovationsmanagement

KCU KompetenzCentrum für Unternehmensführung & Corporate Governance

KCV KompetenzCentrum für angewandte Volkswirtschaftslehre (Scientific directors: Prof. Dr. Christina Wilke & Prof. Dr. Monika Wohlmann)

KCW KompetenzCentrum für Wirtschaftsrecht

The FOM is member of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft and the Erasmus Programme.

From Wikipedia’s article on FOM University of Applied Sciences, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Employees over time

  • 20212,1951

Timeline

  1. 1993Founded Founded1

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