DHSN Bautzen | Duale Hochschule Sachsen

Name

DHSN Bautzen | Duale Hochschule Sachsen

Legal name

Duale Hochschule Sachsen

Website

https://dhsn.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education (Dual / Cooperative)

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Cooperative Education (Co-op) Technical Universities (EDAHAEAF)

Keywords

• Dual higher education
• Cooperative study programs
• Vocational academic training
• Practice-integrated learning
• Public university education

Headquarters

HQ city

Bautzen, Saxony

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Public Higher Education Funding: As a state-owned public institution (Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts) under the Free State of Saxony, DHSN is funded through government appropriations rather than tuition. No tuition fees are charged to students or dual practice partners. Students receive monthly stipends directly from their dual practice partner companies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Duale Hochschule Sachsen (DHSN) is a public higher education institution that delivers tuition-free dual study programs integrating academic coursework at one of seven Saxon campuses with paid practical training at partner companies. It offers more than 50 market-oriented programs across Economics, Technology, and Social & Health Sciences, with students earning a monthly salary from a dual practice partner throughout their studies. The institution is funded by the Free State of Saxony and reports a graduate placement rate of over 90%.

Product overview

Duale Hochschule Sachsen is a public higher education institution offering dual study programs that combine academic theory at one of seven campus locations (Bautzen, Breitenbrunn, Dresden, Glauchau, Leipzig, Riesa, Plauen) with practical training at partner companies. The institution provides over 50 study programs organized into three main academic areas: Economics (Wirtschaft), Technology (Technik), and Social & Health Sciences (Sozial- und Gesundheitswesen). Students receive a monthly salary from their practice partner during studies, and there are no tuition fees. The university transitioned from Berufsakademie Sachsen to Duale Hochschule Sachsen to create a modern structure that more closely connects academic education with professional practice.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 90% of graduates are immediately placed in employment or remain with their practice partner after graduation
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• IHK Regionalkammer Plauen (Chamber of Industry and Commerce)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIHK Regionalkammer Plauen signed a joint working program 2026/2027 with DHSN Plauen to strengthen the regional university location and actively shape the future of the region. Both partners commit to sustainable development of the higher education site in Plauen.
• Duale Praxispartner (Dual Practice Partners)coreOthersCompanies across Saxony serve as practice partners for DHSN students, providing monthly salary and practical training during the dual study program. These partnerships are fundamental to the dual study model, enabling students to apply academic knowledge in real business environments.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• IU Internationale Hochschule: Germany's largest private university offering flexible, often dual-integrated bachelor programs across business, technology, and health. Competes with DHSN primarily on flexibility, online delivery, and dual-study variants—though at much higher tuition.
• FOM Hochschule: Large private Hochschule with dual and berufsbegleitend programs targeting working professionals. Competes for the same employer-sponsored student segment in business and technology but with a much broader national footprint and evening/weekend delivery.
• SRH Hochschulen: Network of state-recognized private Hochschulen with applied bachelor programs including cooperative variants. Comparable in academic positioning but operates with private tuition-based economics rather than state funding.
• Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden): Saxony's flagship public university offering full-time engineering, business, and social science programs. Competes for the top end of the regional applicant pool but with a traditional (non-dual) academic model and very different employer-engagement mechanics.

Regional players

• Hochschule Mittweida: Saxon state university known for media, engineering, and social work programs. Targets a similar demographic with strong regional employer ties but operates under the conventional Hochschule model rather than dual-study format.
• Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau: Another Saxon state Hochschule offering applied bachelor and master programs in engineering, economics, and health sciences. Closest geographic competitor for in-region students considering dual vs. traditional applied studies.
• Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur Leipzig (HTWK Leipzig): Public Saxon university of applied sciences with overlapping programs in economics, engineering, and computer science. Competes for the same Saxon applicant pool and practice partners, but lacks the dual/cooperative salary-while-studying model.

Direct peers

• Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg (DHBW): Germany's largest dual university with a nearly identical model: state-funded, tuition-free, three-year bachelor programs combining theory and practice at partner companies. DHBW is the national benchmark DHSN's transformation to Hochschule status is implicitly modeled after.
• Berufsakademie Sachsen (historical): DHSN's direct predecessor institution under the same Saxon ministry, historically operating the same seven-academy dual-study model. Relevant as the legacy comparator for measuring the impact of the Hochschule transformation.
• Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) Nürtingen-Geislingen: Baden-Württemberg state Hochschule with explicit dual/cooperative study variants in business and engineering, mirroring the DHSN model in another German federal state and demonstrating the broader national adoption of dual study formats.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@DualeHochschuleSachsen
• Facebookfacebook.com/dualehochschulesachsen
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/ba-bautzen-berufsakademie-sachsen-staatliche-studienakademie-bautzen
• Instagraminstagram.com/dhsn.sachsen

Compliance5 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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