Dual studies

Promoting and challenging young talent

As an owner-managed consulting company for application development in the Lower Rhine region, training and promoting junior staff is an essential part of our social responsibility. Dedicated, hands-on knowledge facilitators and our People & Culture officers provide opportunities for our students to discover interests, fully develop their potential, and fulfill their individual needs and aspirations. With the joint celebration of numerous graduations and consistently good cooperation with the universities and students, our concept has already proven itself several times in recent years – and paved the way for future students.

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The dual study programme at Milestone Consult

The course of study & benefits
Our reasons

The combination of IHK apprenticeship and bachelor studies

The combination of a proven IHK apprenticeship as an IT specialist and a bachelor's degree programme to become an IT specialist or media IT specialist is a sophisticated model with the goal of optimally combining studies and vocational training. In practice, this means an intensive combination of theoretical education at the university and practical work on projects at Milestone Consult. Classes are held three days a week at the university with the aim of obtaining the theoretical basics. On the remaining two days per week, the dual students work on specific projects in our offices in Kamp-Lintfort in order to put what they have learned into practice.

Benefits for students

In addition to the combination of theoretical and practical experience, this combination also has other advantages: Our dual students learn about our company from the ground up and gain valuable practical experience in operational processes. This lays an important foundation for an optimal start into professional life.

This model is also financially interesting for our dual students. In addition to a fixed salary, Milestone Consultalso pays full tuition fees, thus enabling students to fully concentrate on their career entry and education without having to worry about rent, etc.

In addition to these great advantages, this combined course also requires a high level of commitment and personal responsibility from the students. Choosing your first employer is always adifficult and important choice, whether it's for those just starting their careers after graduation or dual students just beginning their studies. We realise that not every student can meet these prerequisites from day 1. We therefore take the responsibility for our dual students very seriously and also offer extensive advisory regarding the further course of training and studies in addition to our proven training concept. For example, we support students in any way we can through effective learning programmes, relevant assignments, and a strong organisation. The commitment and passion of our students and trainees show us that we are on the right track here – and will remain so!

IHK degree after 2–3 years

Bachelor's degree after 8–9 semesters

Full salary from day 1, including tuition

Our reasons

For over 25 years, Milestone Consult has been firmly rooted in the Lower Rhine and connected with the region. More than 70 people from the region now call Milestone Consult their professional home, and for most of them the Lower Rhine has always been their private home as well. We therefore feel a special bond with the Lower Rhine and, as an owner-managed company, would like to play our part in the economic success of the Lower Rhine so that the region continues to flourish and we can give back to the region as a whole.

Specifically, we would like to achieve this through the following measures:
With an employee turnover rate of less than 3%, we stand for a future-oriented workplace in which our employees feel comfortable and can contribute and develop their own skills and strengths to the best of their abilities. With our Milestone Foundation, we also support social projects that benefit people and the environment in the Lower Rhine Region and promote cohesion. In close cooperation with universities, we want to strengthen the education of the next generation, ensure an optimal start into professional life and secure the competitiveness of the Lower Rhine Region.

It is not only the Lower Rhine Region that benefits from this focus. Also we as a company and our customers benefit greatly. Fostering the next generation through high-quality training is an integral part of our employee recruitment. We are very happy when our students continue to be part of Milestone Consult after passing their final exams, advancing their careers with us and passing on the Milestone Consult spirit.

Our partners

Milestone Consult offersthe possibility of dual studies with integrated apprenticeship based on a proven and long-standing cooperation with the Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences at the Kamp-Lintfort location and the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences at the Mönchengladbach location. Below is all the information at a glance:

Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences Dual Study

Bachelor of Science in Media Informatics
with integrated IHK apprenticeship

Technical study programme
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Goal: Software development
Duration: 9 semesters
IHK examination: after 2 or 3 years
Graduation: Application development informatics specialist
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Practice: 3 days/week studies, 2 days/week apprenticeship in the office

Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences Dual Study

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
with integrated IHK apprenticeship

Business informatics
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Goal: Controller, marketing, sales, commercial, software development
Duration: 8 semesters
IHK examination: after 2 ro 3 years
Graduation: Application development informatics specialist

Practice: 2 days/week studies, 3 days/week apprenticeship in the office