And it’s al­re­a­dy hap­pen­ed: The six theo­ry se­mes­ters at the DHBW have flown by. The last theo­ry se­mes­ter was par­ti­cu­lar­ly ex­ci­ting and chal­len­ging. In­s­tead of a lot of writ­ten exams, our skills were put to the test in va­rious group pro­jects that chal­len­ged our over­all know­ledge. The­se pro­jects re­qui­red a high de­gree of self-or­ga­ni­sa­ti­on as the­re were fe­wer lec­tures and we had to work a lot in­de­pendent­ly. Ho­we­ver, the lec­tu­r­ers were re­gu­lar­ly available du­ring of­fice hours to ans­wer ques­ti­ons and help with any problems. 

Loo­king back on the 18 months we spent at the DHBW, the­re are many po­si­ti­ve me­mo­ries, but also chal­len­ging and stressful pha­ses. The lec­tures, most of which were very prac­ti­cal, pre­pared us well for the de­mands of working life and gave us va­luable ex­pe­ri­ence. In par­ti­cu­lar, the in­ten­si­ve col­la­bo­ra­ti­on in the pro­ject groups not only deepe­ned our spe­cia­list know­ledge, but also streng­the­ned our team­work and pro­blem-sol­ving skills. A par­ti­cu­lar ad­van­ta­ge for us was that we stu­di­ed tog­e­ther. We sup­port­ed and mo­ti­va­ted one an­o­ther and could al­ways rely on each other, espe­ci­al­ly du­ring group work. The mu­tu­al sup­port, the team spi­rit wi­thin the pro­ject group and the con­stant sup­port from the lec­tu­r­ers were cru­cial ele­ments that led to success. 

De­spi­te the chal­lenges, we look back at this time in a po­si­ti­ve light and are now loo­king for­ward to the next steps in our re­spec­ti­ve care­ers, well equip­ped thanks to the prac­ti­cal training at the DHBW.