Flexibility at the Frankfurt UAS

Flexible studying at Frankfurt UAS

As the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, we see ourselves as a university with a high level of internationality and diversity. We see making the course of study more flexible as a further building block towards diversity-sensitive university teaching. Our very heterogeneous student body has very individual needs. Many of our students work a lot alongside their studies, have children or look after relatives. There is a great need for alternative teaching-learning concepts, especially online or at times other than the classic weekly timetable model. Even students with health restrictions often want different teaching formats than the rigid, face-to-face timetable. We also suspect that many potential prospective students do not even consider studying because they think that full-time face-to-face study would not be compatible with their everyday realities. Here too, we want to win over new target groups with more flexible course variants.

As a basis for these flexibility concepts, the specific needs for flexibility in the Frankfurt UAS are to be determined using appropriate student surveys and interviews in the selected pilot study programs. At the same time, a university-wide survey of teachers creates an overview of tried-and-tested flexibility measures, digital teaching formats, etc., as well as a collection of all advice and support offers that fundamentally make studying easier and help to make it more flexible (childcare, etc.). After evaluating all surveys, the aim is to publish recommendations for action that are valid for all departments, as a guide for the concrete flexibility of individual study programs.