“The BiP students are more highly skilled, engaged, attentive, and enthusiastic about learning than most others that I’ve taught. Most importantly, however, I learn a lot from them that I can take back to my students in the U.S. Sometimes this develops into more, as did a recent independent study project between my U.S. students and one of my former BiP students at BASF. Working with these students is a pleasure and I am fortunate to be involved with this stellar program.”

Prof. Dr. Judy Strauss, University of Nevada, Reno

“The careful selection of our partner companies results in an extremely high quality of our BIP students. The high intellectual standard of our students is at least on par with any other course offered by universities worldwide. Our courses are international and highly practice oriented in scope thus granting our students employability. “

Prof. Dr. Ulli Guckelsberger, Fachhochschule Ludwigshafen

“We are proud that 100% of our alumni enter the workforce after graduating, without any transition periods. This proves the high quality of our program. Its success is based on the extraordinary team-work of everyone involved. University representatives, company representatives and students are in constant contact. This ensures communication of need- based knowledge and enables the capability to think outside one’s own box."
Kathrin Paul, administrator BIP

“Our partner companies carefully select our students. This results in a highly motivated group of students with great potential who are capable of fulfilling demanding expectations of the university and partner companies at the same time, thus illustrating the students’ high grade of resilience.”

Dr. Manuel C. Solbach, Head of Sales Polymer Dispersions for Fiberbonding, BASF SE

“Chances and challenges!”- “If this motto reflects your point of view, you will surely like the BIP program. On the one hand our program offers you intense support and on the other hand it demands the capability of dealing with challenging theory independently. Courses held by international visiting professors that challenge you with practical questions - at home and abroad. Extraordinary career prospects and career opportunities on an international level, personal and social development are just some of its rewards.”
Prof. Dr. Karl- Heinz Beißner, Fachhochschule Ludwigshafen

“The Spanish program for BIP students is not just an ordinary language course. Already in the first semester we provide our students with rhetorical knowledge they can utilize in their company. We focus on business Spanish as well as on everyday life vocabulary. Most of our students are surprised about how much is possible in such a short time span.”
Isabella García, Lecturer of the Fachhochschule Ludwigshafen for the subject area Spanish

“The BIP program perfectly combines solid management education at an excellent academic level with demanding working phases. In this way it provides the basis for developing the ability needed to widen ones horizons permanently. Great fun - for training staff and students.”
Prof. Dr. Andreas Gissel, Fachhochschule Ludwigshafen

“In an increasingly integrated market society, knowledge of inter-cultural management and international business issues are of paramount importance. I have certainly been impressed in the global scope and depth of knowledge of the students in the BiP program. This bodes well for the future success of the students as well as the program.”,

Jason Goddard, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

“The Spanish program for BIP students is more than an ordinary language course. As early as in the first semester our students are provided with rhetorical skills they need at their place of employment. We focus on business Spanish as well as on everyday life vocabulary. Most of our students are surprised about how much is possible in such a short time span.”
Margarita Görrissen, Lecturer of the Fachhochschule Ludwigshafen for the subject area Spanish

“The Bip Programme is an excellent way to develop true scholar-practitioners. These students clearly understand how to translate theory into practice and vice versa, making them an asset to any global organisation”

Evelyn Gullett, PhD, University of Alaska

“The BIP students are wonderful to teach. There is a strong dynamic within the group. The cohesiveness of the group results in much less time spent on logistics and more time being spent on engaging the subject matter at hand. The students learn very quickly and we cover a substantial amount of material in the course.”

Catherine Holderness, PhD, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

“I think the Bip programme is an excellent opportunity for young people to study and obtain work experience at the same time, providing them with the basis for a great future.”

Claire Holfelder, Lehrbeauftragte Fachhochschule Ludwigshafen für das Fachgebiet Englisch

“I admire the BIP program for our highly motivated students. The students project their motivation through an extensive preparation of our courses. This always leads to exciting discussions in class. “

Prof. Dr. Peter Kursawe, Fachhochschule Ludwigshafen

„I look forward to meeting the new students of BIP each year and enjoy their keen enthusiasm, attentiveness and participation in my classes even though my course, is not taught in their native language, but in English. I find it a pleasure to teach the BIP students and even amusing to learn that the BIP students in many ways are not very different from the American students I have taught in the past.”

Vanita Misquita, PhD, Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago

“The high degree of personal commitment among our training staff, the continuous support of partner companies and the extraordinary engagement by our students create the perfect teaching and learning atmosphere. Due to our students’ open-mindedness and sincerity teaching is a real delight. I would recommend the BIP program even to my own children without any reservation.”
Prof. Dr. Rudolf Mohr, Fachhochschule Ludwigshafen

“Since I am perhaps the longest serving BiP guest professor it is my unique opportunity to make some comments about the development of the program and its students over the years. What a joy it has been to get to know these students and follow along with them as their careers and lives unfold!
This is an excellent program; well-designed and extremely well managed. I am very proud to tell my colleagues worldwide of my association with it. What a joy it is each year to get to return to my second home, meet the new (to me) class, get to know them, and hear of the successes of those alumni that keep in touch.”

Prof. Dr. Bill Murray, University of San Francisco

“BIP students distinguish themselves from other students in motivational aspects and their claim to obtain a well-founded and international education. The productive way our students try to get to the bottom of their gathered knowledge, while calling on the experience they obtained in their companies continues to fascinate me. The professional careers of our alumni impressively illustrate the success of the dynamic cooperation between university and companies to the students benefit.”
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Raab, Fachhochschule Ludwigshafen

“The BIP program strives to combine studying phases with working phases in the best possible way to prepare its participating students for future (leadership) duties. Discussion and analysis of case studies are an essential part of our curriculum. Working phases are constructed to apply gathered knowledge. After graduating, alumni rapidly and successfully enter professional life and frequently are proposed far-reaching and international possibilities for development. Their success proves the BIP program is on the right track.”
Prof. Dr. Thomas-Peter Schiele, Director Global Procurement C1- Products, Energy and Cracker Feedstocks, BASF SE

“It is always exciting to work with students who have practical as well as international experience. The result is an effective integration of theory and practice as shown by the scholarly papers prepared by the students. I am confident that many students will achieve their career objective by implementing their strategic career plan they developed in the seminar on Global Strategic Management.”

Prof. Dr. Heinz Weihrich, University of San Francisco