Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg/DHBW) is the first higher education institution in Germany which combines on-the-job training and academic studies and, therefore, achieves a close integration of theory and practice, both being components of cooperative education. With around 34,000 enrolled students, over 9,000 partner companies and more than 145,000 graduates, DHBW counts as one of the largest higher education institutions in the German Federal State of Baden-Wuerttemberg and has appr. 650 full-time lecturers (professors) and much more part-time lecturers.