Change the industry, get ahead professionally, broaden your horizons: Training yourself alongside the job often opens up unforeseen opportunities. For many people, however, the step also means an additional burden - especially if the employer is inflexible or the family makes special demands.

Studying at a distance learning university is often the best alternative. Here you can work out a curriculum tailored to your individual needs, divide up your own time and learn when, where and how you want it.

Since January, the SPIEGEL Group and the SRH Fernhochschule have been offering certified university courses on topics related to the digital workplace. In the SPIEGEL ACADEMY , you will learn everything you need to know about Business Intelligence, Change Management, Professional Communication, Industry 4.0 and other topics in order to make professional progress. You benefit from the 20 years of online experience of one of the most renowned providers of certified distance learning courses as well as the practical knowledge of the SPIEGEL experts, who provide insights into their daily work in video tutorials.

Since October of this year, the bachelor program "Business Administration and Digitization" teaches to steer the strategic and operational management of a company safely through the depths of digitization. Here you will be introduced to the background of investment and financing decisions and will be given useful, practical skills such as self-management and presentation techniques. You'll also learn about digital business models and how process and production management is changing in today's business.

With a successful completion of this study , you will increase your career opportunities in many promising industries and occupational fields.

To make it even easier for you to step into an exciting future career, the SPIEGEL ACADEMY awards a scholarship for the first time . We want to support people who, despite particularly challenging living conditions, are seeking further education.

Are you in an exceptional job situation that makes studying next to the job more difficult? Does your family situation barely permit further training? Or are you involved in social or societal projects, and are therefore reluctant to sign up for distance learning? Then apply now for the scholarship of the SPIEGEL ACADEMY! Fellows receive 50% of the tuition fee and are thus significantly relieved.

That's how it's done

Fill out the application form, describe your circumstances and describe your drive for participation in the study program "Business Administration and Digitization". The application deadline is February 15, 2019. It can then be started at any time from 1 May of 2019.

Further information and the application form for the scholarship can be found here.

Information on the contents of the study program and the study at the SPIEGEL ACADEMY can be found on the website.