AFBB - Academy for Vocational Training

Corporate Profile

The Academy for Business and Management was founded as an independent educational institution in August 1990. Due to an increasing demand for vocational training and education, the Academy for Vocational Training (Akademie für berufliche Bildung gGmbH, AFBB) was founded in 1998. The headquarters are in Dresden. Subsidiaries are located in Berlin, Chemnitz, Leipzig and Cologne. The University of Applied Sciences Dresden opened in 2010 and offers a range of degree courses.

Vocational Training and Further Education

BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT

• Office Management Assistant
• Industrial Business Management Assistant
• Management Assistant in Wholesale and Foreign Trade
• Management Assistant in Real Estate
• Management Assistant in IT Systems
• Management Assistant in Informatics
• International Management Assistant
• Management Assistant in Office Communication
• International Business Assistant (specialisation: data processing)
• Travel Management Assistant
• Management Assistant in Retail Business
• Travel Agent
• Management Assistant in Dialogue Marketing
• Teacher for Business Education (train the trainer course)
   

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 

• IT Specialist
• Technical Assistant for IT

DESIGN

• Designer for Digital & Print Media
• Technical Assistant for Graphic Design
• Fashion Designer
• Technical Assistant for Clothing Design & Production
   

SOCIAL CARE

• Nursery Nurse
• Care Assistant
   

DEGREE COURSES

• Business Informatics (Bachelor of Science) combined with vocational training as an IT Specialist
• Management of Computer Systems (Bachelor of Science)
• Business Administration (Bachelor of Science)
• Fashion Design (Bachelor of Arts)
• Graphic Design (Screen / Print Media, Bachelor of Arts)

Web content available in:

• English
• German

Industry sectors

• Wholesale trade
• Train-the-trainer
• Real estate
• Programming
• Office organisation
• Office administration
• Multimedia
• Mobility in the EU
• Marketing
• Management
• Languages
• IT - general
• Information and communication technology (ICT)
• Human resources management
• Health care
• Foreign trade
• Fashion
• Education/schooling
• Communication
• Commercial knowledge
• Clothing
• Business management
• Administration

Types of training offered

• Vocational training and further training, retraining
• Vocational school courses
• Vocational and non-vocational further training
• Train-the-trainer
• Technical schools (Fachschulen)
• Post-Vocational-Courses (in cooperation with German Chamber of Industry and Commerce)
• Language courses (German as a foreign language)
• International cooperation with institutions in developing countries
• In-house courses
• Company courses

Internationally known quality management system

DIN EN ISO 9001:2008