Düsseldorf offers state-run universities as well as private colleges.
The Fachhochschule Düsseldorf, for example is one of the region´s biggest universities of applied sciences with about 7,000 students and a range of 22 interdisciplinary courses in architecture, design, media studies, electrical engineering, mechanical and process engineering, social and cultural studies as well as economics.
The private FOM - Fachhochschule für Oekonomie und Management belongs to Germany´s leading economics academy with about  15,000 students on 19 campuses, evening and weekend lectures for employed people and apprentices.
Bachelor and Master´s courses of study in international management, business administration, economy, IS and economic law.