77 Online credit courses in English from Germany - from €16/ECTS

[FrHaseKopf]

Hi everyone! I'm still new to this forum, don't know if this has already been posted, but anyway here is how it works:

The website is called "Virtuelle Hochschule Bayern", it's actually not a university but an alliance of Bavaria universities. Here is the Wikipedia (in German). 
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtuelle_...ule_Bayern

Wiki basically explains it. If you are a college student in Bavaria, you can enrol for free. Other people can enrol for €40/SWS.  This is tricky to explain. SWS in German means one working hour in a week. There is no official conversion of SWS to ECTS, but normally it's considered 1 SWS = 1.5 ECTS.  You will find different conversion rates for different courses in their catalogue. The lowest one converts as €16/ECTS.

I don't know how they will be evaluated, but since the universities are issuing transcript, it's most likely RA credits. 

Here is their catalogue for 2022 (courses in English): 
https://www.vhb.org/fileadmin/download/k...nglish.pdf

You can check each course Demo, for example "Programming in C++":
https://ilearn.th-deg.de/course/view.php?id=6244

I did a summary for 77 courses:

• Advanced C++ Programming  2 SWS / 3 ECTS 
  
• Deep Learning for Beginners   2 SWS / 2,5 ECTS 
  
• Introduction to Automata, Languages, and Computation  4 SWS / 6 ECTS
  
• Programming in C++  4 SWS / 6 ECTS
  
• Tele-Experiments with Mobile Robots  4 SWS / 6 ECTS 
  
• Blockchain Applications for Business  3 SWS / 6 ECTS 
  
• Design Thinking  2 SWS / 3 ECTS 
  
• Electronic Human Resources Management  4 SWS / 6 ECTS 
  
• Elementary Quantitative Risk Management  2 SWS / 3 ECTS
  
• ERP Systems and Digital Transformation  4 SWS / 6 ECTS
  
• Global Retail Logistics  4 SWS / 6 ECTS
  
• Humanitarian Supply Chain Management 4 SWS / 6 ECTS 
  
• Industry X.0 and Supply Chain Management 2 SWS / 5 ECTS
  
• International Marketing  2 SWS / 5-6 ECTS
  
• International Supply Chain Management  4 SWS / 5 ECTS
  
• Leadership and Communication in Global Business 2 SWS / 3 ECTS 
  
• Performance Management in Teams  2 SWS / 5 ECTS
  
• Principles of Marketing & Sales  4 SWS / 5 ECTS 
  
• Product Innovation Management in Emerging Markets 4 SWS / 5 ECTS 
  
• Profiting from Ideas and Inventions: An Introduction to Intellectual Property Rights  4 SWS / 5 ECTS 
  
• Public Economics  2 SWS / 2.5 ECTS
  
• Sponsorship-linked Marketing  4 SWS / 6 ECTS
  
• Strategic Human Resources Management 4 SWS / 5 ECTS
  
• Computer Networking and Secure Network Management Interactive Online (CNSM)  4 SWS / 5 ECTS 
  
• Integrated Production Systems  4 SWS / 5 ECTS 
  
• Machine Learning for Engineers I  4 SWS / 5 ECTS
  
• Machine Learning for Engineers II   4 SWS / 5 ECTS 
  
• Medical Image Processing for Diagnostic Applications 4 SWS / 5 ECTS 
  
• Medical Image Processing for Interventional Applications  4 SWS / 5 ECTS 
  
• Application of Medical Technology 2 SWS / 3 ECTS 
  
• Clinical Economics  4 SWS / 5 ECTS
  
• Cross-border Health Care Management  2 SWS / 3 ECTS 
  
• Digital Health Care Management  2 SWS / 3 ECTS 
  
• In the Spotlight: A Survey of US-American Literary History  2 SWS / 6 ECTS 
  
• Fundamentals of Business Administration for IT and Engineering Students  4 SWS / 5 ECTS 
  
• Fundamentals of Business Administration 2 for IT and Engineering Students  4 SWS / 5 ECTS 
  
• Fundamentals of Project Management  2 SWS / 3 ECTS 
  
• Fundamentals of Strategic Management  4 SWS / 5 ECTS 
  
• IT Support in Supply Management, Part I  2 SWS / 3 ECTS
  
• IT Support in Supply Management, Part II  2 SWS / 3 ECTS 
  
• Basics Sustainability  4 SWS / 5 ECTS
  
• Djing, Skill Management and the Secrets of Personal Branding 2 SWS / 5 ECTS 
  
• Hospitality Revenue Management  2 SWS / 2,5 ECTS
  
• Scientific Writing  2 SWS / 3 ECTS 
  
• The R and RStudio Environment  2 SWS / 5 ECTS
  
• Business English Scenario Training BEST4Engineers  2 SWS / 2 ECTS 
  
• English Competence and Research Training for Health Professionals  4 SWS / 5 ECTS
  
• English for Studying, Working, and Living Abroad (B2.2)  2 SWS / 3 ECTS
  
• English for Sustainable Technologies  2 SWS / 3 ECTS 
  
• e-Xplore Technical English 2 SWS / 3 ECTS
  
• Flaw and Order  2 SWS / 3 ECTS
  
• German as a Second Foreign Language 2 SWS / 3 ECTS 
  
• International Project Management B2  2 SWS / 2 ECTS
  
• Preparatory Technical English B1/B2  2 SWS / 2 ECTS
  
• ReMedial Verb Grammar Advanced  2 SWS / 1-4 ECTS 
  
• SoundAdvice. A university training course for the pronunciation of British English  2 SWS / 2.5 ECTS
  
• SoundAdvice. A university training course for the pronunciation of American English  2 SWS / 2.5 ECTS 
  
• Technical English for Mechanical Engineering B2  2 SWS / 2 ECTS 
  
• Technical Writing for Scientists and Engineers B1  2 SWS / 2 ECTS 
  
• isiXhosa Online Language Course Part 1: Initial Course  4 SWS/ 5 ECTS
  
• isiXhosa Online Language Course Part 2: Basic Course  4 SWS/ 5 ECTS 
  
• European Trade and Investment Policy and External Trade Law  2 SWS / 5 ECTS
  
• External Relations Law of the European Union  2 SWS / 5 ECTS 
  
• German Company Law 2 SWS / 5 ECTS
  
• Legal Issues of Regional Economic Integration 2 SWS / 5 ECTS 
  
• Advanced Occupational Safety and Health  2 SWS / 3 ECTS 
  
• Applied Epidemiology  2 SWS / 2 ECTS
  
• IEM - Introduction to Engineering Mathematics  4 SWS / 5 ECTS
  
• Imaging in Astronomy 4 SWS / 6 ECTS 
  
• Policy Making in the European Union 2 SWS / 5 ECTS 
  
• Regionalism and Global Governance  2 SWS / 3-10 ECTS
  
• International Approaches of Social Work and Human Rights  4 SWS / 5 ECTS 
  
• Foreign language learning and teaching with digital media  2 SWS / 3-5 ECTS 
  
• Foundations of CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning)  2 SWS / 4 ECTS 
  
• Global Education 2 SWS / 4 ECTS 
  
• History of Mathematics  2 SWS / 4-5 ECTS 
  
• Primary Education across Europe 2 SWS / 3 ECTS 
  

Here is registration:
choose the 2nd one (andere Person)
https://kurse.vhb.org/VHBPORTAL/kursprog...ierung.jsp

As I understand, registration is free, you will get a form, sign it and send them by Email. Registration is only valid for one semester.

[rachel83az]

I've looked and I can't figure out: is there a way to tell which university will issue what transcript? If you take 3 courses and they each go on a different university's transcript, then you have to get 3 transcripts evaluated. While a few hundred dollars for 3 courses is still cheap compared to American universities, it'd be a hassle to deal with. Or is it more like TEL and you get to choose which university will issue the transcript?

[Zardoz]

I've looked and I can't figure out: is there a way to tell which university will issue what transcript? 

It's hard to say for certain, but it does look like each course is offered by a provider university ("Trägerhochschule"), which would probably be the one issuing the transcript. So different courses might have different providers.

[FrHaseKopf]

I've looked and I can't figure out: is there a way to tell which university will issue what transcript? If you take 3 courses and they each go on a different university's transcript, then you have to get 3 transcripts evaluated. While a few hundred dollars for 3 courses is still cheap compared to American universities, it'd be a hassle to deal with. Or is it more like TEL and you get to choose which university will issue the transcript?

On the catalogue, it says which course is offered by which university. 
WES evaluation cost is per evaluation, not per University/degree. You get ONE consolidated report including all transcripts to send to your US university. 
Here is an example: https://www.degreeinfo.com/index.php?thr...but.60696/
And if you want to update the evaluation (e.g. add course), you only need to pay $80, not another $200. 

I'm specially interested in the math courses, "Introduction to Engineering Mathematics " and "History of Mathematics" seem to be UL for TESU degree.

[rachel83az]

The university under the professor's name is the one that will be doing the transcript? I thought that was just where the professors are tenured, not necessarily which one will transcript the course. Because "Imaging in Astronomy" has two professors and two universities listed: "Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg" and "Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg".

[FrHaseKopf]

The university under the professor's name is the one that will be doing the transcript? I thought that was just where the professors are tenured, not necessarily which one will transcript the course. Because "Imaging in Astronomy" has two professors and two universities listed: "Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg" and "Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg".

Hmmm..didn't notice that. I'll send them an Email to find out. Will update.

[MrPanda]

I already sent the email with my scanned registration letter.

However, I was not able to log in yet, with the username they sent me, and the password I created previously. If I read it correctly, I should have been able to log in already, but with a limited functionality.

Yes, I also noticed History of Mathematics, that could help at BA Math, I saw the "Introduction to Engineering Mathematics", but was not sure if it would be helpful, or just transfer as another Calculus I.

[FrHaseKopf]

I already sent the email with my scanned registration letter.

However, I was not able to log in yet, with the username they sent me, and the password I created previously. If I read it correctly, I should have been able to log in already, but with a limited functionality.

Yes, I also noticed History of Mathematics, that could help at BA Math, I saw the "Introduction to Engineering Mathematics", but was not sure if it would be helpful, or just transfer as another Calculus I.

did you register account for OPEN VBH? It's a separate platform. I think the account for CLASSIC VBH will only be given and activated after they approve the form.

[MrPanda]

I already sent the email with my scanned registration letter.

However, I was not able to log in yet, with the username they sent me, and the password I created previously. If I read it correctly, I should have been able to log in already, but with a limited functionality.

Yes, I also noticed History of Mathematics, that could help at BA Math, I saw the "Introduction to Engineering Mathematics", but was not sure if it would be helpful, or just transfer as another Calculus I.

did you register account for OPEN VBH? It's a separate platform. I think the account for CLASSIC VBH will only be given and activated after they approve the form.

No, I didn´t register for OPEN VBH, In order to login, I tried to select Classic and 2022, but it seems like if it was logging at the same website.

[FrHaseKopf]

The university under the professor's name is the one that will be doing the transcript? I thought that was just where the professors are tenured, not necessarily which one will transcript the course. Because "Imaging in Astronomy" has two professors and two universities listed: "Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg" and "Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg".

I looked again, just found out that on the course page (top right "Kursdetails") it says which course is offered by which university ("Trägerhochschule")

here is a link  https://kurse.vhb.org/VHBPORTAL/kursprog...etail=true