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Learn flexibly – whether at your desk, on the move or from home. Our content is available online at any time and works on every device.
[ about us ]
Why we're the right training provider.
We're an AZAV-accredited training provider with a team of genuine practitioners: entrepreneurs, digital experts and social-recruiting professionals. Whether for your business or your career – we show you what really counts today.
What matters to us isn't where you come from – but where you want to go.
- 100 % online & flexible
- ready to start anytime
- personal support from experienced experts
[ our stance ]
Education that lands in everyday work.
The Akademie des deutschen Mittelstandes is more than a classic training provider. Behind it stands a team of people who run businesses, get things done and know their industry first-hand: from trades, logistics, freight, media and manufacturing to IT and software.
We share one conviction: good training doesn't end in the seminar room, it lands in everyday work. That's why practitioners do the teaching, and support every participant personally.
„We don't stop at theory. We go all the way.“
Thomas Philipzig
Founder
[ our background ]
Build on expert knowledge for your success.
The Akademie des deutschen Mittelstandes is more than a classic training provider. We're a team of experienced entrepreneurs, practitioners and industry insiders – from fields like trades, logistics, freight, media and manufacturing. What connects us? Our passion for training with a real-world foundation.
What the team brings from its own practice
We've supported companies with anywhere from 1 to over 10,000 employees and know first-hand how to improve processes, build teams and help people grow – not just on paper, but in real everyday work.
We've built large social-media communities with over 100,000 followers, worked with renowned media broadcasters and invested several hundred thousand euros of advertising budget in targeted campaigns. The result: thousands of qualified job interviews and customer enquiries – generated for our clients, from mid-sized businesses to large corporations.
That experience flows into our courses: practical, digital and strategically thought through. If you're looking for a training partner that doesn't just deliver theory but gets things done with you, then you're in the right place.
[ with us. and why. ]
Six reasons that make the difference.
Field-tested knowledge from experts with years of experience – straight from business, for your success. Flexible, applicable and with direct value for your career or your company. Eligible for funding and 100 % online.
Practical and immediately applicable
Learn from experienced experts with a direct link to practice. Our courses teach knowledge you can apply on the job right away – for tangible results.
Eligible for funding
Our courses are AZAV-accredited and eligible for funding – an investment in your future.
Online resource archive
Access course materials, templates and extra content whenever you need them. Your knowledge grows with you.
Personal support
Even in an online course, you're never on your own. Our experts and mentors support you individually and are there for your questions.
Accredited offerings
All our courses are AZAV-accredited and funding-eligible – for better job prospects and lasting career success.
the academy in numbers
- experts from the field
- 22experts from the field
- funding-eligible programmes
- 35funding-eligible programmes
- public funding routes
- 3public funding routes
- online & location-independent
- 100 %online & location-independent
[ how it works ]
From the first question to graduation.
Clearly guided from the start – not an anonymous online course, but live teaching with dedicated experts by your side.
- 01
Aptitude assessment
Before you start, we check together whether the programme fits your current life and work situation – at eye level, individual and solution-oriented.
- 02
Scheduled live lessons
Fixed weekly live sessions in the virtual learning room – synchronous, interactive and with a direct line to the instructors. 100 % online and location-independent.
- 03
Personal guidance & community
Dedicated contacts guide you live in the virtual learning room – via video call and chat, plus a learning community with a real sense of togetherness despite the distance.
- 04
Certificate & perspective
A recognised provider certificate, plus application training and support with your next career step.
[ what comes next ]
Concrete roles you can grow into after your training.
After completion, our participants are equipped to take on future-relevant roles.
More and more companies are building their own recruiting and digitalisation teams – the skills shortage is forcing a rethink. Over the next five to ten years, social recruiting and process digitalisation will become standard in almost every industry.
[ accreditation & quality ]
Accredited, recognised, fundable.
As an AZAV-accredited training provider – accredited by Certuria Certification Germany – our courses are eligible for funding.
AZAV-accredited training provider
Provider accreditation by Certuria Certification Germany
This makes all courses AZAV-accredited and eligible via the recognised funding routes.
Recognised certificate
An accredited labour-market certificate on successful completion.
100 % online
Live sessions, an online community and a digital learning platform.
Personal support
Guidance from experienced experts and mentors from the field.
Eligible for funding
Via education voucher or the Qualification Opportunities Act.
Start anytime
Courses start flexibly, with no long waiting times.
Resource archive
Course materials, templates and extra content available anytime.
[ our expert team ]
22 people who teach from real-world practice.
Entrepreneurs, digital experts and industry insiders – they bring what really counts in day-to-day work, and pass it on.
Julia Januskevicius
Influencer marketing & content production
Dr. Maik W. Fettes
Online law & data protection
Stefan Gottschling
Copywriting & storytelling
Sylwia Philipzig
Content production & influencer marketing
Alexander Jahnke
Marketing & content production
Walter Weber
Media design & social media marketing
Georg Jochum
Automation & AI
Matthias Niehaus
Process digitalisation & AI
Adrian Famula
Automation & AI
Sergej Kimel
AI-driven automation & chatbots
Bernd von Wahlert
Employer branding & social recruiting
Simon Pörschke
Photo & video production
Alexander Jakubik
Process management & optimisation
Mario Januskevicius
UX & web design
Dominic Mai
AI-driven recruiting
Sain Majeed
Process management & optimisation
Jann Gebauer
AI-driven automation & chatbots
Sean Hornecker
Sales & HR
Nino Kutz
Low-code & no-code
Michael Siebert
Content production & media design
Carsten Behfeld
Generative artificial intelligence
Thomas Philipzig
Social recruiting & career coach
[ contact ]
One conversation, and we find the right path.
A free, no-obligation first call: we clarify your career path and which programme really fits you, and advise you in depth. Then we go through funding eligibility and format together and check whether your training is fundable for you. In person, without bureaucracy.
- Phone02137 93 59 170
- Emailkontakt@akademie-dm.de
- Based inNeussnationwide · 100 % online