Which one to choose?

honestly, if you're already worried about regretting not doing STEM, that might tell you something. but international business grads from HTW or HWR do find jobs, especially if you speak german well and get some werkstudent experience while studying. the pay is decent but nothing crazy, think 45-55k starting in Berlin, not the 70k+ you'd see in tech.

HWR has a stronger reputation for business in Berlin, partly because it's older and more established with companies like Siemens and Deutsche Bahn recruiting there. HTW's program is a bit more practical and hands-on from what I've heard, plus their campus in Oberschöneweide is quieter if that matters to u.

one thing nobody tells you - check the modules carefully. some international business programs are basically just general BWL with english modules slapped on. if you want actual cybersecurity knowledge mixed in, HTW's "cybersecurity & business" might be smarter, even if the name sounds weird. that combo could open doors in compliance or risk management roles where pay is better than plain business.

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both are fine schools honestly, the difference is more about what u want day to day. hwr is right near s-bahn schöneweide which is a bit annoying if u live in kreuzberg or something, htw's campus is further out but the tram from ostkreuz is reliable. i'd pick based on modules tbh, the cybersecurity & business one at htw has some actual it security classes which is rare for a business bachelor, and that makes u stand out for consulting or tech-adjacent roles later. the plain international business degree is a dime a dozen in berlin, every uni does one, so u'll be competing with hundreds of other grads for the same 45k jobs

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i'd say go for the cybersecurity & business one at HTW, it gives u a niche that's actually in demand right now. plain international business is a dime a dozen and u'll be fighting for jobs with every other bwl grad in berlin. plus, no one regrets having tech knowledge later, even if u switch to pure business roles

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Worth noting that Berlin street names have official umlaut and ß rules that trip people up, so a sign showing "Strasse" versus "Straße" is not actually a spelling error, just an older transcription. Same with "ue" versus "ü" (e.g. "Kantstrasse" vs "Kantstraße"), both are considered valid renderings and you'll see the ß version on the blue Schilder and the ss version on older plaques or in databases that predate Unicode. If the difference you're seeing is between those two forms, there's nothing to fix and both are technically correct.

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if the signs u mean are the old enamel ones on the house facades those are often protected as Baudenkmal so nobody's allowed to correct them even if the spelling is outdated. the binding version is whatever is in the Berliner Strassenverzeichnis plus the entry in the Liegenschaftskataster, so if u tell me the street i can point u to the right Bezirksamt Mitte or Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf page. tbh the merged district thing is real but the facade signs are a separate story, theyre basically museum pieces at this point

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honestly thats super common in Charlottenburg, the district offices were merged from older Bezirke and nobody ever fixed all the Schilder. if its a real street you can check the official strassenverzeichnis on berlin.de, that list is what the Burgeramt actually goes by. which street is it? some of the Kaiserdamm / Kantstrasse signs are notorious for this.

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