Apprenticeship (distinguishing between basic and further education): all activities centred or related to the teaching and education of matriculating students (incl. higher level teaching degree (HLA)).
Research and development (R&D): is systematic creative work to spread knowledge and its application with the goal of finding new application opportunities and/or contributing to a new knowledge system.
Further education (for those who have not matriculated): all activities pertaining to further education for non-matriculated students (offers from further education departments, structure training in medicine).
Service: all academic and non-academic work of a predominantly routine nature not associated with research and development or teaching and that is primarily for a public outside tertiary education.