Classes & entrepreneurial theory

The Start-up Center offers various courses, workshops and summer academies on the topic of start-ups and entrepreneurship. Most courses are offered as AW courses or FW courses. As a student, you can choose most of them freely. The portfolio of courses varies according to the current semester. It is only possible to take part in workshops once.

The next Gründerferienakademie will take place from 10-14.03.2025. Registration is possible from 01.01. - 19.01.2025 via WebUntis.

We are currently preparing further courses for the summer semester 2025.

Current courses

Gründerferienakademie (Start-up vacation academy)

- Registration from 01 - 19.01.2025 -

WebUntis description: AW_BW_GROW_INT

Long name: GROW: Existenzgründung und Unternehmensnachfolge - Ferienakademie

The course will be held in german.

TOPICS

Theoretical basics of starting a business, incl. entrepreneurial start-up opportunities, digitalization & start-up, etc.
Basics of starting a business: Business plan writing, bookkeeping and annual financial statements, tax law for founders, industrial property rights, start-up financing, basic legal knowledge relevant to founders, mediation and negotiation techniques, market research, marketing and sales/distribution
Accounting as an operational control element
Personality of founders & teamwork training
Start-up models and their development
Typical conflicts of objectives in founding and managing a company
Strategy development
"Learning by doing" & practical examples
and much more.

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Past courses (SoSe 2024)

Here you will find an overview of our offers from the summer semester 2024.

General science (AW) elective courses

Founding a company (Part I)

Basics for start-ups and self-employment

Founding a company (Part II)

Success factors for start-ups and self-employment

5-Euro-Business Competition

Putting start-up knowledge into practice

Getting to Yes

Negotiation between Cultures of Professionals

Subject-specific (FW) elective courses

BIPA

Bavarian Israel Partnership Accelerator

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Block and vacation courses

Gründungsferienakademie (start-up vacation academy)

The entrepreneurial crash course - with and without an idea.

Main topics: Business start-ups and company succession

The current start-up academy will take place in winter semester 2024/25. Registration is possible from 01 - 19.01.2025 via WebUntis.

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Certificates and additional training

Master's degree program in Digital Entrepreneurship

Do you have the entrepreneurial spirit? The Master's degree course in Digital Entrepreneurship is an innovative course of study aimed at you as a potential founder in the digital environment. We make you fit for the start-up world!

Would you like to...

set up a company?
work in innovative companies?
work with digital products and services?
develop your entrepreneurial skills?
work on a start-up idea?
know which business ideas will last in the future?
work in interdisciplinary teams and have the right mindset?
Are you tech-savvy and a digital native?

If you can answer "yes" to most of these questions, then our Master's degree program is just right for you!

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The Engineer as an Entrepreneur

For advanced students of technical courses, including architecture and computer sciences.

This additional training equips technical students with entrepreneurial knowledge.

The aims of this additional training are:

Promote entrepreneurial thinking and action
Explain the business aspects of setting up a company
Teach business management for engineers
Train entrepreneurial action in the start-up situation

You will receive the additional certificate if you successfully complete the following courses:

Course: Founding a Company I and II (in the summer semester) + Start-up Academy (in the winter semester 24/25) or Basic Knowledge of Entrepreneurial Thinking and Acting (in the winter semester 24/25)