Broad basic training and solid methodological training in the Bachelor area; imparting social, intercultural and solid foreign language skills; preparation for professional practice through specialisation in the Bachelor of Economics; highly specialised Master's programmes; partly integrated internships; possibility of studying abroad at partner universities; combination of scientific training with practical relevance.

Cooperation agreements with 75 partner universities, including 64 in Europe via Erasmus +, and also worldwide; 255 exchange places (including 220 places Erasmus +) for students of the faculty (as of Nov. 2019); advice from the international office of the faculty, American-African-European Summer and Winter Schools, language courses in Business English, in the Bachelor's degree course in European studies, learning an Eastern or Eastern Central European foreign language, in the Master Management and Organisation Studies, a stay abroad is planned in the 3rd semester, double degree programme in the Bachelor's degree in Economics.

Universidad Nacional De Cuyo (UNCuyo), Argentinien; Xiamen University, China; National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan; Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Russland; INHA University Incheon, Südkorea; Universita'degli Studi di Napoli "Parthenope", Italien; Tampere University of Technology, Finnland; Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norwegen; Universidad de Málaga, Spanien.

Various laboratories and training centres for Marketing, Value Chain Management and Knowledge Management, Reuters laboratory, empirical laboratory, availability of modern computer pools, extensive economics databases, plus a wide range of literature available online, extensive availability, especially business application software for research and teaching; round the clock access for registered students in secure computer pools; comprehensive availability of WiFi.

Research focuses: Innovation and Technology, Sustainability, Knowledge, Digitalisation (e.g. Industry 4.0), Work; research into new technologies in interdisciplinary projects including in the areas of mobility, lightweight materials and energy: for example, Smart Rail Connectivity Campus (SRCC, research campus for sustainable mobility in the Chemnitz-Erzgebirge region, https://www.smart-rail.cc/) , the CLUSTER OF EXCELLENCE "MERGE Technologies for Multifunctional Lightweight Structures" (Federal Cluster of Excellence), ESF junior research groups, BMWi project TOpWin.