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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

1,380

Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)

280

Percentage of teaching by practitioners

15.0%

Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's

10.0%

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

13/16 points

Job market- and career-orientation

Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment

98.9%

Master theses in cooperation with work environment

70.1%

Research

Cooperative doctoral degrees (in three years)

2

Third party funds per professor

700 €

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support

Not specified
Support in studies

Not specified
Courses offered

Not specified
Study organisation

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Exam organisation

Not specified
Digital teaching elements

Not specified
Introduction to scientific work

Not specified
Offers for career orientation

Not specified
Support during practical semester

Not specified
Practical orientation in teaching

Not specified
Support for stays abroad

Not specified
Rooms

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Library

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IT-infrastructure

Not specified
Overall study situation

Not specified
Return rate of the questionnaires

no data

Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses

Teacher support
Support in studies
Digital teaching elements
Practical orientation in teaching
Courses offered
Study organisation
Transition to Master's studies
Research orientation
Support for stays abroad

Not specified
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

22

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching

Innovative didactic approaches and teaching concepts; Semester projects at companies; Various forms of IT-based teaching, from the use of LMS to the use of business management software (SAP, SPSS, Datastream) to IT-supported simulation games and simulations; Modular curriculum offering many different options; Generalist and industry-specific courses offered; Quality circles, excursions and visiting lecturers; Foreign-language courses offered; The teaching benefits from current research findings and continuous contact with industry; English-speaking degree course

Special features regarding the international orientation

International Business degree course 100 percent in English, numerous international aspects in the context of regular teaching; Numerous courses and modules entirely in English, e.g. Cross Cultural Management in cooperation with the University of Pilsen; Development of a double degree programme with a Scottish faculty of business, professors and teaching staff have an international background, summer schools.

Exchange universities for stay abroads

University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia; Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina in Florianópolis, Brasilien; Shanghai Normal University, China; Gachon University in Seognam, Südkorea; International College of Management in Sydney, Australien; Berkeley College in New York, USA; National University, San Diego, USA; Staatliche Lomonossow Universität Moskau, Russland; Thomas More University, Mechelen, Belgien; Université de Bordeaux, Perigueux, Frankreich; Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spanien.

Special features regarding the equipment

Comprehensive WiFi throughout the campus, 24-hour library with lock, modern computer rooms with opening hours until 10 p.m., numerous business software (e.g. SAP, SPSS, Datastream) accessible including certification courses. Courses partly possible via moodle, video database from lectures, Virtual University of Bavaria. Virtual Reality glasses and Eye Tracking systems, hackathon, business labs.

Special features regarding research activities

Professorship at the ifo Institute for Economic Research (Munich); Project research professorship at the university; Research focus areas include Big Data, Artificial Intelligence in Business Models, Business Information Systems, Banking and Finance, E-Commerce, Digital Business, Behavioural Business Administration, Business Psychology, Intellectual Property (IP)

Support for founders

"Start-ups" as a compulsory module in the Bachelor's degree courses, offered in cooperation with BayStartUP; Since 2016, cooperation agreement between BayStartUP and Amberg-Weiden University of Applied Sciences; Start-up adviser in the faculty, own research cluster on business start-ups, entrepreneurship, succession planning and organisation, the research findings from which are integrated into teaching; Start-up programme Grow4Digital with modules that can be taken and certification; Consecutive Master's degree course in Digital Entrepreneurship since winter semester 19/20, which teaches methods for starting a business and innovation management.

Other special features

WingWave programme to support mentally stressed students, cooperations on Master programmes: Master's in Human Resource Management in cooperation with Regensburg University of Applied Sciences/Deggendorf Institute of Technology, Master's in Economics and Law in cooperation with Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences; Master's in Marketing Management in cooperation with Hof, business etiquette courses, student projects with universities in nearby foreign countries

Further information on research activities

Information on access restrictions

Website of the Student Council

online-application

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Last Update 2023: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education
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