Fakultät Wirtschaft und Recht at the HfWU Nürtingen/Geislingen

HfWU Nürtingen/Geislingen

Parkstraße 4
73312 Geislingen
Phone: +49 7331 22-488

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Basic information

Total number of students	1,720 *
Number of master degree students	230
Percentage of teaching by practitioners	18.3 %
Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's	17.4 %

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

10/14 points

Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	97.0 % *
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	71.8 % *

International orientation

International orientation, bachelor's	7/12 points
International orientation, master's	7/12 points
Outgoing students	4.0 %

Job market- and career-orientation

Contact with work environment, bachelor's	11/12 points
Contact with work environment, master's	6/12 points
Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment	89.7 %
Master theses in cooperation with work environment	63.1 %
Share of professors with work experience	55.0 %

Research

Third party funds per professor

< 3 T Euro

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support	2.0
Support in studies	1.8
Courses offered	2.1
Study organisation	1.7
Exams	1.9
Job market preparation	1.9
Support during practical semester	1.8
Support for stays abroad	1.9
Rooms	1.7
Library	1.7
IT-infrastructure	1.9
Overall study situation	1.9

Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses

Teacher support	no survey
Support in studies	no survey
Courses offered	no survey
Study organisation	no survey
Transition to Master's studies	no survey
Support for stays abroad	no survey
Overall study situation	no survey

Degree courses with details

Degree courses without details

Further degree courses of the department

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Special features regarding teaching
Basic Business Administration studies with industry-specific teaching content; after the study-integrated internship, specialisation options from over 20 advanced programmes (Geislinger model); project studies in cooperation with national and international companies; sustainability as an integral part of the curriculum; priority on personality development, academic foundation and employability; intensive support and direct contact between professors, staff and students; individual support for an individual degree.
Special features regarding the international orientation
"International Management" immersion programme in English; free semester-long foreign language courses; tandem programme "Partner with a Foreign Student" (PaFoS); module "Intercultural Competence"; foreign scholarships; Visiting Professorship Programme; Workshops Academic Writing - Advanced; English for Teaching programme in Maryland; International Day; excursions abroad. Numerous double degree programmes.
Exchange universities for stay abroads
Institute of Technology in Blanchardstown, Irland; Dundalk Institute of Technology, Dundalk, Irland; University Tor Vergata, Rom, Italien; University of Rijeka, Kroatien; Fachhochschule Kufstein, Österreich; Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Rumänien; Hochschule Luzern, Schweiz; Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid, Spanien; Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, Südafrika; Skoda University, Mlada Boleslac, Tschechien.
Special features regarding the equipment
State-of-the-art IT equipment with access to application software. Access via WiFi for students. Integration of Corporate Software such as SAP, Argus, DATEV and simulation games such as General Management, Easy Management. Perfectly stocked library with extensive range of electronic journals, e-books and online databases (e.g. Beck online, Bloomberg). Notebook pool with special programs to borrow (e.g. SPSS), designated computer workspaces, campus management system HfWU neo, video conference system.
Special features regarding research and development
A great deal of significance is ascribed to fundamental academic knowledge and methodological skills. The research institutes (Automotive industry, Cooperation, Real estate, Information technology, City and real estate, Health economy, Modern management development, Post real estate management , Corporate Governance) employ students depending on the project. The research results are incorporated directly into the teaching. The institutes have numerous contacts with partners from the fields of research and industry.
Support for founders
"G-Inno" as its own innovation and start-up centre, www.g-inno.de, professorship "Entrepreneurship", Contact-AS start-up initiative (advice, coaching, information, qualification), modules for business start-up and succession, business plan, lectures and workshops, module "Startup Lessons" for the acquisition of entrepreneurial skills. Series of events "Students meet start-ups". Forum for Commercial Law and Forum for Career Entry (WiJuS e.V.), Future forum, in the past 10 years there have been around 210 start-ups.
Other special features
"Geislinger Modell" degree course with real academic freedom of choice to design an interdisciplinary Bachelor's degree with a broad, business-oriented basic course and the freedom to choose modules from over 20 complete specialisation programs.
Further information on research activities
https://www.hfwu.de/forschung-und-transfer/forschungsprofil/
Information on access restrictions
https://www.hfwu.de/studium/bewerbung/