Further information provided by the department

• Special features regarding teaching
  Regional educational contract; ambitious opportunities for development both as regards subject and person; high quality/high demands placed on teaching; strong focus on research; subject diversity; extensive opportunities for specialisation, own initiative; inter-disciplinary integration; regional and national contact with practice; key qualifications; ability for life-long learning and teamwork.
• Special features regarding the international orientation
  Integration of different teaching methods and educational systems; Improvement of job opportunities; Options for dual degrees; Quality assurance through appropriate selection of partnerships; Enabling diversity; Promotion of young personalities – through challenges that arise due to the exchange; Promotion of cultural exchange; International networking already at the student level; Comprehensive counselling, also on financial aspects of studying abroad; Motivation transfer to First Generation students.
• Most frequent exchange universities
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA; Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA; Colorado State University in Pueblo, USA; St. Martins University, USA; Hong Kong Baptist University, China; Sabanci University, Türkei; Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Russland; Université Jean-Moulin Lyon 3, Frankreich; Högskolan i Borås, Schweden; University of New Mexico, USA
• Special features regarding the equipment
  E-campus (WiFi throughout the whole campus); Large number of PC rooms; Excellent library stock since the merger with the university library of the Essen University.
• Special features regarding research activities
  Focus on academic publications; innovative research fields (e.g. telecommunications, traffic modelling, service engineering, risk management); International orientation; regional and national contact with practice.
• Research topics reflected in teaching
  Acceptance of mobile payments in Germany; Quotas for women on supervisory boards; Evacuation planning; Operation of public WiFi hotspots in Germany: Legal/business conditions and strategic options for municipal providers; Growth market vehicle connectivity – evaluation of strategic positioning options for vehicle manufacturers; Cloud computing as a tool to achieve ecological business goals of SMEs; The new IPPF (International Professional Practices Framework) of the IIA; Automated investment advice in retail banking.
• Support for founders
  Bundling of all university start-up activities in the IDE since 2015; sbm courses since 1999 with four programmes ranging from 16 to 140 hours face-to-face (from which approx. 180 start-ups; 0% insolvency rate); Innovation Factory since 2007 with business design-oriented approach in thematically different innovation workshops; Start-up consultations and coordination of the university's EXIST applications with 75% success rate in 2016; Semester-based meetings of internal and external start-up experts over curry sausage and beer; Set-up of a Future Champions Start-Up Lab Rhine-Ruhr together with the University of Cologne.
• Characteristics of assistance to differently abled persons
  The university has permanent representatives in charge of disabilities and inclusivity who look after the interests of students with disabilities or health problems. In addition to general information on registration regulations, etc., students with disabilities receive personal support here, especially on: Admission, financing, tuition fees, housing and exam modifications. Students in question receive unlimited equalisation support for exams and courses.
• Characteristics of diversity advancement
  This diversity focus gives the UDE a chance to position itself successfully in the competitive field among universities. Given the potential of diversity management, the fact that it has incorporated institutionally at the level of the vice rector is of great significance. The strategic diversity objectives have been incorporated into the guidelines of the UDE and are reflected in most target/performance agreements with faculties. Equality of men and women is an integral part and defined as a leadership task, including improvements with respect to family friendliness and work-life balance.
• Other special features
  Full focus on Business Administration, re-structuring of Economics to Managerial Economics, Business School concept in a state university, traditional Business Administration content supplemented by specialisations with high currency, e.g. Telecommunications, OR & Logistics, Internal Auditing and Insurance Management.