Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences · hidden champions from the Black Forest and...

Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences

Studying at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences of the University of Hohenheim


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Objectives of this session

• You get an impression of the learning environment

• You can take advantage of the strengths of the Faculty of Business,

Economics and Social Sciences

• You can organize your studies at the University of Hohenheim


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Outline

• Stuttgart Region

• Organization of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences

• Build up of knowledge and competences

• How to go from here

• Questions


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Stuttgart Region


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You are in the middle of the economic motor ofBaden-Württemberg…

140 billion EUR GDP (25 % of Baden-Württemberg)

2.7 million citizens (25 % of BW)

More than 400 patents per year per 100,000 employees

Stuttgart Region Organization of the Faculty Building up knowledge and competences | How to go from here | Questions


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… and placed in an internationally active and innovative environment

Stuttgart is the home of more than 720,000 people with foreign nationality

Baden-Württemberg accounts for 16% of German exports

Firms from Baden-Württemberg account for 23% of German outward foreign

direct investment (FDI)

Firms in the area include big companies such as Daimler, Porsche, Bosch, and

hidden champions from the Black Forest and the Swabian Alb



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You can take advantage of links to regional business



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Organization of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences


9Stuttgart Region Organization of the Faculty Building up knowledge and competences | How to go from here | Questions

Faculty Board

Faculty Management

Institutes(Departments)

Student body 5,350 students

590 international students


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Our 45 full professors are organized in 8 institutes (departments) covering a wide range of fields

Communication Sciences (6)

Health Care & Public

Management (4)

Financial Management (6)

Economics(11 full

professors)

InterorganizationalManagement

& Performance (3)

Marketing & Management

(7)

Law and SocialSciences (4)

Economic & Business

Education (4)



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Build up of knowledge and competences

We qualify our students and staff for

ambitious functions in a global, dynamic environment.


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Teaching in the Bachelor follows the„Hohenheim model“ – an integrative approach


Economics

Management

SocialSciences


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Our Master programs are internationally oriented


Management (M.Sc.)

Economics (M.Sc.)

Internat. Business &

Economics (M.Sc.)


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We are committed to research-based teaching


INEPA

Inequality and

Economic Policy

Analysis

TKID

Transformation of

Communication

– Integration and

Disintegration

NegoTrans

Negotiation Research

- Transformation,

Technology,

Media, and Costs

INEF

Innovation,

Entrepreneurship and

Finance

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Empirical Economic

Research (BSc Wiwi)

Inequality & Economic

Policy A. (MSc Econ)

Several modules

(MSc IBE)


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Teaching is organized in modules (6 ECTS)


• A module typically comprises of courses:

• A lecture and an exercise class or

• a seminar

• Attending a module typically does not require registration, but:

• Seminars are an important exception

• Exchange students should discuss their modules with the Dean‘s

Office – International Relations (Signing of the Learning Agreement)

• Exams require registration (deadline)

Module 1: Methods in

Economics

Module 2: General

Business Studies

Module 3: Economics

of Inequality


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Build up of knowledge and competence requires your input


Lecture/class attendance

• Physical attendance

• Active participation

• Going through lecture

slides/notes in advance

• Reading of supplementary

material

• Solving exercises and

assignments

• Review of material for exam

Self study


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Our programs are designed for full-time students


• Two lecture periods (term/semester):

• mid October to February

• April to July

• Two examination periods in each term:

• Period 1: Last week of term plus following weeks

• Period 2: Weeks before the next lecture period

• Between terms:

• Time for stays abroad, internships, etc.


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You are responsible for your course of studies


• Attention: Not all courses are offered in every term

• In order to plan in advance, see

• https://economics.uni-hohenheim.de/en/master (coming soon)

• https://hmm.uni-

hohenheim.de/fileadmin/einrichtungen/hmm/PDF/Studium/Verans

taltungsplanung_bis_SS_19.pdf (in German)

• We prepare time tables for first semester students,

but these are only recommendations

• You are responsible for setting up your

individual time table

https://economics.uni-hohenheim.de/en/master

https://hmm.uni-hohenheim.de/fileadmin/einrichtungen/hmm/PDF/Studium/Veranstaltungsplanung_bis_SS_19.pdf


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We want you to be successful in exams


Modules are typically assesed via a written exam

Taking an exam requires a registration

In case you fail an exam you have to resit the exam in the nextexamination period Those who fail an exam in period 2 have to wait for period 1 of the

next year! This means in case you fail a 1st semester exam in a Master program,

you have to wait until the 3rd semester We recommend to take exams of the basic courses in period 1 of the

first semester


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A clear allocation of responsibilities helpsyou to find the correct contact person

• Professors: questions regarding organizationand content of a course

• Program coordinators: questions regarding organization of the program

• Examination office: questions regarding registration for examsand final thesis



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China-Competence in Hohenheim (CHIKOH)

• Integrates all Faculty’s actions in cooperation with China

• Several partners

• Funded by Federal Ministry of Education and Research

• Activities Hohenheim China Dialog (annual event) Workshop “Doing Business in China” (twice a year) China excursion 2019 (trip to China)



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International Networks

HERMES (Higher Education and Research

in Management of European universitieS)

Network

Erasmus+ Network (European Region

Action Scheme for the Mobility of University

Students)

Overseas Cooperations



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How to go from here


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We will provide you with more details on the programs in further welcome sessions


• Introduction to Master in Economics: Today, 10.45, Ö2, Ramona Schmid

• Introduction to Master in International Business and Economics (IBE): Oct 15, 10.15, HS 7, Prof. Dr. Benjamin Jung and Timo Walter

• Meeting with HMM/IBE/ECON Double Degree Students: Today, 10.45, HS B12, Incoming Students and 12.00, Ö2, Incoming and Outgoing Students, Lars Banzhaf

• Meeting with Exchange Students:Today, 10.45, HS B11 Lea Scholz


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Questions


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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

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