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Certificate Program - on campus    

Innovation & Projects

  • Technology Driven Innovation
  • International Intellectual Property Law
  • Project Management
  • Multi‑Project Management in an International Setting

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Lecturers:

Sep 14 - 25, 2026

10 days

English

3,950 €

6

Prof. Dr. Orestis Terzidis; Dr. Abilio Avila; Sven Jacobs; Dr.-Ing. Robert Landwehr

 

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Technology Driven Innovation

  • Understand key characteristics of technology-driven innovation
  • Apply appropriate innovation tools and structured methods
  • Align technology development with strategy and market needs

Date:

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Lecturers:

Sep 14 - 17, 2026

4 days

English

2,400 €

upon request

Prof. Dr. Orestis Terzidis

 

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International Intellectual Property Law

  • Overview of fundamental principles of international IP law
  • Focus on territoriality in the global IP framework
  • Role of national legislation in international IP systems

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Lecturers:

Sep 18, 2026

1 day

English

990 €

upon request

Sven Jacobs

 

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Markets

  • Apply marketing tools to real cases
  • Analyze markets, pricing, and products
  • Develop and implement business strategies
  • Make decisions under risk and uncertainty

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Lecturers:

Sep 21- 25, 2026

5 days

English

2,550 €

3

Prof. Dr. Benjamin Scheibehenne; Prof. Dr. Clemens Puppe; Dr. Dominik Beck;

 

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Project Management

  • General approaches to managing single and multiple projects
  • Planning, initiating, and executing projects effectively
  • Core principles and processes of project management

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Lecturers:

Sep 21- 23, 2026

3 days

English

2,050 €

upon request

Prof. Dr. Orestis Terzidis; Dr. Abilio Avila

 

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Multi-Project Management in an International Setting

  • Emphasis on complex global multi-project management approaches
  • Methods and tools for single and multiple projects
  • Organization and financing of international projects

Date:

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Lecturers:

Sep 24- 25, 2026

2 days

English

1,550 €

upon request

Dr.-Ing. Robert Landwehr

 

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Marketing & Data Science

  • Data Driven Marketing (inkl. Negotiation Training)
  • Information Systems Management
  • Data Analytics
  • Legal Aspects of Information

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Lecturers:

Oct 5 - 16, 2026

10 days

English

3,950 €

6

Prof. Dr. Benjamin Scheibehenne; Prof. Dr. Stefan Morana; Prof. Dr. Indra Spiecker; Dr.-Ing. Fabian Rigoll; Dr.-Ing. Katharina Glock; Gerald Oerter

 

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Data-Driven Marketing (incl. Negotiation Training)

  • Learn to collect, analyze, interpret, and communicate marketing data effectively
  • Apply techniques and tools through real-world, case‑based learning
  • Turn data into meaningful insights that drive actionable marketing decisions

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Oct 5 - 9, 2026

5 days

English

2,550 €

upon request

Prof. Dr. Benjamin Scheibehenne; Gerald Oerter

 

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Entrepreneurship

  • Understand technology entrepreneurship fundamentals
  • Develop and validate startup business ideas
  • Build and grow technology-based ventures
  • Apply entrepreneurial skills in real projects

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Lecturers:

Oct 12 - 16, 2026

5 days

English

2,550 €

3

Prof. Dr. Orestis Terzidis; Tanja Himstedt; Peter Bittner

 

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Legal Aspects of Information

  • Understand the legal framework governing the distribution of information in the digital business world
  • Learn how legal considerations influence business strategy adaptation
  • Identify and address data and privacy protection issues in business operations.

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Oct 12 - 13, 2026

1.5 days

English

1,290 €

upon request

Prof. Dr. Indra Spiecker gen. Döhmann

 

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Data Analytics

  • Understand data analytics as a process for making sense of data
  • Learn a systematic approach to explore, clean, ingest, analyze, and visualize real-world datasets
  • Use data to extract insights and support informed decision-making

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Oct 13 - 14, 2026

1.5 days

English

1,290 €

upon request

Dr.-Ing. Katharina Glock; Dr.-Ing. Fabian Rigoll

 

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Information Systems Management

  • Understand the role and importance of resource information in business and society
  • Learn to manage information systems from a socio-technical perspective
  • Develop skills to bridge communication between customers/end users, business experts, and IT specialists

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Oct 15 - 16, 2026

2 days

English

1,550 €

upon request

Prof. Dr. Stefan Morana

 

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Sustainability

  • Understand sustainability and circular economy principles
  • Apply methods in real-world industry contexts
  • Identify opportunities for sustainable innovation
  • Influence stakeholders and drive corporate change

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Nov 23 - 27, 2026

5 days

English

2,550 €

3

Dr. Max Fabian Riedel; akad. Dir. DI Sascha Ott

 

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Decisions & Risk

  • Decision Modeling (+ Computer Tutorials)
  • Risk Aware Decisions (+ Case Studies + Finance)
  • Interactive Decisions
  • Robust and Stochastic Optimization

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Dec 7 - 18, 2026

10 days

English

3,950 €

6

Prof. Dr. Stefan Nickel ; Prof. Dr. Clemens Puppe; Prof. Dr. Steffen Rebennack; Dr. Jan-Oliver Strych; Anil Kaya

 

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Decision Modeling (+ Computer Tutorials)

  • Theoretical and practical modeling for quantitative decision-making
  • Modeling system behavior in industrial applications
  • Software lab applying decision and optimization tools

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Dec 7 - 9, 2026

3 days

English

2,050 €

upon request

Prof. Dr. Stefan Nickel

 

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Risk-Aware Decisions (+ Case Studies + Finance)

  • Managing uncertainty and risk in business decisions
  • Risk integration in supply chain optimization models
  • Decision-making challenges in complex, interconnected networks

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Dec 10 - 11, 2026

2 days

English

1,550 €

upon request

Dr.-Ing. Iris Heckmann

 

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Interactive Decisions

  • Rigorous introduction to game theory and applications
  • Strategic interaction in economics and management sciences
  • Limitations of classical game theory models

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Dec 14 - 16, 2026

3 days

English

2,050 €

upon request

Prof. Dr. Clemens Puppe

 

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Robust and Stochastic Optimization

  • Comprehensive overview of optimization under uncertainty
  • Integration of robust and stochastic optimization techniques
  • Up-to-date methods for uncertainty-aware decision-making

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Dec 17 - 18, 2026

2 days

English

1,550 €

upon request

Anil Kaya

 

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Finance & Value

  • Management Accounting
  • Sustainability
  • Strategic Financial Management
  • Case Studies

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Jan 11 - 22, 2027

10 days

English

3,950 €

6

Prof. Dr. Martin E. Ruckes; Prof. Dr. Anja Kern; Prof. Dr. Martin E. Ruckes; Dr. Jan-Oliver Strych; Dipl.-Ing. Sascha Ott

 

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Management Accounting

  • Gain an understanding of accounting and controlling principles
  • Learn specific accounting and controlling topics and how to apply them to assignments
  • Connect accounting and controlling concepts to their own work context

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Jan 11 - 13, 2027

3 days

English

2,050 €

upon request

Prof. Dr. Anja Kern

 

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Sustainability

  • Learn different approaches to sustainability and sustainability management
  • Understand how sustainability can be integrated into company operations
  • Explore sustainability implementation across multiple organizational levels and areas

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Jan 14 - 18, 2027

3 days (Th. - Fr. and Mo. next week)

English

2,050 €

upon request

Dipl.-Ing. Sascha Ott

 

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Strategic Financial Management

  • Understand the fundamental principles of finance
  • Learn to value risky cash flows and apply them to corporate investment decisions
  • Analyze financing choices and firm valuation

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Jan 19 - 21, 2027

3 days

English

2,050 €

upon request

Prof. Dr. Martin E. Ruckes

 

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Strategy & People

  • Strategic Management; Managerial Economics
  • Business Organization and Corporate Law
  • Strategic Human Resource Management
  • Leadership and Conflict Management

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Apr 5 - 16, 2027

10 days

English

3,950 €

upon request

Prof. Dr. Petra Nieken; Prof. Dr. Clemens Puppe; Prof. Dr. Martin Schulz; Prof. Barbara Deml; Dominik Beck

 

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Business Organization and Corporate Law

  • Understand the role of law in business organizations, including cross-border contexts
  • Learn about forms of business organization, corporate governance, and compliance issues
  • Recognize the link between corporate governance, legal risk management, and global business law

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Apr 5 - 6, 2027

2 days

English

1,550 €

upon request

Prof. Dr. Martin Schulz

 

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Managerial Economics

  • Examine key factors influencing labor supply and workplace incentives
  • Understand how incentives affect employee behavior and organizational outcomes
  • Explore behavioral economics applications in organizational design

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Apr 7, 2027

1 day

English

990 €

upon request

Prof. Dr. Clemens Puppe

 

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Strategic Management

  • Understand the strategic management process and analyze business situations from internal and external perspectives
  • Learn how to formulate strategies at business unit and corporate levels
  • Evaluate strategic options and business portfolios based on competitive advantage

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Apr 8 - 9, 2027

2 days

English

1,550 €

upon request

Dr. Dominik Beck

 

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Strategic Human Resource Management

  • Understand key challenges in human resource management (HRM) and their link to strategic decisions
  • Learn to apply evidence-based management, behavioral economics, and data-driven HRM methods
  • Explore modern HRM tools, practices, and current research topics

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Apr 12 - 14, 2027

3 days

English

2,050 €

upon request

Prof. Dr. Petra Nieken

 

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Leadership and Conflict Management

  • Gain a holistic understanding of leadership behavior and its complexities
  • Critically assess the suitability of different leadership styles for various situations
  • Understand conflict causes and learn to resolve them constructively

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Apr 15 - 16, 2027

2 days

English

1,550 €

upon request

Prof. Barbara Deml

 

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Innovation & Projects

  • Technology Driven Innovation
  • International Intellectual Property Law
  • Project Management
  • Multi‑Project Management in an International Setting

Date:

Duration:

Language:

Cost:

ECTS:

Lecturers:

Sep 13 - 24, 2027

10 days

English

3,950 €

6

Prof. Dr. Orestis Terzidis; Dr. Abilio Avila; Sven Jacobs; Dr.-Ing. Robert Landwehr

 

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Certificate Course - on campus    

Technology Driven Innovation

  • Understand key characteristics of technology-driven innovation
  • Apply appropriate innovation tools and structured methods
  • Align technology development with strategy and market needs

Date:

Duration:

Language:

Cost:

ECTS:

Lecturers:

Sep 13 - 16, 2027

4 days

English

2,400 €

upon request

Prof. Dr. Orestis Terzidis

 

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Certificate Course - on campus    

International Intellectual Property Law

  • Overview of fundamental principles of international IP law
  • Focus on territoriality in the global IP framework
  • Role of national legislation in international IP systems

Date:

Duration:

Language:

Cost:

ECTS:

Lecturers:

Sep 17, 2027

1 day

English

990 €

upon request

Sven Jacobs

 

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Project Management

  • General approaches to managing single and multiple projects
  • Planning, initiating, and executing projects effectively
  • Core principles and processes of project management

Date:

Duration:

Language:

Cost:

ECTS:

Lecturers:

Sep 20 - 22, 2027

3 days

English

2,050 €

upon request

Prof. Dr. Orestis Terzidis; Dr. Abilio Avila

 

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Multi-Project Management in an International Setting

  • Emphasis on complex global multi-project management approaches
  • Methods and tools for single and multiple projects
  • Organization and financing of international projects

Date:

Duration:

Language:

Cost:

ECTS:

Lecturers:

Sep 23 - 24, 2027

2 days

English

1,550 €

upon request

Dr.-Ing. Robert Landwehr

 

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Decisions & Risk

  • Decision Modeling (+ Computer Tutorials)
  • Risk Aware Decisions (+ Case Studies + Finance)
  • Interactive Decisions
  • Robust and Stochastic Optimization

Date:

Duration:

Language:

Cost:

ECTS:

Lecturers:

Dec 6 - 17, 2027

10 days

English

3,950 €

6

Prof. Dr. Stefan Nickel; Dr.-Ing. Iris Heckmann; Prof. Dr. Clemens Puppe; Anil Kaya

 

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Decision Modeling (+ Computer Tutorials)

  • Learn theoretical and practical modeling techniques for quantitative decision-making
  • Gain experience in modeling system behavior in industrial applications
  • Apply decision support software to assess, estimate, and solve practical decision and optimization tasks

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Duration:

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Lecturers:

Dec 6 - 8, 2027

3 days

English

2,050 €

upon request

Prof. Dr. Stefan Nickel

 

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Risk-Aware Decisions (+ Case Studies + Finance)

  • Understand the challenges of uncertainty and risk in business decisions, especially in complex networks
  • Learn to monitor, manage, and model risks to support decision-making
  • Explore decision-support models for handling uncertain developments and disruptions

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Lecturers:

Dec 9 - 10, 2027

2 days

English

1,550 €

upon request

Dr.-Ing. Iris Heckmann

 

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Interactive Decisions

  • Gain a rigorous introduction to game theory and its applications in economics and management
  • Understand the limitations of classical strategic interaction models
  • Explore recent developments in behavioral economics related to strategic decision-making

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Lecturers:

Dec 13 - 15, 2027

3 days

English

2,050 €

upon request

Prof. Dr. Clemens Puppe

 

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Robust and Stochastic Optimization

  • Learn key techniques in optimization under uncertainty, including robust and stochastic methods
  • Understand how optimization methods apply across various business and management contexts
  • Gain a comprehensive, up-to-date perspective connecting to other related courses

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Dec 16 - 17, 2027

2 days

English

1,550 €

upon request

Anil Kaya

 

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