eufom

European University for Economics & Management
founding	2012
Sponsorship	eufom Asbl Luxembourg / non-profit foundation BildungsCentrum der Wirtschaft
place	Luxembourg
management	Franz Peter Lang Rector, Harald Beschorner Administrative Director
Website	www.eufom.lu

As a state-recognized private university based in Luxembourg, eufom maintained its own study program with Bachelor's and Master's programs in Business Administration, European Management and Banking & Finance up to and including July 2016. Since the 2016/17 winter semester, the newly founded, independent Luxembourg " ISEC-Hochschule der Wirtschaft "is responsible for the study operations of the eufom. The state-recognized and accredited ISEC University is run by the Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber of Crafts of the Grand Duchy.

university

The private eufom European University for Economics & Management Asbl was officially recognized and accredited by the Luxembourg Ministry for Higher Education and Research in January 2012. In the 2012/13 winter semester, the university, which is organized under Luxembourg law, began studying at its headquarters on the Kirchberg plateau in Luxembourg.

The European-oriented course at eufom University was aimed at professionals and trainees in the Greater Region and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg who wanted to gain academic qualifications in addition to their entrepreneurial or business activities. The languages ​​of instruction were German (Bachelor) and English (Master).

Course offer

The range of courses at eufom University comprised the part-time Bachelor courses:

• Banking & Finance,
• Business administration ,
• International management
• European Management,
• European Business & Psychology.

as well as the part-time master’s course:

• Master of Business Administration (MBA).

entry requirements

Those who had a general or subject-related secondary school qualification ( higher education entrance qualification ) or an equivalent previous education were granted access to the course.

Front view of the eufom University in Luxembourg

eufom University - view from a lecture room

• Holders of a foreign educational qualification were granted access to the course if the foreign educational qualification was recognized as equivalent by the Luxembourg Ministry of Education. For example:
  • General higher education entrance qualification ( Abitur ) or technical college entrance qualification
  • Diplôme de fin d'études secondaires
  • Diplôme de fin d'études secondaires techniques
  • Diplôme de technicien

• Employed persons with proof of at least three years of professional activity related to the chosen course of study. A partial recognition of study modules and / or admission to postgraduate courses could be applied for in accordance with the VAE (Validation des Acquits de l'Expérience). Thus, the eufom University in the greater region of Luxembourg, Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate offered a further university education for BTS, IHK and VWA graduates with corresponding preliminary studies. The study model was developed in cooperation with the Chambre de Commerce Luxembourg and its educational institution, the Luxembourg School for Commerce, LSC.

Since the courses were designed for employed people, employment was recommended, but not mandatory.

Rectorate

The rectorate managed the university and represented it externally. It monitored compliance with the legal provisions and adopted the university's development plan - including the range of courses, the main research areas and the university organization. It was also responsible for the university's examination and appointment system.

Founding Rector Andre Reuter

The last rectorate of eufom included:

• Franz Peter Lang , Rector
• Gérard Eischen, Deputy Rector
• Harald Beschorner, Administrative Director

The founding rector of eufom University was André Reuter , who led the Luxembourg university as rector from 2012 to 2015. Further members of the founding rectorate of eufom University were the two vice rectors Franz Peter Lang and Kurt Reding. Reuter left eufom University in the 2016/2017 winter semester and took over the management of the University of Economics as founding rector of ISEC HdW .

research

One of the main research areas at eufom University was the subject of "intangible assets" - not to be confused with " intangible assets ". Together with cooperation partners, economic and psycho-social aspects were also considered on an equal footing in addition to the legal / tax law dimension. The eufom University researched on the one hand the economic recording and evaluation and on the other hand the legal protection of intangible assets (e.g. intellectual property, patents and brands but also the knowledge of employees and the quality of management) with the aim of enhancing the university's competence in technical, from an economic and legal point of view and to promote the transfer of scientific knowledge into business practice.

In addition to the Luxembourg Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Chambre de Commerce, eufom's partners included the Center de Veille Technologique (CVT) in the CRP-Henri-Tudor and the research group on intellectual property at the University of Szeged in Hungary.

Thomas Gergen headed the research focus.

Cooperations

In Luxembourg, the eufom University cooperated with the LSC, the Luxembourg School for Commerce, the Chambre de Commerce, the European Institute for Knowledge & Value Management (EIKV, European Institute for Knowledge and Value Management ) and the International Institute for Performance Management ( IPERF). In Germany, the eufom University cooperated with the FOM Hochschule . The FOM University, an initiative of the German economy, supported by a non-profit foundation, has been offering courses that accompany work and training since 1993. Today almost 38,000 employees and trainees study at the FOM University. Eufom used the quality management of the FOM University, which has been system-accredited since the beginning of 2012.

Conference series

Together with the LSC, the Luxembourg School for Commerce, the eufom University organized the conference series “University meets Business”, which was launched in 2002 by the European Institute for Knowledge & Value Management (EIKV) in Zurich, under the motto “Practice-relevant science for SMEs in one networked society ”.

The aim of the conference series was to make the social relevance of university research visible and to make new scientific findings usable. The eufom University understood innovation as “being different” and did not limit it to technological progress.

Web links

• Official website of the eufom University Luxembourg
• Memorial entry of eufom University
• University training courses of the LSC
• Paperjam interview with Prof. Dr. André Reuter
• eufom Bachelor and Master graduates publish their work in the EIKV series of publications

Individual evidence

1. ↑ accreditation
2. ↑ Sustainably committed to the European idea ( Memento from May 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ University education and training in the Greater Region of Luxembourg faced new challenges ( Memento of May 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Courses of study ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ New: Studies alongside work for BTS and IHK graduates ( Memento from January 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ Rectorate
7. ↑ Press release from eufom Luxembourg of January 21, 2016
8. ↑ Ministère de l'Economie et du Commerce extérieur, Office de la Propriété Intellectuelle, Luxembourg ( Memento of the original of May 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ^ Institut Henri Tudor, Direction de la Veille Technologique
10. ^ University of Szeged, Hungary Research Group on Intellectual Property
11. ↑ Chamber of Commerce
12. ↑ IPERF homepage
13. ↑ Press release of the European Institute for Knowledge and Values ​​Management (Asbl) from May 25, 2002
14. ↑ European Institute for Knowledge and Values ​​Management Asbl (EIKV) office opened in Switzerland