WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management

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WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
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founding 1984
Sponsorship University of Applied Sciences for Business Management
place Vallendar (headquarters), Düsseldorf
state Rhineland-Palatinate , North Rhine-Westphalia
country Germany
Rector, Chancellor Markus Rudolf, Peter Christ
Students 1,669 WS 2019/20
Employee 194 (September 2019, excluding academic staff)
including professors 40 + 17 junior professors (May 2020)
Annual budget € 41.2 million (financial year 2017/2018)
Website www.whu.edu

The WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management is a privately financed German business school at university level with headquarters in Vallendar near Koblenz and another location in Düsseldorf . The abbreviation WHU goes back to the long form "Scientific University for Corporate Management", which is no longer used. The addition "Otto Beisheim" was added to the name in 1993 in honor of its greatest sponsor Otto Beisheim .

Foundation and structure

Marienburg in Vallendar, seat of WHU

WHU in 1984 on the initiative of the Chamber of Commerce Koblenz as a college founded, which was based on a "basic concept of an independent, internationally oriented elite university to prepare future leaders for the economy." In the same year, it was officially recognized by the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Economics as a university-level academic university and in 1988 moved from Koblenz-Karthauser to Marienburg in the center of Vallendar.

WHU currently has 1,669 students (including doctoral students) who are supervised by 194 employees and 57 professors (including junior professors). The faculty includes various centers. The WHU also has the Institute for Management Accounting and Control (IMC), the Kühne Institute for Logistics Management, the Institute for Industrial Economics and the Institute for Family Businesses and Medium-Sized Enterprises (ifbm).

Course offer

Bachelor of Science

Two (foreign) internships and a semester abroad are integrated in the Bachelor in International Business Administration (BWL) / Management (BSc) course at WHU. respectively. The regular course comprises 180 ECTS credits and lasts six semesters.

Master of Science

WHU offers three Master of Science programs: the Master in Management, the Master in Finance and the Master in Entrepreneurship. The programs are offered in two tracks: a 120 credit track with a duration of 21 months and a 90 credit track with a duration of 17 months.

Full-time MBA

The full-time MBA in General Management aims to prepare the participant for the strategic management of companies within 12 months. Studies take place on the WHU Campus in Düsseldorf.

Part-time MBA

The Part-Time MBA in General Management is aimed at professionals who want to supplement their knowledge of business administration and economics. The course takes place for 18 months on Saturdays and Sundays at the WHU Campus in Düsseldorf.

Global Online MBA

The Global Online MBA in General Management is aimed at professionals who want to expand their knowledge of business administration and economics. Students can choose between an 18- or 36-month course; alternatively, they can complete individual certifications.

Kellogg-WHU Executive MBA

The Kellogg WHU EMBA program is organized by WHU with the Kellogg School of Management . It is a two-year part-time program for professionals with at least eight years of leadership experience.

Doctorate and habilitation

The doctoral program at WHU is aimed at graduates with diplomas and masters. In addition, in special individual cases, a doctorate is possible for outstanding Bachelor graduates. The WHU awards the title "Dr. rer. pole.". Doctoral graduates who want to pursue a career in teaching and research can do their habilitation at WHU.

Accreditations

All programs at WHU in which an academic degree is acquired, are recognized by the state and by the Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA) accredited . WHU has also been accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) systems and, since 1998, by the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS).

Selection process

Bachelor of Science

In addition to a high school diploma or a comparable national or international school leaving certificate, the basic requirements are proof of very good knowledge of English and an internship of at least six weeks in the commercial area, which should be completed by the start of the course. The applicants with the best grades will be invited to either a German or English language assessment center. Another quarter of applicants are invited because of their special extracurricular commitment. The best participants in the assessment center then receive a study contract.

Master of Science

WHU invites suitable applicants to take part in an English-language selection process. The selection process consists of two 30-minute individual interviews. Selection procedures are also carried out in all other study programs at WHU.

Student body

Scholarship holders

With a share of 2.2 percent, WHU has the highest share of Germany scholarship holders of all universities in Rhineland-Palatinate. When awarding, aspects such as school performance, other scholarships, awards, practical experience, any professional training, the relative performance in the WHU selection process and additional burdens (e.g. marginal employment during school days) are taken into account by means of a points system.

Many students also use the study financing offer of the Reverse Generations Agreement from Brain Capital. During their studies, students do not have to pay any tuition fees; in return, after completing their studies, students pay an income-related training contribution over a period of 10 years.

A free place is available to a maximum of 15 percent of Bachelor students. When allocating free places, WHU follows the Federal Training Assistance Act (BAföG) . The prerequisite for entitlement to free space is that the income and assets side is entitled to BAföG or the income limit is only marginally exceeded (partial waiver).

Student Initiatives

Among other things, students at WHU founded a large number of student initiatives. These include the congresses of the Campus for ... series:

  • Campus for Finance : founded in 2001, the largest student-organized financial congress in Europe
  • WHU - Campus for Supply Chain Management : founded in 2004, the developments and challenges in supply chain management are viewed from different perspectives.
  • WHU - Campus for Controlling : founded in 2008, conference aimed at controlling experts.
  • Campus for Strategy and Leadership : founded in 2008, conference aimed at executives on current strategic issues.
  • WHU - Campus for Marketing : founded in 2010, different perspectives of marketing are shown and discussed in lectures and panel discussions.
  • WHU - Campus for Sales : founded in 2012, management conference for decision-makers in sales and management.
  • WHU - Campus for Family Business : founded in 2017, conference for entrepreneur families.

Other student initiatives are:

  • 3 Day Startup : Founding event from the USA in cooperation with RWTH Aachen University.
  • WHU benefit concerts
  • confluentes
  • Enactus WHU
  • Diversity & LGBT at WHU
  • forumWHU - Economy in Responsibility : founded in 2003, annual congress in November that revolves around issues of corporate social responsibility.
  • University music association
  • University Sports Club WHU 1985 Koblenz e. V. (HSSV)
  • IdeaLab! : founded in 2000, for founders and those interested in founding a company.
  • SAIDIA Consulting :
  • SensAbility : founded in 2010, aims to sensitize students from all disciplines to social issues and social entrepreneurship and to inspire them to act socially.
  • SmartUp! :
  • WHU student stage
  • TEDxWHU :
  • Tradity meets WHU
  • Vallendar Integration Program (VIP)
  • WHU Finance Society e. V .: Börsenverein at WHU.
  • WHU Debating Union
  • WHU Entrepreneurship Roundtable
  • WHU Euromasters : founded in 1997, sports festival for business schools.
  • WHU First Responder : founded in 2003, members provide first aid in an emergency in Vallendar before the professional rescue service arrives.
  • WHU GenerationsCup
  • WHU Students Help e. V .: founded in 2004, voluntary association with regional and international projects.

Graduates

The WHU In Praxi - WHU Alumni Association is over 30 years old and has around 4,200 members in around 65 countries (as of September 2019) . The association was founded by former students and is self-administered. The goals of the association are to support science and research at WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, to support WHU students and to maintain contact between alumni. In 2012, the independent association received the award for the best “integration of alumni into the activities of the institution” as part of the alumni prize “Premium DA-CH” awarded by the umbrella organization alumni-clubs.net (acn).

The graduates include:

Controversy

Allegations of dishonest scientific practice against Lichtenthaler

The economist Ulrich Lichtenthaler , who formerly worked at the University of Mannheim , received his doctorate and habilitation at WHU. In 2012 it became known that statistical errors had appeared in many of his published works, which led to the publications being republished in the respective journals. Many of the articles in question were based on his dissertation. In addition, his cumulative habilitation is affected. In addition to Lichtenthaler, his doctoral supervisor Holger Ernst is also affected by the errors in the work, as he had worked several times as a parallel author on the publications and was co-author on them.

Both the University of Mannheim and WHU then set up academic commissions to investigate possible academic misconduct. The then WHU Rector Michael Frenkel announced "full transparency" in the clarification of the facts. Originally, the first test results should be announced by the end of 2012. On September 11, 2013, Lichtenthaler was revoked of the teaching qualification he had acquired at WHU.

Allegations of non-transparent contract research against Schmidt

Sascha Schmidt , who has held the newly created Chair for Sport and Management at WHU since the beginning of 2014, but also worked at the EBS University of Economics and Law until the end of 2014 , published a scientific study on TSG Hoffenheim at the end of September 2014 . Since January 1, 2015, Schmidt has been employed exclusively at the WHU Center for Sports and Management.

In this study, he attested, among other things, to TSG Hoffenheim that it generates "seven times more income than costs for the public sector", that it is a "regional anchor of identity", that "83 percent of those surveyed are proud to be Hoffenheim" and that the Rhein-Neckar-Arena is considered to be "the second most important landmark just behind Heidelberg Castle". However, the Frankfurter Rundschau questioned the scientific independence of the study after its research had shown that the EBS chair had been financed by the TSG Hoffenheim patron, Dietmar Hopp , with a total of 1.5 million euros over five years was. In contrast to the information presented by the Frankfurter Rundschau, the institute had explicitly drawn attention to the collaboration with the “Dietmar Hopp Foundation”, especially in relation to the present study, in press conferences and in official press releases. The fact of support was therefore taken up in numerous media and by the association itself even before the article in the Frankfurter Rundschau.

Allegations regarding the learning culture

Author Benedikt Herles, who dropped out of studies at WHU after two semesters of study in 2005, is accused that the curricula u. a. Promote memorization and template thinking. For his criticism of the German higher education system, Herles used WHU as an example due to his personal study experience. Former WHU student Mojtaba Sadinam, who dropped out of WHU in the fourth semester to study philosophy and history at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main , similarly criticized a university culture that is strongly oriented towards achievement. Not least after the death of a WHU student during an internship at a London investment bank in 2013, the then WHU Rector Frenkel warned against over-ambition and revision.

Faculty members (selection)

Partner universities

The approximately 200 partner universities of WHU include:

The 15 partner universities of the Double Degree Programs include:

Web links

Commons : WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  10. ^ Institute for Family Business. In: WHU.edu. Retrieved July 21, 2020 .
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  24. ^ Campus for Finance
  25. ↑ Campus for Supply Chain Management
  26. ^ Campus for Strategy
  27. ^ Campus for Sales
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  29. ↑ 3 Day Startup Germany
  30. ↑ confluentes
  31. ^ Enactus WHU
  32. ↑ News Singleview - WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management. Retrieved September 16, 2018 .
  33. ↑ forumWHU
  34. ↑ IdeaLab!
  35. ↑ SAIDIA Consulting
  36. ↑ SensAbility
  37. ↑ SmartUp!
  38. ↑ TEDxWHU 2016. In: www.tedxwhu.com. Retrieved August 11, 2016 .
  39. ↑ Tradity - Gamifying Education. Retrieved October 11, 2019 .
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  41. ^ WHU Euromasters
  42. ^ WHU GenerationsCup
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  46. ↑ The winner of the “Premium DA-CH” 2012 alumni award is In Praxi eV - Alumni Association of the WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management ( Memento from August 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), on www.alumni-clubs.net ( pdf)
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  48. ↑ Inconsistencies: Mannheim Business Administration Professor im Zwielicht , Handelsblatt, July 19, 2012, accessed on August 25, 2012
  49. ↑ Allegations of dishonest scientific practice against Professor Dr. Ulrich Lichtenthaler: Senate of WHU decides to withdraw teaching qualification ( memento from September 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), press release from September 13, 2013 on www.whu.edu
  50. ↑ New Chair for Sport and Management at WHU: Professor Sascha L. Schmidt appointed ( Memento from December 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), at www.whu.edu
  51. ↑ a b Geschmäckle in Hoffenheim , Frankfurter Rundschau of October 4, 2014, accessed on March 28, 2019
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Universities in Rhineland-Palatinate
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Technical University of Kaiserslautern  • University of Koblenz-Landau  • Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz  • German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer  • University of Trier  • Theological Faculty of Trier  • Philosophical-Theological University of Vallendar  • WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management

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Technical University of Bingen  • University of Police Rhineland-Palatinate  • University of Kaiserslautern  • University of Koblenz  • University of Ludwigshafen am Rhein  • University of Mainz  • Catholic University of Mainz  • University of Public Administration of Rhineland-Palatinate  • University of Trier  • University of Worms  • University of Deutsche Bundesbank  • University of Finances

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