Major programs
Business Administration
In major Business Administration you learn how to combine analytically-arithmetically as well as management oriented core disciplines socially responsible and sustained, so that enterprises and society benefit in the same way. You acquire economic and behavioral leadership skills for leadership roles in finance and controlling, marketing or human resource management.
The major in Engineering combines fields that are important for automation technology and production technology. Graduates can find work in many fields, including development and production, technical sales, operations and maintenance, and quality assurance.
International Business Administration & Entrepreneurship (IBAE)
The major in International Business Administration & Entrepreneurship (IBAE) is an English-taught undergraduate program and prepares students to work in the functional areas of business by being enabled to develop the important managerial and entrepreneurial skills necessary to be successful in a rapidly changing business environment.
The major in Business Information Systems is a field at the interface of information technology, communication, and business. The focus of Business Information Systems is on the application of computer science to meeting the challenges facing business today.
In their first semester at the College students in all study programs take the "Science has Disciplinary Boundaries" module. In modules on Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, Economics, Business Information Systems, International Business Administration & Entrepreneurship and Business Law, first-year students have the opportunity to begin their studies by reflecting on disciplinary boundaries.
Minor programs
Business Administration
Management competence is increasingly becoming an indispensable additional prerequisite for successful work in a responsible position - even if the specialist area of responsibility is not part of the classic commercial professions. People who want to take on management tasks benefit from business knowledge.
Digital Business
Digital business is the generic term for all Internet- or intranet-supported business activities: It refers to business processes that use digital communication and information technologies to support the communication, collaboration and supply of customers – from product development to marketing and customer service.
Engineering (Fundamentals)
In times of continuous mechanisation and digitalisation, a basic understanding of technology is becoming increasingly important in order to actively shape transformation processes at the interface of society, economy, technology and the environment. The Minor Engineering (Fundamentals) provides an overview of the most important technologies and technology-oriented processes in the manufacturing industry.
Engineering (Advanced)
In the Engineering (Advanced) minor you will cross the boundaries of automation technology, electrical engineering and information technology. You will acquire in-depth engineering knowledge in order to design automation in digitised production processes. As a result, you have an engineering profile that is in great demand in industry 4.0 and in research.
Psychology & Society
Psychology provides unique insights with regard to societal challenges, e.g. sustainability, digitalization, public health, societal conflicts. The goal of the Psychology & Society minor is to enable you to analyse psychological processes in this context and to create applications based on psychological knowledge.
Social Media and Information Systems
How does a search engine know what to look for next? How do social networks work? How can open digital communication and the need for privacy be sustainably balanced? What are the economic business models behind Internet offerings? Social media, Internet-based information systems, communities and mobile Internet applications are shaping a new way of communicating.
Business Psychology
Psychology is the science of experience and behavior. Psychologists use methods from the natural and social sciences to search for patterns of psychic functions and processes. This includes perception, memory, learning, thinking, attentiveness, emotions, motivations, communication and motor skills. Business psychologists investigate these functions in an economic context. The business psychology minor provides you with information about psychological processes and patterns, while informing you about the foundations of psychological method. You are introduced to the psychological manner of thinking and made aware of how to recognise psychological patterns of experience and behavior. You learn how the field of psychology works, how to ask focused questions, how to distinguish between serious and irrelevant psychological responses or processes, and how to find qualified, expert answers from professional psychologists.
Leuphana Semester
All college students attend the module "Science knows disciplinary boundaries" in the first semester. In courses on business administration, engineering, economics, business informatics, business psychology, and business law, first-year students have the opportunity to explore the boundaries of their subject right from the start.