Steinbeis-Hochschule Berlin

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The Steinbeis University Berlin ( SHB) (English Steinbeis University) is a private, established in 1998, officially recognized university with doctoral degrees in Berlin.

The SHB provides primarily part-time degree programs and courses in Berlin and nationwide about their transfer institutions to. In addition to bachelor's degree programs, there are master's degree programs and the possibility of promotion.

It is named after the economic politician Ferdinand von Steinbeis ( 1807-1893 ).

Organizational structure

Is headed by University President John Löhn. He is assisted by the University Council with representatives from industry, research and policy advice. Carrier is the Steinbeis University Berlin GmbH, a 100 % subsidiary of the Steinbeis Foundation. The SHB is organized along the lines of the Steinbeis Foundation decentralized manner through the so-called Steinbeis Transfer Institute ( STI), which operate economically independent within a central framework. Currently, there are about 100 independent STIs spread across several locations in different states. Emphasis will institute associations, in which several STI are summarized.

Schools and Institutes of Steinbeis University Berlin (selection)

• Steinbeis Center of Management and Technology ( SCMT )
• School of International Business and Entrepreneurship ( SIBE )
• School of Management and Innovation ( SMI)
• School of Governance, Risk & Compliance ( GRC School )
• Steinbeis Business Academy ( SBA)
• Dental and Oral Medicine Alliance ( SDOM )
• IBR School of Executive Management
• Stuttgart Institute of Management and Technology ( SIMT )
• Steinbeis Technology Group
• Institute of Organization and Management (IOM )
• Villingen Institute of Public Health ( VIPH )
• IEC Institute of Executive Capabilities (IEC)

Courses

• Doctor of Economics
• Master of Business Engineering ( MBE)
• Master of Arts ( M. A. )
• Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• Master of Science ( M.Sc.)
• Master of Laws ( LL.M.)
• Bachelor of Arts ( B. A. )
• Bachelor of Engineering ( B.Eng.)
• Bachelor of Science ( B.Sc.)

Criticism of the planned program in Homeopathy

Early 2014 came the university nationwide under criticism after they had announced their intention to start a Steinbeis Transfer Institute in Traunstein from September 2014 the homeo - Academy a bachelor 's degree in Homeopathy. Critics speak of an " embarrassment for the science Bavaria ". According to the Society for the Scientific Investigation of para-science ( GWUP ) is the program " simply an academic misnomer ," the " a pseudo-science higher orders " confer. The setting of the medicine to homeopathy comes among others in the Marburg explanation for homeopathy in 1992 expressed homeopathy rejects as " heresy ". Has been shown in hundreds of studies have shown that homeopathic remedies not be more effective than placebos.

According to science journalist Christian Weymayr the course was a " training school for medical practitioners ", which " glosses over an academic jacket, upgraded " with dignity. Man talking " from the master and bachelor of university of ' academic ' ", they would " all the serious studies, who are committed to academic standards and are based on normal universities, discredited. " The assessment of the physician Edzard Ernst after was " does not even meet the minimum of critical thinking and academic seriousness ." Such trainings were " extremely unfortunate - they devalue the Bachelor of Science in all other areas and do not have anything to do with ' science '." Against the accreditation of the degree program a petition to the Senate of Berlin was directed, which is responsible for the university.

Beginning of April 2014 it was announced, according to Spiegel Online that the proposed course of study but should not be introduced.