Zeppelin University

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Zeppelin University (ZU) in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance is a nationally recognized and accredited by the Science Foundation high school.

Overview

The Zeppelin University has the legal form of a non-profit limited liability company and is called " University between economy, culture and politics " in order to emphasize the multidisciplinary according to their own self- nature of research and teaching. Shareholder is the TO Foundation, based in Friedrichshafen, Zeppelin is the Stiftungsgeberin Construction GmbH, Garching near Munich. Patron is the German General and airship designer Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin. Since 2007, the Zeppelin University is a foundation university.

The College was transformed from the International School for General Management under Dieter Giehmann the Zeppelin University in 2003. Shortly thereafter, Stephan A. Jansen took over the management. The TO is divided into three departments:

  • Corporate Management & Economics ( Economics )
  • Communication & Cultural Management ( management-oriented communication and cultural studies )
  • Politics, Administration & International Relations ( management-oriented policy and Administrative Sciences )

What is more, the course Sociology, Politics and Economics, offered since the summer semester of 2012. From 2007 to 2008 (up to the closure of the airport ) had the Zeppelin University in another location in the foyer of Tempelhof Airport, the " Institute of Aeronautics art of swimming ." 2008, the student-run radio station Welle20 went on the air.

Study

The applicants will be selected in a two-stage selection by the university: In addition to the written application a selection day with interviews, an assessment center as well as language testing takes place.

The course can be completed with the academic degrees of Bachelor of Arts and, both a consecutive, as well as not - a consecutive Master of Arts.

In the undergraduate program following statements are possible:

  • Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, Politics and Economics
  • Bachelor of Arts in Corporate Management & Economics
  • Bachelor of Arts in Communication & Cultural Management
  • Bachelor of Arts in Politics, Administration & International Relations.

In the Master's program, the following statements are possible:

  • Master of Arts in Corporate Management & Economics
  • Master of Arts in Communication & Cultural Management
  • Master of Arts in Politics & Public Management.

The Executive Master program following degrees are currently available:

  • Executive Master of Arts in Digital Pioneering
  • Executive Master of Arts for Family Entrepreneurship
  • Executive Master of Arts in Retailing
  • Executive Master in Intersectoral Leadership & Governance ( starting September 2014 )

The tuition fees in both the Bachelor and Master program in about 3500-5000 euros per semester. Overall, the tuition fees for a bachelor's degree between € 29,600 and € 35,600 amount.

There are a number of grants from foundations and sponsors, such as the Vodafone Scholarship opportunities, and a special student loan from Sparkasse Bodensee, use the student -loan program that two-thirds of ZU students to finance tuition fees. With the beginning of the fall semester of 2011, the Zeppelin University provided all bachelor's degree programs to a normal period of 8 semesters. The additional year should be able to be used as " Humboldt year," especially the research stay at one of the partner universities. The Zeppelin University has to collaborations with the University of California, Berkeley, Sciences Po, with the Copenhagen Business School and Goldsmiths College.

On 10 September 2011, the TO were awarded limited to 5 years, the doctoral and postdoctoral rights. This permission was also connected to bear the title "university".

Rankings

In career university rankings 2007/2008 business schools in the TO Friedrichshafen was number 8 in the list of top 25 universities economy.

Personalities (selection)

  • Dirk Baecker ( born 1955 ), sociologist, since 2007 Professor of Cultural Theory and Analysis
  • Bruno Frey ( born 1941 ), economist, since 2012 Visiting Professor at the University of
  • Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht (* 1948), linguist, literary critic and literary historian, since 2009 Visiting Professor at the University of
  • Stephan A. Jansen (born 1971 ), economist, since 2003 Professor of Strategic Organization and Financing
  • Georg Jochum (* 1968), legal scholar, since 2009 Professor of Public Law, Tax Law and European Law and Law of Regulation
  • Alfred Kieser ( b. 1942 ), economist, since 2011 professor of management theory
  • Kormann (* 1942), management consultant and board member of various companies, Honorary Professor at the University of
  • Maren Lehmann (born 1966 ), sociologist, since 2012 professor of sociology in particular organizational theory
  • Margit Osterloh ( born 1943 ), economist, since 2014 Visiting Professor at the University of
  • Gabi Rein (b. 1965), psychologist, since 2013 Professor of University Teaching and Learning
  • Klaus Schoenbach (* 1949), communication and media studies, Honorary Professor at the University of
  • Nico Stehr (* 1942), cultural theorist and sociologist, owner of Karl Mannheim Chair for Cultural Studies
  • Karen van den Berg ( born 1963 ), art historian, since 2003 professor of art theory and Curating
  • Jörn von Lucke (born 1971 ), computer scientist, since 2009 professor of administrative and economic computer science
  • Josef Wieland ( b. 1951 ), business ethics, since 2013 Institutional Economics, Organizational Governance, Integrity Management & Transcultural Leadership
  • Helmut Willke (* 1945), legal scholar and sociologist, Professor of Global Governance
  • Heinrich Wilms (1959-2010), legal scholar, 2005-2010 Professor of Public Law, Philosophy of Law and Media Law
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