Generalist and practice-oriented education, compulsory practical project or semester abroad, broad basic education in Business Administration and Business Information Systems, opportunity for a semester abroad, worldwide network of partner universities, numerous lecturers from industry, personal support from teaching staff, project assignments and final theses with high degree of practical relevance, tutorials accompanying lectures and preparatory courses, use of OLAT for blended learning in some courses, intensive use of industry contacts of teaching staff for students.

Proximity to Luxembourg, thus focus on international financial markets and international funds transactions; Regular international excursions; International Business Office in the faculty, worldwide network of over 80 partner universities.

Dundalk Institute of Technology, Irland; Institut of Technology Sligo, Irland; Zheijiang Universitiy of Science and Technology, China; University of Limmerick, Irland; Turku University of Applied Science, Finnland; Université du Luxembourg, Luxemburg; National University of Taipei, Taiwan.

Modern PC clusters, use of the computer centre’s PC cluster, intensive use of the e-learning platform Stud.IP, possibility for students to work at Trier University of Applied Sciences from home via VPN, various modelling software, SAP, business simulation game TOPSIM, Datev, Unipark; Modern media technology in all lecture halls and seminar rooms, additional work rooms with PC cluster for students of the faculty, use of 3D printers, Rasberry Pi, HoloLenses, e-tracking glasses, rental of notebooks and projectors, cloud services such as Seafile, reference management with Citavi.

Research focuses: Trier Centre of Excellence for Business for Business Analytics with a focus on Data Analysis, Modelling and Optimisation of Operational Processes as well as implementation of these areas in suitable software. Trier Centre of Excellence for Financial Services Entities with the work area business process analysis for banking and financial services.

The Entrepreneurs’ Office at the Trier University supports start-ups through the communication of basic knowledge, funding advice, potential analysis of ideas and SWOT analysis of the entrepreneur, as well as regular information sessions. Compulsory elective modules and seminars on Entrepreneurship are among the courses offered by the Faculty of Business.

Integration of the programme into the Department of Economics; Teaching content from computer science, business informatics and business administration is coordinated with each other; Subject-specific and individual support by the teaching staff; Education is oriented towards the needs of IT in the financial sector; Many contacts with the Luxembourg labour market; Integration of sustainability and ethics topics in teaching, own university contact fair; Dedicated student council.