Regional focus; Health Care Industry;; Internationalism (production/logistics, accounting, financial markets, digitalisation); Sustainability Management; Foreign language courses as part of the curriculum; Business start-ups, economics of SMEs; Risk Management; Service Management; Individual support for optional stay abroad; Good work placement organisation; Project-oriented teaching; Learning through Research; Peer reviewing; diverse virtual learning offerings and online clinics; Integration of virtual courses with University of Linz; Simulations; Guest lectures; excursions.

Regular lecturer exchange ERASMUS+, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), and others; Linked courses with Johannes Kepler University Linz and the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria; English-taught incoming semester for international students, including electives; Excursions abroad as part of the curriculum (mainly Europe and USA); Compulsory stay abroad of at least eighteen weeks; Regular student exchange with German-Jordanian University in Amman.

Deutsch-Jordanische Hochschule Amman, Jordanien; Johannes Kepler Universität, Linz - Österreich; Université de Lorraine, Nancy - Frankreich; Technologiko Ekpaideutiko Idrima (TEI), Kavalas - Griechenland; Wroclaw School of Banking, Breslau - Polen; KHLIM Limburg Catholic University College, Limburg – Belgien; Yasar Universitesi, Izmir – Türkei; Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje - Nordmazedonien; Anadolu University, Eskisehir - Türkiye; Insubria Universität, Varese – Italien; Institute Of Intercultural Communication And Management, Paris - Frankreich

Modern equipment for seminar rooms and lecture theatres: media desks (thin client; Data accessible via USB stick, laptop, server; Connection possibilities for video and audio equipment); Recording portal; 119 computer workstations and 20 LAN workstations, standard software available: Windows, Office, Adobe Acrobat, Omnipage, Corel Draw Graphic Suite, Remark Office, Delphi, SPSS, SAP, EndNote and Citavi, WinQSB, founders simulation game; WiFi, eduroam; Mobile video conferencing systems; Mobile SMART board + podium version; Audio, video and digital photo recording equipment; Moodle teaching and learning platform.

Regionally associated, practice-oriented research (Altmark economic situation team), research on economic developments on federal state and district level; Foreign Trade, Overall Economy; Integrative Service Management approaches; Warehousing/Transport/Logistics optimisation; AutoID applications and E-Business (SPiRIT research group); Applied Market Research and Marketing Concept Development with changing companies and Non-Profit Organisations; Research question: Recruitment of participants in the Continuing Education Campus Magdeburg project together with the University of Magdeburg in the context of “Advancement through Education: Open Universities” of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research

The Faculty of Business actively supports business founders. The support comprises goal definition, motivation, brainstorming, planning, administration and financing. The Faculty also assists with the networking with potential key partners. Intensive workshops complement the service portfolio. Professorship of Entrepreneurship / SME Management. Own module on business start-ups and SME management. Excursions to start-ups, lectures by founders.

Support with finding work placement positions in Germany and abroad; Research into own teaching by lecturers with extensive body of publications (scholarship of teaching and learning); Green Campus with Green Classroom (open-air “lecture hall”); Voted the most beautiful campus in Germany 2019; Social credit points to reward/promote social commitment; Partnership relationship between professor-student; Cost of living and rents are very cheap; The Stendal campus is only 45 minutes by train from Berlin central station; Sustainability issues in teaching