Of special note is the international focus, not only through having English as the teaching language, but in particular through a wide international perspective in the development of subject areas such as Accounting and Economic Law. The substantive focus is on management. This also includes a clearly defined focus on “Applied Computing”, which involves skills in the context of SAP software and e-business/net economy. Modern, e-learning-based teaching/learning formats that are developed in the school’s own e-learning studio.

The Faculty has offered several programmes taught entirely in English for 25 years. The share of international students is therefore high, which creates an environment of cross-cultural exchange. A dual-degree option has been in place for some of these programmes for over 10 years. The Faculty operates and develops an international learning network on the subject to “Net Economy”.

Fontys University, Niederlande; Campus02, Österreich; UC Leuven-Limburg, Belgien; Universidad de Cadiz, Spanien; Vilnius Gedimino Technikos Universitetas, Litauen; South East European University, Mazedonien; University of Ljubljana, Slowenien; Rzeszow University of Technology, Polen

A very modern IT infrastructure and access to latest SAP applications in a practice-oriented test environment create the best conditions for a target-oriented course of studies.

Research projects are incorporated into teaching with current examples and research results. Example: City Lab South Westphalia, Retail Lab South Westphalia, E-competence in teaching and retail, ARSuL – augmented reality-based support for learning in the sanitary/heating/air conditioning trade, digitalise SWF

There is a professorship for Entrepreneurship and a start-up centre "South Westphalia Centre for Entrepreneurship" (SWICE), which has resulted in 20 successful start-ups since it was founded in 2017.

Both the BBA and IMIS degree courses have a BBA and an IMIS Office providing extensive services in addition to the course directors. Among other things, these help students to integrate as quickly as possible into the courses and life in Germany.