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Commercial / Business Law, Department

Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hof

Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Alfons-Goppel-Platz 1
D-95028 Hof
Telephone: +49 9281 409-3000
https://www.hof-university.de
HAW Hof
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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

200

Percentage of teaching by practitioners

19.0%

Job market- and career-orientation

Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment

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Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching

Business-oriented alternative to studying Law at the university; Combination of content from Law and Economics: Learning methods and ways of thinking of both disciplines - Law and Economics, acquiring competent communication skills with both the entrepreneur and the lawyer, individual specialisation options in diverse areas of specialisation (e.g. "Sustainability, Energy and Environmental Law" and "Law, Compliance, Digitisation"), in-house knowledge contributes to finding individual solutions.

Special features regarding the international orientation

Basic studies (1st-3rd semester): Compulsory module "Introduction to Legal English" and "Business Communication"; Elective specialisation (5th/6th semester): “International Business Law” with focus country China: “Introduction to Chinese Law”; English-taught/international lectures and language courses (Unicert); Bavarian-Indian Centre at the University of Hof; International excursions to partner universities and companies; International Teaching Week. Opportunity to participate in international projects with partner universities and integrated short-term mobility.

Exchange universities for stay abroads

- Hogeschool van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Niederlande - Soongsil University, Seoul, Südkorea - Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola (USIL), Lima, Peru - Tarptautinė teisės ir verslo aukštoji mokykla (International School of Law and Business), Vilnius, Litauen - Hogeschool Gent, Gent, Belgien - Nirma University, Indien

Special features regarding the equipment

Subject-specific databases (e.g. beck-online, juris, COMPLIANCEdigital, etc.); Free Citavi licences

Special features regarding research activities

Research group "Law in Sustainability, Compliance and IT" at the Iisys Institute for Information Systems of Hof University of Applied Sciences, research focus areas include IT Law, Data Governance, Law and Liability in AI Applications, Compliance, Ethics & Legal, Legal Process Modelling

Support for founders

Start-up lab at the university as a point of contact for questions on starting a business within Hof University of Applied Sciences offers help in developing a business idea and setting up a business; Start-up advice free of charge; Workshops and seminars on business planning for start-ups; Digital start-up centre Einstein1 on the university campus offers a start-up ecosystem and support in the further development of digital business ideas, assistance with financing issues and regular events and activities for networking with key stakeholders from business and politics; Regular Ideation Weeks

Other special features

Specialisation "Sustainability, Energy and Environmental Law" possible in the Bachelor's degree and deepening of knowledge possible in the new "Sustainability Law” Master’s degree. Students are empowered to question ways of doing things, recognise problems, evaluate them using the knowledge they have acquired and apply this knowledge in coping with challenges in business and society. Particular attention is paid to the sustainable orientation of law and business and the personal assumption of responsibility in such complex and dynamic processes. “Sustainable University” project

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Information on access restrictions

Website of the Student Council

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Last Update 2023: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education
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