Campus concept encourages interdisciplinary exchange; International character (student exchange, double degree programmes with Paris, Warsaw, Colorado, Wisconsin); Courses in Management/Accounting & Finance taught in English in the Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees; Master in International Economics and Public Policy entirely in English; Quantitative-empirical focus (empirical applications, abundant data resources); High degree of practical relevance (joint courses with practitioners, guest lectures by executives); Promotion of core competencies; Innovative teaching concepts; Use of live voting systems.

Double degree programmes with the SGH Warsaw, Université Paris Nanterre, Colorado State University-Pueblo and University of Wisconsin River Falls; Great variety of Erasmus exchange universities (110 places); Further university or faculty partnerships (student and lecturer exchange) within/outside Europe (e.g. China, South Korea, Australia, South Africa); Master's degree course in International Economics and Public Policy taught in English with around 50% international students; Extensive range of courses taught in English in the Bachelor’s and Master’s of Management as well as Accounting and Finance.

Tongji University Shanghai, China; Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Südkorea; Université Paris Nanterre, Frankreich; Colorado State University-Pueblo, USA; University of Wisconsin River Falls, USA; SGH Warschau, Polen; Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italien; Karlstad University, Schweden; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spanien; Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Kolumbien.

Excellently equipped departmental library with numerous workspaces and modern learning centres; Campus-wide access to a wide range of economics databases (e.g. Business Source Premier; Wiso Economic Sciences – full text; EconLit) and economics journals; WiFi across the whole campus; large number of computer pools; Remote desktop (access to university drive from off campus); comprehensive network licences for Stata and SPSS; Expert support from the Centre for Data Processing; MOGON (world's top 100 high-performance computer).

Interdisciplinary research focus area in “Interdisciplinary Public Policy”; Various interdisciplinary projects funded by third-parties between Economics, Business Administration, Computer Science, Medicine, Political Science, Psychology and Business Education; International research collaborations with universities and businesses; Utilisation of research results in teaching optimisation; Active involvement of students in research projects through final theses and various research assistant roles; Research projects in cooperation with schools; Interdisciplinary Federal Ministry of Education and Research project (Business Information Systems, Economics) on e-learning.

As part of the project "PROF | Professional Advice for Students", the guidance office organises regular workshops and lectures on entrepreneurship, for example. The advisory student university group "Berater" itself is a young company that advises other entrepreneurs and prepares business plans for them. The alumni network offers the opportunity for networking. The Start-UP Night is a regular networking event on start-up topics, in which business founders discuss their experiences with start-up companies.

Professional advice for students: Support students throughout their studies. Practice-related university groups for Business Consulting, Marketing, Stock Exchange and Plural Economics. Psychotherapeutic advice centre. Promotion of diversity (diversity audit) and women (equal opportunities officer). Central service point for barrier-free studying and representation for the severely disabled. Course of study for professionally qualified students without a secondary school certificate. German courses for foreign students. Central family service office: Childcare. Enacta & AISEC (international volunteering / social projects).