A classical training in Business Administration may no longer be sufficient to qualify students in many cases. Now – and even more so in the future – there is great demand for the ability to look at the wider picture in Business Administration, to develop sustainable solutions and to possess inter-disciplinary expertise for handling economic issues. We provide our students with a blend of different Business Administration subjects, together with economic and ecological knowledge, to help them on the way towards a promising future.

Since WS 06/07 cooperation with the Japanese Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (Dual Degree - IMAT); Since 2010: International Study semester "Principles of Sustainable Business" (exchange programme for students from partner universities; already recognised twice by UNESCO); Since 2012: Cooperation with the University of California, San Diego (semester abroad); Since 2013: Cooperation with Alliant International University, San Diego (semester abroad or double degree); Since winter semester 17/18: English-speaking, international and interdisciplinary Bachelor´s degree course in "Sustainable Business and Technology".

Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Sogndal, Norwegen; Dundalk Institute of Technology, Dundalk, Irland; Dalarna University, Borlänge, Schweden; Klaipeda University, Klaipeda, Litauen; Université de Liege, Lüttich, Belgien; Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard, Belfort, Frankreich; Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacate, Spanien; Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Zypern; National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

To make sure that learning is also fun, we pay careful attention not just to exciting content, but also to everything else. This applies especially for seminars, who sensitise managers in issues relating to Sustainable Economics. To ensure concentrated learning and discussions, we offer groups an extremely wide range of seminar rooms with a pleasant atmosphere. Naturally, they are all equipped with the latest technology. The university library has a wide range of relevant specialist literature and up-to-date online databases.

In our guidelines for applied research on the environment campus, we promote the thematic focus on questions concerning the material cycle and sustainable development. In addition, we attach great importance to the linking of research and teaching with the participation of students in research projects. The research area on the Birkenfeld environment campus is very spacious, with an area of approximately 4,000 m². The amount of the funds gathered every year from third parties is impressive: the total scope on the environment campus already far exceeds the 5 million euro mark.

Start-up office on the Environment Campus: This includes the teaching of basic knowledge about start-ups, as well as the design of the start-up process, including funding advice and post-start-up support, company management support. The key areas of support are set individually, depending on the requirements of the potential entrepreneurs. Support relies on a broad network of competence partners, such as economic development agencies, continuing education institutions, banks and many companies and coaches.

We pass on our wide experience – not only to our students, but also to interested parties from all subject areas. Therefore, we offer everyone the possibility of an initial insight into the academic studies at the environment campus: our taster courses. The “Environmental Campus Birkenfeld” (UCB) took 2nd place in 2010 and 1st place in 2012 as Germany's greenest university in the comprehensive ranking of universities by Utopia GmbH. In the GreenMetric Ranking 2017, the UCB was the only university in Germany to be among the top ten (10th place); In 2018, it came in 6th place.