Here you will find the various courses on offer.
Lecture: Entrepreneurship, founding and growth
Exercise: Case studies on start-up management
The lecture aims to provide students and those interested in founding a company with knowledge relevant to start-ups as well as specific skills and techniques for evaluating start-up projects. The aim is to show students entrepreneurial ways of thinking and acting that qualify them to identify, structure and evaluate entrepreneurial opportunities. At the end of the course, each student should be able to pursue their own entrepreneurial project (social or commercial), both theoretically and practically. In addition, growth opportunities for start-up projects should also be identified.
Lecture: Labour and company law for founders
Lecture: Legal structuring for company takeovers and participations
Lecture: Industrial property rights for founders
The aim of this course is to provide students and those interested in founding a company with the essential legal knowledge required for founding and managing a company. Legal principles for organising takeover and investment processes are taught and deepened with the help of practical examples. The course also covers the law of trademarks (trade mark rights and the law of business designations), the law of inventions (patent and utility model law), the law of designs and models (design law), the law on the protection of trade secrets, the relevant basic principles of copyright law and the use of AI systems in companies and their significance for industrial property rights and copyright law.
The following Bachelor's seminars will be offered in the winter semester 2025/26:
Developing Business Models and Writing Business Plans (Fundamentals) (B.Sc.)
Status: 01 December 2025
The module Entrepreneurship for Sustainability Transitions explores the significance, challenges, opportunities, and operational models of entrepreneurship for achieving sustainability transitions. The course is structured into two main components: a theoretical foundation and a practical application. In the theoretical component, the module introduces the concept of sustainable entrepreneurship and explores key academic frameworks that link entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainable development. It delves into the origins, drivers, and ecosystems of sustainable entrepreneurship, examining how sustainability challenges can be transformed into entrepreneurial opportunities and how entrepreneurial ventures can catalyse sustainability transitions. The course encourages active student participation, fostering critical reflection and in-depth discussions.
The entire module is held in English!
At the centre of this lecture is the innovative entrepreneur, who - at least in market economies - can be seen as the central moving force of economic development. The causes and effects of the foundation of new companies and entrepreneurial activity on markets are therefore analysed. Special emphasis is placed on the analysis of company internationalisation and the direct investment phenomenon as an increasingly important form of derivative company formation.
At the centre of this lecture is the innovative entrepreneur, who - at least in market economies - can be seen as the central moving force of economic development. The causes and effects of the establishment of new companies and entrepreneurial behaviour on markets are therefore first examined. In addition, the most important approaches to infrastructure theory and infrastructure policy will be presented. The focus will be on the efficient provision of infrastructure, with particular emphasis on logistical networks such as supplier, distribution, goods transport and traffic networks.
In the winter semester 2025/26, the following Master's seminars will be offered:
Status: 01 December 2025
Module according to the examination regulations for the sub-degree programme 3 (optional area) in the combinatorial degree programme with the Bachelor of Arts degree (PO 2021). The module of the optional area lasts two semesters and ends with a 90-minute final module examination on the lectures "Start-up Management I" and "Start-up Management II". The final module examination is therefore divided into two equal parts. The lecture "Fundamentals of Start-up Management" takes place in the winter semester, while the lecture "Specific Aspects of Start-up Management" takes place in the summer semester.
Module according to the examination regulations for the sub-degree programme 3 (optional area) in the combinatorial degree programme with the Bachelor of Arts degree (PO 2021). The module of the optional area lasts two semesters and ends with a 90-minute final module examination on the lectures "Start-up Management I" and "Start-up Management II" as well as on the exercise "Case Studies on Start-up Management". The final module examination is therefore divided into three equal parts. The lecture "Start-up Management I" takes place in the winter semester, while the lecture "Start-up Management II" takes place in the summer semester. The case studies can be heard in both semesters.
Module in accordance with the examination regulations for sub-degree programme 3 (optional area) in the combinatorial degree programme leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree (PO 2021). The module of the optional area lasts one semester and ends with a 90-minute final module examination on the lectures "Labour and company law for founders", "Legal structuring for company takeovers and participations" and "Industrial property rights for founders". The final module examination is therefore divided into three equal parts. All lectures can only be attended in the winter semester.
The module of the optional area lasts two semesters and ends with a 60-minute final module examination on the lectures "Fundamentals of Start-up Management" and "Specific Aspects of Start-up Management". The final module examination is therefore divided into two equal parts. The lecture "Fundamentals of Start-up Management" takes place in the winter semester, while the lecture "Specific Aspects of Start-up Management" takes place in the summer semester.
This lecture on the topic of start-up qualification is aimed at students from all faculties, in particular those interested in starting a business, participants from the optional area of the Combinatorial Bachelor and students from various other degree programmes (not BSc WiWi!).
The module of the optional area lasts two semesters and ends with a two-hour final module examination on the lectures "Fundamentals of Start-up Management" and "Specific Aspects of Start-up Management" as well as on the case studies and the seminar on start-up management. The final module examination is thus divided into four equal parts. No seminar paper has to be written in the seminar. The lecture "Fundamentals of Start-up Management" takes place in the winter semester, while the lecture "Specific Aspects of Start-up Management" and the seminar take place in the summer semester. The case studies can be listened to in both semesters.
This lecture on the topic of start-up qualification is aimed at students from all faculties, in particular those interested in starting a business, participants from the optional area of the Combinatorial Bachelor and students from various other degree programmes (not BSc WiWi!).
Thesis
For theses to be written in the summer semester, the application deadline is 15 January; for theses in the winter semester, the deadline is 15 June. Please submit your application by email to Sek-LS-Volkmann{at}wiwi.uni-wuppertal.de. You are welcome to CC your preferred supervisor and address the cover letter to them.
Doctoral Seminar
Aim of the seminar The aim of the doctoral seminar is to examine theories and methods of empirical analysis in entrepreneurship research. Please register for the doctoral seminar by 15 September in the winter semester and by 15 March in the summer semester at sek-ls-volkmann@wiwi.uni-wuppertal.de. You will receive further information on the seminar programme after registration.
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