The Technische Universität München (TUM), Germany’s leading entrepreneurial university, was selected as one of Germany’s universities of excellence by the German government in 2006. High-calibre research on an international level is conducted in twelve faculties.

The range of subjects is unique throughout Europe: natural sciences, engineering, medicine and life sciences. This interdisciplinary research platform can play a substantial role in developing new technologies, designing new products and creating new business models. Since its foundation in 1868, TUM has served as a vital stimulus to technical progress worldwide. Famous scientists and engineers, such as Carl von Linde and Rudolf Diesel, have shown how pioneering inventions can be used to create innovative products. Today’s scientists are keeping up this enterprising tradition.

Every year a large number of innovations and teams make their way from university into industry. The TUM Business School supports this trend by focusing on the combination of technology and management.

HHL - Leipzig Graduate School of Management, founded in 1898 as Handelshochschule Leipzig, was the first German business school to be granted university status.

HHL has always had an international orientation and a commitment to rigorous business instruction. It provides students with a general management education that meets the highest academic standards for students with the intellect, drive, talent and personality in order to become business and managerial leaders.

In 2004, HHL's commitment to quality and continuous improvement was confirmed when it received the prestigious accreditation by AACSB International, the top accrediting agency for business schools worldwide.

UnternehmerTUM, one of the leading entrepreneurship centers in Europe, specializes in incubating opportunities in the early stages. In innovation projects students learn how to create new products and services. For that, the center runs its own innovation labs and prototyping workshops.

UnternehmerTUM also trains over one thousand students, scientists and professionals per year in its entrepreneurship courses. More than ten thousand people and one hundred companies are engaged in the entrepreneurial network as founders, project team members, students, corporate partners and alumni.

The Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, offers a superb management education to outstanding women and men from around the world. The School is one of the world’s leading producers of new ideas and knowledge for all areas of business, and a launching point for many new businesses.

The Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is the primary locus at Berkeley for the study and promotion of entrepreneurship and new enterprise development.

McKinsey is the generalist among consulting firms. The fundamental issues that McKinsey addresses encompass all top management concerns – from strategy and organization to operations and systems. McKinsey's special expertise is the ability to closely link functional know-how and profound industry knowledge worldwide.

From the very beginning, McKinsey & Company has been an active partner of the executive program. Lecturers from McKinsey will share industry‘s best practice with you.

Dr. Gernot Strube, director of the Munich office of the consultancy McKinsey & Company.

»What makes the Executive Program so attractive to students is the unique combination of management training and individual project work - this significantly enhances the development of innovative products and services. The new Executive Program in Innovation & Business Creation fills a gap in the field of postgraduate training: it provides a great platform and ideal environment to turn innovative ideas into real business success. Many companies and individuals in Germany can truly benefit from this program.«

The one-week Silicon Valley Tour is provided by our partner Intel. Its Intel Higher Education Program - a worldwide collaboration between Intel and 150 universities in 34 countries – provides students with access to world class research leadership, direct technology support and technology entrepreneurship skills to help move the resulting technology expertise and knowledge to the local economies.

Prof. Dr. Mark Harris, Intel Director Higher Education & Research, EMEA Region (Europe, Middle East, Africa) and Professor for Technology Entrepreneurship.

»We collaborate with the TU München because, as an entrepreneurship university, it is consistent with our goals of promoting technology entrepreneurship. The fact that the TUM was recently granted the status of an elite university is clear confirmation of highest quality standards.«