The Technische Universität München (TUM) is Germany's leading entrepreneurial university. Chosen as one of the
country's universities of excellence by the German government in 2006, it conducts high-calibre research on an international level in thirteen different faculties.

The spectrum of subjects is unique throughout Europe, ranging from natural sciences and engineering to medical, life and business sciences. Inaugurated in 2002, TUM School of  Management is one of the leading management schools in Germany. The approach of the TUM School of Management is unique in Germany. The faculty researches and teaches at the highest possible level of quality and directly at the interface of business administration with engineering and natural sciences. The university's interdisciplinary research platform plays a substantial role in developing new technologies, designing new products and creating new business models.

Since it was founded 1868, TUM has served as a vital stimulus to economical progress worldwide. Famous scientists and engineers, such as Carl von Linde, Rudolf Diesel and nowadays Stefan Vilsmeier and Peter Kowalsky have shown how pioneering inventions can be used to create innovative products, services and businesses. Since 1990, TUM has contributed to the establishment of some 370 companies that currently employ approximately 11,000 people.

UnternehmerTUM, the Center for Innovation and Business Creation, is an institute affiliated to Technische
Universität München. With more than 40 employees, over 1,000 participants attending lectures, seminars and programs each year, as well as 50 innovation and start-up projects per year, UnternehmerTUM is one of the leading university based innovation and business creation centers in Europe.

UnternehmerTUM GmbH Thrills and Enables Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow

UnternehmerTUM GmbH focuses on the entrepreneurial qualification of students, researchers and professionals. In particular, UnternehmerTUM GmbH seeks to develop and foster entrepreneurial potentials and creates the ability to develop business concepts. Seminars, lectures and corporate qualification programs are offered in this context.

UnternehmerTUM Projekt GmbH giving Momentum to Innovations and New Companies

The foundation of new companies is a driving force for innovation and growth. Such new companies open up new markets, create new jobs and offer solutions to social challenges of the future. The initiation and support of growth-oriented new companies is therefore another highlight and key activity of UnternehmerTUM Projekt GmbH. UnternehmerTUM Projekt GmbH also focuses on the further strengthening of a culture of innovation within companies.

UnternehmerTUM-Fonds Management GmbH: Venture Capital for Startups

The UnternehmerTUM Fund provides early-stage venture capital for high-technology startups and supports them with market expertise, startup experience and an active network of business partners that encompasses industry experts and other venture capital investors.

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.

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, successful 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.«