Co­oper­at­ing with HNU

The HNU focuses on four central research fields:

• Digital Innovations for the Aging Society
• Digitalization of Healthcare
• Artificial Intelligence
• Future-proof Business Models

Through cross-cutting themes, the HNU addresses the challenges of tomorrow for businesses and society in the digital age:

• Transformation Management
• Ethics and Sustainability
• Optimization of Business Processes
• Data Analytics
• Internationalization

Our research chairs offer particular expertise in the following areas:

• Logistics
• Risk and Resource Management
• Information Management
• Innovation Management
• Sales Intelligence & Compliance
• Digital Medicine and Care
• AI - Natural Language

Benefit from the practical expertise and networks of HNU experts from teaching, research, and transfer: Our professors have several years of professional experience and bring their scientific insights back into practice. In their competence centers and institutes (opens in a new window), HNU consolidates the continuous development of practice-oriented teaching and applied research - at the cutting edge and in close collaboration with companies, partner universities, and non-academic institutions. One possible form of collaboration is offered by our concept seminars, where companies work together with students on practical issues. Our HNU showcase (opens in a new window) and design thinking workshops (opens in a new window) provide exemplary insights into the diverse results of our practical projects. On the 'Theory x Practice' page (opens in a new window), we present a variety of projects from the three faculties of HNU that our students have implemented in collaboration with companies.

Everyone talks about digitalization - we drive it forward: Firstly, we offer a wide range of degree programs tailored to digitalization and innovation management, thus educating the future shapers of tomorrow. Secondly, within the scope of our Transformation Management theme, we holistically prepare our cooperation partners in the region and beyond for the challenges of the future. At our Institute for Digital Transformation (IDT), which focuses on the digital transformation of medium-sized companies, we share our research findings, current knowledge, and applicable methods on the topic of digital transformation with you. Our project database (opens in a new window) provides insight into our current research projects.

Degree programs in the field of digitalization (selection):

• Digital Enterprise Management (B.Sc.)
• Data Science Management (B.Sc.)
• Digital Transformation and Global Entrepreneurship (M.Sc.)
• Digital Innovation Management (M.Sc.)

Part-time:

• B.A. Management, Digitalization and Sustainability
• MBA Digital Leadership and IT Management

Exchange formats:

• IT-Congress Neu-Ulm | Ulm - The forum for decision-makers, users, and IT professionals
• IDT Open Lab – Exchange between experts from business and science on current topics of digital transformation
• IT Executive Circle (ITEC) - Exchange between IT managers from regional companies on IT management topics

Our academic continuing education (opens in a new window) prepares you for the workplace of the future: With part-time degree programs, certificate courses, and educational programs, we tailor your and your employees' qualifications for leadership and management roles. In addition to traditional continuing education, you can also participate in topic-specific workshops, seminars, and lectures.

As an international business school for innovation, entrepreneurship, and digital transformation, HNU places a strong focus on entrepreneurship and fostering entrepreneurial thinking and action: Through supporting startup-related projects, mentoring startup initiatives, and providing existing startup infrastructure, HNU contributes to the regional startup ecosystem. With the opening of the Founders Space in October 2021, HNU provides a space for creativity, exchange, networking, co-working, and experimenting and implementing ideas. HNU offers various opportunities for networking and support to companies, investors, and alumni.

We are approachable, accessible, and responsive: On our campus in Wiley Park, we facilitate tailored offerings and individual dialogues through short pathways and open doors. In addition to Neu-Ulm, Illertissen, Günzburg, and Leipheim are also part of the 'HNU map': The Castle Vöh­lin Sem­inar Centre (opens in a new window) provides a space for the education and further development of students, teachers, and representatives from academia and business. The Technology Transfer Center (TTZ) in Günzburg (opens in a new window) supports regional companies in the fields of artificial intelligence and machine learning. The task of the Technology Transfer Center (TTZ) in Leipheim (opens in a new window) is to advance knowledge and technology transfer to digital and sustainable value creation systems in the Nordschwaben region.

We are happy to advise you on current HNU projects in which you can participate and get involved. Please feel free to contact us.

With its innovatively equipped laboratories (opens in a new window), HNU creates the foundation for active and recursive innovation exchange with regional stakeholders from business, society, and politics on its campus. The laboratories at HNU include:

• Design Thinking Lab
• Digital Operations Lab
• DocLab
• Founders Space
• GM-Lab (Health­care Man­age­ment Labor­at­ory)
• Information Management Automotive Labor­at­ory
• Innovation Space
• Logistics Labor­at­ory
• Media Centre
• UX-Testing und Usability Labor­at­ory

All laboratories provide state-of-the-art infrastructure for interaction and collaborative knowledge production, enabling the transfer of knowledge and technologies into entrepreneurially feasible solutions. Scientists, students, and business representatives can develop and test their own ideas in this infrastructure.

The target-oriented event offerings of HNU invite participation and collaboration through various pathways and formats, providing the opportunity to network inter- and transdisciplinarily. HNU offers suitable event formats such as conferences and congresses, idea competitions, innovation circles in an open innovation format, event series, workshop series, and informal gatherings for numerous focal points and needs. The underlying concept is that the complex challenges and issues of our time can only be tackled through open innovation processes.

The intensive collaboration with regional, national, and international stakeholders from business, society, and politics, and the resulting continuous, recursive exchange, are cornerstones of daily practice at HNU. As a regional driver of innovation, we are deeply rooted and extensively connected in the strong innovation region of Ulm/Neu-Ulm. Employees, alumni, as well as friends and supporters of HNU are actively connected through our digital channels, such as LinkedIn.

Through our knowledge and technology transfer, we fulfill our societal responsibility, also involving civil society actors. For example, HNU is involved in initiatives like the House of Sustainability (opens in a new window), founded in 2021, along with other stakeholders.

The HNU maintains active university partnerships and research contacts on all continents, providing a fertile ground for project and cooperation initiatives that benefit from an expanded perspective and global experiences. International guest professors regularly enhance our teaching. The first point of contact for international matters is our International Office (opens in a new window): The staff coordinate international exchanges and advise students on exchange opportunities.