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Honours Degree

[Translate to Englisch:] Auf dem Bild sieht man eine Frau, die sich auf dem Mensavorplatz der Universität Passsau befindet und in die Kamera lächelt.

The Honours Degree in Entrepreneurship offers students from all faculties and at any stage of their Bachelor’s or Master’s programs the unique opportunity to learn how to develop and validate a business idea in an interdisciplinary and practice-oriented environment. The program focuses on digitalization, interculturality, and sustainability, and combines academic expertise with hands-on entrepreneurial practice, effectively preparing future founders to address real-world challenges.

The program can be combined with your regular curriculum and is credited as a block seminar worth 10 ECTS. Students will be given the opportunity to attend seminars, workshops, and additional events, including the Entrepreneurship Day and a final pitch event in front of an expert panel. Participants are guided through the development of a business model and prototype(s) by an experienced team of academic staff from chairs of all faculties, external practitioners, and entrepreneurial alumni of the university.

Interested students should have an initial idea or thematic focus in mind, which they will outline in a short written concept paper as part of the application process. Ideally, participants should already have a team; however, individual applicants can form or join teams later during the Focus Days.

Application: submit a 2–5 page concept paper on the required task
Application Period: April 1st, 2026
Program Duration: April 16th – November 17th, 2026
Venue: University of Passau
Participation Fee: The Honours Degree is free of charge!

Registration
After submitting your concept paper via e-mail to maria.diekmann@uni-passau.de, register via StudIP (32766 for Bachelor’s students, 32866 for Master’s students) for the seminar Entrepreneurship Development Programme.

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Honours Degree 2025 - Structure

  • Intro, break, organization / info, outro (45 minutes)
  • Scientific input (45-60 minutes)
  • Group work on application and networking with each other and between the teams (45-90 minutes)
  • Role model / expert explanation through podcast (15 minutes)
  • Homework for application to own business model as an element of the pitch deck

Honours Degree 2025 - Topics

  • Focus Days: Get to know each other, input for your idea, take the first steps toward your Value Proposition, and start building your team
  • Intense Phase I: Business Essentials I (Business Model, Revenue Model. Costs), Pitch Training
  • Intense Phase II: Prototyping, Business Essentials II
  • Intense Phase III: Prototype Evaluation, Marketing
  • Intercultural Marketing: Go Global!
  • Negotiation: How to deal with an investor?
  • Pitchtraining: Slide design, focus, presentation
  • Final Event: Show your Business!

Honours Degree 2025 - Time Table

  • 24.04./25.04. – Focus Days
  • 09.05./10.05. – Intense Phase I
  • 22.05. – Entrepreneurship Day
  • 30.05./31.05. – Intense Phase II
  • 27.06./28.06. – Intense Phase III
  • 04.07. – Checkpoint
  • 17.10. – Negotiation
  • 20.10. – Intercultural Management & Marketing
  • 31.10. – Pitch Training
  • 20.11. – Final Event

Contact

Dr. Maria Diekmann
Room WIWI 013
Phone: +49(0)851/509-2174
maria.diekmann@uni-passau.de

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