U4Impact

Your path to becoming a future maker.

How can we tackle our major social and ecological problems (e.g. climate crisis, social division)? What skills can you learn to solve them - now and in your future career?

How can we tackle our major social and ecological problems (e.g climate crisis, social division)? What skills can you learn to solve them - now and in your future career?

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Regardless of your field of study and your wealth of experience in entrepreneurship, the U4Impact programme is available to you and supports you in your personal development on the path to your entrepreneurial future. U4Impact benefits from your personal skills and creative ideas.

Benefit from U4Impact:

Integration of the courses into the existing degree programme
Networking with students and staff from a wide range of departments
Interactive courses for skills development
Development of career prospects after graduation or research work

Illustration: The stages of the U4Impact programme

The U4Impact programme offers many opportunities to accompany you on your path to becoming a future maker.

Let yourself be inspired!
Take a look at the following programmes that offer you insights into the world of impact founders: Impact Startup Talks, Bavarian Impact Festival or get in touch with Sarah Jasiok to secure a short workshop.
Develop your impact start-up idea!
Our programme of different courses is just right for this. Whether in the Bachelor's or Master's programme in German or English. There are many credit transfer options and if these do not yet exist, please contact us.
Become a part of the community!
We would be happy to support you with your idea and help you realise it in the long term. Get in touch with us personally to join our coaching programme or take part in events such as the Social Business Meetup or Meet&Match to meet Impact Startups.

Offers that you can have credited to your degree programme:

Impact Entrepreneurship Ideas (Bachelor, German, 5 LP, WS/SS)Hide

Impact Entrepreneurship Ideas - developing solutions for social and ecological problems:

In this seminar, participants develop their own business models in interdisciplinary teams on changing overarching topics (e.g. biodiversity, inclusion) and pitch them jointly to a jury.

Participation possible without special prior knowledge.

Contact person: Philipp Ott

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Business Ethics & Social Entrepreneurship (Bachelor/Master, English, 5-6 LP, SS)Hide

In this seminar, participants work in teams to develop their own initial idea for a business model with a social impact.

Contact person: Prof Dr Rebecca Preller

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Impact Entrepreneurship (Master, English, 5-6 LP, WS/SS)Hide

In this seminar, participants develop business models in interdisciplinary teams. Participation possible without special prior knowledge.

Contact person: Eileen Straube

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Impact Startup Clinic (Master, German, 5-6 LP, WS)Hide

In this seminar, participants face the challenges of real impact start-ups or impact organisations and develop solutions in teams using entrepreneurial methods.

Contact person: Julian Hessel

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Social Entrepreneurship Cases (Master, English, 6 LP, WS)Hide

In this seminar, students will learn about various social businesses, including direct inputs from founders. Participants will analyze how these social businesses create impact and communicate it effectively.

Contact person: Prof. Dr. Eva Jakob

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Social Entrepreneurship meets Science (Master, German/English, 6 LP, WS)Hide

In this seminar, we aim to contribute to providing aspiring female entrepreneurs with access to scientific insights in the field of "Social Entrepreneurship." The goal is to (a) identify exciting findings and (b) find a medium to communicate them to aspiring female entrepreneurs – Science for Social Entrepreneurs.

Contact person: Prof. Dr. Eva Jakob

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Additional offers and events:

Bavarian Impact Festival - Creating a Meaningful Career Hide

Connect with the impact entrepreneurship scene in Bavaria and contribute to advancing our society! We bring together key players from the impact entrepreneurship sector to showcase opportunities for your sustainable professional future.

Link to the festival's website:

Impact Startup Talks - Inspirieren lassen Hide

Get inspired by the experiences of various impact entrepreneurs in 1-2 hour talks. Past guests have included, for example, Philip Baumann (former CPO, Ecosia) and Jessica Könnecke (founder of the sustainable online shop 'Mit Ecken und Kanten').

If you are interested, feel free to contact Berivan Zerze.

Social Business Meetups - Networking with the Impact Scene Hide

Networking events for students, those interested in entrepreneurship, and impact entrepreneurs.

If you are interested, feel free to contact Berivan Zerze.

Meet&Match - Find Jobs or Co-Founders in Startups Hide