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Advanced Entrepreneurship Certificate

Entrepreneurial expertise that connects ideas, responsibility, and execution

With the Advanced Entrepreneurship Certificate, you develop a deep understanding of the key building blocks of successful ventures.

These range from business models and innovation to team building, strategic thinking, and effective execution.

At the same time, you earn an official university certificate that highlights your entrepreneurial profile – in your CV, in applications, and wherever initiative, responsibility, and future-oriented skills matter.

Arbeitsgruppe beim Unternehmensplanspiel

What can you expect?

A future-ready entrepreneurial skill set: Develop the skills and methods needed to advance ideas, build business models, understand markets, form teams, and make informed entrepreneurial decisions.

Hands-on formats with real relevance: Work on real-world challenges, practice pitching, teamwork, and problem-solving, and apply methods such as design thinking, agile approaches, and strategic planning.

Interdisciplinary learning: Collaborate with students from different fields and gain perspectives beyond your own discipline.

A strong additional profile with official certification: Upon completion, you will receive a certificate that makes your additional qualification in entrepreneurship visible.

Advanced Entrepreneurship provides you not only with an official university certificate, but also with the skills and methods needed by founders and the leaders of tomorrow.

Who is the program for?

For students at Saarland University who want to think entrepreneurially and systematically expand their skills for a complex and dynamic world.

For anyone who aims to start a business, take on responsibility within organizations, or build a strong additional profile with an official university certificate.

Advanced Entrepreneurship is designed for students who don’t just find ideas exciting, but want to understand how to develop them, structure their implementation, and think them through entrepreneurially. It combines start-up knowledge, leadership skills, and future competencies into a profile that goes far beyond a single field of study.

Program structure

The Advanced Entrepreneurship Certificate comprises 24 CP and is divided into three areas:

Foundation Module (6 CP)

Build the basis for entrepreneurial thinking and action. Depending on the course, topics include business ideas, team building, business planning, or strategic decision-making under time pressure. If you complete more than 6 CP in this area, additional credits can be counted toward the elective module.

Mandatory Module (12 CP)

Deepen your knowledge of essential business and entrepreneurial fundamentals, as well as the academic foundations of innovation strategies, methods, and leadership.
“Business Administration Compact Knowledge for Founders I & II” can alternatively be replaced by a completed degree in business administration.

Elective Module (6 CP)

Specialize according to your interests: whether you prefer creative work, are passionate about technology, or want to focus on market strategies – you design your own profile.
You will develop key future skills, including idea generation, teamwork, prototyping, innovation marketing, and business simulation.

Overview of courses

From this portfolio, you select the courses required to complete the certificate.

Entrepreneurship Basics	Advanced Entrepreneurship Zertifikat	Excellence Entrepreneurship Zertifikat	SS / WS	DE / EN	Mehr dazu
6 CP	24 CP	60 CP
Grundlagen (6CP)				Grundlagen (6CP)1
Unternehmensplanspiel (3 CP)			Unternehmensplanspiel (3 CP)		SS / WS	DE / EN
Businessplan School (3 CP)			Businessplan School (3 CP)		SS / WS	DE
Entrepreneurial Readiness I: Idea Creation (3 CP)			Entrepreneurial Readiness I: Idea Creation (3 CP)		SS / WS	EN
Entrepreneurial Readiness II: Team Creation (3 CP)			Entrepreneurial Readiness II: Team Creation (3 CP)		SS / WS	EN
Startup Management – Blockveranstaltung (6 CP)			Startup Management – Blockveranstaltung (6 CP)		SS / WS	DE
	Pflichtbereich (12 CP)
	BWL-Kompaktwissen: Unternehmensgründung I (3 CP)			SS / WS	DE
	BWL-Kompaktwissen: Unternehmensgründung II (3 CP)			SS / WS	DE
	Innovations- und Gründungsmanagement (6 CP)			WS	DE
	Wahlbereich (6 CP)	Wahlbereich (18 CP)
	Case Study Programm (6CP)			SS / WS	EN
	Driving Sustainable Innovation (3CP)			n. a.	EN
	Designing and Managing Sustainable Business Models (3 CP)			SS	EN
	Ent. Skills: Projektmanagement, Scrum, Kommunikation (3 CP)			SS / WS	DE
	Unternehmergeist Saar (3 CP)			SS	DE
	Digital Entrepreneurship (6 CP)			WS	EN
	Corporate Entrepreneurship (6 CP)			SS	DE
	BioTech Entrepreneurship (6 CP)			WS	EN
	Technologiemanagement (6 CP)			WS	DE
	Management of Digital Transformation (6 CP)			SS	EN
	Innovationsmarketing (6 CP)			SS	DE
	Gründungslehrveranstaltungsreihe (3 CP)			SS / WS	DE / EN
		Fächerübergreifende Module (12 CP)
		12 CP aus Basiskursen aus anderen Studiengängen der Universität des Saarlandes oder anderer Unis Beratungstermin / Motivationsschreiben erforderlich
		Studienprojekt (6 CP)
		Min. 180h Praktikum im Startup /Unternehmen
		Min. 180h Aktivität in Triathlon Community Formaten
		Abschlussarbeit (6 CP)
		Wissenschaftlich fundierte Arbeit zu unternehmerischen oder gründungsrelevanten Fragestellungen
	Zusatzleistungen
	Teilnahme bei einem Gründertreff			SS / WS	DE / EN
	Teilnahme bei einem Hackathon oder Startup Weekend			SS / WS	DE / EN

Recognition & Important Information

Participation in the certificate program is generally designed to be flexible and alongside your studies. Depending on your degree program and examination regulations, individual courses may also be credited toward your studies.

The key factor is coordination with your responsible examination office or the regulations outlined in your program’s module handbook.

You will receive certificates of achievement for successfully completed courses. Upon completing the full program, an official certificate will be issued.

Additional Information

Early registration recommended: To ensure we can provide you with the best possible guidance, support your progress, and track your certificate journey accurately, we recommend registering early and submitting your course certificates promptly after completion.

Practical and community engagement: To successfully complete the certificate, participation in entrepreneurial practice and community formats is required. This includes at least two events such as founder meetups, hackathons, or other formats within the Triathlon ecosystem.

Transition regulation for the previous Entrepreneurship Certificate: If you have already completed courses from the previous Entrepreneurship Certificate, you may choose either to complete the existing certificate or switch to the new Advanced Entrepreneurship Certificate. This requires prior registration for the former certificate with the Chair of Technology and Innovation Management.

Build the profile today that will make the difference tomorrow

With Advanced Entrepreneurship, you develop the skills that are becoming increasingly important in a dynamic world.

Register early to strategically plan your certificate journey, select the right courses, and secure an official university certificate that strengthens your entrepreneurial profile.

Teilnehmer des Unternehmensplanspiels vor einer Leinwand

Questions about the Advanced Entrepreneurship Certificate?

Not sure how to get started or have other questions? Feel free to reach out – we’re happy to support you.

Florian Staufer
Entrepreneurship

florian.staufer@uni-saarland.de

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