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Your Entry into Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship Basics

Flexible, hands-on, and creditable

Do you want to learn how to develop ideas, build teams, or manage companies strategically?

The Entrepreneurship Basics provide a solid, practice-oriented introduction to entrepreneurial thinking – flexible and eligible for credit in many degree programs.

You can choose courses freely. Once you have earned a total of 6 credit points, you will receive an official certificate.

Urkunde der Entrepreneurship Basics

What can you expect?

  • Hands-on courses with real-world relevance: Learn how business ideas are developed, business models are built, and companies are strategically shaped.
  • Training in entrepreneurial thinking: Strengthen skills such as creative problem-solving, effective decision-making under pressure, teamwork, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
  • Learning with students from diverse disciplines: Different perspectives make the courses dynamic, practical, and application-oriented.
  • 6 CP to earn your certificate: Once you have completed a total of 6 CP, you will receive the official Entrepreneurship Basics certificate.

With the Entrepreneurship Basics, you gain not only an official certificate that strengthens your CV, but also an entrepreneurial mindset that is equally valuable in start-ups, SMEs, and large corporations.

Who is the program for?

The program is open to all students at Saarland University who want to take responsibility, develop new perspectives, and actively shape the future.

Whether you aim to start your own venture, take on responsibility within a company, or simply learn how to identify opportunities faster and solve problems more creatively – the Entrepreneurship Basics provide a strong foundation.

Overview of courses

To receive the Entrepreneurship Basics certificate, you complete courses worth a total of 6 CP credits from the foundational module area of our program.

Entrepreneurship Basics
Advanced Entrepreneurship Zertifikat
Excellence Entrepreneurship Zertifikat
SS / WS
DE / EN
Mehr dazu
6 CP
24 CP
60 CP
Grundlagen (6CP)
Unternehmensplanspiel (3 CP)
SS / WS
DE / EN
Businessplan School (3 CP)
SS / WS
DE
Entrepreneurial Readiness I: Idea Creation (3 CP)
SS / WS
EN
Entrepreneurial Readiness II: Team Creation (3 CP)
SS / WS
EN
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 & Certification

The recognition of courses within your degree program is arranged in coordination with your respective examination office – or as outlined in your program’s module handbook.

After successfully completing each course, you will receive a certificate of achievement, which you can submit to your examination office.

Once you have accumulated a total of 6 CP, you can submit your collected course certificates to us – and you will receive an official certificate.

Questions about the Entrepreneurship Basics?

Not sure where to start? Or wondering what your next steps could be? Feel free to reach out – we’re happy to help.

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