WFI – Ingolstadt School of Management

The WFI – Ingolstadt School of Management (or WFI Ingolstadt) is a leading German business school and the faculty of business administration and economics of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. The WFI (meaning "Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät Ingolstadt" ) is one of Germany's foremost business schools[3][4] and the modern successor of Bavaria's first university, i.e. the ancient University of Ingolstadt. It is also Germany's only catholic business school and specifically marked with compulsory courses in economic and business ethics and an obligatory choice of a foreign commercial language course.

WFI - Ingolstadt School of Management
Motto"klein - fein - anspruchsvoll"[1]
TypePrivate University, Private Business School
Established1989
DeanProf. Dr. Jörg Althammer
Administrative staff
ca. 100; 23 Professors
Studentsca. 900
Location, ,
Germany[2]
Colours   
Websitewww.wfi.edu

History[5]

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From 1472 to 1800 the University of Ingolstadt had its seat in Ingolstadt before it moved to Landshut and later to Munich and is still existing as the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. In the early 1980s, in order to continue the city's tradition of higher education combined with the ambitions of the Catholic University of Eichstaett to diversify the offered portfolio of courses, the city and the University started negotiations about the establishment of a faculty of economics on a second campus of the University in Ingolstadt. The negotiations culminated in the start of teaching in the autumn of 1989 at the new founded business faculty which from then on made public appearance as WFI - Ingolstadt School of Management.[6]

 
Main building of the WFI

The main cluster of campus buildings of the faculty, including the library (which is a European Documentation Centre) and the big lecture hall, were in former times a monastery of the Divine Word Missionaries, but it was soon to small for the increasing numbers of students. Therefore the decision was made to expand the existing faculty with a new building on campus, which was finished in 1995, when already around 750 students were enrolled at the WFI.

In 1997 the first chair of Service Management in Germany was introduced at the WFI – Ingolstadt School of Management.

Reputation

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The WFI has a reputation of being one of the best academic institutions for management education in Germany as its corporate relations and major rankings (9th nationally, 2nd in Bavaria) confirm.[7][8]

Selection process

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Since 1996 the WFI uses a double-stage selection process for university applicants in order to assess their potential. Applicants are preselected on the basis of their academic and personal achievements as well as their extracurricular activities and social commitment. During an interview day potential students have to put their intellectual skills to the test and are asked to explain their motivation to become a part of the WFI academic community. This takes place in front of a jury of professors, research fellows and further members of the school.[9][10]

Degree programmes

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The WFI offers the following degree programmes:[11]

International partner universities

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As internationality[12] is one of the major aspirations of the WFI – Ingolstadt School of Management, it has own partner universities in addition to the partners of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. A small selection:[13]

University City Nation
St. Edward's University Austin, Texas United States
Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch South Africa
Tongji University Shanghai PRC
Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou PRC
Xiamen University Xiamen PRC
Loyola Institute of Business Administration Chennai India
ITESO Guadalajara Mexico
Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies Kochi India
Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance St. Petersburg Russia
Higher School of Economics Moscow Russia
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Leuven Belgium
Hanken School of Economics Helsinki / Vaasa Finland
ESC Toulouse Toulouse / Barcelona France / Spain
EDHEC Business School Lille / Nice France
Regent's College London London United Kingdom
University College Dublin Dublin Ireland
Freie Universität Bozen Bolzano Italy
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milan Italy
Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio nell’Emilia Modena / Reggio Emilia Italy
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Vilnius Lithuania
Warsaw School of Economics Warsaw Poland
Comenius University Bratislava Slovakia
Universidad de Salamanca Salamanca Spain
Universidad de Sevilla Seville Spain
Corvinus University Budapest Hungary

References

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  1. ^ "Mission".
  2. ^ "Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, WFI Ingolstadt School of Management". https://studieren.de. {{cite journal}}: External link in |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "Testimonials".
  4. ^ "Rankings".
  5. ^ "History of the WFI".
  6. ^ "WFI - Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Ingolstadt school of management". http://www.masterstudies.com. {{cite journal}}: External link in |journal= (help)
  7. ^ "WFI: Partner - Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt". www.ku.de.
  8. ^ "Ranking: Die besten Unis und Fachhochschulen 2013". www.wiwo.de.
  9. ^ "BWL (B.Sc.): Bewerbung - Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt". www.ku.de.
  10. ^ "BWL – MARKT (M.Sc.): Bewerbung - Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt". www.ku.de.
  11. ^ "WFI: Studienangebot - Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt". www.ku.de.
  12. ^ "Faculty of Business Administration (WFI) - Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt". www.ku.de.
  13. ^ "Partner Universities".
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