impACTup!: Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Better Futures

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Quick Info: Bachelor | Seminar | English | Sommer and Winter Semester | 6 ECTS

Teaser "Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Better Futures"

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CourseBegriff (Term): impACTup!: Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Better Futures
Chair: LMU Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Jelena Spanjol
Assistant: Kira Brinkmann
Viktoria Unger
SWS: 4
Target Group: Open for all students from all levels and disciplines at LMU.
Examination: Seminar poster and semanar paper composed of reflections notes taken during the entire course.
Prerequisities: No prior knowledge required.
Course Material: The course material consists of the input provided in digital sessions and additional learning material provided via Moodle.
Rotation: Every semester
Language: English
ECTS: 6 ECTS BWL and WiPäd Students
3 ECTS depending on your study program.Faculty Approval
For more information please contact impactup@som.lmu.de.
Application / Participation: The seminar is an on-demand online course delivered via Moodle. Further information about the registration will be provided via LSF.
Course content: For a detailed outline of the course content, please read the course syllabus.
Course objective: The course introduces entrepreneurship as an effective tool for implementing sustainable innovations. You will learn how to tackle the most pressing societal and environmental challenges of our time. In the interdisciplinary sessions that are facilitated by professors from multiple faculties at LMU Munich, University of Augsburg, and the CDTM, you will learn about impact as a guiding principle for entrepreneurship. We discuss which stakeholders are important for entrepreneurs and how impact can be holistically achieved and measured. Thanks to interactive digital classes, you will learn how sustainable business models are developed, as well as how startups are financed and sustained in the long term. You will develop an impact-oriented mind- and skillset over the course duration, gain a new holistic perspective on value creation and destruction, be conscious of the value of impactful innovations and be able to translate theory into practice. The impact-oriented knowledge you will gain can not only be applied in your own field of study or in your professional career, but also in your daily life.
Exam registration: N/A
Cancellation of registration: Please send an email to impactup@som.lmu.de.

Moodle course "impACTup!: Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Better Futures" for all study programs in the Winter term – Registration open until September 30, 2025!

Do you want to become an agent of positive change?
If the answer is a resounding YES, then we have an extraordinary opportunity awaiting you!

The LMU Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center (IEC) offers an online course tailored for students across all faculties and levels with the possibility to earn ECTS credits and/or a certificate.

Watch our course teaser and join our interdisciplinary impACTup! Moodle course "impACTup!: Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Better Futures" – your gateway to becoming a part of the next generation of impACTors who are actively shaping the future through innovation and entrepreneurship.

By attending this course, you will develop future skills and learn how to translate knowledge on impact entrepreneurship into practice. There are no prior knowledge or specific skills required to join –students from all study programs and maturities are welcome.

What’s in for you?

You learn from a diverse array of speakers across different LMU Munich and University of Augsburg faculties and beyond
An in-person kick-off and closing event for networking and discussion rounds
Interactive online Moodle course that you can complete in your own pace
Receive ECTS and/or get a certificate. You can check LMU study programs that we already clarified for ECTS credit approval here.

How to register?

Register now until Tuesday, September 30, 2025 via thissurvey link if you are a LMU student or LMU exchange student.

Important Note: The course has an enrollment limit. After completing the survey, you will be informed by beginning of October whether you have been assigned a spot in the course. If admitted, you will receive a course password along with your confirmation. Please make sure to log into the course by October 8th. If you do not log in by this date, your spot will be given to another applicant.

The kick-off for all LMU students will take place on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 from 12:00-14:00 (c.t.) and the closing event will take place on Wednesday, January 21, 2026 from 12:00-14:00 (c.t.). Participation in both events and the guest lecture is mandatory.

If you are a student via the Virtuelle Hochschule Bayern (VHB), please refer to the information and registration on the VHB website. Registration is open until Friday, October 31, 2025.

EUGLOH students register via the EUGLOH website until Friday, September 26, 2025.

The kick-off for all virtual students (EUGLOH & VHB) will take place on Tuesday, November 4, 2025 from 12:00-13:00 (s.t.) and the closing event will take place on Tuesday, January 20, 2026 from 12:00-13:00 (s.t.), both via Zoom. Participation in both events and the guest lecture is mandatory.

We will host a live guest lecture by Tamas Farkas on Tuesday, December 09, from 12:00-13:30 (s.t.). Participation is mandatory.

Additional information and course procedure:

Visit the LSF course page, the LMU IEC website, or reach out to impactup@som.lmu.de.