impACTup!: Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Better Futures

It will be on YOU to change our world!

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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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Summary

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 summer term – Registration open until April 28, 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.

Please note:

LMU students at the LMU School of Management receive 6 ECTS in the Bachelor programs
“Betriebswirtschaftslehre” and “Wirtschaftspädagogik I” (PStO 2015) in the “Wahlpool (Vertiefung Kompetenzbereiche der Betriebswirtschaftslehre I – III)“.

How to register?

Register now until Monday, April 28, 2025 via this survey link if you are a LMU student or LMU exchange student.

The kick-off for all LMU students will take place on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 from 12:00-14:00 (c.t.) and the closing event will take place on Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from 12:00-14:00 (c.t.). Participation in both events is mandatory.

If you are a student via the Virtuelle Hochschule Bayern (VHB), please refer to the information and registration on the VHB website until Sunday, April 27, 2025. Participation in the kick-off event is mandatory.

EUGLOH students register via the EUGLOH website until Wednesday, April 2, 2025.

The kick-off for all virtual students (EUGLOH & VHB) will take place on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 from 10:00-11:00 (s.t.) and the closing event will take place on Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from 10:00-11:00 (s.t.), both via Zoom. Participation in both events is mandatory.

Additional information and course procedure:

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