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 | Summer and Winter Term | 2 PWS; 3 or 6 ECTS
Teaser "Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Better Futures"
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Summary
- CourseBegriff (Term)
- impACTup!: Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Better Futures
- Chair
- Institute for Innovation Management
- Lecturer
- Prof. Dr. Jelena Spanjol
- Assistant
- Kira Brinkmann
Viktoria Unger - Hours per week
- 4
- Target Group
- B.Sc. BWL
B.Sc. Physik
M.Sc. Physik
Humanmedizin - Examination
- Seminar poster and/or seminar paper composed of reflection notes taken during the entire course.
- Prerequisities
- No prior knowledge required.
- Course Material
- Digital online course (with kick-off, guest lecture, and closing sessions held live in person).
- Rotation
- Every semester
- Language
- English
- ECTS
- B.Sc. BWL 6 ECTS
B.Sc. Physik 3 ECTS
M.Sc. Physik 3 ECTS
Humanmedizin 2 PWS - Participation
- The seminar is an on-demand online course delivered via Moodle.
- 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 on
- 26.06.2026
- Exam registration
- 25.05.2026-19.06.2026
- Cancellation of registration
- Please send an email to impactup@som.lmu.de
Moodle course "impACTup!: Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Better Futures" for BWL students in the Summer term – Registration open until April 22, 2026!
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!
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.
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, guest lecture, and closing event for networking and discussion rounds.
- Interactive online Moodle course that you can complete in your own pace.
How to register?
No prior registration is necessary for the course. Official registration will occur during the mandatory in-person kick-off on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. There, we will provide you with the Moodle password and registration link. Please note that attendance at the kick-off, guest lecture, and closing sessions is mandatory to receive ECTS.
Disclaimer
Interested in the course content but not eligible for ECTS? You can still enroll in the "Content-Only" version of the course to receive a certificate of participation. This is open to anyone with LMU Moodle access. Please send us an email to impactup@som.lmu.de.
Additional information and course procedure:
Visit the LSF course page, the LMU IEC website, or reach out to iimpactup@som.lmu.de.