WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management

Infobox University|name = WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management


motto =
established = 1984
type = Private Business School
dean = Prof. Dr. Michael Frenkel
city = Vallendar
state = Rhineland-Palatinate
country = Germany
campus = Vallendar
undergrad = 385 (85 diploma / 300 bachelor)
postgrad = 115 (MBA programs)
45 (MLB-Program)
faculty = 20 Chairs, 102 Research Assistants, 75 Staff
free_label = Study programs
free = International Business Administration
and Management:
Bachelor of Science
Master of Science
Master of Business Administration(MBA)
Executive MBA
Master of Law and Business
endowment = €30.5 million as of 2005
mascot = WHUhu
colors= color box|navycolor box|white Blue and White
website = [http://www.whu.edu/ www.whu.edu]

The WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management is a private business school founded in 1984. The school is located in Vallendar, a small city near Koblenz. The School sees its mission as the education of global managers and entrepreneurs, and its programs have an international focus. Over the past twenty years WHU has established a worldwide network of over 150 partner universities worldwide. The school was the first German university to receive EQUIS accreditation.

WHU is supported by the WHU Foundation, an organisation of industry sponsors and the School is well-known for its corporate links. The School is ranked as a top business school in Germany (_{source, Spiegel Rankings 2006}) and is increasingly recognized worldwide and across Europe. The School's partnership with the Kellogg School of Management, USA has led to the joint Kellogg-WHU Executive MBA Program being consistently ranked one of the best EMBA programs in Europe Source, Financial Times EMBA rankings 2006.

Study Programs

WHU offers the following programs:
* Three-year Bachelor of Science program which includes two mandatory internships and one semester in one of WHU's international partner schools.
* One-and-half year Master of Science program consecutive to the Bachelor of Science program
* The one-year Master of Law and Business (MLB) program together with Bucerius Law School. The program is highly international, runs for one academic year and combines education in Business and Law by Germany's finest institutions.
* Fulltime MBA program which includes visiting studies at Kellogg School of Management - Northwestern University (USA), IIMB - Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and CEIBS - China Europe International Business School, study language is English
* The Kellogg-WHU Executive MBA programme in partnership with Kellogg School of Management - Northwestern University, Evanston/Chicago, Illinois, USA, study language is English.
* Doctoral programs, students are awarded the German PhD equivalent "Dr. rer. pol."

Alumni

* Hannes Blum, CEO of AbeBooks Inc. in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
* Paolo Dell'Antonio, CEO, Mast-Jägermeister AG
* Dr. Andreas Heine, CEO, Siemens Management Consulting
* Dr. Andreas Nick, Managing Director/Head of M&A, Bankhaus Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie KGaA
* Dr. Sebastian Klein, CEO, Cominvest
* Tony Vuljaj, CEO of Wu-Tang Financials
* Dirk Reich, Executive Vice President Contract Logistics, Kühne + Nagel International AG
* Dr. Thorsten Reitmeyer, Global Head of Private Banking, Commerzbank AG
* Oliver Samwer, Founder of Alando (acquired by ebay) and Jamba! (acquired by VeriSign/News Corp.), currently Managig Director of European Founders Fund
* Bernd Schlötterer, Managing Director, Tele-München-Gruppe
* Giuseppe G. Hanf, CFO, Grin Imp-Exp AG
* Michael W. Schwetje, Founder and CEO, OnVista AG
* Margret Suckale, Board Member, Deutsche Bahn AG
* Prof. Dr. Axel Wieandt, CEO Hypo Real Estate AG
* Markus Zöllner, Board of directors, Arques Industries AG
*John Lu, University of Michigan Business School Student

Alumni organisation: [www.inpraxi.org]

Notable Events

* [http://www.whu-euromasters.de/ WHU Euromasters]
* [http://www.idea-lab.org/index.php?lang=en IdeaLab! - The Entrepreneurial Congress]
* Campus for Finance
* forumWHU
* [http://www.campus-for-scm.de/ Campus for Supply Chain Management]

External links

* [http://www.whu.edu/ WHU Homepage]
* [http://www.whu.edu/cms/index.php?id=303&L=1/ WHU Fulltime MBA program]
* [http://www.kellogg.whu.edu/ Kellogg-WHU EMBA program]
* [http://www.bucerius.whu.edu/ Bucerius-WHU MLB Program]
* [http://www.whu-euromasters.de/ WHU Euromasters]
* [http://www.campus-for-scm.de/ Campus for Supply Chain Management]
* [http://www.campus-for-finance.com/ Campus for Finance]
* [http://www.forumWHU.com/ forumWHU]
* [http://www.spiegel.de/spiegelspecial/0,1518,grossbild-410882-337421,00.html Spiegel Business School Rankings 2005]
* [http://www.inpraxi.org]