On October 15, 2025, students from the Management and Controlling degree programs took part in an exciting excursion to SAP in Walldorf. At the "HWG LU Student Day @SAP", they were given exclusive insights into the currently rapidly changing working world of a global software company and were able to experience their possible future career field with detailed insights as well as a smart supermarket showroom with innovative future technology up close. Read more here.

On September 1, 2025, Dr.-Ing. Enver Doruk Özdemir started as Professor of Sustainable Operations and Technologies at the University's Department of Management, Controlling and HealthCare. Read more here.

On Friday, July 11, 2025, the Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society held its second graduation ceremony directly on the university's campus in Ludwigshafen-Mundenheim after last year's great success. Read more about it here.

The 66 graduates of the German and English part-time Master's degree programs radiated joy and a spirit of optimism. Around 250 guests, young and old, attended the graduation ceremony on June 28 at the Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society (HWG LU). Read more here.

As part of an excursion to the Spiratec Group, Master's students on the Controlling degree programs gained practical insights into the topics of mergers & acquisitions (M&A) and subsequent post-merger integration (PMI). Read more here.

On May 6, 2025, two experienced managers from the corporate function area of the medium-sized company SpiraTec from Speyer gave a practical guest lecture on the topic "M&A process of SpiraTec AG". Read more here.

Ludwigshafen, April 30, 2025 - Professor Dr. Manoj A. Gupte, who has held a professorship for Business Administration, in particular International Management, at the Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society (HWG LU) in Department I - Management, Controlling, HealthCare since 01.02.2024, officially arrived at the HWG LU with a ceremonial inaugural lecture on "Open Strategy - On the way to more democracy in companies". Read more here.

On April 8, 2025, SAP gave a guest lecture on cloud controlling for the BMC (B.A.) and MCO (M.A.) degree programs as part of the "Corporate Assessment" event. For more information, please refer to the two reports from the event: Report 1 and Report 2.

Sebastian Kurras inspires GiP students with insights into international healthcare projects As part of Prof. Häusler's course "Healthcare systems in international comparison" at HWG Ludwigshafen, Sebastian Kurras, Head of International Project Management at BG-Kliniken Frankfurt and graduate of the Health Economics in Practice (GiP) degree programs, reported on his impressive projects in Ukraine and Madagascar. Read more here.

On October 24, 2024, Ms. Stockhofe and Ms. Müller from SAP gave a guest lecture in the course "Value-oriented Management and Controlling" on the topic of cloud controlling. The BMC students have summarized their impressions in a short report .

Click here for the experience report of our student, Ms. Sprenger.

Mr. Breuer is studying for a Bachelor's degree program in Business Administration with a focus on Management, Controlling & Information. The degree programs offers the opportunity to study abroad in the 5th semester. The courses taken at the foreign university in the field of "Management and International Aspects" are recognized, which means that the modules from the 5th semester are replaced and the course is not extended. In his report, Mr. Breuer describes his diverse impressions and gives us further insights with his pictures. Click here for the short report.

As part of an all-day excursion to SAP, 18 HWG LU students from the Master's degree programs in Controlling (MCO) and Business Administration with a focus on Management, Controlling & Information (BMC) explored the Cloud Controlling CoE (Centre of Experience) at the headquarters in Walldorf with their professor S. Kirchner-Khairy. Find out more here.

On April 24, 2024, the inaugural lecture of Dr. Stefan Rech, Professor of Business Administration, in particular Controlling and Information Management, took place in the conference rooms of HWG LU. The President of Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society, Prof. Dr. Gunther Piller, and the Dean of Department I, Prof. Dr. Petra Weber-Dreßler, were delighted to welcome his wife alongside numerous colleagues and students. Read more here.

In March 2024, the European university network ETAP - European Taxation and Accounting in Practice - celebrated another successful European Accountancy Week (EAW). The EAW is an annual event, with currently 17 participating European universities, to offer students in the field of accounting & Finance a platform for exchange and further education. This year the EAW took place from 11.03.2024 to 16.03.2024 in Łódź, Poland. Read more about it here.

New professorship at Department I: Prof. Dr. Stefan Rech started in October as Professor of Business Administration, in particular Controlling and Information Management. Read more here.

Conference 2023 | Digital Finance & Controlling (Digital Edition).

• Event organized by HWG LU-Business Innovation Lab.
• November 13, 2023 - Online Event.

More information can be found here.

On October 13, 2023, starting at 9:15h the Health Economics Talks 2023 will take place at the Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society. More information will follow soon here.

• Compact knowledge about modern, data-driven corporate management & Controlling
• In cooperation with the ICV Fachkreis Analytics und Controlling and the XING Analytics & Controlling Community.
• You can find out more about the event dates here.

More information will follow shortly.

We congratulate our graduates of the Department. Read more about the graduation ceremony here.

Our first double degree graduate from Finland at FB I. Read more about it in the field report of our student.

On May 3, 2023, the inaugural lecture by Dr. Nikolas Wölfing, Professor of Economics, took place in the auditorium of the HWG LU. The President of the Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society, Prof. Dr. Gunther Piller, and the Dean of the Department, Prof. Dr. Eveline Häusler, were delighted to welcome his family as well as numerous colleagues and students. Read more here.

Impressions of this year's faculty conference can be found here.

Prof. Dr. Joachim Buch already retired at the end of the past winter semester 2022/2023. The farewell lecture of this colleague of many years, highly esteemed both professionally and personally, followed at intervals of a few weeks. Read more here .

The 2023 annual congress of the Federal Managed Care Association (BMC) is concerned with the transformation of the healthcare system and wants to make a contribution to shaping this. On the topic of telemedicine, Prof. Dr. Raum will present and discuss an innovative project in the field of geriatric care together with the Chairwoman of the Board of AOK Rhineland-Palatinate-Saarland, Dr. Martina Niemeyer, and the Head of Rehabilitative Care there, Martin Faust B.Sc. GiP. Further information about the congress can be found here: https://bmckongress.de/

Energy Purchasing Today And Tomorrow. Prof. Dr. Nikolas Wölfing contributes environmental economics expertise to panel discussion at the 16th Supply Management Symposium at the University of Mannheim. Read more here .

ReThink - Community - Analysis of the potential and opportunities for repositioning communities, using XING as an example. The students were divided into teams and investigated various questions. You can read more about this here.

Yesterday, students Denise Seib and Sabiha Acar were awarded the Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society's honorary scholarship for their outstanding commitment and remarkable academic achievements. Read more here.

The motto of this year's Health Economics Talks at the Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences was "Biotechnology meets Health Economics" on October 14, 2022. Read more in the press release.

A press release will follow here shortly.

Prof. Dr. Axel Kihm in September 2022 as Teaching Staff at the Universitat de Girona. Read more here .

On 21.09.2022, the joint inaugural lecture by Dr. Michael Hippeli, Professor of Business Law and Law in Healthcare and Dr. Martin Klose, Professor of Business Administration, in particular Controlling, took place, which was also attended by external guests from academia and practice. Read more here.

This year's Working Meeting for the preparation of the next European Accoutancy Week (EAW) could fortunately take place again in presence. The Brussels Campus of the Odisee University of Applied Sciences had invited to this important meeting. Click here for the article.

During a ceremony on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, five outstanding graduates or students of the Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences (HWG LU) were honored for their special academic achievements by the Friends and Sponsors Association (VFF) and the University's Equal Opportunity Officer. Read more here. (You are switching to the university communication page).

BioTech meets Health Economics

14.10.2022, 9:30-14:30h

Top-class experts deal with one of the boom industries of the future. Excellent job prospects are on offer here! Learn more.

The study program GiP celebrates its birthday.

14.10.2022, from 15:00h.

Celebration event for 20plus2-years of health economics in the GiP practice network. Learn more.

Graduates of the School of Business and Society can celebrate their degree properly again. Read more here.

Three lecturers at the Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences have recently been awarded the rare honorary professorships: Jörg Breitenbach, Henning-Arnd Müller and Monika Roth. Read more here .

On June 1, 2022, Prof. Dr. Stefan Kronenberger, Professor of Economics at the Department of Management, Controlling, HealthCare at HWG LU, former Dean of the Departments and Vice President of the University, retired. Read more here.

European Accountancy Week 2022 in Vilnius/Lithuania The 22nd European Accountancy Week (EAW) could - after a year of pandemic break - take place again, this time in Vilnius/Lithuania. There were 12 nations represented with 50 students and 17 professors. Read more here.

You can find our 3-D campus tour here.

The corona pandemic & its effects on all areas of our lives also presented our international students with new challenges. In the midst of this crisis, it was therefore important for us to find new ways to ensure that our students can interact with each other. Together with the International Office, our Critical Path Manager, Dr. Julia Meister, therefore organized a mentoring program for the first time to support our degree-seeking students. Find out more here.

The Studium Generale program at the Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences starts in March. Read more in the press release.

We welcome Prof. Dr. Nikolas Wölfing as a professor at the Departments.

• Press release

We welcome Prof. Dr. Michael Hippeli as a professor at the Departments.

• Short profile Prof. Dr. Hippeli
• Press Release

Within one year, five scholarships were awarded to students in the Health Economics in Practice (GiP) program. You can read more about this here.