The IMES program is supported by several academic Chairs at TU Berlin. Course enrollment procedures are shared on the website of the respective Chair that offers the course, or during the first lecture of a course. Please note, some courses have limited seats and require an application to secure a seat in advance. Please check the relevant Chair websites and follow the procedures. If no procedures are posted until the first lecture day of a new semester, simply join the ISIS course.
Compulsory Courses (30 ECTS) (P-Pflicht)
IMES has 4 Compulsory Courses (30 ECTS) that must be completed in the 1st year at TU Berlin. Although these are required, students may still need to signal their intent to participate.
| Module Title | Designation | ECTS | Winter | Summer | Focus | Chair |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture Campus | Compulsory | 12 | ✔ | ✔ | Practice | Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management |
| Innovation Economics | Compulsory | 6 | ✔ | - | Core | Innovation Economics |
| Strategic Management | Compulsory | 6 | - | ✔ | Core | Strategic Leadership and Global Management |
| Entrepreneurship Research | Compulsory | 6 | ✔ | ✔ | Research | Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management |
Elective Courses (30 ECTS) (WP-Wahlpflicht)
30 ECTS must be completed in the Compulsory Elective category, where students plan their own independent specialization by selecting courses that provide desired competencies or perspectives in line with personal interests and career goals. It is required that at least 6 ECTS are achieved in each of the respective areas: Innovation (6), Entrepreneurship (6), Sustainability (6), and the remaining (12) can be selected as desired. Modules with multiple designations can only be applied to one area; declared when registering for the module exam.
| Module Title | Designation | ECTS | Winter | Summer | Focus | Chair |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crisis Management meets Consulting | Entrepreneurship | 6 | - | ✔ | Practice | Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management |
| Designing Your Happy Life | Entrepreneurship | 6 | ✔ | ✔ | Core | Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management |
| Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Challenging Global Contexts | Entrepreneurship | 6 | - | ✔ | Research | Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management |
| Life Science Venturing | Entrepreneurship or Innovation | 6 | - | ✔ | Core | Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management |
| Fundamentals of Project Management | Entrepreneurship or Innovation | 6 | ✔ | ✔ | Basic | Technology and Innovation Management |
| Business Research Methods | Entrepreneurship or Innovation | 6 | ✔ | ✔ | Research | Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management |
| Payments and Market Infrastructure | Entrepreneurship | 6 | - | ✔ | Core | Macroeconomics |
| Strategic Project Management and Agile Organization | Entrepreneurship or Innovation | 6 | ✔ | - | Core | Technology and Innovation Management |
| Management of Corporate Crisis | Entrepreneurship | 6 | ✔ | - | Practice | Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management |
| Entrepreneurial Marketing | Entrepreneurship | 6 | ✔ | - | Research | Marketing |
| Project Seminar: Strategic Management of Cities | Innovation, Entrepreneurship, or Sustainability | 12 | ✔ | - | Practice | Strategic Leadership and Global Management |
| Design Thinking for Smart Living & Health | Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability | 6 | - | ✔ | Practice | Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management |
| Advanced Research Seminar - Innovation Management | Innovation | 6 | ✔ | - | Research | Technology and Innovation Management |
| Advanced Research Seminar: Gender and Innovation | Innovation | 6 | - | ✔ | Research | Technology and Innovation Management |
| Advanced Seminar - Practical Innovation Management Tools | Innovation | 6 | ✔ | - | Research | Technology and Innovation Management |
| Digital Innovation | Innovation | 6 | - | ✔ | Core | Innovation Economics |
| Innovation Management - Process and Actors | Innovation | 6 | - | ✔ | Core | Technology and Innovation Management |
| Innovation Marketing | Innovation | 6 | - | ✔ | Core | Marketing |
| Innovation Policy | Innovation | 6 | - | ✔ | Core | Innovation Economics |
| Strategic Standardization and Platform Management | Innovation | 6 | - | ✔ | Core | Innovation Economics |
| Technology Management | Innovation | 12 | - | ✔ | Core | Technology and Innovation Management |
| Innovation Workshop | Innovation | 12 | ✔ | ✔ | Practice | Marketing |
| Industry Spotlight on Innovation Management | Innovation | 6 | ✔ | ✔ | Practice | Technology and Innovation Management |
| Corporate Innovation Management | Innovation | 6 | ✔ | - | Core | Technology and Innovation Management |
| Intellectual Property Management | Innovation | 6 | ✔ | - | Core | Innovation Economics |
| Open Source and IP in the Digital Society | Innovation | 6 | ✔ | - | Core | Innovation Economics |
| Multinational Corporations and Corporate Control | Sustainability | 6 | ✔ | - | Core | Strategic Leadership and Global Management |
| Aktuelle Themen aus Marketingpraxis und -forschung: Marketing Strategy Simulation Game | Innovation | 6 | ✔ | - | Practice | Marketing |
| Quality Infrastructure Management | Sustainability | 6 | ✔ | - | Core | Innovation Economics |
| Strategies for Sustainable Development in Politics and Economy | Sustainability | 6 | ✔ | - | Core | Sustainable Engineering |
| Sustainable Innovation | Sustainability or Innovation | 6 | ✔ | - | Core | Innovation Economics |
| Sustainable Management Control | Sustainability | 6 | ✔ | - | Core | Accounting and Management Control |
| Sustainable Production and Operations Management | Sustainability | 6 | ✔ | - | Core | Production and Operations Management |
| The Economics of Climate Policy | Sustainability | 6 | ✔ | - | Research | The Economics of Climate Change |
| Managing innovative Projects - Case Study Seminar | Innovation | 6 | - | ✔ | Practice | Technology and Innovation Management |
| Sustainable Management and Sustainable Competitive Advantages | Sustainability or Entrepreneurship | 6 | - | ✔ | Core | Strategic Leadership and Global Management |
| Policy Analysis - transition to climate neutrality (formally called Climate and Energy Policy) | Sustainability | 6 | ✔ | - | Core | Energy and Climate Policy |
| Ecodesign | Sustainability | 6 | ✔ | - | Core | Sustainable Engineering |
| Methods and Tools for Sustainability Assessment | Sustainability | 6 | - | ✔ | Core | Sustainable Engineering |
| Sustainable Economics 1: Urban Economics for Sustainability | Sustainability | 3 | ✔ | - | Core | Sustainability Economics of Human Settlements |
| Sustainable Economics 2: Urbanization and Global Environmental Change | Sustainability | 3 | - | ✔ | Core | Sustainability Economics of Human Settlements |
| Critical Sustainability | Sustainability | 6 | - | ✔ | Core | Critical Sustainability |
| Economics of Sustainability | Sustainability | 6 | ✔ | - | Core | MTS |