WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management
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| Type | Private Business School |
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| Established | 1984 |
| Dean | Prof. Dr. Markus Rudolf |
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Academic staff
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37 Chairs, 272 Doctoral students, approx. 167 staff (September 2015) |
| Students | 1,401 (September 2015) |
| Location | Vallendar, Düsseldorf, RP, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Campus | Vallendar and Düsseldorf |
| Study programs |
Bachelor in International Business Administration (BSc) |
| Colors | Blue and White |
| Website | www.whu.edu |
Bachelor in International Business Administration (BSc)
Master in Management (MSc)
Master in Finance (MSc)
Full-Time MBA
Part-Time MBA
Kellogg-WHU Executive MBA
WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management (or WHU Vallendar) is a German business school. The privately financed school was founded in 1984 by the Koblenz chamber of commerce and is located in Vallendar near Koblenz and Düsseldorf. WHU maintains a network of over 190 partner universities worldwide.
The school's partnership with the Kellogg School of Management, USA has led to the joint Kellogg-WHU Executive MBA Program which is ranked as one of the best EMBA programs in Europe. Its Master of Science in Management program has been ranked 4th worldwide by the Financial Times in 2014, making WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management the foremost German business school.
WHU is the abbreviation of German Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Unternehmensführung (English: academic institution of higher education for corporate management). Patron and main financier of the business school is the late billionaire and founder of the METRO Cash & Carry Group, Otto Beisheim.
Currently, there are 1,401 students (including doctoral students) at WHU, about 167 employees and 52 professors (including junior professors). The faculty includes the following centers: WHU Asia Center, Biopharma Management Center, Center for Collaborative Commerce, Center for Controlling & Management, Center for European Studies, Center of Asset and Wealth Management, Center for Sports and Management, Financial Accounting and Tax Center, Henkel Center for Consumer Goods, Center for Market-Oriented Corporate Management, Center for Responsible Leadership and Wipro Center for Business Resilience.
WHU offers the following programs:
The selection process for the undergraduate studies consists of two separate parts. Students are preselected according to their academic achievements or personal achievements and are offered a chance to compete for one of the roughly 200 seats per year at the final selection day. During that day, candidates have to hold presentations, talk to representatives of the private business sector and go through mathematical tests. Top applicants are then offered a place in the Bachelor of Science program. The acceptance rate of those offers ranges around 94%.
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