Prizes and Awards
The excellent reputation of the Business School Pforzheim is mainly based on the people who work and study here. Inspiring individuals, outstanding achievements in teaching and applied research, and successful co-operations with partners from industry are major factors for the success and the excellent reputation of a university of applied sciences. Our professors are passionate about what they do. They inspire students and act as role models for those to whom they impart their knowledge and values. Our lecturers are professionals who bring extensive work experience and the latest knowledge to the classroom.
The Business School's Teaching Award honors professors for their commitment and the excellence of their courses. The award is presented to individuals or entire teams who have been particularly successful in sparking the interest of students and providing them with valuable specialist knowledge.
2007
Prof. Dr. Thomas Cleff
Quantitative Methods
Prof. Dr. Eckart Liesegang
Business Administration
2008
Prof. Dr. Elke Theobald
Bachelor’s Program Advertising
2009
Prof. Dr. Katja Rade
Business Administration
Prof. Dr. Ralph Schmitt
Bachelor’s Program Business Law
2010
Prof. Dr. Urban Bacher
Business Administration
Bernd Kuppinger
Lecturer
2012
Prof. Dr. Harald Strotmann
Economics
Team of the Bachelor’s Program Business Law
Prof. Dr. Tobias Brönneke, Prof. Dr. Claudius Eisenberg, Prof. Dr. Rainer Gildeggen, Prof. Dr. Simone Harriehausen, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Jautz Prof. Dr. Matthias Lehr, Prof. Dr. Barbara Lorinser, Prof. Dr. Klaus-Peter Reuthal, Prof. Dr. Ralph Schmitt, Prof. Dr. Kerstin Schweizer, Prof. Dr. Anusch Tavakoli, Prof. Dr. Brigitte Thäle, Prof. Dr. Andreas Willburger
2013
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Volkert
Economics
Prof. Dr. Klaus-Peter Reuthal
Bachelor’s Program Business Law
2014
Prof. Dr. Nadine Walter
Bachelor’s Program International Marketing
Prof. Dr. Hanno Beck
Economics
2015
Prof. Dr. Fritz Gairing
Bachelor’s Program Human Resources Management
Prof. Dr. Simone Huck-Sandhu
Bachelor’s Program Marketing Communication and Advertising
2016
Prof. Dr. Barbara Tybusseck
Bachelor’s Program Business Law
Prof. Dr. Torben Kuhlenkasper
Quantitative Methods
2017
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Föhl
Bachelor’s Program Media Management and Advertising Psychology
Prof. Dr. Kirsten Wüst
Quantitative Methods
2018
Prof. Dr. Markus Häfele
Bachelor’s Program Taxation and Auditing
Prof. Dr. Stephan Thesmann
Bachelor’s Program Business Informatics
2019
Prof. Gabriele Naderer
Bachelor’s Program Market Research and Consumer Psychology
2020
Prof. Dr. Frauke Sander
Business Administration
Prof. Dr. Dirk Wentzel
Economics
The Business School's Practice Award honors professors for linking theoretically sound knowledge with profound professional practice. It is awarded to particularly successful co-operations with companies, organizations and associations.
2007
Team Human Resources Management: Prof. Dr. Günther Bergmann, Prof. Dr. Michael Felleisen, Prof. Dr. Fritz Gairing, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Janovsky, Prof. Dr. Meinulf Kolb, Prof. Dr. Markus-Oliver Schwaab, Prof. Dr. Christa Wehner
2008
Team Economics: Prof. Dr. Hanno Beck, Tanja Hösel, Prof. Dr. Rudi Kurz, Prof. Dr. Bernd Noll, Prof. Prof. Dr. Rainer Maurer, Prof. Dr. Regina Moczadlo, Prof. Dr. Harald Strotmann, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Volkert, Sina Wagner, Prof. Dr. Dirk Wentzel, Prof. Dr. Helmut Wienert
2009
Prof. Dr. Frank Morelli
Bachelor’s Program Business Informatics
2010
Prof. Dr. Klaus Möller
Bachelor’s Program Purchasing and Logistics
2012
Prof. Dr. Michael Terporten
Business Administration
2013
Prof. Dr. Mario Schmidt
Bachelor’s Program Resource Efficiency Management
2014
Prof. Dr. Brigitte Gaiser
Bachelor’s Program Marketing Communication and Advertising
2015
Prof. Dr. Brigitte Thäle
Bachelor’s Program Business Law
2016
Prof. Dr. Waldemar Pförtsch
Bachelor’s Program International Business
2017
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Janovsky
Bachelor’s Program Marketing
2018
Prof. Dr. Frank Bertagnolli
Bachelor’s Program Resource Efficiency Management
2019
Prof. Dr. Anja Forster
Bachelor’s Program Marketing
2020
Prof. Dr. Barbara Lorinser
Bachelor’s Program Business Law
The Honorary Award is presented to exceptional personalities who have rendered outstanding services to the entire university, who have given decisive impulses and who can be regarded as role models within the business school. Only on special occasions are extremely brilliant and exceptionally committed professors honored for their excellence and life's work at the university.
2013
Prof. Dr. Helmut Wienert
Economics
2016
Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Rau
Bachelor’s Program Business Informatics
2017
Prof. Dr. Rudi Kurz
Economics
Dean‘s Award for Intellectual Contributions with Distinguished Impact
The Dean's Award for Intellectual Contributions with Distinguished Impact is awarded to professors at the Business School Pforzheim who make an outstanding contribution to solving societal challenges through their research and teaching, and whose results are widely visible to the public.
2017
Prof. Dr. Tobias Brönneke
Bachelor’s Program Business Law
2018
Prof. Dr. Mario Schmidt
Bachelor’s Program Resource Efficiency Management
2019
Prof. Dr. Hanno Beck
Economics
2020
Prof. Dr. Klaus Möller
Bachelor’s Program Purchasing and Logistics
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Lecturers
The Dean's Award for Distinguished Lecturers is awarded to long-standing lecturers at the Business School who impart their theoretically sound knowledge in an outstandingly practical manner, present it with excellent content and didactics, and are far more committed to the learning success of the students than average.
2020
Prof. Erich Riess
Business Administration
Dr. Oliver Nickel
Bachelor’s Program Marketing Communication and Advertising
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Academic Achievement and Exceptional International Accomplishments
The Dean's Award for Distinguished Academic Achievement and Exceptional International Accomplishments is awarded either to students or alumni who have achieved far above-average results in their Bachelor or Master studies at Business School Pforzheim, who have completed at least one semester at a partner university abroad with excellent results and who can demonstrate outstanding academic achievements that go beyond the core of their studies - e. g. in the form of a conference paper, a publication or a far above-average transfer of academic knowledge into business practice.
2017
Kristin Hess
Bachelor’s Program Human Resources Management
2018
Felix Merkle
Bachelor’s Program International Business
2019
Carolin Lehmann & Dorothea Ruziczka
Master’s Program Corporate Communication Management