Awards and Prizes
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 the 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 dedication and the excellence of their courses. The award can be given to individuals or entire teams who have been particularly successful in sparking the interest of their students and providing them with valuable expertise.
2023
Prof. Dr. Matthias Kropp
Business Administration
Prof. Dr. Anusch Tavakoli
Bachelor’s Program Business Law
2022
Prof. Dr. Stefan Foschiani
Business Administration
Prof. Dr. Felix Krebber
Bachelor’s Program Advertising
2021
Prof. Dr. Stefan Haugrund
Business Administration
Prof. Dr. Sascha Wolf
Economics
2020
Prof. Dr. Frauke Sander
Business Administration
Prof. Dr. Dirk Wentzel
Economics
2019
Prof. Gabriele Naderer
Bachelor’s Program Market Research and Consumer Psychology
2018
Prof. Dr. Markus Häfele
Bachelor’s Program Taxation and Auditing
Prof. Dr. Stephan Thesmann
Bachelor’s Program Business Informatics
2017
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Föhl
Bachelor’s Program Media Management and Advertising Psychology
Prof. Dr. Kirsten Wüst
Quantitative Methods
2016
Prof. Dr. Barbara Tybusseck
Bachelor’s Program Business Law
Prof. Dr. Torben Kuhlenkasper
Quantitative Methods
2015
Prof. Dr. Fritz Gairing
Bachelor’s Program Human Resources Management
Prof. Dr. Simone Huck-Sandhu
Bachelor’s Program Marketing Communication and Advertising
2014
Prof. Dr. Nadine Walter
Bachelor’s Program International Marketing
Prof. Dr. Hanno Beck
Economics
2013
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Volkert
Economics
Prof. Dr. Klaus-Peter Reuthal
Bachelor’s Program Business Law
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
2010
Prof. Dr. Urban Bacher
Business Administration
Bernd Kuppinger
Lecturer
2009
Prof. Dr. Katja Rade
Business Administration
Prof. Dr. Ralph Schmitt
Bachelor’s Program Business Law
2008
Prof. Dr. Elke Theobald
Bachelor’s Program Advertising
2007
Prof. Dr. Thomas Cleff
Quantitative Methods
Prof. Dr. Eckart Liesegang
Business Administration
The Business School's Practice Award honors professors for linking theoretically sound knowledge with profound professional practice. The Practice Award in particular honors and promotes successful cooperations with companies, organizations, associations and Chambers of Commerce.
2023
Prof.Werner Burkard
Bachelor’s Program Digital Enterprise Management, Buiness Information Systems, Management & IT
2022
Prof. Dr. Anja Schmitz
Bachelor’s Program Human Resources
2021
Prof. Dr. Christa Wehner
Bachelor’s Market Research and Consumer Psychology
2020
Prof. Dr. Barbara Lorinser
Bachelor’s Program Business Law
2019
Prof. Dr. Anja Forster
Bachelor’s Program Marketing
2018
Prof. Dr. Frank Bertagnolli
Bachelor’s Program Resource Efficiency Management
2017
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Janovsky
Bachelor’s Program Marketing
2016
Prof. Dr. Waldemar Pförtsch
Bachelor’s Program International Business
2015
Prof. Dr. Brigitte Thäle
Bachelor’s Program Business Law
2014
Prof. Dr. Brigitte Gaiser
Bachelor’s Program Marketing Communication and Advertising
2013
Prof. Dr. Mario Schmidt
Bachelor’s Program Resource Efficiency Management
2012
Prof. Dr. Michael Terporten
Business Administration
2010
Prof. Dr. Klaus Möller
Bachelor’s Program Purchasing and Logistics
2009
Prof. Dr. Frank Morelli
Bachelor’s Program Business Informatics
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
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
The Honorary Award is presented to exceptional personalities who have rendered outstanding services to the entire university and who are regarded as role models and sources of inspiration 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.
2017
Prof. Dr. Rudi Kurz
Economics
2016
Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Rau
Bachelor’s Program Business Informatics
2013
Prof. Dr. Helmut Wienert
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.
2021
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Volkert
Economics
2020
Prof. Dr. Klaus Möller
Bachelor’s Program Purchasing and Logistics
2019
Prof. Dr. Hanno Beck
Economics
2018
Prof. Dr. Mario Schmidt
Bachelor’s Program Resource Efficiency Management
2017
Prof. Dr. Tobias Brönneke
Bachelor’s Program Business Law
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 their students than average.
2023
Hans-Georg Dahl
Bachelor’s Program Human Resources Management
2022
Kerstin Klär
Bachelor’s Program Market Research and Consumer Psychology
Dr. Frank Maile
MBA International Management
2021
Prof. Dr. Bettina Peters
Quantitative Methods
Dr. Rudolf Albert
Bachelor’s Program Marketing
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 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.
2021
Annika Reh
Bachelor’s Program International Marketing
2020
Pia Szichta
Master’s Program Life Cycle & Sustainability
2019
Carolin Lehmann & Dorothea Ruziczka
Master’s Program Corporate Communication Management
2018
Felix Merkle
Bachelor’s Program International Business
2017
Kristin Hess
Bachelor’s Program Human Resources Management