Business PF

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