International Study Program | ISP

Information for incoming bachelor exchange students from our partner universities

> Courses offered in English

Please find

our ourse offerings & descriptions/syllabi in the table below,
the ISP prerequisites, how to choose courses & information on learning agreements here
important program dates & our academic calendar here

Course ID	Course Title	ECTS Credits [classroom contact hours]	Course Offers Summer Semester 2026	Course Offers Winter Semester 2026/27	Course Offers Summer Semester 2027 tentative	Latest Syllabi*
Accounting / Investment / Finance
AUD3031	International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)	3 [30]	yes	yes	yes	S2026
ACC2041	International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)	3 [30]	replaced by Aud 3031 in Summer Semesters	yes fast track	replaced by Aud3031 in Summer Semesters	W2025/26
BAE2541 / BWI10113	International Management 1 (Fundamentals)	3 [30]	yes	yes fast track	Yes	S2026
BAE2542	Innovation Management	3 [30]	replaced by BWI10030
BWI10030	Innovation Management	2 [30]	yes	yes	yes	S2026
FIN3201	Investment Controlling	3 [30]	yes	yes fast track	yes	S2026
FIN3321	Corporate Finance	3 [30]	yes	yes fast track	yes	S2026
GMT1302i	Foundations in Accounting	3 [30]	yes	yes	yes	S2026
GMT2110/2350	Financial Accounting & Financial Management	7 [90]	yes	yes	yes	S2026
GMT2251	Foundations of Cost and Performance Accounting	5 [60]	yes	yes	yes	S2026
GMT3031	Financial Modelling for Corporate Finance and Corporate Valuation	3 [30]	yes	no	no	S2026
GMT3423	Investment Banking and Corporate Finance (s)	6 [75]	yes	yes	no	S2026
Contextual Studies
			Summer Semester 2026	Winter Semester 2026/27	Summer Semester 2027	Latest Syllabi
IBU1104	Doing Business in Germany and Europe	6 [45]	yes	yes fast track	yes	S2026
IBU2131	Challenges and Perspectives of the European Integration	5 [45]	yes	yes fast track	yes	S2026
BWI10104	Cross Cultural Management 1	3 [30]	no	tbc	yes	W2025/26
SIC1104	Cross-cultural Competencies (s)	2 [15]	yes	yes fast track	yes	S2026
SSC1102	The History of German Art (s)	3 [30]	yes	yes fast track	yes	S2026
Economics
			Summer Semester 2026	Winter Semester 2026/27	Summer Semester 2027	Latest Syllabi
ECO1151	Macroeconomics	5 [60]	yes [4 alternative offers]	yes	yes	S2026 Werner \| Brändle \| Leroch \| Antony
ECO1051	Introduction [of Economics] and Microeconomics	6 [60]	yes [2 alternative offers]	yes	yes	S2026 Werner \| Noskova
ECO2011	International Economics	5 [60]	yes [2 alternative offers]	yes	yes	S2026 Antony \| Volkert
ECO2120	Seminar in Sports Economics (s)	5 [30]	yes	yes fast track	yes	S2026
ECO3012	Economics of the Digital Economy	3 [30]	yes	no	yes	S2026
Ethics / Natural Resources / Sustainability
			Summer Semester 2026	Winter Semester 2026/27	Summer Semester 2027	Latest Syllabi
BNRE3111	Markets and Economics of Natural Resources	5 [60]	yes	yes	yes	S2026
ESR3106	Ethics, Business and Society (s)	5 [60]	yes	yes	yes	S2026
ESR3204	Ethics and Economics	5 [60]	replaced by ESR3207	no	tbc
ESR3207	Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility new course summer semester 2026	5 [60]	yes	no	tbc	S2026
FIN3203	Sustainable Finance and Investing	3 [30]	yes	yes	yes	S2026
MKT3044	Developing Sustainable Products & Services (s)	3 [30]	cancelled	no	no	S2025
Information Technology
			Summer Semester 2026	Winter Semester 2026/27	Summer Semester 2027	Latest Syllabi
BAE2432	Information Technology II	3 [30]	no [1 alternative offer]	no	tbc	W2025/26 S2026 alternative offer
BWI10106 (BAE2491)	Business Information Systems	3 [30]	yes	yes	yes	S2026
BIS3012	Transactional Processing Systems in Logistics (advanced SAP)	3 [30]	yes	replaced by BIS3014	replaced by BIS3014	S2026
BIS3014 new course winter semester 2026/27	Production Planning with SAP S/4HANA	3 [30]	no	yes	no	tba
BIS3061	Internet of Everything	3 [30]	yes	yes fast track	yes	S2026
BIS3082i	Data Processing	3 [30]	cancelled	no	tbc	S2025
BIS3102/BIS3063	Digital Service Innovation	3 [30]	cancelled	yes	tbc	W2025/26
HOT0020	Introduction to Programming with Python (s)	3 [30]	yes	yes	yes	S2026
Logistics / Materials-, Production-, Global Process Management / Supply & Value Chain
			Summer Semester 2026	Winter Semester 2026/27	Summer Semester 2027	Latest Syllabi
BAE2521/ BWI10054	Production Engineering and Manufacturing 2	3 [30]	yes	yes	yes	S2026
BAE2441/ BWI10057	Logistics	3 [30]	yes	yes	yes	S2026
BAE2530	Operations Management with Laboratory	6 [60]	replaced by BWI10108
BWI10108	Operations Management with Laboratory ++all 3 parts have to be taken++	5 [60]	yes	yes	yes	S2026 part 1 \| part 2 \| part 3
BAE4056/ BAE4058	Supply Chain Management 1	3 [30]	yes	yes	yes	S2026
PLS3011 (PAL3111)	E-Business and Supply Chains	3 [30]	yes	yes	yes	S2026
PAL3112	Corporate Risk Management	3 [30]	cancelled	no	tbc	S2025
PAL3114	Process Excellence & International Trade	3 [30]	replaced by PAL 3117	no	tbc	S2026
PAL3117 new course summer semester 2026	Design Thinking	3 [30]	yes	yes	tbc	S2026
PAL3116 new course summer semester 2026	Digital Project Management - Plan, Make, Deliver	3 [30]	yes	no	tbc	S2026
Management/ International Business / Strategy
			Summer Semester 2026	Winter Semester 2026/27	Summer Semester 2027	Latest Syllabi
BAE1113/ BWI10192	Strategic Management (fundamentals)	3 [30]	yes	yes	yes	S2026
BWI10103	International Business 1	2 [30]	yes	yes	yes	S2026
BAE2541/ BWI10013	International Management 1 (Fundamentals)	3 [30]	yes	yes fast track	yes	S2026
BAE2542	Innovation Management (c)	3 [30]	no replaced by BWI10030			W2025/26
BWI10030	Innovation Management	2 [30]	yes	yes	yes	S2026
BAE2621	Human Resource Management	3 [30]	yes	no	yes	S2026
BAE2622	Negotiation Theory and Practice	3 [30]	yes	no	yes	S2026
BAE4143	International Management 2 (Advanced)	3 [30]	yes	yes fast track	yes	S2026
BAE4144	Specific Challenges in International Management	3 [30]	yes	yes fast track	yes	S2026
BAE4141	International Business 2	3 [30]	yes	yes	yes	S2026
GMT1301	Management of Business Functions	4 [60]	yes	yes	yes	S2026
GMT1310	Business Administration II and Corporate Taxation part 1: Management: Organizational Structures and Decisions GMT1311 & part 2: Corporate Taxation TAX1012 ++both parts have to be taken++	5 [75]	Yes	Yes	yes	S2026 part 1 - GMT1311 part 2 - TAX1012
GMT2300	Managing Digital Transformation part 1: GMT2301 Management in the Digital Age & part 2: GMT2302 Digital Transformation: Technologies and Application Areas ++both parts have to be taken++	5 [60]	Yes	Yes	yes	S2026 part 1 - GMT2301 part 2 - GMT2302
GMT3013	Strategic Management	3 [30]	yes	yes	yes	S2026
GMT3041	Digital Entrepreneurship	5 [45]	yes	yes fast track	yes	S2026
GMT3421	Retail Management	6 [75]	yes	no	yes	S2026
HRM2220	Leadership & Organizational Behavior (s) Part 1: HRM2221 Leadership & Part 2: HRM2222 Organizational Behavior ++both parts have to be taken++	6 [60]	yes	yes	yes	S2026 part 1 HRM2221 part 2 HRM2222
HRM3118	Culture eats Strategy for Breakfast (s)	3 [30]	yes	yes	yes	S2026
HRM3120	AI in Human Resources Management	3 [30]	no	yes	no	W2025/26
HRM3121 new course summer semester 2026	Exploring Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the Workplace	3 [30]	yes	no	yes	S2026
IBU2101	Introduction to International Business	6 [75]	yes	yes	yes	S2026
IBU2162/ IBU2152	International Negotiation Strategies	3 [30]	yes	yes	yes	S2026
IBU2133	Techniques in International Commerce	2 [30]	replaced by IBU2152			S2025
IBU2161	Fundamentals in Digitalization for International Management	2 [30]	no	yes		S2026
LAW2081	Introduction to International Business Law	6 [45]	no	yes combination online & on campus fast track	no	W2025/26
MMM3114	Entrepreneurial Mindset	3 [30]	yes	yes	yes	W2025/26
Marketing / Consumer Behaviour / Media / Sales
			Summer Semester 2026	Winter Semester 2026/27	Summer Semester 2027	Latest Syllabi
BAE2551/ BWI10117	International Technical Sales 1 (c)	3 [30]	yes	yes	yes	S2026
BAE4037	Marketing Simulation	3 [30]	yes	yes fast track	yes	S2026
BIM7070 new course summer semester 2026. Target group: advanced Marketing students	Brand Communications	3 [30]	yes	no	tbc	S2026
MAR3115 new course winter semester 2026/27	Data Story Telling	3 [30]	no	yes	tbc	tba
MCO2130	Consumer and Communications Research Part 1: MCO2131 Consumer Behaviour and Psychology of Advertising & Part 2: MAR2042 Fundamentals of Market Research) ++both parts have to be taken++	5 [60]	no	yes fast track	no	W2025/26 part 1 W2025/26 part 2
MCO2170	Marketing Communications (s) Part 1: MCO2171 Fundamentals of Marketing Communications & Part 2: MCO2172 Case Studies in Marketing Communications ++both parts have to be taken++	5 [60]	yes	no	yes	S2026 part 1 \| part 2
MCO2052	Fundamentals of Marketing	5 [60]	yes [2 alterenative options, same professor	yes	yes	S2026
MKT2161	Fundamentals of Digital Marketing	3 [30]	no	yes	no	W2025/26
MKT3031	International Marketing	3 [30]	yes	yes	yes	S2026
MKT3091	Global Consumer Goods Marketing	3 [30]	yes	no	yes	S2026
MKT3103	Marketing for Tech Startups in Global Markets	3 [30]	yes	no	yes	S2026
MKT3205	Introduction into Online Technologies for Marketing Professionals	3 [30]	yes	yes	yes	S2026
MMM3301	Social Media Marketing (s)	3 [30]	yes	yes fast track	yes	S2026
MMMxxxx new course winter semester 2026/27	Branded Podcasts (s)	3 [30]	no	yes fast track	no	tba
Mathematics / Statistics
			Summer Semester 2026	Winter Semester 2026/27	Summer Semester 2027	Latest Syllabi
AQM1051	Financial Mathematics	2 [30]	yes [online*]	yes online*]	yes [online*]	S2026
AQM1151	Descriptive Statistics	3 [30]	yes	yes	yes	S2026
AQM1142	Mathematical Optimization	2 [30]	yes	no	yes	S2026
AQM2101/AQM2061	Inferential Statistics	3 [30]	yes	yes fast track	yes	S2026
AQM2062	Quantitative Analytics	2 [30]	yes	yes	yes	S2026
Last update: May 18, 2026 / JE

*Annotations:

Contact hours: 1 contact hour translates to 45 minutes; typically, one teaching session comprises 90 minutes
ECTS Credits: 1 ECTS credit corresponds to 30 hours of workload, including contact hours with professor, further reading, assignments & preparation for exams
fast track: typically offered in winter semesters; these courses will end before Christmas including final exams. We do have some courses finishing in November already. In summer semesters fast track courses will end in the 7th lecture week.
Online courses: exams for online courses will take place on campus in classroom
Regular Track = please see the academic calendar here
Syllabi: latest available syllabi are uploaded to this website (W = Winter, S = Summer Semester);
syllabi of the current semester will be available during the week before lectures will start.
(c) = course clashes with some courses in German as a foreign language. Students subsequently choose either the German as a foreign language course, or the business course. It is not possible to take both courses parallel. Final information during the welcome and orientation at the beginning of every semester.
(canc) = canceled on organizational reasons
(s) = seat limit | registration information within ISP Introduction & Welcome session
tba = to be announced
tbc = to be confirmed

ISP online timetable

Please find the link to the ISP online timetable ("LSF") here

Final official timetable release: for our winter semester by mid/end of September, for our summer semester around the 2nd week of March
To see the names of your professors in the timetable, please login with your Pforzheim University login details (for login information please check our "IT Infrastructure guide" on ISP downloads)
You will receive detailed information on the timetable systematic during our welcome & orientation period

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Business courses in English How to choose courses	Business courses in French, Spanish & German	Courses German as a foreign language	Practical experience in a company in Germany	Faculty - your professors
Our incoming students - Testimonials	Academic calendar & program dates	Application & Admission	Downloads	The ISP Team – your contact persons
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