Your Entrepreneurial Journey with the Entrepreneurship Research Institute

Exploring and learning how to be entrepreneurial at TUM paves a variety of exciting career paths. Possible career paths for entrepreneurial talents are to create/work in a startup, be an intrapreneur, manage a family business, own a small business, work in an NGO, be a politician, be a business consultant, work in the startup ecosystem, be an inventor, be a leader/change maker, be a researcher/ educator,.. .
Be inspired, experience, connect and learn about the multiple facets of entrepreneurship at TUM and ERI. Below, we structured various courses from this academic year offered by ERI that expand your entrepreneurial competencies to prepare you for these career paths.
We structured our ERI courses in three categories:
- Learn entrepreneurship basics
- Develop & validate an innovative idea
- Learn how to manage a start-up and drive innovation & change
Please find below also more information about the focus areas impact and technology.
1 Learn entrepreneurship basics
- LE: Foundations of Entrepreneurial Business (MGT001372)
- LE: Entrepreneurship for Students of Information Systems: Entrepreneurship in a Digital Age (WI000969)
2 Develop & validate an innovative idea
- LE: Entrepreneurial Idea Development (MSE, in German, WI100809)
- SE: Global Entrepreneurship Summer School (MGT001405)
- SE: Impact School (MGT001346)
3 Learn how to manage a startup and drive innovation & change
Abbreviations
LE = Lecture
SE = Seminar
1 Learn entrepreneurship basics
- LE: Entrepreneurship (WI900005, WI001185)
- LE: Entrepreneurship for Students of Information Systems: Entrepreneurship in a Digital Age (WI000969)
- LE: Innovative Entrepreneurs (WI000285)
- SE: Young Entrepreneurs in Science (MGT001308)
- Adv SE: I&E: Entrepreneurship for a Cause (MGT001394)
- Adv SE: I&E: Innovation & Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship and Communities (MGT001429)
- Adv SE: I&E: Entrepreneurial Role Models (WIB250012S)
- Adv SE: I&E: Ideation & Venture Creation (WIB18812_1)
- Adv SE: I&E: Innovation and Organization Design (WIB26995)
2 Develop & validate an innovative idea
- SE: Social Entrepreneurship Lab (WIB26001)
- SE: Global Entrepreneurship Summer School (MGT001405)
- SE: Impact School (MGT001346)
- SE: Prototyping Entrepreneurial Ideas in New Technologies: AI (MGT001341)
- SE: Entrepreneurial Prototyping (WI001166)
- LE: Entrepreneurial Opportunity Development (Sport and Exercise Science, WI001158)
3 Learn how to manage a startup and drive innovation & change
- SE: Advanced Topics in Innovation & Entrepreneurship: Leadership for Innovators: Empowering Entrepreneurial Teams and Building Trust (WIB250012S)
- SE: Case Study Seminar in Managing Business Models, Growth, and Disruption (WI001214)
- SE: Change Makers: Entrepreneurial and Design Competencies for Social Transformation (MGT001410)
- SE: Entrepreneurial Expedition: A Deep Dive into Munich's Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (MGT001455)
- SE: Impact Entrepreneurship for Transformational Change (MGT001435)
- SE: Scaling Entrepreneurial Ventures (MGT001404)
- SE: How Digital Platforms Compete – Building and Sustaining Competitive Advantage (MGT001349)
- SE: What's New about New Forms of Organizing - Adapting to the AI world (WIB26004)
- LE: The Role of Nature in Modern Capitalism (MGT001461)
4 Graduate with Impact
- TUM Entrepreneurial Masterclass (0000004010)
Abbreviations
LE = Lecture
SE = Seminar
Adv SE = Advanced Seminar
1 Learn entrepreneurship basics
- Introduction to Entrepreneurship Research
- Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development
3 Learn how to manage a startup and drive innovation & change
- Develop your Entrepreneurial Thinking
- Entrepreneurial Competencies for Positive Change: Blending Personal Goals and Societal Impact
Focus Areas
Focus Area: Impact

Click here to find entrepreneurship courses specific to sustainability.
Focus Area Technology

Click here to find out more about entrepreneurship courses focused on sustainability.
Overarching Entrepreneurial Journeys
TUM SOM Entrepreneurial Journey
Please find further information on entrepreneurship courses offered by TUM School of Mangement here.
TUM Entrepreneurial Journey
If you are interested in additional, interdisciplinary courses in the entrepreneurial ecosystem from TUM you can find them here.
Furhter Information
Please find a complete overview of all entrepreneurship courses at TUM as a download here.