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Lea Greca
Campus Mülheim

Duisburger Str. 100 45479 Mülheim an der Ruhr


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Prof. Dr. Mark Oelmann
Campus Mülheim

Duisburger Str. 100 45479 Mülheim an der Ruhr

course

BWL - Energy and Water Management

Academic Degree
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Standard period of study
7 Semester
Study start
Wintersemester
Admission restriction
Zulassungsfrei
Subject area
Fachbereich 2
Institute
Institute of Business Administration
Study location
Mülheim an der Ruhr
Accreditation
Accredited

Energy and water - at the epicenter of climate change discussions

Periods of heat, drought and dryness on the one hand. 
Heavy rainfall and flooding on the other. 
The earth and we need a climate turnaround!
Energy and water are the most important resources of our future! We need specialists who take care of them ecologically and economically.

What you can expect

  • Complete business management training
  • Exciting energy and water topics
  • Many practitioners and a new, modern campus

In a group of a maximum of 60 students per year, you will receive all the basic business courses.
But that's not all: using current issues from the energy and water sector as examples, you will learn how to apply your basic business knowledge in practice and which aspects are particularly relevant in practice.

In addition, you will get a feel for the various job profiles in the energy and water sector, particularly as part of our lecture series. You will recognize which future professional activities might appeal to you and how you can qualify accordingly through elective modules and internships.

Your study content

  • Business administration, law and technology are closely interlinked
  • Application of methods to the energy and water industry
  • Examination regulations, module handbook & study plan

With us, you will receive a complete business management education. You will apply this theoretical knowledge to current topics in the energy and water sector and exchange ideas with players from one of Germany's most important economic sectors.

What will you learn?

You will learn in a very practical way how business knowledge can be used in the interests of sustainability.

This will help you during your studies

  • Interest in environmental and technical topics
  • Enjoy economic thinking
  • Ability to work in a team.

Your study program

Introduction to energy and water management and scientific work I

6 Credits

Technology of operational accounting

6 Credits

Microeconomics / Macroeconomics

6 Credits

General commercial law

6 Credits

Business mathematics

6 Credits

Electricity and gas supply technology

6 Credits

Grid regulation electricity/gas and scientific work II

6 Credits

Balance sheet and income statement

6 Credits

Cost and performance accounting

6 Credits

Operating taxes

6 Credits

Hydrologie und Technik Wasser/Abwasser

6 Credits

Asset management and asset service strategies

6 Credits

Regulation of water/wastewater

3 Credits

Investment and financing

6 Credits

Economic statistics

6 Credits

Energy and water law

3 Credits

Ring lecture

6 Credits

Corporate management and organization

6 Credits

Marketing

6 Credits

Controlling

6 Credits

Optional module 1

6 Credits

Current issues Energy and water/wastewater

6 Credits

Environmental economics

6 Credits

Optional module 2

6 Credits

Optional module 3

6 Credits

Optional module 4

6 Credits

Practical semester and practical seminar (across semesters 27 + 3 credits)

15 Credits

Excursion

3 Credits

Current topics in economic and social policy

3 Credits

Project management

3 Credits

Excel case studies energy and water/wastewater

6 Credits

Practical semester and practical seminar (across semesters 27 + 3 credits)

15 Credits

Bachelor thesis and colloquium (12+ 3 Credits)

15 Credits

What you need to bring along

  • Language level C1 is required and the language of instruction is German.
  • General or subject-specific higher education entrance qualification
  • Alternatively: entrance qualification for universities of applied sciences or a qualification recognized as equivalent in the course of professional qualification
  • Admission-free

Application process

The application phase for the approval-free Bachelor’s degree programmes for the coming winter semester begins on 01. May 2024 and ends on 15. September 2024. Applications can only be submitted online via our application portal.

If you have any questions, please contact the application support team.

What our alumni say

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Lea Preis came to Mülheim from Hamburg for her studies. She studied Energy and Water Management at the HRW from 2013 to 2017. Following her Bachelor's degree, she completed her Master's in Industrial Engineering - Energy Systems at Campus Bottrop in 2019. Since April 2020, she has been working as a project manager in the innovation team at items GmbH, an IT service provider in the municipal energy industry.

Lea Preis

Wirtschaftsinstitut

Fachschaftsvertretung 2

study financing