Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Digitalization
Profile
The Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Digitalization (TED) competence profile provides students with up-to-date theoretical and practical knowledge to design and develop innovative business models based on technologies for new, young and established companies. The professorships that are part of this competence profile value an intensive, interdisciplinary exchange with companies, for example through guest lectures and a close cooperation with the Center for Entrepreneurship and Transfer (CET) and TU Dortmund University's Dlab.
For example, technology can be used by companies to identify patterns in their own data using data analysis tools and artificial intelligence to make informed decisions and optimize business strategies. The TED profile also looks at how different technologies can be used to create innovative products or product features. These include, for example, autonomous parking, carbon bodies in cars or the optimization of production processes through the use of additive manufacturing processes in the automotive industry.
In the area of entrepreneurship, methods for identifying opportunities, creating and evaluating ideas are taught. Students learn how to develop structured business models and business plans for their ideas and how to acquire financing in order to successfully found and manage a startup. In this area, too, the TED Cluster works closely with business partners. Lectures are accompanied by founders who outline their career path and their companies. Examples of successful startups by TED alumni include the digital veterinary practice Rex or the digital insurance consultancy Thinksurance GmbH.
The area of digitalization deals in particular with new, platform-based business models, agile project management, digital service innovations and the digitalization of work.
In summary, the TED competence profile enables students to develop a strong understanding of technology, entrepreneurship and digitalization, their use in business practice. and how this fundamentally changes companies. This empowers students to shape their business ideas. It sets them up to be innovative within companies, adapting these to ever-changing business environments to remain competitive. The TED profile is designed to help students acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to successfully meet these challenges and maximize their professional potential.
Is this Competence Profile a Good Fit?
This competency profile is a good choice for students interested in the following areas:
- Innovation & Entrepreneurship
- Digitization
- New business models and organizational change
- handling and analysis of data
- close connection between studies and best practice in companies
- Interest in international contacts and going abroad for exchange semesters and international internship
Professorships Taking Part in the Competence Profile
In the competence profile Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Digitalization, students can choose lectures and seminars from these professorships. The final thesis can only be completed at one of these professorships. It should be noted that not all courses offered by a professorships will belong to a specific competence profile. A detailed overview can be found at the end of the module handbook.
- Business & Information Systems Engineering
- Digital Transformation
- Entrepreneurship and Digitalization
- Entrepreneurship and Economic Education
- Higher Education
- Innovation Management
- Macroeconomics
- Marketing
- Microeconomics
- Public Economics
- Technology Management
- Strategic Management and Leadership
- Urban, Regional and International Economics
- Business Informatics
Spokespersons for the Competence Profile
Career Prospects
Examples for careers that would be suited to graduates with this competency profile include:
- Starting your own business
- Becoming active with start-ups
- Intrapreneur (creating new business models within established companies and developing them further)
- Innovation managers
- Strategic management consulting
- Business development
- Transformation management
- (Digital) product development
- Digital product management
- Development and implementation of digitization strategies
