Cooperation
Looking for motivated designers of the Digital Economy? Students of the KIT Department of Economics and Management excel in interdisciplinary competencies at the interfaces of economics, computer science, and engineering. The KIT Department of Economics and Management maintains a strong partner network and supports companies in their search for the talents of tomorrow. With about 3,800 students, the KIT Faculty of Economics is one of the largest at KIT.
We offer companies a direct opportunity to get in touch with highly qualified students and potential employees.
But not only companies benefit from this partnership. Students gain practical insights into various professional fields through events, excursions, and exchanges with companies.

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CAS is the German market leader for customer relationship management (CRM) in the midmarket.
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ISB AG plans and develops high-quality software solutions for the digitalization of its customers' core processes.
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SAP is the market leader in enterprise software and the leading provider of analytics software and business intelligence solutions.
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Are you interested in a partnership with the KIT Faculty of Economics? Contact Prof. Dr. Alexander Mädche or Kirsten Greiner (Tel: +49 721 608-41587) and learn more about the various cooperation opportunities.
Your advantages:
- Get in touch with the talents of tomorrow at events, workshops or excursions!
- High logo presence on our website and social media channels.
- Easy access to further cooperation opportunities in the areas of research, teaching, and innovation of the KIT Faculty of Economics.
We look forward to hearing from you!
- Faculty partnership (15.000€ plus VAT / 1 year)
- Study program partnership industrial engineering (10.000€ plus VAT/ 1 year)
- Study program partnership Business Informatics (10.000€ plus VAT/ 1 year)
- Network partnership (5.000€ plus VAT/ 1 year)


Student Offerings
Students of the KIT Department of Economics and Management have a variety of opportunities to get in touch with partner companies, e.g. at expert lectures, networking events, or excursions. On our social media channels Instagram and LinkedIn as well as on this website, we regularly inform you about upcoming events. You can get an insight into the day-to-day work as an IT specialist or industrial engineer in the "One Day at Work" videos of our partner companies on YouTube.
In addition, you will find more details about the partners in the Dialogue Platform - the meeting place for students and companies of the KIT Department of Economics and Management partner network. Join the dialog platform in MS Teams, find out about job postings as well as events and get in touch with the companies directly.



