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The International Institute Zittau (IHI) has been the youngest university in the free state of Saxony. It has been founded on 15/02/1993. Ever since January 2013, the institute is a central scientific facility of TU Dresden. This development was based on a decision of the Landtag of Saxony made 26/09/2012 stated in the “Hochschulfreiheitsgesetz”. The IHI as a central scientific institution of TU Dresden offers master`s programmes in the region between Poland, Czech Republic and Germany. The institute profiles itself throught biodiversity and responsible management. Close cooperation takes place between IHI and the Senckenberg-Society as well as the Leibniz-Institute for ecological spatial development (IÖR) Dresden with certain appointments are being coordinated.

Chairs

 * Production economy and information technology (Thorsten Claus)
 * International Management eps. Communication and knowledge management (Stefan Eckert)
 * Social sciences (Albert Löhr)
 * General business management, esp. Controlling and environmental management (Matthias Kramer)
 * Environmental biotechnology (Martin Hofrichter)
 * Ecosystem services (Irene Ring)

cooperative appointments:
 * Systematic zoology and evolutionary biology (invertebrates) (Willi Xylander – with Senckenberg-Gesellschaft)
 * Vertebrate zoology (Hermann Ansorge – with Senckenberg-Gesellschaft)
 * Biodiversity of plants (Karsten Wesche – with Senckenberg-Gesellschaft)
 * Ecologic and revitalising urban tranformation (Robert Knippschild – with IÖR)

Partner universities, constitution

 * Wroclaw University of Economics and Business:
 * Technical University of Liberec
 * University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz

IHI Zittau currently has about 250 students. 60% of all pupils originate in Germany, the residual 40% come from all continents (except Australia). Course languages depend on the master´s programme, common are English and German.

Degree courses
The international institute Zittau offers the following programmes in the study period of 2019/20:

Master´s programme biotechnology and applied ecology
This programme is a cooperative one with the university of applied sciences in Zittau and Görlitz. Course languages are English and German. Topics are:
 * Biochemics
 * Microbiology
 * Biology of soils
 * Phsychologiy of microbes
 * Enzymology
 * Process engineering
 * Genetics

Master´s programme business Ethics and Responsible Management
Course languages are German and English. Topics:
 * Human Resource Management
 * Philosophical bases of economic sciences
 * concepts of business ethics
 * international corporate governance
 * value management and compliance
 * corporate social responsibility as a management-philosophy
 * stakeholder management
 * sociology of poverty
 * post-national institutional order and transcultural organisations

Master´s programme international Management
This master´s programme is a cooperation with the university of applied sciences in Zittau and Görlitz. Course languages are German and English. It is possible to end the programme with a double degree by spending a part of the study in Wroclaw, Budapest, St. Petersburg or Pardubice (Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny we Wrocławiu, Andrássy-Universität Budapest, Staatliche Wirtschaftsuniversität St. Petersburg (UNECON), Univerzita Pardubice). Topics:
 * responsible management
 * international controlling
 * supply chain management
 * human resource management
 * international business and global society
 * international environmental management
 * international management of innovations
 * intercultural communication, foreign language competences

Master´s programme biodiversity and collection management
This master´s programme is a cooperation with the Senckenberg Museum for natural history in Görlitz. Course language is English. Topics:
 * taxonomy of flora and fauna (biological classification)
 * mycology
 * biochemics
 * ecological questions
 * management bases

Master´s programme ecosystem services

 * Course language is English. Topics:
 * applied ecology
 * taxonomy of flora and fauna (biological classification)
 * microbiology
 * biodiversity and governance

Higher Education
The International Institute Zittau (IHI) also offers the possibility for doctorates and postdoctoral qualification by being secondary partner of TU Dresden´s faculties.