Improve your entrepreneurial skills with the RUB Entrepreneurship Certificate!
The RUB Entrepreneurship Certificate enables students to develop entrepreneurial competences by integrating practical knowledge and cutting-edge technologies into real-world challenges. Students gain practical experience, build interdisciplinary networks and benefit from innovative, student-centred teaching methods.
What do you have to do to obtain the certificate?
- Complete three modules: Two curricular, start-up-related modules (5 ECTS each) and the Technology Entrepreneurship module (5 ECTS), totalling 15 ECTS.
- Receive an official certificate as a supplement to your regular degree.
What are the advantages of the certificate?
- Develop key competences such as creativity, responsibility and persuasiveness.
- Prepare yourself for success in today's dynamic job environment.
- Expand your professional network through interdisciplinary collaboration.
Find out here how you can shape your entrepreneurial path and acquire the certificate:
Why RUB Entrepreneurship Certificate?
- Gain both practical and theoretical knowledge in the field of entrepreneurship.
- Expand your career opportunities with recognised entrepreneurial skills.
- Integrate the certificate seamlessly into your degree programme and collect additional ECTS.
For WHOM
- The certificate is open to all RUB students (Bachelor and Master)!
- Would you like to think ‘out of the box’, take the initiative and put your ideas into practice - whether as a start-up, in an established company or for your own career?
- Entrepreneurial skills are not only important for founders - they help you to solve challenges creatively, mobilise resources effectively and drive innovation in any professional environment.
- With this certificate you will learn how to develop and test ideas, how to initiate projects and bring them to life - valuable for any career path!
Are you ready to start your entrepreneurial journey?
Follow the example of Silvia, a Mechanical Engineering student. Silvia had already completed the Business Development module and realized that she could earn the RUB Entrepreneurship Certificate by taking the Technology Entrepreneurship and Technical English modules.
She enthusiastically enrolled in both courses to fulfill the requirements for the certificate. For answers to your questions and planning support, contact us via e-mail
Requirements for obtaining the RUB Entrepreneurship Certificates:
To obtain the certificate, you simply need to complete the "Technology Entrepreneurship" module (5 ECTS) and two other 5 ECTS modules from your study program that are recognized as entrepreneurship modules.
Mandatory modules for the certificate
Example of two other valid modules from the general study programme
Course overview
Entrepreneurial skills are developed in the EntreComp Framework (Bacigalupo et al., 2016) divided into three categories: 1) Ideas & Opportunities, 2) Resources, 3) Into Action.
Please select a module for each category. The Modul Technology Entrepreneurship is mandatory. With the successful completion of the three competence fields from the EntreComp Framework, you will receive the RUB Entrepreneurship Certificate.
| Module Description (Number) | Faculty | BSc/MSc/Postgraduate Modules | EntreComp Field of Competencies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Development | Mechanical Engineering | Master | Ideas & Opportunities |
| Technical English for Mechanical Engineering (139150) | Mechanical Engeneering | Master & Bachelor | Resources |
| Technology Entrepreneurship (072604) | Management and Economics | Master, Bachelor & Postgraduate | Into Action |
| KIbox: Lösung von Nachhaltigkeits-Challenges durch den Einsatz künstlicher Intelligenz (139950) | Mechanical Engeneering | Master | Ideas & Opportunities |
| Service Engineering (138230) | Mechanical Engeneering | Master | Resources |
| Product Lifecycle Management (138577) | Mechanical Engeneering | Master | Ideas & Opportunities |
| Advanced Systems Engeneering (139270) | Mechanical Engeneering | Master | Resources |
| Business English (050690/050691) | Philology | Bachelor | Resources |
| Business verstehen (Understanding Business) (430044) | University of Lodz | Bachelor | Ideas & Opportunities Ressources |
| Coaching Workshop für Existenzgründer:innen - Student StartUp Camp (076005) | Management and Economics | Bachelor | Ideas & Opportunities Ressources |
| Creative Lab Ruhr: Wasser als Ressource für eine klimaresiliente Infrastruktur (030560) | Philosophy and Educational Science | Bachelor | Ideas & Opportunities Into Action |
| Creative Lab Ruhr: Willkommenskultur für Studienstarter*innen auf dem Campus (030559) | Philosophy and Educational Science | Bachelor | Ideas & Opportunities |
| Cyberpsychologie und KI (Cyberpsychology and AI) (430042) | University of Lodz | Bachelor | Ideas & Opportunities Resources |
| Data Literacy – Grundlagen für das Überleben in der Datenwelt (430010) | Methodenzentrum | Bachelor | Ideas & Opportunities |
| Einführung in Adobe und alternative Free Wares (040404) | History | Master & Bachelor | Resources |
| Einführung in das Rechnungswesen/Controlling (076010) | Management and Economics | Bachelor | Resources |
| Einführung in die BWL (076025) | Management and Economics | Bachelor | Resources |
| Einführung in die Methoden des Data Science A (150295) | Mathematics | Bachelor | Resources Ideas & Opportunities |
| Einführung in die Methoden des Data Science B (150292) | Mathematics | Master & Bachelor | Ideas & Opportunities Resources |
| Einführung in die Programmierung (150300) | Mathematics | Bachelor | Resources |
| Einführung in die VWL (076020) | Management and Economics | Bachelor | Resources |
| FACE-Summerschool: Gemeinsam. Erfolgreich. Gründen. Female Founders an der RUB. | Female Academic | Master & Bachelor | Ideas & Opportunities Resources |
| Fertigungsautomatisierung (136460) | Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor | Ideas & Opportunities |
| Finanzierung und Investition (070070) | Management and Economics | Bachelor | Resources |
| From Top-level Science to Top-level Business (180009) | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Bachelor | Ideas & Opportunities Resources |
| Gemeinsam. Neues. Entdecken. Das Female Founders Ideenlabor Apps Entwickeln | Female Academic Entrepreneurs at RUB | Master & Bachelor | Ideas & Opportunities Resources |
| Grundlagen der Additiven Fertigung (135070) | Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor | Ideas & Opportunities |
| Grundlagen der Automatisierungstechnik (135110) | Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor | Ideas & Opportunities |
| Grundlagen der Businessplanerstellung (076045) | Management and Economics | Bachelor | Ideas & Opportunities Resources |
| Grundlagen der Existenzgründung (076015) | Management and Economics | Bachelor | Ideas & Opportunities Ressources |
| Grundlagen der Makroökonomik (070130) | Management and Economics | Bachelor | Ideas & Opportunities Ressources |
| Grundlagen der Mikroökonomik (070120) | Management and Economics | Bachelor | Resources |
| Grundlagen der Verfahrenstechnik (137540) | Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor | Ideas & Opportunities Resources |
| IT-gestützte Geschäftsprozesse am Beispiel von SAP-Standardsoftware (138300) | Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor | Ideas & Opportunities Resources |
| Jahresabschluss (070090) | Management and Economics | Bachelor | Resources |
| Kommunikation und Präsentationstechniken (040310) | History | Bachelor | Ideas & Opportunities Resources |
| Kostenrechnung (070110) | Management and Economics | Bachelor | Resources |
| Märkte und Unternehmungen (070040) | Management and Economics | Bachelor | Resources |
| Nachhaltigkeit und Zukunft - Interdisziplinäre Aspekte (43007) | Optionalbereich | Bachelor | Ideas & Opportunities |
| Nachhaltigkeitsdilemmata: Ressourcenschonung, Klimaschutz und Plastikvermeidung (432222) | RUB Schools | Master & Bachelor | Ideas & Opportunities |
| Renewable Energy Systems (135080) | Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor | Ideas & Opportunities |
| Softwaretechnik im Maschinenbau (134110) | Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor | Resources |
| Startup-creation | Management and Economics | Bachelor | Ideas & Opportunities Into Action Resources |
| Statistik I (070020) | Management and Economics | Bachelor | Resources |
| Strategisches Management (070080) | Management and Economics | Bachelor | Ideas & Opportunities Resources |
| Technologiemanagement (072701) | Management and Economics | Bachelor | Ideas & Opportunities Into Action Resources |
| Vernetzte Produktionssysteme (135350) | Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor | Resources |
| Virtuelle Produktmodellierung und Visualisierung (135060) | Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor | Ideas & Opportunities Resources |
| Wer hat den Hut auf? Gruppen (an-)leiten und Projekte managen. (030565) | Philosophy and Educational Science | Bachelor | Resources |
| How to Build a Deep-Tech Start-up (141208) | Electrical Engineering and Information Technology | Master, Bachelor & Postgraduate | Ideas & Opportunities |
| Projekte in Wissenschaft und Praxis | Management and Economics | Bachelor | Ideas & Opportunities |
| Micro Credential: Innovation & Entrepreneurship | Management and Economics | Master | Ideas & Opportunities |
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