| 1918 |
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The "Freier Hochschule für
Handel, Industrie und allgemeine Volksbilung"( "Free
College of Commerce, Industry and General Education") is
founded |
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| Okt. 1919 |
The teaching programme starts |
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| 1920 |
Approval of the town council and
ministry |
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| 1923 |
Ludwig Erhard graduates
from the Nuremberg "Handelshochschule"(College of
Commerce) |
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| 1925 |
Gains equal status with
other schools of higher education of Nuremberg by the bestowal
of the rectorial and senatorial constitution |
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| 1925 |
The new name/renamed
"Handelshochschule,Hochschule für Wirtschafts-und
Sozialwissenschaften,Nürnberg"(College of Commerce,
Economics and Social Sciences Nuremberg) |
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| 1933 |
With the beginning of
National Socialist rule the College is renamed the "Hindenburg-Hochschule" |
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| 1939-1945 |
Teaching programme largely
maintained |
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| 1945 |
Reforms and a new start |
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| April 1961 |
By ministerial decree the "Handelshochschule…Nürnberg"
is incorporated into the University of Erlangen. Under the name
"Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences" the WiSo
becomes part of the University of Erlangen. |
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| 1972/73 |
Extension of the institute
and lecture buildings to accommodate the fast growing numbers
of students |
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| since 1975 |
Increasing internationalisation
and interdisciplinarity of the faculty |
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| since the 80s |
The faculty has played a leading
role in education and research in the field of Information Systems |
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| 1997/98 |
The WiSo is the first in Germany
to introduce the course "International Business Administration" |
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| 2000 |
Introduction of the International
Master Study Programme "International Business" |
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| 2001 |
Start of the new sponsorship
programme "WiSo Faculty Marketing" |
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| 2001-2003 |
Extension of the building
in the Lange Gasse |
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| 2003/04 |
Introduction of the international
MBA "General Management" |
