Zeppelin University

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ZU was established in 2003 and has grown continually since then. Accordingly, more teachers, students, and employees need more room to research, teach, learn and work. ZU has also grown and developed at its numerous locations. You can find an informative overview of the university's locations on the following pages: the LakeCampus can be found at Seemooser Horn in Friedrichshafen. The building of our new Campus at Fallenbrunnen CreativeQuarter has been completed in autumn of 2015.
The central questions that we are facing - both presently and in the future - are too complex and interlinked to allow for a unidimensional answer. The increasing social, political, economic, cultural, ecological, and medial interlinking of our world requires a place of everyday discourse. And the university is this place. It has a unique function in the 21st century.
This is precisely the reason why Zeppelin University was founded - and deliberately as a foundation university. It sets itself apart since its founding in 2003 - interdisciplinarity has been engraved into its DNA. Thinking in a problem- and solution-oriented way between business, culture, and politics, and not just being stuck in social thought patterns and academic disciplines, opens your perspective on socially relevant solutions.
This is the approach that defines us here at ZU. Together we start to think beyond borders. It is a great privilege to shape this unique educational institution, together with other parties. Students, scholars, the administrative staff, and our sponsors and partners all act in concert and open exchange to fill this idea of our university with life.
The role model for our actions is Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, after whom we are named. He was a pioneer of aviation. With his strong will, he held on to his idea of conquering the skies - even though he faced setbacks. He believed in himself and his vision. And he reached his aim: "You only have to want it and believe in it, and then it will succeed." For us, this is more than just a nice-sounding sentence. It is the maxim that we act on.
Our primary task is to offer students, scholars, and members of staff the unique chance to develop their skills in such a way that they can reach their own goals and find solutions to the challenges of our times. This is the orientation of all structures and processes of ZU: interdisciplinary, in an inspiring community, with much room for personal development, and a great pioneering spirit.
Whether we will be able to answer all questions of today and tomorrow, we are not sure of this. Yet, we are sure that we want to try. And if we only want this strongly enough, it will succeed.
We prefer reasonable in-between solutions – do you? The four bachelor programs at Zeppelin University are aimed at generalists capable of specialization.
In other words, students who are equally interested in the exciting issues at the crossroads between economics, communication, culture, politics, and administration – such as globalization, migration climate change, digitalization, ecology – and who want to be connoisseurs in their field.
According to ZU, a new generation is needed for future challenges in a globalizing knowledge society – a generation of responsible decision-makers and creative thinkers who have an eye for and understand inter-connectedness.
ZU reacted to management education challenges with a new (by German standards) type of research-oriented, entrepreneurial qualification for generalists. The novelty lies in the connection between business administration and economics with cultural sciences, communication and media studies, and aspects of political science and the science of public administration.
In today's societies, knowledge of different cultures and actionability within those cultures are more sought-after than ever. Likewise, the demands on communication practices have increased dramatically. For that reason, communication skills and cultural knowledge are necessary qualifications for the 21st century. Our study program "Communication, Culture & Management" meets these challenges.
ZU offers an innovative training and research program in management-oriented politics and administrative sciences with international relations. Social scientific elements of organizational research and policy research are combined with economics, management skills, and public law's essential elements.
The study program "Sociology, Politics & Economics" (SPE) is a full-time program and planned as a four-year, interdisciplinary bachelor program. Based on classical and current theories in the relevant disciplines of sociology, political science, and economics, the program aims to teach decision logic, decision-making processes, and competences for complex, insecure situations as they are required in modern, heterogeneous societies and the context of globalized activities in business and politics. Thus, the program focuses on problems that require an interdisciplinary exchange between social, political, and economic sciences. The bachelor's study program "Sociology, Politics, & Economics" (SPE) is four years. Based on classical and current theories and methods to research in the relevant disciplines of sociology, political science, and economics, the program aims to teach modeling, critical understanding, decision-taking under uncertainty, and dealing with complexity as competencies required in contemporary societies, cultures of diversity, and globalized activities in business and politics. The program emphasized interdisciplinarity as an exchange between social, political, and economic sciences and a mutual reflection on the range, scope, and limits of these disciplines. The program aims to qualify for research and consulting activities in political administration, international organizations, corporate management, and civil society.

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