Top program for top students The Board of the Elite Graduate Program “Finance & Information Management” (FIM) takes pride in implementing our new and internationally unique program starting with the academic year 2004/2005. Our program seeks to advance innovative ideas and promote enduring knowledge for the top 1% of the highly gifted students in the fields of finance and information management. Support Ranked top out of more than 100 applications by an international and well-reputed experts-commission, and equipped with the highest amount of both governmental funds and support by our highly renowned partner companies, our program strives to create an academic environment where outstanding students from around the world are constantly challenged and inspired to tap their full potential. The purpose: developing leaders Flexibility in learning, independence in study, research with deep impact based on a profound methodological education, outstanding faculty comprised of excellent educators and researchers who are leaders in their fields, the most superb resources in academia, international orientation, interdisciplinary teaching, and strong partnerships with some of the most reputed companies will provide for an environment that promotes technical, intellectual, and personal development. // (The Elite Graduate Program is a community of people focused on one purpose: developing leaders.) Sustainable learning Our graduates will use the skills they develop here to inspire change and innovation throughout their lives – in business, science and politics, in their communities, and in society and therefore shape the future with entrepreneurship and enthusiasm. Discovering potential By joining our program, the students will find a place with an opportunity to explore the frontiers of knowledge with some of the world’s most distinguished and creative minds from science and business. They will have a chance to develop and share their talents, as well as to elaborate their identity as individuals. As a center of influence for ideas, innovations, strategies, and talent, the Elite Graduate Program is designed to build a foundation for a lifetime of leadership. Acknowledgement We would like to thank our colleagues, our partners from business, the Bavarian State Ministry of Sciences, Research and the Arts, especially its representatives in the Elite Network of Bavaria, the Bavarian Minister President, Dr. Edmund Stoiber, the Bavarian State Chancellery, the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology, and all our other partners in the Greater Munich area (e.g. the University of Augsburg, the City of Augsburg, and the IHK Schwaben) as well as our staff who through their valuable support, enduring feedback, and numerous efforts have made the realization of this ambitious program possible. We welcome your interest in our program and hope you stay connected, as we start and expand our program! Prof. Dr. Hans Ulrich Buhl Leading Scientist and Chairman of the Board Prof. Dr. Rudi Zagst Deputy Chairman of the Board
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