Virtual Global University The Virtual Global University is a virtual university offering online distance education or virtual education on the Internet .Organization The Virtual Global University is a private organization founded in 2001 by 17 professors of Business Informatics from 14 different universities in Germany , Austria and Switzerland . The VGU brings together the knowledge and experience of people from different universities in one virtual organization . At the same time it is a real organization, according to German civil law under the name "VGU Private Virtual Global University GmbH". Within the Virtual Global University, the School of Business Informatics is the organizational unit that offers online courses and an online study program.Studies The focus of VGU's study offerings is information technology and management—or Business Informatics as it is called in Central Europe. Students of Business Informatics are taught how to use IT effectively to develop business solutions for global challenges. All courses offered by the VGU are based on the Internet as well as on commonly available information and communication technology and are given entirely, or are substantially supported, by means of electronic media . The MBI can be conducted either in English or in German.MBI program The VGU offers a master's program leading to the degree of an "International Master of Business Informatics". The creation of the MBI was supported by the German "Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung" within the program "New Media in Education". The program is accredited by government as well as by ACQUIN . The master's degree is awarded by the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt, Germany in cooperation with the VGU. While the latter one provides expertise and teaching for the program, EUV is responsible for ensuring that the academic and educational standards of the program are maintained at an appropriate level.Certificate courses Independent certificate courses on a number of IT and management topics are offered in addition to the master program MBI.Faculty and management Head The head of the Virtual Global University is Prof. Dr. Karl Kurbel. He is also CEO of the VGU GmbH and head of the Business Informatics Chair at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt, Germany.Faculty The faculty of the School Business Informatics consists of 18 professors plus external lecturers, assisted by teaching assistants. The current faculty members are:Prof. Dr. Freimut Bodendorf , Chair of Information Systems II, Friedrich-Alexander-University , Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany Prof. Dr. Stefan Eicker , Research Group for Business Informatics and Software Engineering , University of Duisburg-Essen , Essen, Germany Prof. Dr. Dimitris Karagiannis , Institute of Applied Computer Science and Information Systems - Knowledge Engineering, University of Vienna , Vienna, Austria Prof. Dr. Gerhard Knolmayer , Institute of Information Systems - Research Group "Information Engineering", University of Berne , Berne, Switzerland Prof. Dr. Hermann Krallmann , Department of Computer Science - Systems Analysis, Technical University of Berlin , Berlin, Germany Prof. Dr. Karl Kurbel , Chair of Business Informatics, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt, Germany Prof. Dr. Susanne Leist , Faculty of Business , Economics and Information Systems, University of Regensburg , Regensburg, Germany Prof. Dr. Gustaf Neumann , Chair of Information Systems and New Media , Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration , Vienna, Austria Prof. Dr. Andreas Oberweis , Institute of Applied Informatics and Formal Description Methods, University of Karlsruhe , Karlsruhe, Germany Prof. Dr. Guenther Pernul , Faculty of Business, Economics and Information Systems, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany Prof. Dr. Claus Rautenstrauch , Department of Business Information Systems , Otto-von-Guericke University , Magdeburg, Germany Prof. Dr. Susanne Robra-Bissantz , Department of Business Informatics, Braunschweig University of Technology , Braunschweig, Germany Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans Roeck , Chair of Business Informatics, University of Rostock , Rostock, Germany Prof. Dr. August-Wilhelm Scheer , Institute of Business Informatics, Saarland University , Saarbruecken, Germany Prof. Dr. Bernd Scholz-Reiter , Bremen Institute of Industrial Technology and Applied Work Science, University of Bremen , Bremen, Germany Prof. Dr. Wolffried Stucky , Institute of Applied Informatics and Formal Description Methods, University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany Prof. Dr. Alfred Taudes , Department of Production Management, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, Austria Prof. Dr. Robert Winter , Institute of Information Management, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
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