| Business and Information Technology School (BiTS) Iserlohn | |
|---|---|
| Established | 2000 |
| Type | Private |
| Rector | Prof. Dr. Thorsten Bagschik |
| Students | approx. 1000 |
| Location | Iserlohn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Nickname | BiTS |
| Website | http://www.bits-iserlohn.de |
The Business and Information Technology School (BiTS Iserlohn) is a private state approved university of applied science based in Iserlohn (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). The BiTS Iserlohn was founded in 2000 and currently approx. 1.000 students[1] are enrolled in 7 undergraduate and 2 postgraduate programs. In 2008 The US-American education services company Laureate Education bought 76% of the shares. In the beginning of 2010 Laureate bought the remaining 24% of the shares and is now the sole holder of the BiTS.[2]
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A Bachelor's degree can be obtained in 6 semesters including one semester abroad (depending on program).
Students of BiTS are voluntary committed to several initiatives. These run independently. Besides, for example a students' magazine (BiTSLicht), a campus radio station (BiTS.fm), student consultancy (b.one consulting) or a charity organization (BiTS2Society). The campus of BiTS Iserlohn is home to two student run annual events gaining international recognition, the Campus Symposium and the Rubicon Contest.
The Campus Symposium is an international business conference hosted every year in September since 2005. Recent key speakers were Bill Clinton (2006), Kofi Annan (2007), Lech Wałęsa, Gerhard Schröder (both 2008), Tony Blair (2009) or Al Gore (2010).
The Rubicon Contest is an international contest for business students. It is hosted yearly since 2006 (with a break in 2008). 80 undergraduate and graduate students (2010: 100) in teams of four from universities all over the world are performing a business simulation game and a case study on a future related topic. The contest is one of the biggest case competition of its kind.
Winners and topics:[3]
| Year | Winning team | University | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 4unlimited | SSE Riga ( Latvia) | no specific topic |
| 2007 | Leda | Jacobs University ( Germany) | no specific topic |
| 2008 | no contest | - | - |
| 2009 | Dauripovo | WHU Vallendar ( Germany) | Green Business |
| 2010 | JacoBeans | Jacobs University ( Germany) | Sustainability |
| 2011 | ChangeMakers | Purdue University ( United States) | The Future of Mobility |