School of Business and Economics

Endowments

Some alumni of the faculty support us very strongly with their donations by helping to bridge one or more financial gaps - no matter whether it's important books for the library or conferences for young doctoral students. We are very grateful to you if your donation to the List Foundation can help to improve research and teaching in the department.

On this page you can find comprehensive information about the foundations and endowments related to our school.

Detailed information on the endwoments/ foundations

Friedrich - List - Foundation

Friedrich - List - Foundation

According to its regulations, the Foundation's purpose is to support "the Tübingen teaching and scientific efforts in economy and law". In 1935, it was founded as a so-called "Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts" (civil law foundation), i.e. as an incorporate capital stock. This fund had been built up since the inflation years after WWI. During the monetary reform after WWII the fund was lost. When the foundation was refounded in 1955 it had to face limited financial resources, mainly extraordinary funds of particular chairs. The chairs' funds were pooled in 1970 in order to serve the common interest. Thanks to numerous bounties, especially of Faculty Alumnis, the foundation's capital stock re-increased. According to the newly fixed regulations of 1979, the Executive Board decides about how to appropriately fund certain purposes. Moreover, the directorate decides about which projects should be supported. It consists of the Faculty Professors, the University Chancellor and the Dean of the Faculty of Law. The Executive Board is elected by the directorate.

Serving its purpose, the Friedrich List Foundation regularly supports the Faculty of Economy and Business Administration, especially in terms of literature acquisition. Furthermore, the Foundation supports the various chairs in terms of guest lectures and excursions, non-resident seminars, etc. Moreover, it stands in for a set of cases not considered in the university budget: Paper grants, translation grants, financial support for running international relations and organizing events like doctorate ceremonies, symposia, inaugural lectures and good-bye lectures, etc.

Since 1979, the Foundation arranges the discussion group "Gesprächskreis Tübinger Wirtschaftswissenschaftler: Wirtschaftswissenschaft und Wirtschaftspraxis" ("Tübingen scientists: Economics and economic practice") on a regular basis. The purpose of the event is the get-together of graduates and students and the scientific discussion between them.

These events aim at supporting and advancing the cooperation between theory and practice. Faculty alumni employed in important economic or political positions give speeches on interesting issues from their field of activity which always encourages vivid scientific discussions. Furthermore, personal conversation can develop the contacts between alumni and students and the bond of the alumni towards the faculty and the Alma mater Tubingens can be strengthened.

Traditionally the evening get-together takes place in the romantic atmosphere of the Bebenhausen cloister. To many alumni this is the opportunity to refresh study contacts and make some new ones. For the Friedrich List Foundation, the Bebenhausen event is important as it motivates many alumni to contribute towards the fund, which ensures the work of the Foundation.

The foundation is located at Nauklerstr. 47 in 72074 Tübingen.
The current Executive Board: Prof. Dr. Christian Koziol (chairperson) and Prof. Werner Neus.

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Werner - Dietz - Fondation

Dr. Werner Diez at the award ceremony for the prize he endowed.
For more than fifty years, Dr. Werner Diez (†) was firmly connected to his department or the former Faculty of Economics. For many years, he regularly donated to the department and thus made many an acquisition possible. Werner Diez passed away on 29.05.2011. Due to his tireless work for the economics faculty in Tübingen, his personality and his name will always be remembered by the faculty!

For his special services to the University of Tübingen, Werner Diez received the Silver University Medal in 2003. Diez was a graduate of the former Faculty of Economics and celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his doctorate in 2003. Born in 1929, the economist became a certified public accountant and tax consultant after completing his studies. Since the inception of the List-Fest, he donated a substantial amount each year for the benefit of the Friedrich List Foundation. Diez was one of those people who had not forgotten their time at the former Faculty of Economics. Thus, he named his university education as the basis for success in his profession. From his teacher, Professor Johns (Chair of Business Administration), he had learned the "action-forming interest for business administration". At the same time, however, he gave his practical experience back to science. Hardly anyone has supported medium-sized companies on the basis of scientific know-how, practical experience and personal persuasiveness like Werner Diez. In 1989, he was awarded the Ferdinand von Steinbeis Medal for this work. Without personalities like Werner Diez, many an investment at the former Faculty of Economics would not have been possible in the past. For this, he deserves special thanks. More details about Werner Diez's life can be found here.

The close ties to the Friedrich List Foundation, which Werner Diez expressed for so many years in the form of regular donations, culminated in the establishment of his own foundation in 2003. The assets of the Werner Diez Foundation are held in trust by the Friedrich List Foundation, as the Werner Diez Foundation is a foundation without legal capacity.

The foundation's funds are used primarily to purchase specialist literature in the fields of business administration, economic auditing, and tax and company law.

The Werner Diez Prize is awarded to the best graduates in the department's integrated binational degree programs.

At the end of 2009, the Werner Diez Room, an additional lecture hall for students, was ceremoniously inaugurated. This was preceded by a generous donation by Werner Diez, which contributed to the transformation of the former archive into a lecture hall with modern presentation technology.

Werner Diez was a successful alumnus whose wish was to help the Department of Economics in the long term - and who pursued this goal tirelessly. With his activities for our department, he himself wanted above all to be a role model or incentive for others to do the same.

Dr. Werner Diez supported the alumni work of the department until the end. Shortly before his death, he joined the newly founded alumni and support association WiWi-Netzwerk Tübingen e.V.. The WiWi-Netzwerk honored Werner Diez's outstanding personality by posthumously appointing him as its first honorary member.

Donations in favor of the Werner Diez Foundation can be directed to: Friedrich-List-Stiftung, Verwendungszweck: "Stiftung Werner Diez", Kreissparkasse Tübingen, Kto. 231 020 (BLZ 64150020).

Dr. Wolf - Wagner - Fondation

Students in the Department of Economics have the opportunity to apply for a scholarship from the Dr. Rolf Wagner Foundation.

About Dr. Rolf Wagner
Dr. Rolf Wagner studied economics in Tübingen and Zurich from 1962 to 1968 and subsequently earned his doctorate. Professionally, he worked as an entrepreneur in the clothing and textile industry in the Zollernalb region. Dr. Rolf Wagner affirmed the desire to award scholarships to students of economics as follows:

"Although everyone has to deal with economics in their lives and is influenced by it, only the very few are prepared for this confrontation. That's why I want to make a small contribution to ensuring that basic economic knowledge is taught in schools, and that students can pursue university-level economic studies that they might not be able to afford without support."

For more information on the Dr. Rolf Wagner Foundation, please click here, and for more information on the scholarship, please follow this link to our scholarship page.

Bank data "Friedrich List"

Kreissparkasse Tübingen:
Account Number: 231 020, Bank Code: 641 500 20,
SWIFT-BIC: SOLADES1TUB, IBAN: DE26 6415 0020 0000 2310 20
Deutsche Bank Tübingen:
Account Number: 15 314 66, Bank Code: 640 700 85,
BIC: DEUTDESS640, IBAN: DE22 6407 0085 0153 1466 00
Volksbank Tübingen:
Account Number: 17 837 006, Bank Code: 640 618 54
BIC: GENODES1STW, IBAN: DE50 6406 1854 0017 8370 06