Professor Christian Andres is elected dean

WHU Global Online MBA is started online

Professor Dr. Markus Rudolf is re-elected dean

WHU Welcome Center for Employees and Faculty opens in Vallendar

WHU Customized Master in Management and Entrepreneurship (CMiME) starts in Vallendar and Berlin

Professor Dr. Markus Rudolf is re-elected dean

WHU Master in Entrepreneurship (MSc) starts in Vallendar

Professor Dr. Markus Rudolf is elected dean

Opening of new premises on Campus Düsseldorf

Separation of the Master of Science Program into Maser in Management and Master in Finance

WHU opens its second Campus in Düsseldorf

WHU achieves the FIBAA System Accreditation

Professor Dr. Michael Frenkel is re-elected dean

WHU Part-Time MBA starts in Düsseldorf

Professor Dr. Michael Frenkel is re-elected dean

The first students start their Master of Science Programm at WHU

Professor Dr. Michael Frenkel is re-elected dean

WHU and the Bucerius Law School initiate the joint Bucerius/WHU Master of Law and Business Program

Ceremonial enrollment of the first Bachelor students

Opening of the new dormitory "Campus Krautkrämer"

The first full-time MBA students begin their studies

Professor Dr. Michael Frenkel is re-elected dean

Professor Dr. Peter J. Jost becomes the new dean

Professor Klaus Brockhoff is re-elected dean

WHU becomes a member of the German Research Foundation (DFG)

The new buildings for lecturing G and H are opened

Professor Dr. Klaus Brockhoff becomes the new dean

Professor Dr. Adolf Friedrich Jacob is re-elected dean

WHU receives EQUIS accreditation

Kellogg-WHU Executive MBA (EMBA) program starts

Professor Dr. Michael Frenkel becomes the new dean

Professor Dr. Horst G. Carus becomes the new dean

50 million Deutsche Mark donation from Metro founder Prof. Otto Beisheim. WHU changes its name into WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management

Professor Dr. Adolf Friedrich Jacob becomes the new dean

Professor Dr. Jürgen Weber becomes the new dean

Professor Dr. Wilhem Pfähler becomes the new dean

Gala opening of the new business school facility in Vallendar

Hanno Ludwig becomes the first honorary senator

Approval of the regulations for WHU habilitations (post-doctoral thesis)

Arrival of the first foreign exchange student, Karen Jolliffe from Queens University

WHU starts offering doctoral studies

Professor Dr. Wolfgang König becomes the new dean

First meeting of the Board of Trustees and election of the first dean, Professor Dr. Sönke Albers

Professor Dr. Friedrich A. von Hayek is appointed honorary dean

A total of 48 students begin their studies in the former premises of an elementary school in Koblenz Karthause

Renewed application to the Ministry of Culture for government approval of the new university

Recognition of the society “Stiftung Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Unternehmensführung” (WHU Foundation)

First meeting of the founding members of the senate, to finalize the concept, courses and curricula

“Official hour of birth of the university” – the first large press conference by the founders in the nation’s capital city, Bonn

Entry of the “Stifterverband Private Universität Koblenz - Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Unternehmensführung” (WHU Benefactors' Association) in the registry of societies

Application to the Ministry of Culture for accreditation or authorization of an international school of economics in Koblenz as a privately funded business school

Submission of the “Basic concept for an independent, international elite university for the preparation of future leadership for the economy” to the Ministry of Culture