SMT Steinbeis School of Management and Technology GmbH

The Steinbeis School of Management and Technology (SMT) is actively involved in knowledge transfer and, in collaboration with Steinbeis University, offers degree programmes for working professionals as well as company-specific training programmes for the development and coaching of specialists and managers. The SMT carries out consultancy, research and knowledge transfer in the fields of business administration, engineering and business informatics.

Steinbeis stands for an entrepreneurial process of knowledge and technology transfer in which commercially recognised application and entrepreneurial action are of decisive importance. To put this fundamental principle into practice, Steinbeis has, since 1983, provided an organisational and legal framework within which a Steinbeis enterprise – which is not legally independent – can operate with entrepreneurial autonomy on the basis of a set of rules and a related contract.

The central holding company assumes the necessary formal legal sponsorship function for the Steinbeis company, thereby providing the organisational and legal framework for its activities. It ensures compliance with statutory and network-related requirements, as well as the exercise of the necessary powers of representation and signing authority, whilst operational, technical and economic responsibility remains decentralised with the respective entrepreneurial stakeholders. In this way, it combines legal certainty with the entrepreneurial freedom that characterises Steinbeis.

One of these holding companies is SMT Steinbeis School of Management and Technology GmbH.

Services:

• Training programme for managers and high-potential staff based on the Project Competence Programme (PKS)
• Certificate courses based on existing degree regulations
• Degree programmes
• Coaching

Key topics:

• Cognitive cybernetics
• Future computing (Artificial Intelligence and Data Science)
• Cognitive Computing
• Cognitive Solutions
• Digital and Cognitive Transformation
• Business Engineering
• Cyber Security
• Critical Infrastructure

Services:

• Work-integrated, project- and transfer-oriented skills development in the field of business informatics
• IT Technology and Organisation Consultancy

Find out more about our IT consultancy services.

Key topics:

• Business Informatics
• Digitalisation
• Consultancy
• Analysis
• Infrastructure and System Administration
• Development and IT Operations
• Continuous Integration and Deployment
• Load and Performance Testing
• Web Application Development

The Academy of Energy Management does not operate exclusively on a project basis, but is committed to the ongoing examination of relevant issues in the energy sector. In doing so, we seek close dialogue with all stakeholders in the energy sector (companies, public authorities, academia and politics).

• Training programme for managers and high-potential staff with an interest in the energy sector, based on the Project Competence Programme^®
• Customised courses
• Certificate courses based on existing study and examination regulations (through our partnership with the Steinbeis + Academy)
• Work-integrated, project- and transfer-oriented skills development programmes (in cooperation with the Steinbeis-Transfer-Institute School of Management and Technology)
• Project placement
• Coaching

Steinbeis Transfer Magazine

• The invisible power of intercultural competence (Transfer 1/2026)
  Steinbeis School of Management and Technology offers an intensive seminar for students
  
  In this project report, Dr. rer. nat. Efrat Pan explains how intercultural competence and cultural intelligence contribute to business success, innovation, and effective international collaboration. She presents an intensive seminar at the Steinbeis School of Management and Technology, where German and Japanese students work on real business cases to develop practical strategies for overcoming cultural barriers in global markets.
• Shaping the transformation of the automotive industry with a digital mindset (Transfer Online/2026)
  Steinbeis School of Management and Technology examines the importance of mindset among employees
  
  In this project-oriented contribution, Dr. Efrat Pan and Dr. Nils Katzorke argue that successful transformation in the automotive industry requires not only digital competencies but also a digital mindset. Using the collaboration between Steinbeis School of Management and Technology and Mercedes-Benz as an example, they demonstrate how practice-oriented education, industry projects, and mentoring foster innovation, software-driven thinking, and sustainable digital transformation.
• Focus on digital literacy (Transfer 2/2025)
  Steinbeis experts help to strengthen digital skills in businesses
• The Steinbeis Innovation Hub Brings Together SMEs and Startups (Transfer 2/2023)
  

Videos

• The Future of Education: Between the Lecture Theatre and Practical Experience | Steinbeis Lunchbreak with Dr.-Ing. Peter Schupp (German version) (2026)
  Practical training, professional development and successful knowledge and technology transfer: Dr Peter Schupp explains how the Steinbeis Project Competence Programme connects companies with the next generation of talent. This transfer of entrepreneurial expertise creates added value directly within the company and strengthens its innovative capacity and competitiveness in the long term.