Centre for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and SME Management (CENTIM)

Welcome

At CENTIM - Centre for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and SMEs - we strive to be a supportive and transformative partner to our students, staff and alumni by promoting entrepreneurial values and thinking. Our goal is to strengthen the innovative SME and startup ecosystem within the university and the region Bonn-Rhein-Sieg.

Fields of Expertise

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is an important field of competence of CENTIM and includes the promotion of entrepreneurial thinking and acting. Our goal is to strengthen personal development and innovative power and to support and advise them in the best possible way in their start-up projects. Within the framework of diverse offers for start-up awareness, start-up qualification and start-up coaching, we would like to provide all-embracing support for start-ups from the university to strengthen the start-up culture in the region.

Start-up-Manufaktur - H-BRS Entrepreneurship Centre (initiated by the project SUPRA)

Innovation

Technologies are changing rapidly, and competition is becoming increasingly globalised. A company must continuously improve and expand its product range to survive in competition because innovation ensures success! With our consulting services, we impart technical know-how and other essential skills for successful positioning in the market.

At CENTIM, we seek to strengthen and further drive innovation through our innovation-focused projects.

SIKUL - Social Innovations, Resilience, Cultural Participation

SME Management

CENTIM provides a forum for SME leaders to shape the future strategic direction of their companies and succession practices. Our partners have the opportunity to contribute to sound research that challenges the status quo and is empirically driven to further this field. The corporate/academic collaboration between CENTIM and SMEs in the Bonn/Rhein-Sieg region seeks to generate unique and unbiased knowledge to promote the effectiveness of executive succession practices in firms.

SME management and business succession

Events

07.

October
2026

Design Thinking for Researchers (YES)

How much of an innovator is in you? Explore the step-by-step Design Thinking process in small teams. Based on practical examples and challenge, you learn how to empathise with users, as well as brainstorm and assess ideas to prepare for the rapid prototyping and testing finale.

Banner YES Workshop Design Thinking for Researchers 07. Oktober 2026

14.

October
2026

Gründungsstammtisch / Regular's Table

Once a month, you can exchange ideas with like-minded people at our regulars' table, have your questions answered by experts or simply get an insight into the start-up scene. Come by, drinks are on us!

15.

October
2026

Finale des Start-up-Cups 2026 - Bereit für die besten Ideen der H-BRS?

Am Donnerstag, den 15. Oktober 2026 verwandelt sich der Campus von 17 bis 20 Uhr zur Bühne für die fünf besten Gründungsteams der H-BRS! Erlebt spannende Live-Pitches, eine Keynote voller Gründungs-Insights und die Vergabe von Preisgeldern in einem Gesamtwert von 2.250 €.

27.

October
2026

Start-up Karriere Forum

At the Startup Career Forum, students, alumni and people interested in startups meet founders to discover co-founder opportunities and jobs with real responsibility.

03.

November
2026

Impact Pitch Night 2026

The 2nd Bonn Impact Pitch Night will showcase the best social enterprise start-up ideas from the Bonn/Rhein-Sieg region. From 5 pm to 8 pm, the DIGITALHUB at Bonn Central Station will become the meeting place for anyone interested in social impact, sustainability and the entrepreneurs of tomorrow.

16.

November
2026

GreenBonn Hackathon 2026

How can we make environmental data transparent and usable? Develop innovative solutions for environmental data management at Stadtwerke Bonn during the Green Bonn Hackathon. The best ideas will be rewarded with prize money and the chance to take the project forward directly with SWB and turn it into reality.

24.

November
2026

Female Founders Meetup

In "Meet the Founder", you will gain insights into the start-up journey of Meike Kreutel, founder of Femi-ON - a Bonn-based MedTech start-up that has developed a device to relieve period pain, for example in endometriosis

News

Fri, 25. September 2026

Was bleibt, ist mehr als eine Geschäftsidee: Abschluss von AWAKE 2026

Drei Minuten für eine Geschäftsidee – oder für die Geschichte, warum es inzwischen eine ganz andere geworden ist. Beim Abschluss des dritten AWAKE-Jahrgangs am 22. September 2026 im DIGITALHUB Bonn erzählten die Teilnehmerinnen davon, was sie in den vergangenen Monaten entwickelt, hinterfragt und für sich entdeckt hatten. Sieben der zehn Frauen standen an diesem Tag auf der Bühne. Ihre Präsentationen zeigten, wie unterschiedlich ein Ergebnis nach AWAKE aussehen kann: ein ausgearbeitetes Produkt, eine neue Richtung oder das Zutrauen, den Schritt in die Selbstständigkeit zu wagen.

Gründerstammtisch Forgers & Founders in der Weinschmiede Siegburg

Mon, 27. July 2026

Forgers & Founders Meetups

Neue Ideen und Konzepte treffen auf gelebte Praxis: Wir laden Dich herzlich zu unseren Forgers & Founders Meetups 2026 ein!

Call for Ideas: Impact Pitch Night Banner

Tue, 21. July 2026

Call for Ideas launched: 2nd Impact Pitch Night seeks ideas for sustainable start-ups

Whether it’s a social innovation, an environmental concept or a model of sustainability: students, staff and alumni, as well as teams from the Bonn/Rhein-Sieg region, can now submit their ideas for the 2nd Impact Pitch Night. The best projects stand to win prize money of up to 2,500 euros, exclusive pitch coaching and access to a strong network.

people empowered by Start-up-Manufaktur - Ausstellung Bib

Fri, 03. July 2026

Start der neuen Plakatkampagne: „People empowered by Start-up-Manufaktur“ in der Bibliothek erleben

Wer sind eigentlich die Köpfe hinter den Start-ups an unserer Hochschule? Ab sofort verwandelt sich die Bibliothek am Campus Sankt Augustin in eine Inspirationsfläche. Mit unserer neuen Kampagne „People empowered by Start-up-Manufaktur“ zeigt das Gründungszentrum echte Gründungsstories direkt aus der H-BRS. Die passende Literatur gibt es gleich dazu.

Tue, 10. June 2025

Start-up-Cup 2026 – Bewerbungsphase gestartet

The Start-up-Manufaktur is organising the university's internal ideas competition Start-up-Cup for the fifth time! The competition offers students, alumni and employees the opportunity to present their innovative ideas to a wide audience and receive valuable feedback. In addition to cash prizes for the first three places, a special impact prize will also be awarded this year for the best social or sustainability idea.

How to find us

Contact CENTIM

Address

Von-Liebig-Straße 8

53359, Rheinbach

Telephone

+ 49 2241 865 185

Opening hours

Appointments upon request: Please contact the CENTIM team

Appointments: by arrangment

E-mail

joyce.treptow@h-brs.de

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