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Center for Entrepreneurship Düsseldorf
CEDUS - Your startup consultancy at HHU
Welcome to CEDUS
The Center for Entrepreneurship Düsseldorf (CEDUS) at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf is your contact for all questions related to self-employment and starting a business. We support students, graduates and researchers in developing business ideas and, in addition to our free startup advice, also offer numerous workshops and events on entrepreneurial skills and sustainable entrepreneurship. Our team of advisors helps you with the acquisition and application of funding and connects you with experts from different business sectors. Visit us to learn more and start your entrepreneurial journey!
We help you to start up!
Our tasks
- Advising students, graduates and researchers on the way to founding their own company
- Imparting knowledge relevant to startups for a successful start into professional self-employment and business startups
- Advice and support in acquiring and applying for funding
- Procuration of a suitable support for the startup project from the CEDUS expert network
Our consultations, mediations and other services are free of charge for you.
We offer
Our upcoming events
Invitation to the award ceremony on July 10th at 6 p.m.
14th HHU Ideas Competition! Find out first-hand who made it to the final round of the Ideas Competition this year and be excited about the presentation of the best submissions for the HHU Ideas Competition 2025.
On 10 July, we will celebrate the winners together and -of course- we will also vote for the audience award. Your vote counts! Take an active part in deciding who will receive this year's audience award.
This year, the Heine-Center for Sustainable Development (HCSD) will also be awarding the special ‘Sustainability’ prize, so stay tuned!
And because HHU is celebrating its 60th birthday in 2025, we are also awarding the ‘60 Years of HHU’ anniversary prize! This prize will be awarded to a submission that makes a special contribution to our university - for example through ideas for campus design or projects that strengthen togetherness.
Afterwards, there will be an opportunity to socialise and network. There will also be plenty of drinks and finger food :)
Weather permitting, we will meet on the lawn in front of the ULB at the PopUp-Coworking. The event starts at 6 p.m. Up-to-date information on the event and free tickets are available here: CEDUS_Eventbrite
News
Ask the tax consultant
90-minute open consultation hour! Every second Tuesday of the month, tax consultant Maximilian Hülswitt from Steuern: hülswitt. is available to answer your questions.
Simply register for the next appointment and dial into the online meeting punctually at 2 p.m.
More information about the CEDUS startup service here!
Legal advice for startups
New offer for you! Lawyer Dennis Kallabis from the Kallabis law firm will be available to answer your questions on four dates in 2025.
Simply register for the next appointment and dial into the online meeting punctually at 2 p.m.
More information about the CEDUS startup service here!