Dresden University of Technology
Oppitz graduated in 1950 from the "Deutsche Müllerschule Dippoldiswalde (DMD)", in 1952 from the School of Engineering Dippoldiswalde in mechanical and electrical engineering and in 1956 in economics at the Dresden University of Technology. In 1970 he earned his Ph.D. ("Dr. rer. oec.") in the field of economics of industrial sectors at the Dresden University of Technology. In 1971 he became Assistant Professor at the Dresden University of Technology in Faculty of Economics. After making his habilitation treatise ("Dr. habil.") in 1981 at the University of Rostock he became in 1987 Associate Professor in the Faculty of Economics of the Dresden University of Technology. In 1990 he was appointed to Full Professor and Head of the Department of Management, Operations Research and Operations management. In 1996 he retired and was still working as Professor emeritus.