Master in International Business MBA

Study Requirements

The detailed study requirements can be seen from § 3 of the Study and Exam Regulations (SPO). Here is a simplified overview:

• First study degree (Bachelor degree or comparable)
  • 210 ECTS points (in case of less than 210 ECTS points, extra courses are available)
  • minimum grade 2,9 (German system)
  • in any discipline
• at least 1 year of qualified work experience after the first study degree (an additional year of work experience can be accepted as 30 ECTS points)
• English language skills at least on CEFR B2 Level (need to be documented before start of studies)
• German language skills at least on CEFR A1 Level (can be documented up to 12 months after start of studies)

Program Profile:

Our advanced training Master’s programme International Business with Regional Focus qualifies its students for taking over leadership positions in companies or similar organisations with international business activities. It is a general management training covering all fields of business administration and all managerial functions. Each course focuses particularly on the specific challenges of business in an international context. Despite being a full-time programme (90 ECTS credits), it is still possible to maintain your professional activity or to acquire practical work experience during your studies, as the courses take place mainly on Fridays and Saturdays. In addition to professional and methodological skills, your social and personal skills will be strengthened, for example by two study-integrated team trainings. The small and international group of students (max. 25 students) fosters the development of intercultural skills on a daily basis.

Programme Structure

Courses are taught in English and held by professors and experienced professionals from renowned companies. For their specialization, students can focus on one of the following regions: Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia or Latin America. With the help of languages courses in German, Russian, Mandarin or Spanish you are perfectly prepared for a four-week stay at one ouf our partner universities in Moscow (Russia), Taipeh (Taiwan) or in Bogotá (Columbia); there, the module 5 Doing Business in and with Focus Region is taught. Usually after three semesters, you will be awarded the worldwide recognized degree of Master of Business Administration (MBA).

Career Perspectives

The degree programme wants to train specialists for the lower and middle management who intend to take over operative responsibilities in an international business context - independent from their professional background, industry or company size. In addition, graduates are also well prepared to start their own business or commit themselves to science/academia.

Since its founding in 1971, Würzburg and Schweinfurt have been studying, teaching, researching, and working together. FHWS, however, has developed constantly over the last 50 years. FHWS was established by merging the Balthasar-Neumann-Polytechnic School of Lower Franconia in Würzburg, the "Höhere Wirtschaftsschule" (a business-oriented secondary school) of Würzburg and the "Werkkunstschule" (a business- and crafts-oriented secondary school) of Würzburg. FHWS is part of a worldwide network of about 200 international partner institutions where FHWS-students can do a semester abroad.

Digitalisation is changing the world of work and will gain further importance in future. FHWS is embracing this development by its digitalisation strategy. It includes a view outside, that is towards its studets and imparting the related competence, but also a view inside, that is promoting digitalisation within the organisational structure of FHWS.
Additionally, FHWS is a member of the Centre for Digital Innovations Mainfranken (ZDI) which supports and encourages digital business start-ups.

At universities of applied sciences research is crucial to be able to teach the state of the art in technology and science and new technologies and scientific developments following the research activities of our professors are implemented into teaching. Research activities are undertaken not only in cooperation close to practice with regional companies and institutes, but also in national and international research projects.