Master of Business Administration and Engineering (MBA&E)

Our highest priority is to provide support for students' professional advancement. The MBA&E benefits from its lecturers' and partners' experience and provides a clear-cut balance between management skills, technological skills, and a specialisation option: The Interdisciplinary Management (IM) specialisation teaches skills which enable our graduates to provide effective support in any interdisciplinary projects. This also covers the ability to analyse complex customer requirements and to deliver the expected results as the manager or member of an interdisciplinary team. The curriculum combines project management with interdisciplinary technical themes. The Automotive Management (AM) specialisation prepares students for a broad variety of technical management positions in the automotive sector. In one of the leading automotive manufacturing countries, graduates will have a supportive environment to gain the skills needed to enter the automotive industry. The graduates of this specialisation meet a growing global demand for innovative and responsible automotive experts. The specialisation contains both technical and management topics in the automotive sector, producing graduates with versatile skill sets. The Global Procurement (GP) specialisation prepares the students for positions in international procurement and supply chain management organisations. They will learn how to identify and assess markets and suppliers, plan and execute procurement initiatives and administrate and control supply relationships. In the courses, the students learn a broad variety of relevant skills and their application. The Global Leadership in Engineering (GLE) specialisation emphasises the development of personal, intercultural, and managerial skills and technical knowledge about international standards as well as competencies to manage engineering and production in international contexts. The programme prepares graduates to operate successfully in multiple and dynamic environments and to take up leadership responsibility in a global workplace. In the Industrial Operations and Supply Networks (IOSN) specialisation, students will be enabled to tactically optimise current and medium-term business processes. The main requirements to be met are currently based on digital technologies, lean principles and sustainability-oriented regulations. In particular, students acquire skills in the analysis, optimisation and implementation of production and logistics technologies. The Smart Business Models and Production Systems (SBMPS) specialisation enables students to strategically develop the company's long-term business models and production systems. Furthermore, students will be able to understand the use of artificial intelligence in production systems and the application of the principles of the circular economy in production processes. In the first and second semesters of the programme, the students will complete the 12 study modules according to the curriculum. In the third semester, either the Master's thesis or an optional internship takes place. In case the internship is chosen, the thesis is postponed until the fourth semester. The programme is organised according to the following indicative curriculum: First semester (winter semester) two business administration modules two technology/engineering modules two specialisation modules (IM, AM, GP, GLE, IOSN or SBMPS) Second semester (summer semester) two business administration modules one technology/engineering module one technology/engineering project one specialisation module (IM, AM, GP, GLE, IOSN or SBMPS) one specialisation project/lab (IM, AM, GP, GLE, IOSN or SBMPS) Third semester (winter semester) Master's thesis or optional internship Fourth semester (summer semester) Master's thesis (if an internship was completed) The teaching staff consists of both professors of the HTW Berlin and external lecturers from academia and industry. Please see our website for further details. PDF Download