International Business and Resources in Emerging Markets (MBA)

What kind of student are you? Do you have a professional interest in transition countries, emerging economies or less developed countries? Are you looking for additional academic challenges to improve your career prospects in the fields of international business and development economics? Are you interested in acquiring intercultural skills in these markets? Would you like to gain international experience during your studies? Are you ready to study in a challenging and competitive programme? If the answers to these questions are positive, then this MBA programme is the right one for you! We invite you to take a look at the structure and organisation of this unique study programme, which leverages the years of experience of our faculty at one of the oldest universities in the world and our hand-selected partner universities.   The Master's degree programme is an economics-oriented degree programme that offers students a modern education in the overlapping area of modern economics, in particular modern development economics and environmental economics, and business administration, in particular international management. These areas usually have a special connection to resource-related industries. The teaching modules are designed to enable students to develop a detailed and critical understanding of the particularities, limitations, terminologies, and doctrines in these areas, generating a particular understanding of the nuances of cooperation between Eastern, South-Eastern, and Western Europe and emerging Asian economies on the one hand, and the increasing importance of ecological interrelationships on the other. Students thus acquire skills for dealing with new and unfamiliar complex tasks and problems in the areas of management of international companies, administrations, and international organisations. Using the theoretical framework they have acquired, they can develop and apply new ideas and procedures and evaluate them by taking into account different scientific standards of judgement. This enables them to develop strategic solutions even with incomplete information and weigh them up against each other in scenarios that allow students to independently manage processes in the strategy-orientated professional field of international management. In these fields of activity in particular, the requirements structure is characterised by frequent and unpredictable changes. The interactive nature of the courses aims to help students develop their personal communication and cooperation skills in the fields that are decisive for the professional field. As a result, they will be able to integrate other participants into tasks in a goal-oriented manner within a management function, taking into account the respective group situation, deal constructively with conflicts, and define the expected social, economic, and cultural effects to integrate them into the decision-making process. You will also receive tuition-free German language courses over the period of the first two semesters, and you can do an internship to earn credit points. If you choose the International Business specialisation, you will have the opportunity to spend one semester abroad at one of our partner universities. We also have double degree agreements, which enable you to stay at a partner university for one year and earn two Master's degrees — one from each institution. The taught modules include lectures, tutorials, practical exercises, case studies, and seminars. PDF Download