Master of Science in Business Administration
University of Passau · Passau, Europe
Duration
24 mo
Tuition
No tuition fee
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Winter semester
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About this programme
Study Business Administration and build your own individual profile Gain a prestigious Master of Science in Business Administration degree at our award-winning School of Business, Economics and Information Systems. This degree programme can be studied entirely in English and, thanks to the major and minor structure, offers you a maximum of flexibility to shape your studies in line with your personal interests. In this research-orientated business Master’s degree programme, you will learn to develop innovative solutions for complex problems in the business world together with students with different backgrounds and perspectives. This is what we offer you: A fully English-taught degree programme without tuition fees Individual specialisation: combine six majors, 12 minors and a free choice of modules Numerous international double degree options Individual support all the way to graduation – on Germany's most beautiful campus Comprehensive start-up support for your business idea Study at a renowned business school with superb ranking results Career prospects Graduates with a Master's degree in business administration are in high demand on the labour market and often find themselves in influential positions with attractive starting salaries. After successfully completing the programme, you can start a career in management and in executive leadership positions or go on to study for a doctorate and lay the foundations for a career in academia. Potential future employers are national and multinational companies or organisations engaged in a wide range of industries or the public sector. Depending on your profile, this could include the financial services sector, management consultancies, auditing companies or tax consulting firms. The programme comprises three module areas and the Master's thesis: A: Methodological Foundations In this module area, you will acquire basic methodological knowledge of business administration. B: Majors and Minors You can choose from the following major (primary subjects) and minor (subsidiary subjects) module groups: Major: Accounting and Tax Minor: Business Taxation; Reporting and Controlling Major: Data Science Minor: Artificial Intelligence; Data Science; Optimisation Major: Entrepreneurship Minor: Entrepreneurship Major: Finance Minor: Finance Major: Information Systems and Digital Business Minor: Information Systems and Digital Business Major: Management and Strategy Minor: Digital Management; Marketing; Economics; Sustainability You will choose one compulsory major in which you will write your Master's thesis. Then you will have four options: Choose a second major. Choose two minors. Choose a minor and other modules from the entire range of modules offered. In addition to that, you can choose freely from the entire range of modules offered. C: Foreign Business Language In module area C, you can take foreign language courses offered by our Language Centre. However, completing modules from this area is not compulsory to successfully complete the programme. You can choose from any language offered as a subject-specific language programme. These are as follows: Chinese, Czech, English, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and/or Spanish.
Intakes & deadlines
Winter semester
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Entry requirements
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English
E.G. UNIcert® English: UNIcert® II TOEIC: 785 Reading: 385 Listening: 400 Speaking: 160 Writing: 150 TOEFL iBT (before 2026): 72 Reading: 18 Listening: 17 Speaking: 20 Writing: 17 PTE Academic: 59 ISE (paper edition): ISE II IELTS Academic: 5.5 Cambridge English Qualifications Business (BEC) : B2 Business Vantage Cambridge English Qualifications: B2 First
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Prerequisites
Applicants should have good results from a first degree, with a final grade of 2.7 or better (according to the German marking system or the relevant foreign equivalent grade). The degree should be in business administration, economics or a related discipline, obtained from a programme of study with a minimum standard full-time study duration of three years. A degree is considered "related" if the minimum business or economics content amounts to 60 ECTS credits, including least 10 ECTS credits in economic/business research methods (e.g. data collection, data processing, mathematics, software development or statistics). Applicants who have not obtained their university degree in a signatory state to the Lisbon Convention must additionally prove their suitability for the MSc Business Administration degree programme by passing the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) with a score of at least 550 points.
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This is an indicative early-career range for the whole Business & Management field in Europe, from official graduate-outcome data — not a figure for this programme or university, and not a guarantee of what you will earn. What you actually earn depends on the role, employer, city and your visa.
Source: Profiling Institut - Gehaltsranking nach Studienfach 2026 (StepStone Gehaltsreport 2026), 2026. Market job-board data — less official than a government survey; treat as indicative.
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Tuition is No tuition fee. Taken from the university's published fees page, not re-checked since — confirm it before you budget. We confirm the current fee and the scholarships you qualify for — free.
The main intake is Winter semester. Most universities admit on a rolling basis — we confirm the exact deadline for your profile, free.
Applicants should have good results from a first degree, with a final grade of 2.7 or better (according to the German marking system or the relevant foreign equivalent grade). The degree should be in business administration, economics or a related discipline, obtained from a programme of study with a minimum standard full-time study duration of three years. A degree is considered "related" if the minimum business or economics content amounts to 60 ECTS credits, including least 10 ECTS credits in economic/business research methods (e.g. data collection, data processing, mathematics, software development or statistics). Applicants who have not obtained their university degree in a signatory state to the Lisbon Convention must additionally prove their suitability for the MSc Business Administration degree programme by passing the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) with a score of at least 550 points. English: E.G. UNIcert® English: UNIcert® II TOEIC: 785 Reading: 385 Listening: 400 Speaking: 160 Writing: 150 TOEFL iBT (before 2026): 72 Reading: 18 Listening: 17 Speaking: 20 Writing: 17 PTE Academic: 59 ISE (paper edition): ISE II IELTS Academic: 5.5 Cambridge English Qualifications Business (BEC) : B2 Business Vantage Cambridge English Qualifications: B2 First.
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