Real Estate Studies in Germany: From Market Analysis to Project Development

• International Business and Management I
• Microeconomics

• Financial Accounting and Cost Accounting I
• Business and Financial Mathematics

• Business and Cultural History I
• Current Topics in Business I
• Business Law I
• Social Service Project I

Pick 1 out of 6:

• Chinese Culture and Society + Chinese
• Arabian Culture and Society + Arabic
• Russian Culture and Society + Russian
• German Culture and Society + German
• Spanish Culture and Society + Spanish
• French Culture and Society + French

• Introduction to Social Skills and MBS Values
• Critical Thinking, Data & Text Literacy I
• Presentation Skills and Communication Training I
• Business Etiquette
• Resilience Management I
• Student Mentoring (optional)

• International Business and Management II
• Macroeconomics
• Entrepreneurial and Creative Idea Generation Workshop
• Company Excursion

• Financial and Cost Accounting II
• Finance I
• Digital Skills I: Using Spreadsheets

• Business and Cultural History II
• Current Topics in Business II
• Business Law II
• Social Service Project II

 Pick 1 out of 6:

• Asian Culture and Society + Chinese
• Middle Eastern Culture and Society + Arabic
• Eastern European Culture and Society + Russian
• Culture and Society in the European Union + German
• Latin American Culture and Society + Spanish
• French and Francophone Culture and Society + French

• Critical Thinking, Data & Text Literacy II
• Presentation Skills and Communication Training II
• Resilience Management II
• Conflict Management
• Application Training

Complete your first internship in the lecture-free period between the second and third semester

• International Business and Management III
• Fundamentals of Human Resources Management and Leadership
• Fundamentals of International Marketing and Sales
• Finance II

• Digital Skills II: Statistics and Data Analysis
• Digital Skills III: Managing Information and Big Data in the Digital Age
• Digital Skills IV: Online Security and Digital Ethics

• Business and Cultural History III (Incl. Excursion)
• Business Law (Labor Law)
• Civic Engagement

Pick 1 out of 6:

• Business in Asia-Pacific + Chinese
• Arabian and Middle Eastern Business + Arabic
• Russian and Eastern European Business + Russian
• Business in Germany and the European Union + German
• Business in Spain and Latin America + Spanish
• Business in France and Francophone Countries + French

• Critical Thinking, Data & Text Literacy III (Seminar paper)
• Intercultural Competences
• Negotiation Skills

Feel more connected to the MBS community by actively participating in a variety of extracurricular opportunities.

20 ECTS  from the field of international business studies at the partner university

Duration: 10 Weeks

In the International Innovation Management concentration, you will learn to manage innovation processes from the idea to marketing. You focus on customer needs, use market research and current methods such as design thinking. You will research technology trends and implement your own innovation projects in groups.

In this concentration, students learn the basics of market-oriented business management. The focus is on marketing & sales in the digital age. The course covers strategies such as market analysis, brand management and the optimal marketing mix, including market research and sales management. The goal is to secure long-term success on a national and international level.

In the International Finance concentration, students acquire in-depth knowledge in controlling, corporate finance and asset management for the global context. The focus is on modern methods and tools, including investment calculations, financing decisions, foreign trade financing and risk assessment on an international level.

In the International Procurement, Production and Logistics concentration, students learn to efficiently manage global supply chains. The focus is on optimizing the flow of goods and services in times of globalization and digitalization. The aim is to supply end customers on time, cost-effectively and in high quality.

In the International Human Resources Management and Leadership concentration, students acquire in-depth knowledge of strategic human resources management at an international level. The focus is on the role of employees as critical success factors, as well as on topics of leadership and development of employees.

Deepen your accounting knowledge from the first part of the MBS program and learn, for example, about the structure, concept and elements of accounting according to IFRS.

• International Corporate Governance
• Corporate Taxation
• Digital Competencies V: Business Intelligence

• Idea Development & Start-ups I
• Project Management & Agile Methods

Feel more connected to the MBS community by actively participating in a variety of extracurricular opportunities.

Select from the following languages: Arabic, Russian, French, Chinese, Spanish, German

Pick 1 out of 3

• Innovation Management II (Product Lifecycle Management II)
• Marketing & Sales II (Customer Relationship Mananagement II)
• Procurement, Production, Logistics II (Supply Chain Management II)

Pick 1 out of 3

• International HR Management and Leadership II
• International Finance II
• International Governance and Business Development

Choose a seminar that matches your concentration and prepare yourself optimally for your bachelor thesis.

• Seminar Innovation Management (PLM)
• Seminar Marketing & Sales (CRM)
• Seminar Procurement, Production, Logistics (SCM)
• Seminar International HR Management and Leadership
• Seminar International Finance
• Seminar International Governance and Business Development

Further individualize your studies and deepen the areas you are particularly interested in, such as:

• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Globalization and International Trade
• Family Business
• Sport and Event Management
• Ecological Sustainability
• Business Consulting
• Real Estate Industry & Construction  
• International Financial and Sustainability Risk Management
• Social and Organisational-Psychology  
• Social Media
• Agile & New Work
• Luxury and Brand Management 

At the end of your studies, you will understand the importance of ethical decisions in the business world, which has been addressed in different courses in all semesters. Regardless of the level – company, leader or individual - ethical behavior in the sense of our MBS value act responsible is crucial!

• Idea Development & Start-ups II
• MBS Explorer Days: Creativity & Expression

Choose from the following languages: Arabic, Russian, French, Chinese, Spanish, German

Duration: 10 Weeks

Last but not least: Writing your Bachelor Thesis.

• Learn how to apply project management tools and methods to a real business problem.
• Plan, organize, implement, and control a project for a business partner and gain insights into the company.
• Assess the quality and reliability of existing data or research results based on their source, the method of data collection, and the analysis or interpretation of the results.

The concentration modules allow students to dive deep into specific fields of international business. In the first semester, students enroll in 2 out of 5 additional courses.
 

International Entrepreneurship: Identifying and Generating a Business Idea

• Develop a business idea using different decision-making approaches and begin to prototype the idea.
• Study different types of entrepreneurship, creativity techniques, and entrepreneurial decision-making approaches.
   

Innovation and Digital Business: Innovation and Digital Business I

• Learn how to develop smart solutions based on the latest technologies and successfully launch them on the market.
• Recognize the potential of digital-based innovations and translate this into new business models.

Global Family Business: Understanding and Managing Family Businesses

• Develop an understanding of key concepts and key tools for balancing family and business aspects over time.
• Work on a case study analyzing a real-life family to apply the concepts studied and design an approach for implementation.

Sustainable Business: Foundations of Sustainable Business

• Get to know the ecological, social and economic components of sustainability and understand their effects and challenges.
• Understand which tools and techniques are used in sustainability management.

Luxury Management: Manage and Market Luxury Brands

• Identify the key strategic (marketing) challenges in the luxury industry.
• Learn how to build a network of companies and executives within the industry

• Learn the basics of financial derivatives on interest rates and how to assess their effectiveness and values.
• Gain insights to core issues of international financial business management with a focus on hedging interest rate risks.

• Learn how to design, implement and monitor the relevant marketing and management strategies in a service context.
• Participate in a digitalization workshop and apply the concepts learned in class to program a website for a service marketing concept.

Sub-Modules:

• International Strategic Management: Learn about the driving forces behind globalization and the associated strategic models, and find out how you can apply them in business operations.
• Organizational Behavior: Explore the relationships between individuals, organizations, and society, as well as the reasons behind behaviors in organizations.
• Conscious Business: Develop an understanding of alternative business practices as opposed to the traditional focus on profit as the core objective of a company, based on the four principles of conscious capitalism and best practices in conscious business.

Choose 1 out of 3

Gain insights into business practices and current business topics in the chosen region based on an understanding of the social background as well as the economic and political system in the respective region.

• Business in Germany
• Business in Latin America
• Business in China
   

Choose 1 out of 3
Depending on the level, learn the appropriate grammar and vocabulary skills to advance to the next level of language proficiency.

• Spanish
• Chinese
• German

Sub-Modules:

• Business Communication: Recognize and master the challenges of business communication, especially in an international and intercultural context.
• Business Ethics: Study and discuss current and controversial business ethics issues as well as the philosophical origins of ethics.
• Negotiation Skills: Learn how to use effective communication skills and master the dynamics of human behavior in the negotiation process.

Feel more connected to the MBS community by actively participating in a variety of extracurricular activities.

The concentrations allow students to dive deep into specific areas of international business. In the second semester, students choose 2 out of 7 courses:
 

Corporate Finance: Company Valuation

• Distinguish between different valuation concepts and learn to apply specific valuation approaches.
• Learn how to create a portfolio that meets the given investment goals as well as how to perform a “risk and return” analysis.

International Marketing: Integrated Corporate Communication and Relationship Marketing

• Evaluate and design all elements of integrated corporate communication campaigns and adapt them according to different communication settings.
• Develop an understanding of relationship marketing concepts and frameworks as well as how to apply them to real-life examples.

International Entrepreneurship: Establishing a Startup and Testing the Business Idea

• Learn how to evaluate, write and pitch a business plan for creating a new venture.
• Develop skills to set up a new venture, assess growth determinants, detect and solve managerial challenges, and evaluate and prepare exit strategies and steps for dealing with failure.

Innovation and Digital Business: Innovation and Digital Business II

• Develop an understanding of innovation management in corporate structures and the impact of digitalization on novel product and service offerings
• Learn the basics and principles of digital business models in the context of corporate entrepreneurship

Global Family Business: Building, Protecting and Investing Family Wealth

• Develop an understanding of the dynamics between ownership-family-firm and the importance of balancing the system.
• Apply the key concepts for the execution of ownership, investment and core activities in the heart of the system to a case study.

Sustainable Business: Sustainable Business Transformation

• Develop a deep understanding of the principles of the circular economy and their implementation in companies.
• Solve complex human sustainability challenges as part of a project by applying sustainable design methods such as biomimicry, circular design and design thinking at product and process level.

Luxury Management: Luxury Brand Management

• Identify the key strategic (marketing) challenges in the luxury industry.
• Learn how to build a network of companies and executives within the industry.

• Learn how to apply project management tools and methods on a real-life business problem.
• Plan, organize, conduct and control a project for a business partner and gain insights into the company.
• Assess the quality and reliability of existing data / research findings based on their source, data collection method and analysis / interpretation of the findings.

Choose 2 from the offered courses.

Offers may include but are not limited to:

• Independent Research Project:
  Learn how to and develop a scientific paper, publication, working paper (or similar) on a self-chosen research topic in consultation with a faculty mentor.
• Success Factor Happiness:
  Personally experience the concepts of happiness, mindfulness, higher purpose, compassion, and gratitude through specific exercises and learn from best practices how to apply them in a work environment to increase (among others) subjective well-being, health, productivity, and satisfaction and decrease stress.
• Management Consulting:
  Analyze the characteristics of the consulting market, evaluate the critical success factors in consulting and develop the ability to structure and analyze business problems in a highly professional way.
• Consolidated Financial Statements:
  Develop an understanding of consolidated financial statements, how to prepare them and what challenges may arise in their preparation.
• Communication Management:
  Learn how organizations can communicate with consumers and acquire tools to facilitate communication within a company.
• Applied Game Theory:
  Learn how to translate economic problems into game theory and evaluate important solution concepts of game theory.
• Process and Logistics Management:
  Understand and recognize the importance of strategic operations and logistics managements as well as learn how to use relevant practical tools.
• International Economic Relations:
  Develop an understanding of why countries trade with each other and an ability to reflect on both advantages and problematic developments of international trade.

Use case studies, business simulations, in-depth reports as well as expert knowledge to understand the complexities of the business environment in the chosen region from a cultural, economic, social, political, and legal perspective.

Choose 1 out of 5:
 

• Business in Europe
• Business in Latin America
• Business in China
• Business in USA and Canada
• Business in Emerging Economies (India, Africa)

Depending on the level, learn the appropriate grammar and vocabulary skills to advance to the next level of language proficiency.

Choose 1 out of 3:

• Spanish
• Chinese
• German

Sub-Modules:

• Responsible Leadership: Learn how to lead and manage people in your company responsibly, including how to motivate and support people depending on the circumstances, personality, and culture.
• Business & Society: Familiarize yourself with the origins and development of various cultural beliefs and value systems and learn how these shape business practices from a top management perspective.
• Master Thesis Preparation: Learn how to collect, evaluate, assess, and present the state of the art on a specific topic.

Feel a stronger sense of belonging to the MBS community by actively engaging in a variety of extracurricular offerings.

Students of the Master have the opportunity to spend their second (February intake) or third (September intake) semester abroad at one of our numerous international partner universities. During the semester abroad you will gain extensive international experience and develop your intercultural skills. Alternatively, students can spend two semesters at selected universities and complete their studies with a dual degree.

Students who have studied at the university level or worked professionally consecutively for at least one year outside the German-speaking region can apply to replace the study abroad period in the third semester with a subject-related internship in the German-speaking region. If this is approved, an 15-week full-time internship for 15 ECTS must be completed during in the third semester.

Last but not least: writing your master's thesis.