MBA Unternehmensführung

Heading for the Boardroom - the MBA Corporate Management of the University of Augsburg prepares you excellently for senior management positions!

The MBA-program has a focus on three core competences:

- Business Skills
- Leadership Competencies and
- Cross-cultural Competence.

The teaching method is effective and job-oriented learning with

- projects and case studies
- work experience of the students and
- small groups and highly qualified lecturers.

The MBA Corporate Management started in 1999 as one of the first part-time Executive MBA-Programs in Germany and was accredited by the FIBAA in 2003 with an outstanding result.

In February 2009 the MBA Corporate Management passed the national FIBAA-reaccreditation successfully. According to its outstanding quality the MBA-Program was awarded with the FIBAA-Premium-Siegel.

The participants selected for the Executive MBA Corporate Management are professionals who have been trained in different academic fields and who do a variety of jobs - junior executives from large corporations, aspiring company directors and entrepreneurs. As every participant brings individual expertise to the discussions and group work in the program, the composition of each MBA class is a rich and unique experience.

Formal requirements for admission

a degree from a German university or "Fachhochschule" or a Master's or Bachelor's degree from a foreign university which requires a minimum of three years of study, a minimum of 2 years work experience after graduating, a good knowledge of English and an invitation to an interview with the MBA-team.

The MBA Corporate Management is an MBA in General Management. The MBA-students acquire all-round management skills in order to get all necessairy qualifications to perform successfully as a global executive. During the first year of study the MBA-students take 17 different core courses which provide key qualifications for successful management. The courses cover all relevant aspects of corporate management with the main focus on business and management skills, leadership and international competence. In the second year of study students can choose courses out of a wide range of courses offered by the Spring1-term during their seven week full-time study at the Katz Graduate School of Business in Pittsburgh/US and choose afterwards the electives in Augsburg according to their individual preferences. To finish their study, the students have to write an academic thesis that must have a strong corporate link but also offer a sound academic approach to the topic.

Experience and Innovation - the University of Pittsburgh (AACSB-accredited)

This is the reason why students spend 7 weeks of the course at the Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Students form Augsburg find themselves assigned to international teams and become part of life on campus. This means that they are able to improve their cross-cultural understanding by coming into direct contact with the people, language and tradition of other cultures.