Fit for the global digital business world
Do you want to combine foreign languages and time spent abroad with a degree in business administration? Then you've come to the right place! Our bilingual bachelor's degree opens the doors to a worldwide career. You'll face this challenge in a friendly atmosphere and as an individual personality, and not as an anonymous (matriculation) number.
Programme content and structure
You'll be studying with us in three different languages and spend at least two semesters abroad. We prepare you for this with intensive language courses and events on intercultural aspects. In addition to in-depth knowledge of company management, IBW also teaches you to think outside the box as the decision-maker of tomorrow. It is important to us that our students are aware of their responsibility for the environment (e.g. climate change) and society (e.g. working conditions). Digital processes and business models have become a central component of the corporate world and also play an important role in your studies.
Entry requirements
- German university entrance qualification
(Allgemeine Hochschulreife, Fachhochschulreife, Fachgebundene Hochschulreife) or a foreign university entrance qualification equivalent to the German one.
- English language skills:
- International applicants: GER B2, TOEFL iBT 72 points plus, IELTS 6.0, TOEIC 785, PTE 59, Cambridge English Scale Minimum 160 points
The level is also deemed to have been reached if proof of an English-language school-leaving qualification or an English-language course of study is provided.
- German applicants: The German university entrance qualification (Abitur/Fachhochschulreifezeugnis) is considered proof of your language skills.
- International applicants: GER B2, TOEFL iBT 72 points plus, IELTS 6.0, TOEIC 785, PTE 59, Cambridge English Scale Minimum 160 points
- German language skills: GER B2, DSH Level I, TestDaF Level 3, telc/Goethe/ÖSD B2, DSD II
- Language skills in your regional focus of choice:
- Francophone world: 2 school years /A2
- Hispanic world: 2 school years /A2
- China: no previous knowledge necessary
What's covered
Semester fees
Special features
This degree programme is bilingual in German/English.
Would you prefer to study 100% in English? Then click here for our Internal link opens in the same window:International Business Management (IBM) programme.
You study IBW in three languages, together with international students and lecturers who themselves come from abroad or have extensive experience in international business.
You will spend two to three semesters abroad at one of our partner universities worldwide and even have the chance to earn a double degree! You can also hold a bilingual degree in your hands after your IBW studies.
Your career prospects
Many possibilities await you
After your IBW studies, you will not only have a recognised academic degree in your hands, you will also have the specialist, methodological and social skills you need for a position of responsibility in the globalised world of work. Our graduates start their careers both directly abroad and at domestic companies with a strong international focus.
Or you can use your bachelor's degree as a ticket to a postgraduate master's programme.
There are many exciting career paths for IBW graduates, for example as a Financial Analyst in Zurich, Key Account Manager in Mexico City, Chief Purchasing Officer in Toulouse or Marketing Manager at a car manufacturer in Germany. Some of our former students have also realised their dream of setting up their own start-up.
HFU Business School gives you an "all-in-one" experience - international business knowledge, interaction with different cultures and the opportunity to learn different languages in a short period of time.
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