Professional development
The Executive MBA at HFU is just right for those with career ambitions! Anyone who has already achieved impressive professional success and is looking for further development to take the next step in their career, can get off to a flying start with our Executive MBA. The programme prepares you specifically for the challenges ahead in international top management.
Programme content and structure
Who is this the right degree programme for?
As a rule, our participants must have a degree. They are often graduates with a background in engineering, IT, the natural sciences or law. Ideally their academic background includes the basics of business administration.
Our participants are already faced with complex business management issues and contexts and hopefully have experience-based or self-taught knowledge.
Our participants have several (at least five) years of professional experience, often already in a position of responsibility. This aspect is a formal selection criterion.
Our participants have a good command of the English language and are able to hold discussions in it. This is also a formal selection criterion.
Focus of content
The focus on general management and the development of leadership potential are at the core of our programme. We show how strategic decision-making and problem-solving succeed in complex professional situations. Through practical orientation and close business contacts, we build bridges between science and practice. Our professional learning environment is specially designed to meet the needs of working managers. The small group size with a maximum of 15 participants enables intensive learning from and with each other.
What's covered
Entry requirements
A first professionally qualifying university degree (bachelor, magister, diplom or equivalent) is required to apply for EMBA. At least five years of professional experience in a responsible position after graduation and very good language skills in English as the language of study are also required.
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Tuition fees
EMBA specifics
The Executive MBA guarantees excellent support from highly qualified and experienced lecturers. As a rule, these are professors at HFU Business School who can look back on many years of practical experience in industry.
The Executive MBA has a clear international focus. Teaching is conducted 100% in English. The content is specifically tailored to global topics.
Programme participants come from many different countries and enrich the Executive MBA through the professional and personal experience from their home countries which they bring. So far, students with more than 20 different nationalities from four continents have taken part in the programme. Dealing with cultural differences is embedded in the curriculum, and is thus experienced intensively and personally. Most of the participants work in an international environment and benefit from this international orientation.
Two one-week modules abroad at top international universities are an integral part of the Executive MBA. They are among the absolute highlights of the programme. One module takes place at the top Brazilian university FGV in São Paulo and provides an insight into the Brazilian economy and culture. The second takes place at the prestigious Universidad de Málaga and focuses on Europe. A business simulation takes place over several days in mixed international teams.
Special features
An MBA in 4 semesters
It takes four semesters, i.e., two years on our part-time course to get an MBA degree. The abbreviation stands for Master of Business Administration and is THE degree for anyone with a career in management, leadership and strategy. The course is designed so that working people can complete it.
Management Essentials for Professionals (MEP)
The Management Essentials for Professionals (MEP) programme takes only one semester. This semester is identical to the first semester of the Executive MBA and is taught together. It always takes place in the summer semester on our Schwenningen Campus.
We focus in this programme on the core functions of modern business administration which include:
- Strategic Management
- International Finance
- Management Accounting
- Financial Accounting
- International Marketing
- Human Resource Management
- Project Management
Completion of this programme is a state-recognised Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS).
Key data Management Essentials for Professionals
- 21 ECTS
- Start: summer semester (March)
- Application deadline: 15 February
- Entry requirements: At least five years of work experience, good to very good English proficiency, participation in a selection interview
- Language: English
After completing this programme, it can be extended to a full Executive MBA. All credits from this programme will count towards this.
New: Extended Management Essentials for Professionals (eXMEP)
After successfully completing the MEP programme and obtaining the CAS certificate, it is possible to obtain a further officially recognised certificate with little additional effort, namely with the extension option "Extended Management Essentials for Professionals (eXMEP)".
Here, three additional modules from the 2nd and 3rd semester Executive MBA canon are selected and a further 9 ECTS can be acquired. Upon successful completion, the 30 ECTS will result in a state-recognized "Diploma of Advanced Studies (DAS certificate)".
The decision for this "Extended" variant can be made at very short notice at the end of the 1st semester.
Your career prospects
We prepare you for your next career move
The EMBA's diverse programme options create an ideal basis for the next step in your career, at the same time signalling your to your employer your willingness to accept new challenges.
Even after graduation the HFU Business School continues to play a role in the professional development of graduates. Lecture events, so-called "Best Practices" lectures, take place regularly and offer a platform for networking between alumni, students and practitioners. Alumni are regularly invited to the Executive MBA Management Refresher Day, which offers state-of-the-art management knowledge and promotes networking among former students.
The programme not only provided me with a toolbox for my everyday work as a manager, it has also been a great leadership training, and a personal and professional growth experience.
