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
You must have the following language skills to study IBW:
German: CEF B2/C1
English: approx. 7 years of school English (CEF B2/C1) or TOEFL iBT 79 points plus
Language skills in the chosen regional focus:
Francophone world: 2 years of school French or equivalent knowledge
Hispanic world: 2 years of school Spanish or equivalent knowledge
China: no previous knowledge necessary
What's covered
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.