Master in International Business Studies | Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg - FAU

The program provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the complexity of international business. Students are supported in acquiring all the necessary skills required to succeed in an international environment. Special attention is given to the variety of approaches that firms choose to adapt their international operations due to the diversity of laws, business practices, and cultures across the globe.

The emphasis is on increasing the students’ capacity to understand and analyze foreign operation modes and to make decisions related to foreign market entry and management strategies. The students develop essential communication and intercultural skills. Students have the opportunity to earn credits at one of our partner universities worldwide. The program includes company visits as well as lectures and workshops with executives from leading companies. The wide variety of business language courses complete the international focus of the program and prepare students for their career in an international setting.
 

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Master in International Business Studies | Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg - FAU: Career

The program is designed to give students a deep insight and profound knowledge in the field of International Business and enables them to act independently in a global business setting. The Master in International Business Studies qualifies students to work in companies, institutions or associations operating internationally. The program also prepares students for future research work in the field of International Business.

Master of International Business Studies Alumni started working after completion of their studies in highly reputated companies, such as:

• Adidas
• BCG
• Bosch Rexrodt AG
• GfK Group
• MAN
• Puma
• Rehau
• Remondis International
• Roedl & Partner
• Roland Berger
• Siemens
• ... and many more.

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Master in International Business Studies | Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg - FAU: Admission

Admission to the Master in International Business Studies program is based on several criteria. In the first stage of the qualification assessment process, the relevant documents are assessed by the selection committee. If students score more than 69 points, direct admission is given. In the second stage of the qualification assessment process, applicants with a score of 50–69 points must write an essay on a certain topic related to a question from the field of International Business Studies within one week. Information about the procedure will be given to concerned students in due course.

 

• Please use the Online Application Portal Campo for your application.
• Opening of Online Application Tool: between January and April each year. Please see our websites for details.
• Application deadline is May 31st each year.
• Start of the program: October each year.

Admission to the Master in International Business Studies program is based on the following criteria:
 

• Bachelor’s degree in International Business, Business Administration, Management, Economics or a related subject
• Knowledge in business administration pertinent to the degree program
• Knowledge in statistics pertinent to the degree program
• English language proficiency
• Relevant work experience
• Relevant international experience
• Relevant knowledge of third languages (other than mother tongue and English)

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Overview of Masters programmes - Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg - FAU

		Integrated Immunology
		Integrated Life Sciences: Biology, Biomathematics, Biophysics
		International Business Studies
		International Information Systems
		Materials Science and Engineering
		Nanotechnology
		Advanced Materials and Processes
		Advanced Optical Technologies
		Antike Sprachen und Kulturen
		Arbeitsmarkt und Personal
		Archäologische Wissenschaften
		Berufspädagogik Technik
		Business Management MBA
		Chemical Engineering - Nachhaltige Chemische Technologien
		Chemie- und Bioingenieurwesen
		Chemistry
		Communications and Multimedia Engineering
		Computational Engineering
		Development Economics and International Studies
		Digital Humanities
		Digitale Japanstudien
		Economics
		Elektrotechnik-Elektronik-Informationstechnik
		Energietechnik
		English Studies
		Erziehungswissenschaftlich-Empirische Bildungsforschung
		Ethik der Textkulturen
		Finance, Auditing, Controlling, Taxation (FACT)
		Geographie: Kulturgeographie
		Geographie: Physische Geographie
		Geowissenschaften
		Germanistik
		Gerontologie
		Geschichte
		Gesundheitsmanagement und Gesundheitsökonomie
		Health and Medical Management (MHMM)
		Health Business Administration (MHBA)
		Human Rights
		Imperien und Transkontinentale Räume
		Informatik
		Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik
		Internationales Projektmanagement im Großanlagenbau
		Komparatistische Romanistik
		Kunstgeschichte
		Lehramtsbezogener Masterstudiengang Gymnasium
		Lexikographie
		Life Science Engineering
		Linguistik
		Literaturstudien - medial und transkulturell
		MA Theater - Forschung - Vermittlung
		Management
		Marketing
		Marketing-/Vertriebsmanagement
		Maschinenbau
		Material Physics
		Mathematik
		MBA in Digital Business & AI
		Mechatronik
		Medical Process Management
		Medien, Ethik, Religion
		Medizintechnik
		Mittelalter- und Renaissance-Studien
		Mittellatein und Neulatein
		Molecular Science
		Molekulare Medizin
		Multimedia-Didaktik
		Nahoststudien (Middle Eastern Studies)
		North American Studies
		North American Studies: Culture and Literature
		Organisations- und Personalentwicklung
		Pädagogik
		Philosophy
		Physical Activity and Health
		Physics
		Politikwissenschaft
		Psychologie
		Rechtswissenschaften
		Schriftmedienkultur und Digitale Transformation
		Sinologie
		Sozialökonomik
		Soziologie
		Technomathematik
		The Americas/Las Américas
		Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen
		Wirtschaftsmathematik
		Wirtschaftspädagogik
		Zell- und Molekularbiologie

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The School of Business and Economics at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has an excellent reputation in teaching and research in Germany. More than 6,000 students from many different countries are currently studying in more than 20 innovative degree programs to prepare for careers in business, public organizations and research. Our students have picked one of Germany’s top universities, and they know they will benefit from its global contacts in partner universities and companies––and one of the most diverse subject ranges in the German-speaking world.

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