International Business Administration (M.Sc.)

Target group

The target group of the track "Finance, Accounting, Controlling & Taxation" (FACT) in the Master's program International Business Administration are students who want to work in leading positions in

• consulting companies (tax consulting, auditing and management consulting),
• finance and capital market-oriented companies (investment banks, research departments, risk management departments of banks and stock exchanges) or
• in corporate controlling

want to work in corporate controlling. In particular, internationally oriented companies with a focus on Central and Eastern Europe [CEE] are the focus of the training.

Which professors belong to the institute?

• Prof. Dr. Christina Elschner
  Professorship in Finance and Taxation
• Prof. Dr. Sven Husmann
  Professorship in Finance and Capital Market Theory
• Prof. Dr. Karl Ludwig Keiber
  Professorship in Finance
• Prof. Dr. Drahomir Klimsa
  Junior Professorship in Taxation and Auditing
• Prof. Dr. Stephan Kudert
  Professorship in Taxation and Auditing
• Prof. Dr. Simone Maxand
  Junior Professorship in Statistics
• Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schmid
  Professorship in Statistics
• Prof. Dr. Matthias Sohn
  Professorship in Management Accounting
• Prof. Dr. Sonja Wüstemann
  Professorship in Accounting and Mangement Control

Objective

In the context of European integration and in the process of globalization, interdependencies between economies, especially between EU member states, have increased. These interdependencies and the related coordination problems are the focus of the track "Finance & International Economics" (FINE). Managing them is a success factor for national economies as well as for multinational companies and organizations. The FINE track aims to generate a holistic understanding of the common market and international trade, international financial markets, and European and international economic policy, especially monetary policy. Special attention is given to issues of European integration, European and international environmental and energy policy, international tax competition, and competition between social systems and their coordination in the EU. The aim of the FINE track is to provide students with state-of-the-art training in order to equip them with the skills required for the management of multinational companies and organizations in order to recognize, utilize and control both current and future opportunities and risks of globalization.

Target group

Graduates of the FINE track are qualified to take up positions in multinational companies, international institutions, and organizations as well as internationally active consultancies. Furthermore, after graduating from the FINE track, students can work in research institutions or pursue an academic career.

Which professors belong to the institute?

• Prof. Dr. Fabian Bald
  Junior Professorship in Regional and Urban Economics
• Prof. Ingo Geishecker, PhD
  Professorship in Applied Microeconmics
• Prof. Dr. Dagmara Jajeśniak-Quast
  Professorship in Interdisziplinary Polish Studies
• Prof. Dr. Reimund Schwarze
  Professorship in International Environmental Economics (joint appointment with UFZ Leipzig)
• Prof. Dr. Georg Stadtmann
  Professorship in Macroeconomics
• Prof. Dr. Felix Weinhardt
  Professorship in Public Economics

If you answer yes to the following questions, the DSDS program is probably the right choice for you:

• Do you believe that informed business decisions can only be made by understanding the underlying data?
• Would you like to learn how to analyze decision processes properly and how to apply appropriate decision models?
• Do you want to be the person who accurately understands and masters artificial intelligence algorithms, rather than just relying on decisions suggested by experts?
• Are you a numbers person interested in developing your own programming codes? Or do you want to become one?
• Did you enjoy applied mathematics and statistics in your previous education?

Our Vision: Learning from data and drawing the right conclusions

We live in a highly connected world, and data has become a key success factor in many businesses over the past decade. In addition, there are a growing number of companies pursuing a data-driven business model. Even the traditional manufacturing industry relies heavily on internal and external data to organize smooth processes and develop smart services and products. Data is important for managing businesses at all levels and creating value for customers. However, humans are unable to oversee the vast amounts of data available, and it is becoming increasingly impossible to draw conclusions without the help of powerful tools. "Learning from data" means applying or even developing methods of statistics, artificial intelligence and optimization. "Drawing the right conclusions" means finding the best decision model and eventually an optimal solution.

Your perspectives: Data Analyst, CIO, COO, or even CEO

Since data is used extensively in almost every industry these days, there are no limits to your career options. As a DSDS graduate, you can begin your career as a data analyst in fields such as consulting, retail, finance, pharmaceuticals, and automotive, or in public administrations and non-governmental organizations. You can start in a blue chip company just as well as in a start-up, maybe even your own, why not? After a few years of work experience, you may be qualified enough to become a CIO (Chief Information Officer) or COO (Chief Operations Officer) - and who knows, why not a CEO? Regardless of which career path you choose, your skills in data analytics and supporting data-driven decisions can help lead businesses and other institutions to succeed, both in terms of commercial and non-commercial goals.

Which professors belong to the institute?

• Prof. Dr. Christian Almeder
  Professorship in Supply Chain Management
• Prof. Dr. Sven Husmann
  Professorship in Finance and Capital Market Theory
• Prof. Dr. Achim Koberstein
  Professorship in Business Informatics & Operations Research
• Prof. Dr. Charlotte Köhler
  Junior professorship in Business Analytics
• Prof. Dr. Simone Maxand
  Junior professorship in Statistics
• Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schmid
  Professorship in Statistics

Objective

The social conditions to which companies and their internal and external cooperation partners are subject are changing rapidly and fundamentally in the process of globalization. Management in an international context requires knowledge that transcends current structures and processes in the long term. It must provide orientation for those involved and create competence for action.

The Master's degree program in International Business Administration with a major in "Marketing & Management" (M & M) conveys the current state of theoretical discussion in the fields of management and marketing and provides participants in the program with the orientation they need to actively shape the changes associated with the globalization of markets.

Target group

The target group of the M & M track in the Master's program in International Business Administration are students who want to work in leading positions in international companies and organizations, especially in Central and Eastern European markets.

What can you expect in the modules?

The modules in the M & M track can be divided into three subject areas:

• The modules in the topic area Philosophy of Science and Research Methods are designed to support students in their scientific and methodological approach and to develop critical faculties towards theoretical approaches and models.
• Within the topic area Market Relations, transactions and cooperative relationships between market participants will be addressed.
• The subject area Enterprise deals with issues related to the enterprise itself and its strategic orientation.
• The modules of the subject area Corporate Environment include the analysis of the overarching rules of the game and interest groups that are relevant for the activities of international companies. These include not only formal rules of the game, such as laws, constitutions or property rights, but also informal constraints on action, such as cultural customs, religion and tradition.

Practial contacts

In order to emphasize the application orientation of the teaching content, the members of the M & M Institute maintain intensive contacts with practice, which are reflected both in teaching and in the assignment of internships, project work or topics for the master's thesis. Practical contacts exist, for example, with Beiersdorf, BMW, Bosch, Google, Haniel, Hewlett Packard, Lafarge Roofing, Lufthansa, Media-Saturn, Metro, MOL Group, MTU.

Which professors belong to the institute?

• Prof. Dr. Katja Brunk
  Professorship in Marketing
• Prof. Dr. Jana Costas
  Professorship in People, Work & Management
• Prof. Dr. Martin Eisend
  Professorship in Marketing
• Prof. Dr. Jochen Koch
  Professorship in Management and Organization
• Prof. Dr. Albrecht Söllner
  Professorship in International Management

• Essential requirement for the admission into a Master program is your successful acquirement of a first academic degree in Business Administration and/or Economics, such as a Bachelor, that implies a professional qualification with a total of 30 ECTS-Credits in the courses mathematics, statistics, business informatics, microeconomics or macroeconomics.
• Language of instruction is English. Language knowledge in English will be required. For being admitted into the program prospective students have to prove sufficient knowledge of the languages through an adequate certificate.
• In addition to English, German is also the language of instruction and examination in the course of study. Foreign students who did not acquire their university entrance certificate (high school diploma/Abitur) in Germany must, as an admission prerequisite, provide proof of German language proficiency either through successfully passing the German Language Exam for University Admission of foreign student Applicants (DSH) or an equivalent test, if they decide at the beginning of their studies for the functional oriented study options "Finance, Accounting, Controlling & Taxation (FACT)", "Finance & International Economics (FINE)" or "Management & Marketing (M & M)" according to Art. 6 of the subject-specific regulation (Studiengangsspezifische Ordnung).

• Essential requirement for the admission into a Master program is your successful acquirement of a university degree, such as a Bachelor, that implies a professional qualification. This degree has to be earned from a German University and or an international university being recognized in Germany.
• To apply for the admission into the Master of International Business Administration it requires successfully completed Bachelor studies in the field of Business Administration and/or Economics and a total of 30 ECTS-Credits in the courses mathematics, statistics, business informatics, microeconomics or macroeconomics. You do not necessarily need to have had all of these courses as long as this total number of credits is achieved. A notarized copy of your first degree or your performance overview of the university, thus it states a tentative average grade has to be attached to the application.
• Admission for this program can also be requested, if the first academic degree, due to outstanding exam results, is not yet accredited, but the current performance level suggests that this degree will be reached until the beginning of the Master studies. The applicant has to proof such by turning in a respective performance overview of the university (notarized copy), thus it states a tentative average grade.
• Prospective students who have another first professional qualification that is not listed here cannot be admitted.
• Please note: A preliminary check of your documents, i.e. "Does my degree entitle me to take up this course of study?" cannot be carried out. The requirements for admission to the program are explained in detail above. The examination of your submitted application documents will take place after the end of the corresponding application period.

Applicants must, therefore, before the start of the program, provide proof that they have sufficient knowledge in English on the C1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) as an admission prerequisite and to demonstrate it by means of a corresponding certificate.

A certificate of sufficient knowledge of the English language on the C1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) is needed as an admission prerequisite, which can be done by providing proof of having successfully passed one of the following equivalent exams:

• Cambridge English Advanced: Grade B at minimum,
• Cambridge English Proficiency: Grade A-C,
• IELTS (academic): 7.0 points at minimum,
• TOEFL: (iBT, nicht MyBest^TM Score): 95 points at minimum (TOEFL ID Code: 4782),
• TOEIC: 490 points at minimum (listening), 455 points at minimum (reading), 180 points at minimum (speaking), 180 points at minimum (writing),
• Certificate UNIcert III.

Please note:

1. A certificate of the required language knowledge must at the latest be presented at the time of enrollment (for the winter semester mid/end of August; for the summer semester mid/end of February) in the original. If you cannot submit the certificate with the specified passing grade at the deadline, you cannot be enrolled in the program.

2. Except for the mentioned tests and certificates, we do not accept any other language certificate.

3. Please arrange for the language certificate to be sent directly from the test institute to the admissions office. Copies – notarized or not – will not be accepted.

4. The language certificate may not be older than three years.

5. In order to meet the deadline, we urgently recommend that you pursue the appropriate language certificate in a timely fashion.

6. Only prospective students whose bachelor degree was completed in one of the following countries do not need to provide proof of English language knowledge: Australia, Ireland, Canada, Malta, New Zeeland, South Africa, UK, USA. Prospective students from other countries need a accepted certificate.

Foreign students who did not acquire their university entrance certificate (high school diploma/Abitur) in Germany must, as an admission prerequisite, provide proof of German language proficiency either through successfully passing the German Language Exam for University Admission of foreign student Applicants (DSH) or an equivalent test.

They should therefore, acquire a good command of German within their home countries and, if possible, take the TestDaF (German as a Foreign Language) exam.

Applicants who are exempt from taking the DSH exam include those who

• Are holders of a German language Abitur,
• Have successfully graduated from a German-language university,
• Possess the German language certificate of the culture minister conference (KMK), level 2, and whose grades were at least at the level C1 in all four parts,
• Have the Goethe Certificate C2 certificate from the Goethe institute,
• Have acquired a TestDaF certificate and whose grades were at least at the TDN 4 level in all four parts,
• Have a "telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule" certificate,
• Have already taken the DSH exam.

The European University Viadrina offers a German preparatory course.

Please note:

1. The proof of your current German knowledge has to be submitted already with all other application documents to determine
   
   • if this knowledge is sufficient already for studying or
   • if you need to take the DSH or an equivalent German language examination before start of studies or
   • if the enrollment will not be possible because of lacking language knoweldge.
2. A certificate of the required language knowledge must at the latest be presented at the time of enrollment (for the winter semester mid/end of August; for the winter semester mid/end of February) in the original.
3. Please arrange for the language certificate to be sent directly from the test institute to the admissions office. Copies – notarized or not – will not be accepted.
4. The language certificate may not be older than three years.
5. In order to meet the deadline, we urgently recommend that you pursue the appropriate language certificate in a timely fashion.

The program is admission-restricted.

Germans and applicants with a German university degree initially enroll online at viaCampus between May 1 to 31 (for the winter semester) and between November 1 to 30 (for the summer semester).

Then send the following documents to the admission office of the European University Viadrina:

• the fully completed and signed application (available on viaCampus after completing your online application),
• the completed form for the proof of the required academic achievements, which you can download here. Note: This certificate is not required for students of the European University Viadrina!
• Language skills: English at level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference must be proven at the latest at the time of enrolment. Only the certificates indicated on this page under "Requirements/ Language requirements in English" will be accepted.
• a transcript of records to assess the relevance of the (upcoming) university degree,
• an officially certified copy of the university degree or a certificate from your previous examination office stating that all academic achievements have been submitted (An evaluation of all achievements is not necessary for enrolment. In this case, please submit the following form: Confirmation of bachelor’s Achievements for Enrollment. The bachelor’s certificate must be submitted to the Enrolment Office by the end of the first semester).
• a health insurance certificate*,
• a self-addressed and sufficiently stamped return envelope, size DIN A4, for sending the student ID card (chip card) and your submitted documents,
• if applicable, certificates of study from German universities showing the semesters of study you have completed up to now,
• if applicable, a certificate of exmatriculation from your last German university,
• a proof of payment of the semester contribution (e.g. printout of the online transaction),
• a copy of an identification document showing the full surname, first name, date of birth, address, and validity date. You have the option to black out all other information. This copy of ID will be used for identification purposes only and will also protect against identity theft.
  
  

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* Notes on student health insurance

Proof of insurance status - either legally insured or exempt from compulsory insurance - is required for enrollment. To do this, contact a statutory health insurance company and have them either insure you (e.g. student) or exempt you so that your insurance status can be reported electronically to the European University. The chip card or a paper certificate will not suffice.

To report your insurance status, health insurance companies may require the Europa University Viadrina sender number: H0001747.

Students,

• 30 years and older,
• in continuing education programs,
• who are enrolling for a doctoral degree,
• are enrolled in college

do not receive a student rate. They may voluntarily purchase insurance at the regular rate. The electronic health insurance certificate is not required for these students.

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All documents to be submitted that are not issued in German or English must also be submitted as a sworn translation in German or English.

Information for international applicants with a foreign university degree

Please apply online: May 1 to 31 (for the winter semester) or November 1 to 30 (for the summer semester) via uni-assist e.V. Berlin. 

You can enroll after you received your letter of acceptance. The letter will be available online in viaCampus.

Admission requirements include English language skills at level C1 of the European Reference Framework or a UniCert III. Only the certificates indicated on this page under "Requirements/ Language requirements in English" will be accepted..

Please do not submit originals. Copies must be officially certified by an authority. If you come from one of the EU countries, it is sufficient to have the documents certified by notaries, schools or universities. Outside the European Union, copies must be certified by a German consular representation or a authorized public notary.

For more information, please see:

https://www.europa-uni.de/en/internationales/Students/Incomings/Applying/Master/index.html