Business Administration, Bachelor of Arts

Admission Requirements

With your B.A. in Business Administration, for example, you can work in controlling, project management, or human resources development. Alternatively, you can pursue a master's or MBA after your studies.

In order to begin studies at Fresenius University, applicants must demonstrate the qualifications required for the program (university entrance qualification). This can be demonstrated by:

• the general higher education entrance qualification (Abitur), which allows for studying at all universities and in all federal states,
• or the subject-specific higher education entrance qualification, which allows for studies in the corresponding subject and in the federal states specified in the diploma,
• or the vocational baccalaureate, which allows for studies at a university of applied sciences or in a structured program at a university in the federal states specified in the diploma.

Alternatively, you can also be admitted without a higher education entrance qualification. The following is required for studying without this qualification:

• You have passed a master craftsman's examination.
• Or you have a qualification according to the Regulation on Access for Professionally Qualified Persons to Universities in the State of Hesse, which includes a qualification from a vocational advanced training course of at least 400 hours, a qualification from a technical school or a professional or administrative academy, or a passed examination in a state-recognized training occupation with at least three years of subsequent professional experience and passing a separate university entrance examination.
• For foreign qualifications, equivalence must be demonstrated for admission.

Applicants who have obtained a subject-specific higher education entrance qualification or vocational baccalaureate, but whose diploma does not list the state of Hesse, are requested to contact us at the free info hotline 0800/3400400 or arrange a call back - we are happy to assist and look forward to your call!

By the way: If you have completed a commercial IHK training, you can enter the 2nd semester directly. This way you can shorten the standard study period from 7 to 6 semesters.

Study Contents and Specializations

The Bachelor's degree programme in Business Administration is comprehensive. The first semesters focus mainly on basic principles in economic disciplines, alongside Mathematics and Statistics.

The study plan includes the following modules:

• 1st Semester: Introduction to Business Administration, Accounting and Cost Accounting, Media, Ethics and Society, Business Language Issues, Introductory Project for Self-Organized Learning, Communication, and Presentation
• 2nd Semester: Introduction to Economics, Mathematics, Civil Law, Business Negotiation Competencies, Academic Research Skills
• 3rd Semester: Descriptive and Inductive Statistics, Commercial, Corporate, and Labour Law, Finance, Accounting and Controlling, Human Resource Management, Organization and Operational Planning, Marketing and Market Research
• 4th Semester: Entrepreneurship Project, CSR and Sustainable Corporate Management, Introduction to Online Business and Online Marketing, Value Creation Management, Entrepreneurship
• 5th Semester: Strategic and International Management, Specialization Module I
• 6th Semester: Project Studies in Business Consulting, Specialization Module II
• 7th Semester: Intercultural Competence, Macroeconomic Models, Restructuring and Turnaround Management, Bachelor's Thesis

Throughout the course of the programme, you will also delve into exciting specializations such as Marketing Management, Holistic Value Creation Systems, Controlling, International Management, or Sales Management.

Study Concept and Structure

The part-time study programme at Fresenius University is a so-called hybrid study that effectively combines on-campus and online study components. This allows you to pursue a completely flexible study programme that seamlessly fits into your daily life, professional career, and family responsibilities.

Lectures generally take place on 2-3 evenings per week, usually from 6:00 pm to 9:15 pm. Additional lectures are scheduled on 2-3 Saturdays per month, each from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Conveniently, you are not required to attend in-person lectures for every module. Many lectures can be completed online or from home. Upon enrollment, you will gain access to our e-learning platform, studynet. Additionally, you will study with elaborately designed study materials, the studymags.