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M.Sc. Business Administration

Degree awarded Master of Science (M.Sc.)
Duration and credits 4 semesters; 120 ECTS credits
Starts in April (summer semester) and October (winter semester)
Language of instruction: English (individual elective modules are offered in German)

Study Business Administration and build your own individual profile

Gain a prestigious Master of Science in Business Administration degree at our award-winning School of Business, Economics and Information Systems.

This degree programme can be studied entirely in English and, thanks to the major and minor structure, offers you a maximum of flexibility to shape your studies in line with your personal interests. In this research-orientated business master’s degree programme, you will learn to develop innovative solutions for complex problems in the business world together with students with different backgrounds and perspectives.

You can find detailed information on the programme content in our infosheet and on the web pages of the School of Business, Economics and Information Systems.

This is what we offer you:

  • A fully English-taught degree programme without tuition fees
  • Individual specialisation: combine 6 majors, 12 minors and a free choice of modules
  • Numerous international double degree options
  • Individual support all the way to graduation – on Germany's most beautiful campus
  • Comprehensive start-up support for your business idea
  • Study at a renowned business school with superb ranking results

Career prospects

Graduates with a master's degree in business administration are in high demand on the labour market and often find themselves in influential positions with attractive starting salaries. After successfully completing the programme, you can start a career in management and in executive leadership positions or go on to study for a doctorate and lay the foundations for a career in academia.

Potential future employers are national and multinational companies or organisations engaged in a wide range of industries or the public sector. Depending on your profile, this could include the financial services sector, management consultancies, auditing companies or tax consulting firms.

Information about the degree programme

The programme comprises three module areas and the master's thesis:

A: Methodological Foundations

In this module area, you will acquire basic methodological knowledge of business administration.

B: Majors and Minors

You can choose from the following major (primary subjects) and minor (subsidiary subjects) module groups:

Major Minor
Accounting and Tax

Business Taxation

Reporting and Controlling

Data Science

Artificial Intelligence

Data Science

Optimisation

Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship
Finance Finance
Information Systems and Digital Business Information Systems and Digital Business
Management and Strategy

Digital Management

Marketing

Economics
Sustainability

You will choose a compulsory major in which you will write your master's thesis. Then you have four options:

  1. Choose a second major.
  2. Choose two minors.
  3. Choose a minor and other modules from the entire range of modules offered.
  4. In addition to that, you can choose freely from the entire range of modules offered.

C: Foreign Business Language

In module area C you can take foreign language courses offered by our Language Centre. However, completing modules from this area is not compulsory to successfully complete the programme. You can choose from any language offered as a subject-specific language programme. These are: Chinese, Czech, English, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and/or Spanish.

A master's degree (e.g. M.Sc. or M.A.) is a consecutive academic degree that builds on a related bachelor's degree and deals with a specific subject area (e.g. business administration). Thus, it gives students greater in-depth knowledge in that area.

A Master of Business Administration (MBA), on the other hand, is a professional degree that imparts general knowledge of business administration and promotes leadership skills. It is usually intended for professionals from any academic field.

Academic requirements

To apply, you need to have a good first degree in business administration, economics or a related discipline with a final grade of 2.7 or better according to the German grading scale (or the relevant foreign equivalent), or be ranked among the best 50% of your cohort. If you do not yet have your university degree certificate, please submit a current transcript of records.

The business or economics content of your degree must amount to at least 60 ECTS credits, including at least 10 ECTS credits in economic/business research methods (e.g. data collection, data analysis, mathematics or statistics).

Applicants who have not obtained their university degree in a signatory state to the Lisbon Convention must additionally prove their suitability for the M.Sc. Business Administration degree programme by passing the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) with a score of at least 550 points.

Language requirements

This degree programme can be completed entirely in English. However, to be able to get by in Germany, students are nonetheless required to have German language skills at level A1 CEFR (beginner's level). If you do not meet this requirement at the time of your application, you will be offered a free beginner's German course during your first year of study. By the end of that year, you have to be able to present a German language certificate at level A1 CEFR.

English language requirements

You should submit a recognised English language certificate at level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), unless English is your native language or the language of instruction for your prior university or secondary education. If this is the case, please upload a confirmation from your prior university or school that English was the teaching language together with your application.

The following is also accepted as proof:

  • School leaving certificate which explicitly mentions the attainment of level B2 CEFR in English
  • Transcript from a higher education institution which confirms the attainment of level B2 CEFR in English
  • Having attained the Intermediate 2 stage of the Business and Economics subject-specific language programme (FFA) in English at the University of Passau

Application periods and deadlines

Application period for the winter semester:

  • 15 April - 15 July (direct applications)
  • 1 April - 30 June (applications via uni-assist e.V.)

Please use the interactive application guide to find out which application method you should use. 

Application period for the summer semester:

  • 1 November - 15 January (for all applicants)

What our students say

Leonie Schaeff

Leonie Schaeff

Student Business Administration

Thanks to the many internship projects, we can gain contacts to potential employers during our studies.

Stefan's experience

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Thomas Schwaiger

Student Business Administration

I appreciate the good staff-student ratio in the seminars. 

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Katharina Beck
Katharina Beck
Raum WIWI 218
Innstraße 27
Passau
Tel.: +49(0)851/509-2408
Fax: +49(0)851/509-2402
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