General business management combined with attractive benefits of an international orientation

The course provides general business management modules combined with the attractive benefits of an international orientation. Students can specialise in their major in different management functions (amongst others marketing and sales, digital business or controlling and finance). Learning a foreign language (Chinese, French or Spanish), participating in a study abroad programme, and a compulsory international internship are further components of the Programme.

Degree: Bachelor of Arts (B. A.)
Duration: 7 Semester
Semester: Winter
NC: Yes Admission information >
Accreditation: FIBAA
Dual Study: Yes Dual Offers >
Language: German & English 
Special/double degree: Double Degree possible at one of three partner universities (Australia, Canada, USA)

Contents 

Further contents of the courses can be found in the module handbook >
Approximately half of the courses are in English or in an additional foreign language.

Structure 

1st - 2nd Semester: Practical orientation is very important to us. Therefore, your International Management studies will start with an introduction week including an excursion as well as the analysis of an international company in teamwork. In the first part of your studies, you will learn about the basics of business administration and the basics of international management based on the latest scientific findings. These include e.g.  Digital Transformation & Business Models, National and International Accounting, Cost Accounting and Cost Management. The lectures are partly taught in English. This allows you to consolidate your knowledge of English, which is important in an international context. In addition, you learn another foreign language (Chinese, French or Spanish) and thus increase your language skills. Furthermore, you will complete a basic internship of 8 weeks in the commercial sector.

3rd - 7th Semester: From the third semester, you will solidify your specialist knowledge in international management and you will acquire relevant leadership knowledge and leadership skills in the context of International Business Diplomacy and Crosscultural Management. In addition, you will improve the foreign language you have chosen. You choose one out of eight selectable specializations and you will work on current topics in small groups directly with the professors. In addition to further basics such as Marketing and Sales, Corporate Finance and International Strategic Management, you can acquire professional, social and sustainability skills in five elective courses such as Business Start-up and Coaching for Formation of a Company, Social Competence in Communication and Negotiation, Sustainability Management or Global Supply Chain Management . A theoretical semester is spent at a university abroad. THI offers you more than 140 cooperation partner universities. The theoretical semester is followed by the practical study semester which must be completed in a company abroad. With the final bachelor thesis you acquire the academic title Bachelor of Arts. This gives you the opportunity of a direct career entry or further specialization in the context of a master's programme.

Job profiles

After graduation, our students get job offers such:

• Global Supply Chain Manager
• Product Manager
• International Controller
• Financial Controller
• Foreign Sales Representative
• Sales Manager (international)
• International Marketing Manager
• Business Development Director
• Import/Export Agent
• International Trade and Customs Manager
• International Foreign Policy Advisor
• Foreign Currency Investment Advisor
• Junior Consultant
• International Management Consultant
• Multinational Manager
• International Trainee

Admission and application 

Acceptance to admission-restricted Bachelor study courses takes place via the “dialogue-oriented service procedure” (DoSV) of the portal “Hochschulstart.de”. It is necessary for applicants to apply BOTH via the application portal of the Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt as well as via the “Hochschulstart.de” portal.

Find more details about the application process at the THI here >

Applicants must be fluent in English and be in a position to prove fluency and proficiency. Recommended minimum requirements are a TOEFL 71 (computer based).
The following links provide specific information about the procedures for determine the course-specific suitability and the application process and  for admission to the undergraduate degree programme International Management.     

Admission requirements for international students

Anyone with an international university degree/higher education qualification wanting to study at a university in Germany needs a so-called Hochschulzugangsberechtigung (HZB), or higher education entrance qualification. This lets applicants show that their educational background or professional qualification allows them to study in Germany, i.e. they have the necessary higher education entrance qualification to register for a course. 

The recognition of the qualification is linked to certain requirements. If the certificate of education is recognised as a higher education entrance qualification in Germany, the international student may apply for all courses (general qualification) or for certain courses (subject-specific qualification). Two to three semesters of study in the home country may be recognised as a higher education entrance qualification in Germany, depending on the country of origin. Source: German Academic Exchange Service, DAAD, May 2020.

The following link provides information for university applicants from abroad about the application process at the THI.