The modules of this General Management Core Curriculum can be completed in blocks and within one year. The compulsory modules last 2 days each and are each offered with another module in blocks of 4 days.

Graduates of the MBA Core Curriculum are
enabled to:

• Discuss interrelationships between the core disciplines of business administration and aspects of cross-cutting economic and societal issues,
• deal with topic-, function- and/or industry-specifi contexts within the chosen area of specialization,
• to categorize the methods of action acquired in business practice by dealing with the theoretical foundations and to link them with new findings
• to apply theoretical knowledge from the core disciplines of business administration, econom their chosen specialization in independent planning and implementation in their areas of work and in projects as managers,
• identify key cross-sector challenges and develop appropriate approaches,
• explain relevant aspects with regard to gender and diversity in various core business disciplines,
• analyze their personal and professional management skills in self-reflection and derive potential for development from this,
• systematically develop solutions to practical problems in an original written paper using the knowledge they have acquired.

An MBA thesis must be written at the end of the program. The MBA thesis deals with a complex problem related to the student's own company or professional environment according to scientific criteria. With the MBA thesis, students should demonstrate that they are able to systematically develop solutions to practice-relevant problems within the framework of an independent written thesis using the knowledge they have acquired.

Here you can find more information about the MBA study program.