Master
- Welcome to the IBWL Master
- Your advantages
- Study contents
- Part-time and dual
- Internationality
- Accredited quality
- Flexibility that fits: study and work
- Recognition of achievements and competences
- Voices of the participants
- Costs and financing
- Registration
1. Welcome to the IBWL Master
The part-time and dual Master's degree programme offers professionals with a first degree an internationally oriented, academic higher education. It expands business management expertise and methodological skills and builds up sound specialist knowledge in a focus area.
Convince yourself of the incomparable practical relevance with vision. Study IBWL (M.Sc.) part-time or dual. You can choose from the following specifications:
- Business Marketing and Technical Sales
- Management and Controlling
- Production and Logistics
Thank you for your interest in the Master's programme "International Business Administration (Master of Science)", which we offer in a → part-time and a → dual version.
The advanced study programme offers you a practical and internationally oriented academic education with three focal points, opens up new career goals for you and enables you to combine your studies and your career in a way that fits perfectly, both in terms of content and time.
Find out more on our website and visit our next information evening. We look forward to seeing you!
Prof. Dr. Benjamin Engelstätter
Programme Director
2. Your advantages
Get qualified for a management position with the IBWL Master's programme, which requires many years of professional experience as well as the latest specialist knowledge and specialisations. At the same time, the degree opens up access to higher service and creates the prerequisite for a subsequent doctorate.
Benefit from our strengths and experience: For more than 15 years, the Department of Business Administration at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences has been developing and running innovative degree programmes for professionals that combine theory and practice with great success.
Lay another foundation stone for a successful professional career with the Master's programme.
3. Study contents
The Master's programme has a modular structure and is worth 120 credit points (CP) according to the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).
The standard period of study for the dual study format is four semesters, for the part-time programme five semesters.
The study programme in the first semester imparts the necessary additional business knowledge with an international orientation. From the second semester onwards, you choose one of three specialisations. These topics are important for globally operating and dynamically developing companies:
- Business Marketing and Technical Sales
- Management and Controlling
- Production and Logistics
You can round off your academic profile with electives or practical projects.
You can access a list of the individual courses in the respective areas via the links below. You can find the contents of the courses in the corresponding module handbook, which you can download from the student page of the degree programme under the heading Information on the degree programme.
Would you like to know more? Here you will find the module overview for an overview of all course contents. In the module handbook you can then see exactly what you will learn in which module - and how.
4. Part-time and dual
Would you like to continue your education at university level, obtain a Master's degree and while continuing working full-time? Then the Master "International Business Administration" is a good choice in any case!
The programme is offered in a dual and part-time form of study. The majority of the courses are taken jointly by dual and part-time students, but the variants differ significantly in how strongly your company is involved in the study programme.
Find out more about the differences between the dual and part-time variants on our subpage!
5. Internationallity
The international orientation of the programme opens up very good and attractive opportunities for you on the labour market.
Therefore, an excursion abroad is an essential element of the Master's programme. During the excursion, companies as well as chambers and associations are visited. An accompanying seminar beforehand prepares the content of the visits and provides intercultural, regional and business-related information. Alternatively, students can attend an international summer school.
At regular intervals, international lecturers take on modules from the focus areas.
6. Accredited quality
With teaching oriented towards practice and current research, we offer a sustainable education of high quality. In addition to new research results, you can often apply practical examples directly to your everyday work and thus immediately combine your studies with your career.
To ensure this, our professors have not only excellent academic qualifications but also profound experience from the professional world and thus know the requirements of private business and public institutions. Our teaching staff is also complemented by highly qualified lecturers with practical experience from the business world who impart specialist knowledge in their field of expertise.
In their teaching, our lecturers not only rely on typical frontal teaching, but also use innovative methods and concepts such as blended learning and inverted classroom to implement self-determined and self-regulated learning. Discussions and reflections are also used to further consolidate the learning process.
Our programme is accredited by the → accreditation agency AQAS.
7. Flexibility that fits: study and work
The time structure of the Master's programme allows you to combine work and study excellently. Lecture times are Tuesdays and/or Thursdays from 5.45 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. and Saturdays from 9.00 a.m. to 4.15 p.m.. A block week takes place once per semester. 12 weeks a year are lecture-free. We are familiar with the needs and special requirements of part-time study from many years of experience and, where possible, also implement flexible solutions, for example in the case of business trips.
We provide an attractive learning environment. Our students work and learn in very well-equipped rooms in manageable groups. A variety of e-services, such as electronic library access, examination software, learning platforms and the use of the internet-based university information system, enable flexible organisation of studies. In addition, our students not only have access to the library on the university campus, but also to the Darmstadt University and State Library.
Our students can choose from numerous interesting offers - from university sports, theatre and RMV tickets, to cultural events and the series of events organised by the university's own Career Centre. A diverse campus life rounds off the attractive study conditions.
8. Recognition of achievements and competences
If you acquire competences before your studies or parallel to your studies that are also related to your studies, you can have these competences recognised or credited if they are equivalent in terms of level, content and scope.
→ Here you will find a compilation of all relevant information about the recognition of achievements and competences for your IBWL studies. Below you will also find a very brief overview of the most important aspects.
Individual and in block recognition
There are basically two forms of recognition - individual and in block. For the IBWL Master's programme, only individual recognition, i.e. the recognition of individual modules, is currently possible.
→ Procedure for individual recognition of competencies
→ Procedure for in block recognition of competencies
Further information can be found → here.
9. Voices of the participants
Hundreds of graduates have already benefited from our decades-long tradition. On the subpage, some alumni experiences have been compiled for you, giving you a personal insight into what it's like to study here at the Darmstadt Campus.
See for yourself and become a part of Darmstadt Business School today!
10. Costs and financing
In Hesse, part-time study courses are not financed by the state, but must be financed by participation fees, just like continuing education courses offered by private education providers. The participation fees cover in particular the costs for the teachers, teaching and learning materials, online learning platform, premises and infrastructure.
However, they often do not have to bear the participation fee alone. There are numerous ways to finance the participation fees. We have listed some of them in the section "Financing options".
IBWL Part-time
The total participation fee for the part-time study option is €19,800. The participation fee can be paid either in 30 monthly instalments of €660 each or in five semester payments of €3,960 each.
This is a fixed price, there are no further examination or registration fees. Whether you study for a longer period of time, take a semester abroad or a holiday semester - you do not pay any additional participation fees.
From the time you enrol in the study section (usually in the 7th semester), you only pay the semester fee of the Hochschule Darmstadt. This amounts to approx. €270 per semester and includes, among other things, a ticket for public transport in the RMV area.
Many employers contribute to the costs of your studies. It is advisable to consult your supervisor or the personnel department about your options early on.
IBWL Dual
In the dual study option, your employer pays the participation fees of €19,800 as a cooperation partner. In addition, you have to pay the semester fee of around €270 per semester yourself. The semester fee includes a ticket for public transport in the RMV area.
Employers often agree to reimburse you for the semester fee. Please ask your employer about this.
Financing options
There are various ways to finance the participation fees. We have listed some of the options below without any guarantee. We recommend that you seek individual advice from an expert institution.
Financial expenses for a further education study programme can usually be claimed as income-related expenses in your income tax return. Declaring your study costs reduces your gross annual taxable salary and thus also the income tax you have to pay. Please consult your tax office or a tax advisor for more information.
Assuming a single person with a gross annual salary of € 41,000, the costs for two semesters per year reduce the taxable annual salary to € 33,080. This reduces the income tax payable by € 2,800**.
Participation fee summer semester: 3.960,- €
Participation fee winter semester: +3.960,- €
Participation fee per year: 7.920,- €*
Income tax savings per year - 2.800,-€
Financial expenditure per year: 5.120 €
You can thus reduce your financial expenditure per academic year by more than one third.
*In the first semester you only pay a participation fee. This calculation example refers to the following years. **Data from the income tax calculator of the Federal Ministry of Finance Amount includes solidarity surcharge. (Data without guarantee)
Claim income-related expenses/advertising expenses for tax purposes
In addition to the participation fee, other financial expenses can be claimed as income-related expenses/advertising expenses. These include, for example:
- Travel costs for journeys between home and university
- Costs for work equipment (e.g. chair, table, laptop,...)
- Costs for specialist literature (including e-books)
In order to be able to claim these expenses at the tax office, you should make sure that collected receipts are issued in your name. Please consult your tax office or a tax advisor for information on the subject of income-related expenses/advertising expenses.
Scholarships
A wide range of funding opportunities is available for students pursuing a Bachelor's degree. → The scholarship database of the BMBF, for example, provides an overview of scholarships.
The Stiftung Begabtenförderung berufliche Bildung (SBB) offers two scholarships specifically for → further vocational qualification. The further education scholarship is aimed at career starters under the age of 25 and offers funding of up to €7,200. → The advancement scholarship is aimed at people with professional experience over the age of 25 who are aiming for a degree. Further information can be found on the SBB website:
→ www.sbb-stipendien.de.
Discounts
Early Bird Discount
Alumni Discount
Employee discount h_da
Education award/prize
People who are employed for at least 15 hours per week and whose taxable income is less than €20,000 per year can claim the education award/prize. You can find the taxable income in your last tax assessment notice. The amount can be significantly lower than the annual gross income.
With the education premium, the federal government promotes individual job-related further education. Job-related means that the selected training must be important for the job context - for the current or a planned new job. Individual means that it is about personal educational interests - independent of the interests of the employer.
For more information, please visit → https://www.bildungspraemie.info/
Participation of your employer
Many employers contribute to the costs of further training in order to specifically support their employees. It is advisable to discuss your options with your supervisor or the human resources department at an early stage.
We will be happy to send the invoice for your participation fees directly to your employer, either in full or on a pro-rata basis, provided we have confirmation that the costs have been covered.
Student loan
You also have the option of taking out an education loan. The Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), for example, offers an income-independent, broad-based and flexible student loan. You can find more information on the KfW homepage → www.kfw.de
Education fund
Education funds differ from other types of financing with regard to the repayment modality. Repayment is income-dependent and relates to a percentage of your subsequent salary. It should be noted that some providers have a commercial background and thus pursue a profit-making intention. The following websites offer further information:
→ www.deutsche-bildung.de → www.bildungsfonds.de
11. Registration
Have we caught your interest? Finally, find out about the admission requirements for registration and semester deadlines.
If you are not sure about your eligibility, our pre-test will help you. You can check in advance whether your previous education qualifies you for the IBWL Master's programme!
Find out all this and much more on the subpage:
→ Application IBWL Master
Contact
+49.6151.533-68420
IBWL Bachelor
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Emanuela Cirella
+49.6151.533-68841
Contact form and information
Interesting facts about the IBWL Master
Information flyer on education costs and taxes
Module Handbooks IBWL Master
Modul Handbook Dual
Modul Handbook Part-time
Module Handbooks IBWL Master
Module overview Dual
Module overview Part-time