The Master’s Programme in Business Administration

  • Career Perspectives

    The Master’s in Business Administration at the University of Münster prepares you for a successful career in many professional fields: banking and finance, human resource management, consulting, auditing, online-marketing, logistics or even for an academic career.

     

     

  • Programme Structure

    Four Major Subjects: Accounting, Finance, Management, Marketing

    Eight Minor: In addition to the major, students choose a minor, which accounts for one-fifth of the program

    Semester Abroad: study in one of our 125 partner universities

    Start: Winter semester

    Degree: Master of Science (M.Sc.)

     

    The Structure of the Master’s Programme

    With your selected combination of major and minor subjects, you will gain 120 credit points within four semesters – 96 credit points in your major and 24 further credit points in your minor subject. The 24 credit points in your minor subject are usually obtained during the first two semesters. The in-depth courses are in the third semester, followed by the Master thesis in the final semester. Detailed information can be found in the Module Handbook.

    Major-Minor Combinations

    As major and minor subjects can be combined in many different ways, students have ample opportunities to study fields in which they have a particular interest, and they can organise their studies in accordance with their own needs and abilities. At present, students can choose from 31 different combinations. 

     

  • Minor

    Minor Accounting

    At the Accounting Center Münster (ACM), the in-depth practical and theoretical knowledge you gain will allow you to generate, analyse and verify information in the areas of business taxation, controlling, international corporate
    accounting, financial reporting and auditing. The scholars who lecture at the ACM enjoy a high reputation, and the outstanding quality of the courses run by this establishment has been acknowledged by numerous companies. In consequence, graduates of the ACM’s MA programme generally find fulfilling careers in positions of responsibility.

    The course sequence with major and minor accounting might look like this:

     

    If you are specialising in finance, management or marketing, you can study accounting as a minor subject. Your course sequence might look like this:

    If you wish to study accounting as a minor subject, the person to contact is:

    Sarah Marie Igel
    Institut für Rechnungslegung und Wirtschaftsprüfung
    Oeconomicum Universitätsstraße 14-16
    Email: sarah.igel@wiwi.uni-muenster.de

    Minor Finance

    The Finance Center Münster provides students with a top-rate, scientifically informed and internationally oriented professional qualification. From the first day of study here, you will be introduced to current theoretical, experimental and empirical finance market research and its practical real-world application.

    If you take finance both as a major subject and as a supplementary minor subject, your course sequence will look like this:

    If you are specialising in accounting, management or marketing, you can study finance as a minor subject. Your course sequence will look like this:

    If you wish to study finance as a minor subject, the person to contact is:

    Timo Wiedemann
    Lehrstuhl für Derivate und Financial Engineering
    Oeconomicum Universitätsstraße 14-16
    Email: timo.wiedemann@wiwi.uni-muenster.de

    Minor Management

    Students minoring in management are taught the theoretical and practical content of strategic business management, personnel management and corporate structural design. In addition to formal-analytical and empirical areas of study, the curriculum strongly focuses on praxis-oriented knowledge.

    Your course sequence with management as a minor subject might look like this:

    If you wish to study management as a minor subject, the person to contact is:

    David Lohmar
    Lehrstuhl für Unternehmensführung
    Schlossplatz 3
    Email: david.lohmar@wiwi.uni-muenster.de

    Minor Marketing

    Instruction at the Marketing Center Münster (MCM) adheres to the concept of market-oriented corporate management. This means that – based on a company’s clientele – products and services must be developed, the brand expanded, and customer relationships cultivated in such a way to ensure the long-term success of a company. The courses at MCM provide students with theoretically substantiated and practice-relevant content in such areas as brand management, entertainment and media
    management, customer relationship management, sales management and innovation management.

    If you take marketing both as a major subject and as a supplementary minor subject, your course sequence will look like this:

    If you are specialising in accounting, finance or management, you can study marketing as a minor subject. Your course sequence will look like this:

    If you wish to study marketing as a minor subject, the person to contact is:

    Christina Okoutsidou
    Institut für Marketing
    Am Stadtgraben 13-15 (IfM)
    Email: c.okoutsidou@wiwi.uni-muenster.de

    Minor Economics

    As a minor subject, Economics can be studied in conjunction with any of the four approved major subjects. Students who take Economics as a minor subject can select any of the modules on offer in the Master’s degree course in economics with the exception of the Master's thesis, project studies, law and finance modules. For more details, see the relevant  module compendium.

    The course sequence might look like this:
     

    If you wish to study economics as a minor subject, the person to contact is:

    Thomas Hagedorn
    Tel: +49 251 83-22946
    Email: vwl-masterberatung@wiwi.uni-muenster.de
    Homepage: Master Economics

    Minor Information Systems

    As a minor subject, Information Systems can be studied in conjunction with any of the four approved major subjects. Students who take Information Systems as a minor subject can select any of the modules on offer in the master’s degree course in information systems. For more details, see the relevant  module compendium.

    The course sequence might look like this:


     

    If you wish to study information systems as a minor subject, the person to contact is:

    Dr. Stefan Schellhammer
    Tel.: + 49 251 83-38124
    Email: info.master@wi.uni-muenster.de

    Minor Business Research

    As a minor subject, Business Research can be studied in conjunction with any of the four approved major subjects. The minor Business Research serves to equip students with knowledge of state-of-the-art scientific methods and theories and to prepare students for a science-related professional activity or for a possible later doctorate.

    In the minor Business Research, all modules of the doctoral program offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics are available for selection. In addition, pre-selected research-oriented master courses can also be taken. An overview of the courses offered in the doctoral program as well as the research-oriented master courses can be found in the Learnweb course of the minor Business Research.

    A possible course of study could be as follows:

    If you wish to study Business Research as a minor subject, the person to contact is:

    Prof. Dr. Martin Artz

    Institute of Management Accounting & Control
    Oeconomicum Universitätsstraße 14-16
    Email: mac@wiwi.uni-muenster.de

    Minor Entrepreneurship

    As a minor subject, Entrepreneurship can be studied in conjunction with any of the four approved major subjects. The lectures and seminars deal with various topics related to entrepreneurship - from start-up management and business model development to innovation and technology management.

    The course sequence looks like this:

    If you wish to study Entrepreneurship as a minorsubject subject, the person to contact is:

    Professor Dr. Thorsten Wiesel
    Institut für Wertbasiertes Marketing (IWM)
    Tel.: +49 251 83- 28207
    Email:  t.wiesel@uni-muenster.de

     

    Here you will find additional information on the various minor in the Master’s Degree in Business Administration: Accounting, Finance, Management, Marketing, Economics, Information Systems, Business Research, Entrepreneurship.

    Minor Business Administration (German)

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