Master of Arts International Business

Organisation:: Fachhochschule Mainz
Ort, Bundesland, Land:: Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Typ:: Full-time
Certificate:: MA
Duration:: 4 Semester/s

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Programme

Based on many successful years of international business education, we have developed our new graduate programme Master of Arts International Business (MA.IB) into an innovative bundle of opportunities for students in search of a challenging high-level educational experience.

The MA.IB is embedded in the prestigious Consortium of International Double Degrees (CIDD) programme which promotes exchange and double degree agreements amongst over a dozen high-quality universities worldwide. This programme has been established to enable students to gain the cross-cultural experience necessary to successfully apply their management skills in globally active companies.

The MA.IB programme’s multi-disciplinary and multi-lingual approach, its focus on the application of management theories and tools in case studies, the professors’ own management experience in multinational companies and cross cultural consultancy, the applied projects in multinational companies, and the Master thesis in cooperation with international businesses, ensure that our graduates are perfectly prepared for an international business career.

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schüle
Programme Director MA.IB

Target audience

Do you have a Bachelor degree in "Management" or "Business Administration" and wish to continue your business education? Do you enjoy working in small international teams and plan to work as a manager in international business where people from different countries cooperate in projects and jointly add value to their companies? And are you interested in courses which focus primarily on applied studies rather than on developing new theories? Did you graduate with above-average results? Are you multi-lingual? Then the MA.IB programme is the ideal programme for you.

The MA.IB programme allows you to acquire skills needed in international business. It broadens your knowledge adding a truly international perspective to your business education and prepares you for middle management positions and helps you to further develop your leadership skills. As a graduate of the MA.IB programme, future employers will appreciate your intellectual capacity, your ability to cooperate in and to lead culturally diverse working groups, and your willingness to be internationally mobile. You will have mastered applied projects and the final thesis, thus demonstrating your focus on practical, target-oriented work.

Emphases/Curriculum

Core Modules in the 1. semester:

International Business Environment
Leadership and Organisation
Qualitative Analytical Methods
Quantitative Analytical Methods
International Accounting
Language Option 1

Core Modules in the 2. semester:

International Business Law
Business Policy
International Marketing and Export Management
International Corporate Finance
Language Option 2
Options:
- Marketing
- Human Ressource Management
- Accounting
- Management
- PR and Communication
- Health Care Management
- IT topics

Applied Project:
Within the summer break between first and the second year, participants apply the analytical tools learned in the first two semesters to a real-life case. Ideally, students do the applied project work in an international company in the summer break between the first and second year of studies.

Master Thesis:
In their last semester, students work on their final thesis which consists of a research project on an international business issue. The Master thesis may be combined with an internship in a multinational company be based on an independent research project.

Practical relevance

Seminars, group discussions, case studies and role plays assigned to small teams of students are used to integrate the above-mentioned competences. The Master programme is based on a student-centred learning approach so that class-contact hours may be rather used for discussion than traditional lectures.

Social competences and leadership skills are developed through:

field research,
team assignments,
projects, and
the presentation and defence of the Master thesis.

Admission/Entrance requirements

Tuition Fees:
First year in Mainz:

Students with a German or international Bachelor degree are tuition free!
For students with a German „Diplom“ degree is a tuition fee of € 650,- per semester (applicants with a credit balance on their Rhineland- Palatinate „Studienkonto“ may use these credits).

Second year at partner universities:
Tuition for the second year stay at the partner university follows the rules of the host university’s law. Therefore, tuition has to be paid at the partner university. In some countries, a limited number of MA.IB students are accepted tuition free.

Admission Requirements:
Applicants who wish to apply for the programme have to fulfil the following requirements:

They have a Bachelor degree in Management or Business studies with aboveaverage marks (minimum requirement: ECTS mark C). If neither the national certificate of their first degree nor the "diploma supplement" provide the information of an ECTS mark, the applicant has to show a certification from the degree awarding institution which confirms that the average mark achieved corresponds to the ECTS mark C or better.
They prove their good knowledge of English and two other languages (German is notrequired).
- They prove their proficiency in English by presenting:
  - a TOEFL score not older than two years, with at least 237 points (computer-based), or 92 points (Internet-based) or
  - a TOEIC score not older than two years, with at least 800 points or
  - an IELTS score of 6.5 or higher or
  - evidence that they worked or studied for at least 10 months in an English-speaking
    environment or
  - evidence that they earned at least 30 ECTS credits during their Bachelor studies in modules which were taught and assessed in English.
- Proof of other languages might be internationally recognized standard certificates or the evidence that the applicant worked or studied for at least five months in the res-pective language environment. The MA.IB board of examiners decides upon the equivalence of evidence.
They have to write a letter (approx. two pages) in which they explain their motivation. The MA.IB Board of Examiners has the right to conduct (telephone) interviews in order to test the applicant’s motivation.

Languages
Language(s) of instruction:	English
voluntary:	German, French, Spanish
Going abroad:	desired
	The MA.IB programme is truly international. Around 50% of the students are recruited from outside Germany, all modules are taught and assessed in English. The international focus of the programme consists of five components: A two-semester study-abroad period is compulsory for you, as an extended stay in a foreign culture ideally prepares you for an international career and helps you to develop cross-cultural management skills. The integration of foreign students into the year in Mainz is embedded in the programme, so that cross-cultural experience is not limited to the stay abroad. The exchange of professors and lecturers as well as joint research programmes will further develop the university’s internationalisation. Truly international contents of business classes which are added to your already existing knowledge of business management. The use of English as the learning and teaching language and the obligation to use a second and even third language in the study programme prepares you for the reality of working life in multinational companies where English is the common language of video conferences and management meetings but where employees also communicate in local languages.

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Organisation

The common feature of all fields of study is the application orientation of the university, which has excellent contacts to the regional economy and public institutions. By always keeping practical aspects in mind and by the constant innovative adaption of the study programme contents to the requirements of the labour market, the University of Applied Sciences Mainz offers attractive future-oriented education with promising professional prospects. A wide variety of study programmes is offered, divided into the three following faculties:

School of Technics
School of Design
School of Business

By integrating the Bachelor – Master structure into the study programmes, the University of Applied Sciences Mainz has made international comparability of its university degrees possible and is from now on an integral part of the new “European Higher Education Area”.

Study in Mainz

Mainz is the capital of the Rhineland-Palatinate, one of the 16 states (Bundesländer) of the Federal Republic of Germany, and also part of the Frankfurt-Rhein-Main metropolitan area, Germany’s financial centre and seat of the European Central Bank. Mainz is situated 27 km from the Airport of Frankfurt: due to its central location in Europe, nearly all European capitals are as close as a one or two-hour flight away.

The city of Mainz is an extremely attractive place for foreign students and a magnet for countless tourists. It is rich with cultural monuments, offers plenty of cultural events throughout the year and many leisure possibilities. Broad, spacious squares and open places, lovingly-restored half-timbered houses and magnificent Baroque churches give Mainz’s Old Town, its inner city, its charming, ‘old world and traditional’ or ‘gemütlich’ character. With three universities in town, Mainz hosts about 35.000 students. The university campuses are located within the city limits and easily accessible by public transportation.