MBA Studium

Course Content

With this course of study we provide a practical and internationally-orientated education that enables you to understand changing and challenging business processes easily. An integrated and intensive curriculum covering the most important areas of present-day business management will introduce you to innovative methods and concepts. You will acquire and apply the knowledge and tools learned to solve business problems in a global context.

Furthermore, particular importance is attached to the development of the interpersonal skills of our students. These include: an ability to work in a team, decision-making, presentation techniques, conducting negotiations and intercultural understanding.

We will endow you with the necessary leadership skills for your management position and help you in the art of developing a business vision. In order to teach you these skills and make them operational, a powerful step-by-step procedure has been designed to assist you in gaining a leading position in your personal field of competence and interest. The MBA curriculum comprises 11 modules plus Master’s Thesis with a total of 90 Credit Points.

Core Courses

• Diversity, Communication and Negotiation
• Business Research Tools
• Strategy and Leadership
• Supply Chain Excellence
• Understanding Finance
• Digital Leadership
• Global Responsibility
• Creating Value by Marketing

Expertise Tracks

The Expertise Tracks give you the opportunity to deepen your knowledge of a specialty, to develop a new specialty or to participate in an excursion or summer school. Here are some examples of Electives at Darmstadt Business School:

• Project Management
• The Practice of Management (Exkursion)
• Sustainability and digitalization in the global economy (Summer School)
• Business Development
• Intercultural Management
• Business Consulting
• Current Topics in Management
• Current Topics in Quantitative Finance

Admission requirements & Fees

For admission to our part-time MBA programme we require:

• An above average economics or non-economics university degree
• A minimum of three years of professional experience after graduation
• Comprehensive knowledge of the English language

The MBA programme at Darmstadt Business School is designed for high-potential employees who require solid management skills in addition to their existing academic qualifications. To reach its full potential, the MBA programme needs to start at a certain level of presupposed knowledge. Therefore, we provide preparation courses for all applicants who don’t have a basic knowledge of business administration at the start of their MBA studies.

The tuition fees for the MBA programme amount to € 27.800. In addition, all students matriculated at h_da are required to pay the semester fees, which are approximately € 270 per semester.