International Programmes 2025/2026

Full-Time Master of Business Administration (MBA) Full-Time MBA

WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management • Düsseldorf

Degree
Master of Business Administration
Course location
Düsseldorf
Teaching language
  • English
Languages

Courses are completely taught in English.

Full-time / part-time
  • full-time
Programme duration
2 semesters
Beginning
Winter semester
Application deadline

Applicants requiring APS: 30 April
Non-EU applicants: 31 May
EU applicants: 15 July

Tuition fees per semester in EUR
24,250 EUR
Additional information on tuition fees

Included in tuition fees:

  • All tuition fees
  • All (e-)books and materials
  • Accommodation and half-board during the international course experiences 
  • German classes during the programme
  • Semester ticket for public transport in North Rhine-Westphalia

Flight and visa costs for the international modules are not included in the tuition fee.

Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
No
Joint degree / double degree programme
No
Description/content

The one-year full-time MBA is designed for high-achieving professionals from all over the world who are seeking a career change and who are eager to learn more about general management. In the full-time MBA programme, our students study and work in interdisciplinary, multicultural study groups and have the opportunity to develop leadership and interpersonal skills in an international environment.

Top five reasons to study the MBA at WHU:

  1. Develop a global business mindset: Experience 30 days of immersive international courses in Europe and the USA, where you’ll be equipped to make a lasting impact in your career and beyond.
  2. Become an influential and effective leader: Personalise your growth with pick-and-choose courses and workshops designed to complement and enhance your leadership skills.
  3. Maximise your career impact: Our top-ranked MBA Career Centre supports you individually and is dedicated to helping you turn your career ambitions into reality.
  4. Benefit from lifelong learning: Even after your graduation, you will have free access to all MBA courses and workshops for your continuous professional development.
  5. Develop a strong professional network for life: Create valuable connections and build a robust professional network that will last throughout your career.
Course organisation

Start.Grow.Sustain
By structuring our courses around the unique Start.Grow.Sustain framework, we will provide you with a comprehensive, systematic, and practical roadmap for corporate and entrepreneurial success across all C-suite functions.

Foundations: Strategy, Financial Accounting, Marketing
Start: Entrepreneurship, Economics, Statistics, Organisational Behaviour
Grow: Data Science & AI, Operations, Finance, Leadership + Elective Course
Sustain: Governance, Sustainability, Innovation, Managerial Accounting + Elective Course

Customised Personal Development and Leadership Journey

All students take part in the Future Leaders Fundraising Challenge and the Midterm Strategy Challenge as well as the Leadership Credo. Furthermore, students can choose from a number of Personal Development Elective Workshops, such as Creating Value in Negotiations, Leadership Communications & Stage Rules, or Coaching Skills for Leaders.

International elements
  • Language training provided
  • Projects with partners in Germany and abroad
  • International guest lecturers
Description of other international elements

International Immersive Experience

  • One week: USA at Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
  • One week: European Experience module
  • 12 days: Social Entrepreneurship Project in Europe
  • One week: Leadership Credo in the target community of the Social Entrepreneurship Project

The destinations of the European module and the Social Entrepreneurship Project may differ from intake to intake.

Integrated internships

Finalise your MBA with a research paper, business plan, or internship project. The duration is 17 weeks, and the project can be completed individually or as a small group.

Course-specific, integrated German language courses
No
Course-specific, integrated English language courses
No
Tuition fees per semester in EUR
24,250 EUR
Additional information on tuition fees

Included in tuition fees:

  • All tuition fees
  • All (e-)books and materials
  • Accommodation and half-board during the international course experiences 
  • German classes during the programme
  • Semester ticket for public transport in North Rhine-Westphalia

Flight and visa costs for the international modules are not included in the tuition fee.

Semester contribution

None

Funding opportunities within the university
Yes
Description of the above-mentioned funding opportunities within the university

WHU grants partial scholarships to enable highly talented candidates from all countries to pursue the WHU MBA. As you can infer from the description of the respective scholarship (e.g. Diversity Scholarship, Developing Countries Scholarship, Entrepreneurship Scholarship, Women in Business Scholarship, etc.), we try to support individuals who are likely to add special value to the MBA class.

Academic admission requirements

We require the following for your application to the full-time MBA programme:

  • A general or subject-specific German "Hochschulreife" or an equivalent international university entrance qualification
  • Undergraduate degree (Bachelor's or equivalent)
  • Minimum of two years postgraduate work experience
  • Proof of English proficiency (details below)
  • GMAT or alternative in our Excellent Fit Assessment:
    • External certifications (GMAT / GRE / WHU Admissions Test (BAT) or CFA Level II) or
    • PhD / doctorate level academic degree or
    • previous academic degree in business sciences from an accredited university and three years of professional experience or
    • top 5% of graduating class in a non-business field from an accredited university and three years of professional experience in a business field or
    • extraordinary achievement (based on the assessment of WHU)
Language requirements

Proof of English proficiency: TOEFL (min. 100 IBT) or equivalent IELTS (7.0) if English is not your native language
WHU TOEFL recipient code: 0682

Application deadline

Applicants requiring APS: 30 April
Non-EU applicants: 31 May
EU applicants: 15 July

Submit application to

https://application-center.whu.edu/login

Possibility of finding part-time employment

Due to a very tight schedule, students do not have the opportunity to work during this intense full-time MBA programme. Nevertheless, we encourage our students to undertake the final MBA project as part of a company project.

Career advisory services and programmes for future professionals

The MBA marks an important and exciting turning point in your career. Whether you aspire to move up the career ladder in your current field; change industry, job function, or location; or become a successful entrepreneur – our top-ranked MBA Career Center is dedicated to helping you turn your career ambitions into reality. We will support you in carving out a career path in line with your personal goals, enabling you to have a positive impact on the world. We have created the “Triple M” career roadmap, which outlines how we will assist you in your career journey.

Support for international students and doctoral candidates
  • Visa matters

WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management

WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management is a state-approved private institute of higher education with university status. WHU offers internationally-oriented courses of study in Business Administration (MSc, BSc), a full-time, part-time, and online MBA, the Kellogg-WHU Executive MBA, and a doctoral degree programme as well as specialised corporate training programmes.
WHU also has the authority to award PhDs and professorships. Its international network includes more than 200 partner universities on all continents with whom exchanges of lecturers and students take place, as well as cooperation in research worldwide. In 1998, WHU became the first German university to be accredited by the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS). In February 2014, the accreditation was extended by EQUIS for another five years. WHU is regularly certified by EQUIS and FIBAA and received the AACSB Accreditation in 2010, which guarantees the excellent standard of courses and a high degree of internationalisation.
In addition, WHU is the only private institution of higher education in Germany that is a member of the German Research Association (DFG). In both national and international rankings WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management continues to occupy leading positions.

University location

Düsseldorf is the capital of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and is a city with many different faces. It is an international business and financial centre and is renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Centrally located in Europe, the city is headquarters to five Fortune Global 500 and several DAX companies. Additionally, the city is home to thousands of students, all drawn to Düsseldorf because of its creative atmosphere and its beautiful historic centre.

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