The programme offers great flexibility, with full-time and part-time options, enabling students to engage in both studies and work. The modular approach allows for tailored study structures, accommodating diverse student needs. The full-time programme can be completed in one year. Part-time students can extend the programme to a maximum of four years.
Students acquire specialist knowledge in all areas of modern business management, covered in 15 courses: Strategic Management, Corporate Sustainability and Social Responsibility, Soft Skills, European Institutions, European Regulations, Economics and Finance, Learning Business by Doing Business, Marketing and Management in Foreign Countries, Retailing and Logistics, Service Management, Data Analysis, Consumer Behaviour, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Human Resource Management and Cross-Cultural Management.
Five new Entrepreneurship elective courses are also available in 2024/25 (see course titles above).
Each course usually runs from Wednesday to Saturday, as a blocked course. To pass, students need to write either an academic paper or an exam. At the end of the programme, students write a Master's thesis on an innovative and relevant topic in management and marketing research. There is a writing time of three months for full-time students and six months for part-time students.
The entire curriculum of the MBA programme is offered in English.
Students at the EIABM come from all over the world. On their way to taking the lead in global teams, they learn the necessary basics of modern management in the MBA programme: economic, legal and political strategies as well as essential intercultural aspects, through discussions and case studies.
Field trips, lectures, case studies and company visits to the institute's European partner universities offer students the opportunity to deepen and apply theoretical knowledge and interact with international students, practitioners and scholars. The programme is very practice-focused, state-of-the-art teaching methods such as interactive case studies, team work and real-life examples enhance the study experience. Students get valuable insights into the industrial world on various company visits and networking events with experts from the business world. This offers excellent opportunities to start building their career networks for their successful futures, right from the beginning.
Courses are taught by renowned professors from Saarland University as well as from other recognised universities in Germany and other European countries. EIABM chooses their lecturers very carefully from the elite range of leading experts in their fields.
An excellent qualification at the highest level is guaranteed by a high degree of practical relevance and internationality in the study programme the students, state-of-the-art scientific application, practical and professional orientation, interdisciplinarity, an individual qualification profile, and at the heart of the programme, the teaching of responsible action. EIABM's industry connections and advisory board foster ongoing collaboration with local industries, enhancing networking opportunities and industry relevance.
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