Courses are held in English (70%) and German (30%). Participants write the Bachelor's thesis in English language.
You will learn an additional foreign language (e.g. Chinese or Spanish). Students choose the additional foreign language based on the world region that they are focussing on in the major.
1. Apply via uni-assist: Please apply there as soon as possible, as uni-assist needs several weeks to provide the Vorprüfungsdokument (VPD), which you need for your further application. You can apply there all year round.
If you obtained your higher secondary school certificate outside of Germany, uni-assist has to verify your eligibility to study in Germany and to convert school grades to the German grade system. You will have to submit all required documents to uni-assist online. The process takes four to six weeks.
2. PRIMUSS – THI application portal: from 2 May until 15 July for the following winter semester
You will have to apply online at the PRIMUSS university application portal. There you will have to upload all the necessary documents including your VPD. You can still upload documents within the respective periods (there will be deadlines per document in the upload area) after you have sent your application online. (There is no need to send hard copies for an application.)
This is a service fee payable by all students from third countries (with a citizenship outside the EU and the European Economic Area).
With this fee, we significantly expand our services for international students.
No service fees are charged for citizens of an EU member state and/or the European Economic Area or for students who have obtained their university entrance qualification in the German education system.
This is an international business studies programme at the THI Business School with a clear profile for the future! While most other degree programmes teach either business administration or economical skills, Global Economics and Business Management (GBM) combines both. This mixture and the opportunity to get to know a world region better, both economically and culturally, makes the programme even more special. Which world region do you want to get insights into? You can decide for yourself – depending on your own interests and, at the latest, when you enter the main course.
In addition to English, learning another foreign language is therefore part of the course, as is a compulsory semester at a foreign partner university and an internship abroad in a global economic environment. You will therefore spend a total of one year in a selected foreign country or divide individually. But don't worry – with a variety of information events and contact people, we will help you decide where to go and how to find your way there.
At the end of the foundation course, which lays the foundation in subjects such as business administration, microeconomics, macroeconomics, cross-cultural management, digital transformation, organisation and leadership, you can choose from various specialisations. These specialisations can be in areas such as International Economics, Global Supply Chain Management or International Business Models. This will prepare you in the best possible way for working in internationally active companies, management consultancies and international organisations such as chambers of commerce abroad, companies for business settlement at home and abroad and competence centres for markets.
Semesters one to three:
Your degree studies in Global Economics and Business Management will begin with an induction week, during which you will acquire basic learning and working techniques to prepare you for the field of business management and independently conduct a business analysis.
In the first degree phase, you will learn the principles of business management based on the latest academic knowledge in seminars with an international focus. You will also acquire skills in such important subjects as digital transformation and business models, operations management, international accounting or marketing and sales. In addition, you will learn from the very beginning to understand and explain the behaviour and interaction of economically acting entities such as private individuals, companies and the state from an economic perspective as well. You will learn an additional foreign language (e.g. Chinese or Spanish). Your choice of world focus region later on in your studies will be based on your selected language. The first degree phase also includes courses in business English and scientific writing as well as the acquisition of intercultural skills.
Around half of the classes are taught in English.
Semesters four to seven:
Beginning in the second degree phase, almost all courses will be held in English. In the fourth semester, you will choose your first main focus area. There are three options available for you to choose from. The focus area in Global Supply Chain Management is designed to enable you to consolidate your understanding of and ability to control a company’s international value chains. Students selecting the focus area Digital Business and International Business Models will learn how to construct digital business models with an international focus. Those choosing the third alternative of Internationalisation and Global Markets will be laying the foundations for a career on an institutional level, in which they will be acting as mediators and disseminators in support of global business developments across national borders.
Choosing the second focus area Global Management and Intercultural Competencies in the fifth semester allow you to subsequently focus on one world region. This is where you have a chance to focus on a particular region of the world. For this focus area, you will spend one semester studying abroad at one of our partner universities. The partner university can be located in one of three focus regions, depending on the foreign language that you chose in the first degree phase. These regions are as follows: EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), AMER (North and South America) and APAC (Asia-Pacific, Australia, Oceania). In the sixth semester, you will additionally complete an international placement in a company or institutional organisation, ideally in the same focus region.
After completing the subsequent Bachelor’s thesis, you will acquire the academic title of Bachelor of Arts.
The programme contains one compulsory semester abroad, usually in the fifth semester.
The compulsory practical internship semester abroad is planned for the sixth semester.
This is a service fee payable by all students from third countries (with a citizenship outside the EU and the European Economic Area).
With this fee, we significantly expand our services for international students.
No service fees are charged for citizens of an EU member state and/or the European Economic Area or for students who have obtained their university entrance qualification in the German education system.
All students will have to pay a student services fee of 72 EUR per semester.
Student organisations estimate that costs of living are approx. 950 EUR or more per month, depending on individual needs and expectations. Mandatory health insurance in Germany will cost a student around 110 EUR per month.
There are different scholarships available to enrolled students, such as the Deutschlandstipendium. All students will have to look and apply for specific scholarships themselves! Most scholarship programmes are based on performance (grades, voluntary work, etc.) The economic situation of applicants is usually not taken into consideration. A certain level of German language skills (at least B2) is required for many scholarships.
The International Office also offers scholarships. Enrolled international students will be notified of the call once a year via the communication channels of the university.
Requirements include a valid university entrance qualification ("Hochschulzugangsberechtigung"). This is a secondary school-leaving certificate equivalent to the German "Abitur" that entitles you to study at a German university.
Applicants who did not acquire the higher secondary school-leaving certificate in Germany or at a school with the German "Abitur" examination rules will have to send their documents to uni-assist for preliminary inspection prior to their application at THI. Please allow four to six weeks for this process, i.e., apply as soon as possible via uni-assist.
More information on the application process can be found here.
The minimum level of English: level B2 in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
The minimum level of German: level B2 in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
1. Apply via uni-assist: Please apply there as soon as possible, as uni-assist needs several weeks to provide the Vorprüfungsdokument (VPD), which you need for your further application. You can apply there all year round.
If you obtained your higher secondary school certificate outside of Germany, uni-assist has to verify your eligibility to study in Germany and to convert school grades to the German grade system. You will have to submit all required documents to uni-assist online. The process takes four to six weeks.
2. PRIMUSS – THI application portal: from 2 May until 15 July for the following winter semester
You will have to apply online at the PRIMUSS university application portal. There you will have to upload all the necessary documents including your VPD. You can still upload documents within the respective periods (there will be deadlines per document in the upload area) after you have sent your application online. (There is no need to send hard copies for an application.)
More information on applications can be found here.
In addition to open internship positions on the university platform, students should consider research and teaching assistant positions at THI.
Furthermore, the International Office offers workshops in English to prepare international students who seek internship opportunities.
Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt does not run any student residence halls / dorms. You will have to start looking for accommodation on your own as soon as possible. Between 500 and 700 EUR per month should be budgeted for accommodation.
The FAQs will help you in finding accommodation in Ingolstadt or Neuburg.
Career Service & Student Counselling
In Career Service and Student Counselling, prospective and current students find a central contact point for a wide range of counselling services and events.
Our students are guided through all challenges during their studies. The Career Service helps them to sharpen their own profile and successfully enter their careers.
After graduation, our graduates remain in contact with us and their study group in the Alumni Network.
https://www.thi.de/en/university/university-profile/organisation/career-service-student-counselling
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Our students will graduate as sought-after specialists and managers. An extremely dynamic and successful region with a distinctly strong economic structure provides for excellent framework conditions. The relatively small student body guarantees individual guidance, a familial atmosphere, and close cooperation between students and professors.
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