Welcome to the website of the Master in Management at FAU WiSo!
The special profile of the program results from the combination of management research topics with teaching. The program has an international orientation with numerous English-language courses and provides a holistic understanding of the tasks and instruments of management from a market and resource-oriented perspective. It shows how the value creation and market-oriented actions of companies are influenced by different management processes. Participants learn how to solve practical management problems using scientific methods.
Key facts
- Degree: Master of Science
- Focus: Management
- Form: Full-time and part-time possible
- Duration: Four semesters (full-time) or eight semesters (part-time)
- Starts in: October
- Languages: Either only German, only English or a mixture of both
- Study abroad: Not mandatory, but possible
- Double degree option: Yes
- Semester fee: Approx. 80 euro
- Location: Nuremberg, Germany
This degree program links management research and theory in a unique way by combining practical specializations with interdisciplinary theory relevant to different professional fields. In addition to soft skills, students acquire skills to apply the theoretical teaching in practice in case studies and projects.
The degree program (120 ECTS credits) has a standard duration of four semesters (full-time program) or eight semesters (part-time program). The program comprises a compulsory part, a specialization part focusing on professional fields, and the Master thesis (30 ECTS credits). While the compulsory part consists of teaching foundations of management, the specialization part prepares students for specific management tasks in different types of enterprises.
The program can also be completed as a double degree program with EM Strasbourg. Learn more here!
Competencies
During the degree program, students develop a profile of transferable skills that includes, but is not limited to:
- the ability to apply management concepts in practice
- quantitative abilities
- specialist knowledge of specific industries
- team skills
- presentation and negotiation techniques.
Career opportunities
Students of this degree program are prepared for careers in middle and upper management at companies of different sizes and in different industries. They have the opportunity to take specialization courses that focus on management tasks in a specific type of company or in a specific industry. Having acquired basic knowledge in compulsory modules and expanded upon it through specialization, graduates are also prepared to work in business consulting.
Target group
The degree program is aimed at graduates with a Bachelor degree in business studies or any other subject from a university. The required knowledge of business and economics must be demonstrated in an admission examination. More information on the admission process can be found here.
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