Global Business Development, M.A.
Would you like to expand your skills in the area of Global Business Development? Gain deeper insights into global expansion strategies, international market management and product development, and prepare yourself to take on a leadership role? The modules on our three-semester master’s degree programme in Global Business Development equip you with the application-focused technical and leadership acumen required to conduct international business development and management.
Over the course of this programme, you will accumulate the vital skills set for subsequently performing a managerial role in internationally operative German or foreign companies. The focus throughout is on the interplay between markets and products, processes and companies. This opens up attractive development and promotion opportunities to you, in roles such as process, project or product manager. Your master’s degree will form your gateway to senior positions in public service and leverage promotion. We will support you with efficient study groups and intensive guidance during the periods spent abroad and your master’s thesis.
Programme facts
| Degree | Master of Arts (M.A.) |
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| Duration | 3 semesters, 90 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Required English | B2 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Summer semester, winter semester |
| Application | uni-assist (VPD) + the university, winter semester until 15.07, summer semester until 15.01 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | Set by the university for international students — the amount is on the programme's official page |
| Semester contribution | €82 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
The programme has an admission restriction: the average grade of your certificate, converted to the German scale, decides. The cut-off changes every year — last year's value shows the order of magnitude, not a promise.
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
Programme selection →What you study
This full-time degree programme lasts three semesters, including a master’s thesis, and is worth 90 Credit Points.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
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This master’s degree programme prepares you superbly for an international (managerial) position in all sorts of sectors.
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Close links and collaboration with eminent players in industry provide a strong practical anchor, which enables students to forge personal contacts to potential employers and business partners early on. Our industrial mentor programme involves collaborations with companies such as Continental, Bosch, 3M, SAP and BMW, including – besides master’s thesis – guest lectures, field trips and collaborative lectures.
Cost of study
| Semester contribution | €82 |
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Requirements and application
| Previous education | The entry requirement for the Master's degree program in Global Business Development is a degree in economics that has been completed with at least an overall rating of “good” or an equivalent diploma or bachelor's degree program with at least 210 ECTS. |
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| Language | English B2 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | uni-assist (VPD) + the university, winter semester until 15.07, summer semester until 15.01 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 3Application uni-assist (VPD) + the university until 15.01uni-assist checks documents for 4–6 weeks — send them well before the deadline.
- 4Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
If your level is not enough yet
The two most common stoppers are a language level below the requirement and a certificate without direct admission. Both can be solved, but they take months — plan them now, not after a rejection.
Questions about this programme
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When do I need to apply?
Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.01.2027 (93 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.