International Business Studies, B.Sc.
How does a T-shirt actually get into business? Where do the raw materials come from? Why is production being relocated abroad? And how does the price come about? You will deal with such questions in the International Business Studies course. In principle, International Business Studies is international business administration. Business administration is generally concerned with the management, control and organization of companies. International Business Studies does this on an international level. Many companies operate internationally and have branches and cooperation partners around the world. Raw materials are obtained from abroad or the goods are manufactured there. This requires business economists who coordinate and organize the processes in the company, but also observe the international market. For example, they create market analyzes to identify country-specific trends such as people's purchasing behavior, take into account cultural differences and develop suitable strategies. At the same time, they keep an eye on the country-specific rules and laws that they must observe in their business activities.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) |
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| Duration | 6 semesters, 180 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | C1 |
| Required English | B2 |
| Study mode | Full-Time, Double Degree |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.07 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €384.60 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
If you meet the entry requirements, you can apply for a place in the International Business Studies course. Admission is usually based on a grade ranking list. If you are admitted, a whole new phase of life begins for you: in your studies, unlike in school, you can decide for yourself which events you want to attend and when you take which exams.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
After completing the degree programme International Business Studies you can enter many occupationls fields. During your studies, you gained a broad business fundamental knowledge which allows you to work in very different sectors. Depending on what specialisations you chose you can specialise in certain professional fields. You have an international education, have a high-level language proficiency and are able to act internationally and understand overlapping relationships. On the labour market, you so have an advantage over your fellow applicants and have many professional opportunities in small and medium sized companies and big corporations as well - both on national and international level.
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As a rule, in big corporations you start your professional career e as a trainee. Here, you get to know certain professional areas of the company better and you can then specialise in one area. In small and medium sized businesses you mostly get directly into the job and often take a position with more responsibility much quicker.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (North Rhine-Westphalia), international students | €0 |
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| Semester contribution | €384.60 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | If you want to study in an international course such as International Business Studies, you should have a good command of foreign languages in English, French and / or Spanish and be interested in legal and economic contexts. |
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| Language | German C1, English B2 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.07 |
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.
- 2German up to C1 and a certificateDSH or TestDaF has to be passed before you apply.
- 3Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 4Application via uni-assist until 15.07uni-assist checks documents for 4–6 weeks — send them well before the deadline.
- 5Admission, 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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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.07.2027 (274 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.