Management, Economics and Social Sciences, B.Sc.
From day one, the program combines an entrepreneurial mindset with academic excellence. You will learn how to tackle new problems, how to start your own initiatives and how to drive sustainable change.
In order to give you a deep understanding of social challenges, we provide you with the latest research results from relevant areas such as energy economics, social psychology and management. Renowned institutes contribute their expertise, such as the Energy Economics Institute (EWI) in the context of the discussion on the subject of climate change.
You will learn advanced methods to analyze systems and draw evidence-based conclusions. Last but not least, you benefit from an innovative teaching and coaching concept that accelerates your personal and academic development.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) |
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| Duration | 6 semesters, 180 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Required German | C1 |
| Required English | B2 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| 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 | €355.65 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
Our program: interdisciplinary, international, interactive!
Interdisciplinary
This program helps you to understand the "big picture" in terms of social and ecological aspects, as well as to strategically evaluate and classify the complexity of the relevant areas. You will benefit most from this program if you aspire to a leadership role in actively shaping change. Because you will gain insights into different disciplines, this program allows you to specialize at a later stage.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
Being a part of this program will enable you to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to shape the future with respect for the planet and society, rather than simply maximizing profits. You will focus on entrepreneurship while developing a systems thinking that will help you turn your career plans into reality.
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Basically, you could work in most potential managerial or commercial positions. More specifically, you will focus on sustainability with a start-up mindset, i.e. creating new organizations or driving innovation in existing organizations.
Example Jobs:
- (Social) Entrepreneurs
- Management of new projects in companies
- Management position in an NGO
- Position in a (social) start-up
- Management position in companies dealing with sustainability issues
- Advice
- After completing your bachelor's degree, you can also apply for a consecutive master's degree in management, economics or social sciences.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (North Rhine-Westphalia), international students | €0 |
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| Semester contribution | €355.65 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | This program is right for you if you have the following qualities: Active: You seek a decision-making position to solve challenges. |
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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.
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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.