Media and Communications for Digital Business (MCD), B.Sc.
Digitization is now permeating every industry. Whether apps, cars, vacations, films or newspapers: business models today are not only very diverse, they are also becoming increasingly digital. In the Media and Communications for Digital Business (MCD) course, you will learn how the digital economy works and how to design products and services such as apps and internet portals that are technically adequate, target group and media-specific.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) |
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| Duration | 6 semesters, 180 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | C1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Summer semester, winter semester |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.07, summer semester until 15.01 |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €384.60 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
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 →About the programme
Future of the digital economy. MCD | Few areas are developing as quickly as the world of the digital economy. Without digital media, there is hardly a profession that is now conceivable. We train students on the MCD course for this job, in which tomorrow the future is yesterday.
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Creative ideas. MCD | You program websites and apps, create films and audio / video clips, communicate and design. You will look after and advise customers - from a commercial point of view -, give presentations and learn to be responsible for time, finance and project management.
A unique combination. MCD | Media and Communications for Digital Business - the combination makes the difference! With our degree program, we train you to become methodologically and conceptually strong personalities with special knowledge in technology, communication and management.
What you study
The standard period of study in the MCD bachelor’s course, including the preparation of the bachelor’s thesis, is six semesters without an internship and seven semesters with an internship. MCD concludes with a Bachelor of Science qualifying for a profession. This qualification also enables entry into an advanced master’s degree.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
Professions with a management focus | Consultant, event manager, project manager, marketing manager, media consultant, product manager, sales manager, social media manager, SEO / SEA manager, management consultant Marketing Assistant
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Professions with a focus on technology | Media planner, software developer, web developer, web master, app developer, web service provider
Professions with a focus on communication | Concept designer, employee in corporate communication / public relations, journalist or editor in print and online, communication specialist, communication manager, PR consultant, marketing communications manager
Students and graduates are encouraged to start their own livelihoods. Around ten percent of students run their own company in each year of the previous CMD course. We already support this entrepreneurial idea during the current course.
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 | Anyone wanting to study MCD should have a technical, media science and business interest. |
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| Language | German C1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Via uni-assist, 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.
- 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 15.01uni-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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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.