Sustainable Management and Technology, B.Sc.
Bachelor's in Sustainable Management and Technology at TUM School of Management (TUM Campus Straubing), Germany — an English-taught program that integrates business administration, sustainability strategy, and natural science/engineering into a single curriculum, structured around three parallel pillars covering management fundamentals, sustainable business models, and quantitative research methods. Students build technical depth through electives in areas such as biotechnology, energy systems, or environmental technology, reflecting the campus's specialisation in bioresources and sustainable production.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) |
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| Duration | 6 semesters, 180 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Required English | C1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | uni-assist (VPD) + the university, winter semester until 15.07 |
| Admission | Aptitude assessment: the university evaluates how well your previous education fits the programme |
| Tuition fee | €2,000 / semester |
| Semester contribution | €97 per semester |
| Campus | TUM Campus Straubing |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
Admission goes through an aptitude assessment: the university checks how well the subjects, credits and grades of your previous education fit the programme. There is no fixed cut-off — the assessment is comparative.
- ✓Students who are genuinely interested in the intersection of business, sustainability, and technology — not just one of these, but all three simultaneously.
- ✓Those who want to understand sustainability not only as a social value but as a quantitative, evidence-based management challenge that requires scientific and analytical tools.
- ✓Applicants comfortable studying and working entirely in English within an international cohort, in an environment where this is the default norm.
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- ✓Students who appreciate a structured, interdisciplinary curriculum in the early years and want increasing freedom to specialise through electives as they progress.
- ✓Those attracted to a smaller, focused campus environment rather than a large urban university city — TUM Straubing offers an intimate academic community oriented specifically around bioresource and sustainability themes.
- ✓Students who see themselves building careers or continuing to master's level in areas such as sustainable supply chain, bioeconomy, resource management, corporate sustainability, or environmental consulting.
- ✓Those who value TU Munich's research reputation and institutional weight, combined with a specialist campus focus.
- —Straubing is a small city. TUM Campus Straubing is located in a mid-sized Bavarian town, not a major metropolitan area. Students seeking a vibrant big-city student life will find the environment more compact and focused; cost of living is lower than Munich, but social and cultural infrastructure is correspondingly smaller.
- —Competitive admission with aptitude assessment. Admission is not purely grade-based — all applicants go through an aptitude evaluation, and those who cannot demonstrate recent English-language grades may be invited to a personal interview. Preparation for this stage matters.
- —Tuition applies. Unlike many German public university programs, this program charges a per-semester tuition fee in addition to the standard university contribution. International applicants should factor this into their financial planning.
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- —Semester five is a mobility window, not a fixed semester. The fifth semester is structurally designed for international exchange or flexible learning. Students who prefer a fully stable on-campus schedule throughout all six semesters should be aware of this design intention.
- —Bachelor's degree alone may have limited direct job market value in management. In Germany and many EU markets, a bachelor's in management is frequently followed by a master's degree before entering more senior roles. Students should consider whether they plan to continue to postgraduate study.
- —The program's sustainability focus is genuine and specific. This is not a general business degree with a sustainability label — the curriculum is built around it. Students primarily interested in general business or finance may find the sustainability-and-technology emphasis restrictive rather than enriching.
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
Sustainable Management and Technology is a fully English-taught bachelor's program offered by TUM School of Management at TUM Campus Straubing, a campus of Technische Universität München dedicated to bioresource and sustainability topics. The program is designed around the conviction that sustainable transformation in industry and society requires professionals who can operate fluently across management, natural science, and engineering domains.
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The curriculum is structured in three parallel thematic pillars that run through the early semesters: Management Fundamentals, which covers the core principles of business administration and organization; Management & Sustainability, which builds knowledge of sustainable business models, resource strategies, and environmental governance; and Research & Quantitative Methods, which develops the analytical toolkit — statistics, data analysis, and scientific methodology — needed to evaluate sustainability problems rigorously.
The first three semesters establish this integrated foundation. From semester two onwards, students begin incorporating Electives in Engineering & Natural Sciences, which allow them to develop technical competencies relevant to sustainability — such as materials, energy systems, or biotechnology — in a way that complements their management training. Communication skills and general elective modules in semester three offer additional breadth.
Semester four deepens applied knowledge through further electives and an Applications in Sustainable Management & Technology module that connects classroom learning to real-world sustainability challenges. Semester five is designated as a Mobility Window, intentionally designed for study abroad or other international experiences, with electives and a research methods component that can be completed in a flexible learning environment.
The program concludes in semester six with Project Studies — a substantial applied project component — followed by the Bachelor's Thesis, which requires students to independently investigate a sustainability-relevant topic under academic supervision. The Straubing campus setting, embedded in a region with active bioeconomy and renewable resources industries, provides a distinctive backdrop for both coursework and thesis work.
What you study
Semester 1
- Management Fundamentals (core): Introduction to foundational business and management concepts — organisation, strategy, and business functions.
- Management & Sustainability: Introduction to sustainability frameworks, corporate responsibility, and the intersection of business with environmental and social systems.
- Research & Quantitative Methods: Foundations of scientific methodology, data analysis, and quantitative reasoning — essential preparation for evidence-based work throughout the program.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
Graduates are equipped for roles at the interface of business strategy, sustainability management, and technical operations. Typical career directions include sustainability consulting, corporate environmental and social governance (ESG) roles, resource and supply chain management in manufacturing and agriculture, bioeconomy sector management, and policy-adjacent roles in environmental and energy organisations. The TUM brand carries strong recognition among German and European employers, particularly in technology-intensive industries. Many graduates proceed to master's-level study in sustainability, environmental management, business administration, or related engineering fields before entering senior professional roles.
Cost of study
| Semester contribution | €97 |
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The program charges a tuition fee of €2,000 per semester, payable by all enrolled students. This is a program-specific tuition fee and applies in addition to the standard university semester contribution.
Requirements and application
| Previous education | Applicants must hold a higher education entrance qualification (Abitur or equivalent). |
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| Language | English C1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | uni-assist (VPD) + the university, 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.
- 2Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 3Application uni-assist (VPD) + the university until 15.07uni-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.
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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.