Trade Management, M.A.
Learn how to take foreign trade deals and trade relationships to a profitable level. In our master’s program, you will learn how to take into account the complexity of international commercial transactions and global legal frameworks, gain a sound understanding of work and action contexts, and incorporate strategic logistics management into your decisions.
Strengthen your negotiation and communication skills as well as your intercultural and personal experiences during an internship or semester abroad.
Programme facts
| Degree | Master of Arts (M.A.) |
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| Duration | 4 semesters |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Required English | B2 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Summer semester, winter semester |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 01.06, summer semester until 01.01 |
| Admission | No admission restriction: every eligible applicant is admitted |
| Tuition fee | €6,450 / semester |
| Practical semester | Optional |
Will I get in
Every applicant who meets the formal requirements is admitted — but places can run out before the deadline, so apply at the start of the window.
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
1 Semester
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
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With the intercultural skills you have learned, leadership and negotiation skills paired with specialist knowledge in the field of globalization, international legal bases, trade operations and logistics management, you are suitable for management positions in international trade, sales, international business development and marketing at home and abroad well prepared.
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The International Business & Leadership Focus Trade opens doors for you in
- national and international trading companies
- public institutions and chambers
- NGOs worldwide
Requirements and application
| Previous education | University or technical college degree (bachelor or diploma) - please submit your degree certificate and your transcript of records. in the field of economics (if you don't have your degree certificate yet, you can also submit it before you start your studies) OR in another field + at least 6 months professional experience in the field of business/management |
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| Language | English B2 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 01.06, summer semester until 01.01 |
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 directly to the university until 01.01Send the documents well before the deadline — an incomplete application cannot be completed after it.
- 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.
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 01.01.2027 (79 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.