Hybrid, Part-Time MBA for Working Professionals Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt

Courses are held in English (100%).

Digitalisation/AI, global competitiveness, and business resilience are key challenges that future business leaders will need to manage and master, strategically and sustainably.

Discover and join the Hybrid, Part-Time MBA programme at WFI – Ingolstadt School of Management at KU, Germany’s most popular university (*StudyCheck.de Award). This unique MBA is for ambitious young professionals who wish to unlock their full potential and become top-level managers and executives. Accelerate your career and develop the knowledge and skills for global business success while still working at your full-time job.

By joining a select cohort of working professionals and future business leaders in an innovative hybrid format, you will experience transformational learning that will fast track your career progress. Exclusive features of this programme are two in-person business immersions – one in Silicon Valley (USA) and one in Germany – built around essential themes and challenges for today’s business.

This English-language MBA programme builds a solid foundation of scientific and applied knowledge, provides international orientation, offers unmatched networking and real-world exposure, along with an emphasis on ethics and sustainability in business. Learn from internationally renowned professors, managers, and business leaders from innovative firms, and become part of a programme where theory meets practice.

The Programme

This MBA programme emphasises “breadth” and “general management” and does not limit itself to a specific functional area of business administration. It is geared towards a holistic understanding of business administration with a goal of grooming high-potential candidates for top management and leadership positions in the future regardless of their current functional area.

A distinguishing feature of this MBA programme is the inclusion of two business immersions. The first one takes participants to Silicon Valley (USA) to visit cutting-edge companies of different sizes, industries, and life stages of digitisation. The second one within Germany gives students the opportunity to interact with innovative companies that have successfully achieved global expansion and growth.

Target Group

The MBA programme is designed for managers and working professionals (senior or junior managers) from all over the world, from all industries and organisations, as well as self-employed individuals and entrepreneurs who have a first university degree, at least two years of professional experience, and good English skills. A previous degree in business administration is not required.

For more information on the Hybrid, Part-Time MBA at WFI – Ingolstadt School of Management, please click here.

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The four-semester MBA for Working Professionals has an innovative hybrid format. Participants will be able to take advantage of four weekends of on-campus classroom instructions in Germany (Fridays & Saturdays) and four weekends of online lectures each semester (Fridays & Saturdays), providing maximum flexibility in their time schedules and allowing for an excellent work-life-study balance. 

*Hybrid format:

Each semester consists of two parts. Each part consists of four weekends (two in-person lectures, two online lectures). Each weekend consists of two pairs of courses – one course on Friday, and the second course on Saturday. The first weekend takes place in presence at the WFI campus in Ingolstadt. The second and third weekends each take place online via Zoom. On the last weekend, the MBA students return to the WFI campus in Ingolstadt for their two lectures. On both in-person lecture weekends (first and fourth weekend), MBA students will benefit from exclusive MBA leadership and networking events on Friday evenings. Students will get the opportunity to learn from and network with renowned business executives from the industry. This concludes the first part. The programme further includes two in-person business immersions, one in Silicon Valley, USA, and one in Germany.

Each semester consists of eight weekends (four times on-site in person [first and fourth weekends] and four times online via Zoom [second and third weekends]).

We encourage you to complete your application as soon as possible, as we are accepting applications for the winter semester on a rolling basis. The deadline for the coming winter intake is the end of August (with EU Visa).

We encourage international students (e.g., from India, Nigeria, Latin America, UAE, etc.) to submit their applications by May (without EU Visa).

You can apply for this unique Hybrid, Part-Time MBA for Working Professionals by filling out the online application form on our MBA Homepage (https://www.ku.de/en/mba/online-application).

Tuition fees do not include travel expenses.

Degree Structure and Course Modules

More than ever, managers and executives have to develop a broad set of skills and competencies to address complex challenges as the very nature of business evolves rapidly. The aim of the "Master of Business Administration" (MBA) continuing education programme is to provide ambitious working professionals with the mindset and tools to successfully meet complex business challenges and help manage and grow their organisations and enterprises.

Through coursework, global immersions, and out-of-class activities, the programme emphasises “breadth” and “general management”, similar to top MBA programmes offered in Germany or elsewhere globally. Its objective is to equip students with a holistic understanding of business administration, and it seeks to groom students for top management and leadership positions in the future regardless of their current functional area of expertise. It enables students to lead cross-functional teams, products, and processes in national and international for-profit and non-profit organisations.

The activities and coursework of this curriculum touch on the day-to-day business challenges.

• Management & Strategy
• Innovation & Sustainability
• Digitalisation & AI
• Economics & Finance
• Managing Products & Services
• Impact Project & Master's Thesis
• Business Immersions (Silicon Valley, USA & Germany)

The programme is an independent component of the academic life and offerings of the faculty at the WFI - Ingolstadt School of Management at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.

There are 14 teaching modules in this programme. Each teaching module comprises 5 ECTS credits and focuses on a specific problem of management. Each module has four days of teaching, including blended learning, whereby it can consist of several sub-topics.

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4,400 EUR

Tuition fees do not include travel expenses.

Tuition fees include the semester contribution. No additional semester contribution is required for the four-semester study programme.

The costs of living in Ingolstadt or Eichstätt are relatively low compared to large university cities. Rental costs in subsidised student residences (offered by the Studentenwerk Erlangen, the Canisius-Stiftung or the St Gundekarwerk) range between 300 EUR to 400 EUR per month depending on size and furnishing. Rental costs in privately owned residences are slightly higher and range around 750 EUR per month in Ingolstadt. In Eichstätt, rental costs are generally slightly lower. All KU students can eat in the university’s canteen at favourable prices. The price for a main dish is between EUR 3.50 and EUR 5.50. Health insurance costs are approx. 140 EUR per month. In total, you should plan for monthly costs of EUR 1,000, possibly less in Eichstätt.

Admission to the Hybrid, Part-Time MBA is open to candidates who fulfil the following requirements:

1. First higher education degree

A level of competence of an internationally recognised first academic degree (undergraduate degree) in any discipline qualifying for admission to a profession or equivalent admission requirements (e.g., BSc | BA | BBA | BEd | BEng | LLB or equivalent)

2. First postgraduate working experience of at least two years

A qualified professional experience of not less than two years after completion of the first university course.

3. Fluency in English (C1, for details, see below)

4. German language skills (A2, for details, see below)

To access the online application for the Hybrid, Part-Time MBA, please click here.

English language skills must be proven prior to the start of the first semester of the MBA programme. Examples for accepted evidence:

• TOEFL iBT: 90 or above, or
• IELTS: 6.5 or above, or
• Cambridge Certificate C1 Advanced
• Etc...

Other English language certificates may be submitted. The Selection Committee will inform each applicant whether the submitted certificates are sufficient, or if the applicant must provide one of the three listed above.

German language skills at level A2 (European Framework of Reference) are required. We accept one of the following proofs: German "Abitur", a Goethe A2 Certificate, or an equivalent certificate. The German language skills must be proven by the end of the second semester (after completion of the first year), and until then, matriculation is subject to providing the required proof.

We encourage you to complete your application as soon as possible, as we are accepting applications for the winter semester on a rolling basis. The deadline for the coming winter intake is the end of August (with EU Visa).

We encourage international students (e.g., from India, Nigeria, Latin America, UAE, etc.) to submit their applications by May (without EU Visa).

You can apply for this unique Hybrid, Part-Time MBA for Working Professionals by filling out the online application form on our MBA Homepage (https://www.ku.de/en/mba/online-application).

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It is possible to find a job as a student assistant ("Hiwi") by contacting professors and university departments directly. Information on current job vacancies can also be found on the website of each chair.

There are also different offers for temporary part-time jobs outside the university, for example, in restaurants or in shopping malls. Eichstätt and Ingolstadt are the cities with the lowest unemployment rates in Germany.

The International Office at the KU offers a housing service. It helps international students find accommodation, and it facilitates the contact between students and the future landlord or landlady. This service is free of charge. However, a housing service deposit is charged, and this will be refunded at the end of your rental contract. Please find more information on housing at the KU here.

Our internal Career Center is open to all enrolled students. Our Career Service helps you pave the way: It offers individual sessions on internships and career entry, organises different career events and workshops, and is the first contact for the KU Career Center, the university career portal. Find additional information here.

German language courses offered by KU's language centre during the semester are free of charge.

Pre-semester language courses are fee-based.