M.A. Distance Learning - General Management

In order to be admitted to the General Management MBA course at the HFH, you must first prove a completed degree (bachelor's degree, diploma or adequate degrees) at a state or state-recognised university (university university) or a bachelor's degree at an accredited course of study at a vocational academy.

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Pre-MBA resemester: If the first academic degree is not a design of economics, a pre-MBA semester (see below) must be successfully completed before the start of the study, in which business basics are taught.

Work experience: In addition, applicants must have at least one year of work experience, which is usually obtained after completing their first studies.

English language skills must be proven by the end of the second semester at the end of the second semester at Level B 2 of the Common European Framework (CEF), for example by: TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), TOEIC, IELTS, APIEL or comparable services.

You can find the form for crediting for verified English language skills here. (opens in a new tab) As a comparable performance, the HFH offers an interview in English at level B2. Further information on the interview can be found here. (opens in a new tab)

Notes on the pre-MBA semester

The MBA programme General Management builds on basic business knowledge. If you have not obtained your first degree in a degree in economics, a pre-MBA semester is upstream to your actual MBA degree at HFH.

In this you familiarize yourself with the economic basics in order to be able to intensively enter the matter of your MBA degree programme. In the pre-MBA semester you will treat the following three modules:

• Fundamentals of Business Administration and Marketing
• Annual financial statements
• Cost and service accounting

In order to enrol at HFH for the MBA programme General Management, all three modules must be successfully completed with a exam.

• In the module Fundamentals of Business Administration and Marketing, you will acquire basic business knowledge. They learn and understand the use of legal forms as well as the tasks of personnel work.

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• In addition, investment calculation and the financing of companies are on the curriculum. This basic part is supplemented by detailed knowledge on the subject of marketing. You will treat the tasks, instruments and goals of marketing as well as marketing research. On the one hand, the module creates the prerequisites for a fundamental understanding of business contexts and their classification. On the other hand, it is dedicatedly preparing for the strong customer and market orientation of your future MBA programme General Management with a focus on marketing.
• The module yearly financial statements provide an overview of external accounting. A number of modules from the subsequent MBA degree at HFH are based on this detailed knowledge.

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• You can apply your know-how from the pre-MBA to annual financial statements and accounting policy for the upcoming case studies and the Corporate Finance and Controlling module.
• The Cost and Performance Accounting module maps internal accounting with its contents, methods and goals. This knowledge, which is more oriented towards detailed measures and effects, is also placed in complex contexts in the MBA program.

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• It serves, for example, in the Business Planning and Business Simulation modules, decision-making and justification.