M.A. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

1. You hold a bachelor's degree in Business Administration or Management from a recognized university (three years full-time or 180 ECTS minimum) with above-average results. (minimum requirement: ECTS mark C; if neither the national certificate of your first degree nor the diploma supplement provides the ECTS mark, please present a certification issued by the degree-awarding institution which confirms that the average mark/grade achieved corresponds to the ECTS mark of C or better, or to the German mark of 2.5 or better. Marks from non-EU applicants will be transferred into German grades by uni-assist.)

You have successfully completed your bachelor’s degree in the field of business administration, and you also speak English very well. You are proficient in German at a minimum of the A2 level and can provide verification of another foreign language at the B1 level.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

If you wish to apply to our MA.IB program, you will need to meet the following criteria:

a) You have a bachelor’s degree in business administration or equivalent in terms of content

The degree must include at least 180 ECTS credits and ECTS grade C. If no ECTS grade is shown, your grade point average in the German grading system must not be worse than 2.5.

b) You are fluent in English and have knowledge of German and another foreign language. Your language skills must be documented as follows:

1. English:

• TOEFL iBT: at least 92 points
• IELTS: at least 6.5 points
• TOEIC: at least 800 points

If you have earned at least 30 ECTS credits in degree program classes (that were not language classes) that were taught and tested in English, we will recognize this as official proof of language proficiency. This regulation only applies to bachelor programs from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the USA. Applicants with a bachelor's degree from other countries must provide one of the three test results specified above, even if the degree program was taught and tested entirely in English.

2. German: at least level A2 (B1). If your native language is German, your bachelor’s degree certificate or high school diploma will suffice as proof.

3. Another language: at least level A2 (B1): If this language is your native language (not English or German), and your university entrance qualification or bachelor’s degree was taught in this language, you do not need to provide any additional proof. Otherwise, submit a certificate from a recognized language or educational institution verifying the B1 level for that language. You are welcome to use our university’s blank form for this purpose.

c)   You have a priority for studying abroad

Please write a letter of motivation (in English) in which you describe your first, second, and third partner university priorities. This will demonstrate your willingness to spend part of your studies abroad.

d) Please attach an up-to-date CV to your application

You can apply to our degree program starting in mid-May. Applicants with a university degree from Germany or another EU country are to submit their application documents using the portal of Mainz University of Applied Sciences (opens in a new tab). If you obtained your university degree outside the EU, you must apply through uni-assist (opens in a new tab). The application deadline is June 15th.