At a glance
Studying at the RWU
Studying is a special stage of life. It's good when it takes place in a place where you feel taken seriously and accepted. RWU offers you the ideal conditions to develop your potential. In a safe and calm environment, you will be accompanied and supported by RWU professors at all times as you take this step into professional life.
You will gain practical work experience during your studies and apply what you have learned directly. In short: you will study and work in one of the most beautiful, safest and, last but not least, one of the strongest economic regions in Europe.
Sound knowledge & practical skills
Do you want a modern, practice-oriented business administration degree with plenty of freedom to hone your own professional profile?
You don't want to be just an anonymous number during your studies and appreciate personal support at eye level?
The Bachelor's degree course in Business Administration and Management offers you exactly that.
Our benefits
- Professionally oriented business administration courses in areas such as marketing, personnel management, accounting, finance and corporate management
- Specializations such as business psychology as an individual focus
- Study in small groups and new forms of teaching and learning
- Practical relevance thanks to lecturers from companies and an integrated practical semester
- 15 ECTS freely selectable subjects
- Possibility of a semester abroad at one of our many partner universities
Profession & prospects
A degree course with secure job and earning opportunities
Business economists are needed in every company in a wide variety of areas. With this degree course, you will also be equipped for the challenges of the future: Course content on digitalization, internationalization, supply chains, innovation, business start-ups and new work will set you apart from the crowd. An advanced Master's degree course, such as Business Administration and Entrepreneurship or International Business Management, gives you the opportunity to further specialize and sharpen your individual profile.
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Postgraduate courses
Business Administration and Entrepreneurship
MBA International Business Management & Sustainability
Curriculum
In the first study phase, the course teaches basic business knowledge and professional language skills in English. In addition, the students' methodological and social skills are trained.
The second study phase begins in the fourth semester. It deepens the basic knowledge by choosing two of five fields of study:
- Business Psychology
- Marketing and Sales
- human resources management
- Controlling and Accounting
- Supply Chain Management
The basics of international companies and the development of new business areas and innovations are also taught. Students gain their first practical experience during the practical semester, which is scheduled for the 5th semester. The practical semester serves to apply and deepen the knowledge and skills acquired during the theoretical studies by working on challenging business tasks. The Bachelor's thesis, which is typically written together with a company, concludes the course.
Admission
Application for the summer and winter semester
The Business Administration and Management program offers
- 60 places in the winter semester
- 30 places in the summer semester
- July 15: Application deadline for the winter semester
- January 15: Application deadline for the summer semester
These dates are cut-off deadlines, which means that your application documents must be received by this date in order to be considered for the allocation of study places.
Start of lectures
- Beginning of October for the winter semester
- Mid-March for the summer semester
You can find the exact date in the menu item Dates.
To the online application
Who gets a place?
Applicants with the best overall grades will be admitted. In the winter semester 2022/23 and summer semester 2023, all applicants were offered a place.
Selection procedure - how is the overall grade calculated?
At RWU, this degree program is subject to the admission and selection regulations for Bachelor's degree programs is applied and carried out on the basis of the application documents. The creation of a shortlist or ranking list is explained below: The applicant's position on a ranking list is determined from the application documents according to the following procedure: Calculation of a weighted overall grade according to the formula
[(average grade of the university entrance qualification)+(grades German, mathematics * 2 and continued modern foreign language)/4] / 2
If there are more applicants than places, 90 % of the places are allocated by the selection procedure (best overall grade) and 10 % of the places are allocated according to waiting time.
Improvement of the overall grade
This overall grade can be improved if one or more of the following qualifications are proven:
- Completed vocational training in the commercial field or from the recognized professional groups according to the admission and selection regulations. Admission and selection regulations: 0,3
- Professional experience in the training occupation of at least 1 year: 0.1. This bonus is limited to 0.3 for three professional years.
Extracurricular achievements, pract. Activities and recognized previous experience: 0.1 per qualification, max. 2 qualifications can be taken into account:
- Federal Voluntary Service (min. 11 months)
Succession procedure
Prospective students often apply to several universities and degree programs. As a result, study places regularly become available again because an applicant decides to apply for a different course. These places that become available again are awarded in a succession procedure to those who did not get in first. Places are again allocated according to the ranking list, i.e. first to those with the best overall grade.
Further information on the application and allocation of study places can be found at the Admissions Office.
SEMESTER FEE
Every semester , all students are required to pay a semester fee upon enrolment or re-registration. All universities in Germany charge a similar amount.
Composition and amount of the fee
FEES FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND FOR A SECOND DEGREE COURSE
Since the winter semester 2017/2018, Baden-Württemberg has had a tuition fee for international students (non-EU citizens) and a second degree course fee. This means that in some cases a tuition fee must be paid in addition to the semester fee.
Before enrolling, applicants from non-EU countries or applicants for a second degree course will receive a form to assess whether they are actually required to pay tuition fees.
The amounts and detailed information can be found under Finances.
News
Faculty of Technology and Management
Outstanding achievements honored
78 graduates successfully completed their studies at RWU last winter semester. These achievements have now been honored and celebrated at the graduation ceremony of the Faculty of Technology and Management.
Faculty of Technology and Management
"Go out and change this world!"
The Faculty of Technology and Management honored and bid farewell to its graduates in a festive setting.
In conversation with the Schwäbische Zeitung
"If you don't want to make a dent, you won't".
About digitization in Germany, generation Z and the role of vacuum cleaners
International Business Project
Students of the International Academy on a study trip in Budapest
On the initiative of Prof. Dr. Barbara Niersbach, a study week to Budapest was held for the first time in April 2023 as part of the International Academy.
Press release
RWU performs very well in university ranking
Business, Technology and Social Studies - this is how RWU describes its range of courses. In the Department of Business and Economics, several subjects are rated as very good in the current CHE university ranking.
Excursion
A visit to Albert Handtmann Metallgusswerk GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach
This semester again, students of business administration (Bachelor) and industrial engineering (Master) visited a manufacturing company from the region.
Business psychology perspective on personnel development at ZF
How does learning work in the company?
Felix Aurich, personnel developer at ZF Friedrichshafen AG, showed how challenging a change process can be for a company and its personnel in his guest lecture "Strategic Personnel Development @ZF - The E-Cademy Project".
International Academy
Interdisciplinary studies with social, cultural & industrial exposure
The International Academy gives German and international students the opportunity to complete a one or two-semester interdisciplinary study program in English. German students who are enrolled in a Bachelor program at the RWU are warmly welcome to participate in the full program, in some few classes or a single class only. These classes are graded as elective classes and offer the possibility to participate in English speaking courses. In this way, German students can improve their Business English skills and collect valuable experience in an internationally characterized learning environment.
The International Academy was established more than 10 years ago by the Faculty of Technology and Management and is currently offering interdisciplinary study courses covering theoretical frameworks as well as practical approaches taught by both international academicians and industrial experts.
The International Academy's main missions are:
- Promoting the mutual integration of academic knowledge and industrial application
- Strengthening collaborations with international universities and supporting international mobility among students and professionals
- Encouraging problem-based learning through multiple real-life case studies in business and practical projects in industrial environment
- Developing social, entrepreneurial and cultural skills, as well as providing on-sight networking opportunities to the students
Curriculum Content
Summer Semester
The summer semester focuses on major fields of business, culture and communication, research and entrepreneurial studies with a practical project work with a partnered German company. We are also providing German language courses from beginners to advanced levels for everyday and business use, which are offered by our Center for Languages and Intercultural Communication (CLIC) and by professors from our European partner universities teaching German as a foreign language.
Winter Semester
The winter semester provides the experience of working in international teams through two practical projects with two different partnered German companies located in Ravensburg-Weingarten. The courses in this semester deal with strategies, innovation, business, research, project management and marketing skills; in order to expose the students to the international working environment.
Elective courses
Besides the compulsory courses, every semester the International Academy also offers a variety of elective courses. These provide extra knowledge from many different fields and does not require prior knowledge.
Language & Culture
Besides the formal curriculum, we also offer the stu- dents the opportunity to have language and cultural exposure by providing German language courses for better integration into the German culture.
Projects and Research
Corporate exposure
The International Academy is in partnership with two regional companies which provide the students with the unique experience of working in international teams through practical projects. Furthermore, different experts from leading international companies are also invited to share their hands-on experience of corporate working environment.
Research Project/Thesis
The International Academy allows students from partnered universities to undertake research projects/thesis in the field of engineering and management. Please contact our International Academy Coordinator for further information.
Contact
Director International Academy
Prof. Dr. Barbara Niersbach
barbara.niersbach@rwu.de
IA Coordinator Faculty
Mr. Alireza Ahmadi, MBA, M.A.
alireza.ahmadi@rwu.de
Send your application to the IA Coordinator International Office
Ms. Barbara Wildenhain
barbara.wildenhain@rwu.de
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Contact & People
General contact details
| Phone | |
|---|---|
| betriebswirtschaftslehre@rwu.de | |
| Room | B 213 |
| On campus |
Building B
Leibnizstr. 12
88250 Weingarten |
| Postal address |
RWU Hochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences Business administration and management P.O. Box 30 22
88216 Weingarten Germany |
Secretariat
Sylvia Pilz
Student Advisory Service & Program Director
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Heike Willax
Professors
Prof. Dr. phil. Josefine Denzin
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Frank Ermark
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Nils Hagen
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Tobias Harth
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Dominic Herrmann
Prof. Dr. Steffen Jäckle
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Cornelia Neff
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Barbara Niersbach
Prof. Dr. sc. agr. Georg Nuoffer-Wagner
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Peter Philippi-Beck
Prof. Dr. Andreas Pufall
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Andreas Schmidthöfer
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heiner Smets
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Dirk Steffens
- Building B
- Room B 118
Prof. Dr. Michael Wagner
Prof. Dr. phil. Götz Walter
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Marc Weindel
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Heike Willax
Examination office
Anja Mayr
Aylin Baur
Practice office
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Tobias Harth
Ulrike Reck-Obert
Representative abroad
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Barbara Niersbach
Deanery
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Nils Hagen