Master of Business Administration – MBA Full-Time

Acquiring valuable knowledge and growing academically as well as personally in a reasonable period of time? If these are part of your priorities, the MBA General Management program at Munich Business School is the place to be. The full-time program MBA General Management is tailored to the needs of future international executives who are committed to upgrading their knowledge of business economics and further developing their leadership skills.

Your MBA Studies at MBS

Location Munich: Having their headquarters in Munich, German global companies such as BMW, Allianz, and Siemens, global tech giants such as Google, Microsoft, Intel, and IBM, and numerous start-ups appreciate the advantages of this location. MBS has strong connections with many of these companies, giving you the chance to network and explore your career opportunities!

Practical Relevance: Our MBA lecturers have years of experience in leadership positions at large corporations, mid-sized companies, or start-ups. They provide relevant education by adapting their lessons to the constantly changing business world. Our guest speakers, many of them alumni, are industry experts who bring real-world challenges into the classroom every day.

Student Life: Did you know that only 50% of learning happens in the classroom? The other 50% happens before and after classes: when you and your peers prepare class material, exchange views, and engage in critical discourse. With 50% of students coming from abroad, you are challenged to work in diverse teams, discover new perspectives and question your thinking.

Personal Support: An appointment with your professor? Anytime! You learn in small, interactive courses with only around 30 students. With a 4:1 student to faculty ratio, you are in direct and continuous exchange with your lecturers and receive exceptional, personalized, and flexible learning support.

Course of Studies

The MBA in General Management is a flexible MBA program, which can either be completed full-time or part-time as an extra-occupational program. This cutting-edge MBA program in Munich is aligned with the demands of today‘s globalized world and provides you with the possibility of expanding your business administration and management knowledge as well as improving and further developing your leadership and personal skills. MBS offers you a wide range of benefits in addition to a far-reaching curriculum to allow you to reach this goal.

In the MBA full-time program, you will have the opportunity to take some of the courses together with students in the part-time program. Studying in a truly diverse environment will allow you to extend your professional network to executives who study alongside their regular jobs. For the perfect start, each semester begins with a six-day kick-off week during which you can attend courses, participate in networking events and work on projects.

Flagship Courses

The “MBS Flagship” courses Responsible Leadership, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, and Global Management will focus on business administration topics, which are based on the values of Munich Business School and make the MBA General Management a unique study program.

• Responsible Leadership (6 ECTS)
• Global Management (6 ECTS)
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship (6 ECTS)
• Elective Module - Online Course from the Harvard Division of Continuing Education (HDCE)

Expert Business Knowledge

In the “Expert Business Knowledge” courses, you will acquire comprehensive management expertise. In the course of your MBA studies, you will also take two elective courses, whereby you will decide on one course per semester (“Business in Germany” or “Global Supply Chain Management” / “Management in Emerging Markets” or “Business Law”) to solidify your knowledge in these areas.

• Accounting for Management Decisions (6 ECTS)
• Strategic Marketing (6 ECTS)
• Financial Management (6 ECTS)
• Personal Development (3 ECTS)

Electives

• Business in Germany (3 ECTS)
• Global Supply Chain Management (3 ECTS)
• Management in Emerging Markets (3 ECTS)
• Business Law ( 3 ECTS)

Foreign Languages (optional)

• German A 1.1 I (3 ECTS)
• German A 1.1. II (3 ECTS)

Master Thesis

• Master Thesis

EMBA week

A special highlight of the MBA General Management program at MBS is the International EMBA Week. As part of the flagship course Global Management, you will have the opportunity to spend one week at one of our ten international partner business schools from the EMBA Consortium, for example in Italy, the USA, Japan, the UK, or Brazil. The visit will enable you to meet real-life examples of global market leaders and get exposure to global decision-making processes in the form of discussions with notable guest speakers to understand and capitalize on the value of cultural heritage as a driver for economic and social growth.

Employment Report MBA Graduating Class of 2020

The MBA in General Management is a unique experience that fundamentally fosters our student's business and management knowledge, supports them in developing and enhancing their executive and leadership skills, and provides them with the opportunity to establish a strong professional network – but also challenges them to explore uncharted territory and discover new perspectives.

As part of our comprehensive approach, we aim to support our students in their personal development towards becoming responsible business leaders in possession of essential soft skills, a broad cultural understanding, and a strong personality.

The figures in our "Employment Report" give a good overview of the successes of our MBA Class of 2020 and their willingness to adjust their careers in order to take the next step.