Professional and scientific qualification

Graduates have acquired basic global business knowledge and skills to evaluate current trends and assess their strategic and operational relevance for an international company.

Graduates have learned to integrate uncertainty into strategic issues (general corporate strategy, innovation, knowledge management).

Graduates develop intercultural expertise and empathy, especially in multicultural teams. They can communicate competently in the English language. They are able to evaluate, optimise and manage international projects and processes across borders.

Graduates are able to effectively manage a company's interface (international negotiations, purchasing and sales) with international business partners.

Ability to take up qualified gainful employment

Graduates have the inner attitude and professional skills to face challenges that come up in the multicultural business environment. This includes understanding the multiple varieties of business practices and perspectives in a global context.

Graduates have international business, technical, social, intercultural and ethical knowledge to help bridge different cultures in business processes.

Graduates have learned to independently break down complex operational tasks into subtasks and solve them in a company-related manner.

Graduates can think and act entrepreneurially and formulate strategies independently.

Ability to engage in social activities

The high level of professionalism and intercultural competence taught in this degree programme enables graduates to observe and implement the principles of good governance and corporate responsibility in all fields of international activity of the company or organisation.

Graduates meet the challenges of international professional work with a high degree of personal responsibility and integrity. They are naturally sensitive to issues such as sustainability, fairness and diversity.

In particular, graduates have an eye for possible consequences of action in relation to long-term trends such as globalisation, demographics, financial crises, sustainable development, etc.

Graduates are able to recognise the goals of stakeholders in the corporate environment and know methods to integrate their interests into corporate action.

Graduates are able to consider, assess and integrate the economic, ecological and social dimensions in (strategic) decisions.

Personality development

Graduates have further developed their intercultural competence and are aware of their special empowerment as representatives of their company.

Graduates have learned to assess their own strengths and weaknesses as well as their impact on others and to act according to their personal resources.

Graduates have acquired interdisciplinary competence and recognised its importance for entrepreneurial action.

Against this background, graduates are able to make conscious and reflected strategic decisions and apply methods for their implementation.

Graduates have recognised the necessity of lifelong learning and have acquired corresponding skills and strategies.