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Course

Business Administration - Finance and Management (joint degree programme)

Academic Degree
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Standard period of study
8 Semester
Study start
Sommersemester
Admission restriction
Zulassungsbeschränkt
Form of study
  • Joint degree program
Institute
Institute of Business Administration
Study location
Mülheim an der Ruhr
Accreditation
Accredited
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Many opportunities in the world of business

"Money is round and rolls away. But education stays," the German poet Heinrich Heine once said. After completing this degree programme, your education will ensure that companies' and customers' money stays.

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What you can expect

This degree programme imparts business management knowledge and prepares students for the special requirements of global finance and operational management.

Students are sensitised to current developments in the financial sector
and develop an understanding of the complex interrelationships of markets.

Most of the time must be invested in self-study and e-learning elements. Classroom teaching takes place on Saturdays. Together, this guarantees a high-quality and application-oriented degree programme. It gives you a competitive edge on the labour market - by combining a seamless employment history with career-enhancing further education.

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Your study content

The part-time Bachelor's degree programme teaches fundamental knowledge of business administration, such as cost and performance accounting, business taxation and controlling, and much more.

The special features of the programme are the two important modules Business Ethics and Business English, which are taught over three semesters. The content of the modules
Marketing, Business Skills and Business Computer Science modules are also predominantly taught in English.

Your course of studies

Scientific work & scientific theories
6 Credits
Fundamentals of business administration
6 Credits
Technology of operational accounting
6 Credits
Start Business English
2 Credits

(cross-semester)

Business mathematics
6 Credits
Balance sheet and income statement
6 Credits
Cost and activity accounting
6 Credits
Business English
2 Credits

(cross-semester)

Economic statistics
6 Credits
Investment and financing
6 Credits
Micro/macroeconomics
6 Credits
End of Business English
2 Credits

(cross-semester)

General commercial law
6 Credits
Controlling
6 Credits
Marketing
6 Credits
Start of business ethics
2 Credits

(cross-semester)

Special commercial law
6 Credits
Business taxation
6 Credits
Business Skills
6 Credits
Business ethics
2 Credits

(cross-semester)

Elective module 1
6 Credits
Management and organisation
6 Credits
Business Computer Science
6 Credits
End of business ethics
2 Credits

(cross-semester)

Business Administration Project Work I
6 Credits
Compulsory elective module 1
6 Credits
Compulsory elective module 2
6 Credits
Compulsory elective module 3
6 Credits
Company foundation
3 Credits
Business Administration Project Work II
6 Credits
Current topics in international economic and social politics
6 Credits
Bachelor thesis and colloquium
15 Credits

(12 + 3 Credits)

Business Administration Project Work III
6 Credits

What you need to bring along

  •  General or subject-restricted higher education entrance qualification
  • Alternatively: entrance qualification for universities of applied sciences or a qualification recognised as equivalent in the course of vocational qualification
  • Proof of proficiency in the German language equivalent to reference level C1 or higher as defined by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). All degree programmes are  taught in German. 

Application process

 The application phase for the admission restricted Bachelor’s degree programmes for the coming winter semester begins on 01. December 2025 and ends on 15. March 2026. Applications can only be submitted online via our application portal.

If you have any questions, please contact the application support team .

Contact persons

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Zhanna Tolmacheva

Wirtschaftsinstitut

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin


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Yannick Krause

Wirtschaftsinstitut

Studiengangskoordinator Fachbereich 2


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Prof. Dr. Werner A. Halver

Wirtschaftsinstitut

Studiengangsleitung: BWL – Finanzwirtschaft und Management

Contact persons

3
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Zhanna Tolmacheva

Wirtschaftsinstitut

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

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Yannick Krause

Wirtschaftsinstitut

Studiengangskoordinator Fachbereich 2

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Prof. Dr. Werner A. Halver

Wirtschaftsinstitut

Studiengangsleitung: BWL – Finanzwirtschaft und Management