Sustainable Entrepreneurship & Social Innovation

To be admitted to the Master's programme, applicants must hold a thematically relevant Bachelor's degree from a university or university of applied sciences, or an equivalent degree from a state-recognised institution of higher education. This first degree must comprise a minimum of 180 ECTS credits and should be in the field of economics or in a programme with a substantial economics component (e.g. Business Psychology, Business Informatics, Industrial Engineering, Business Education).

Applicants must provide evidence of at least 30 ECTS credits earned in subject-specific economics modules during their undergraduate studies. These must be from a range of thematic areas and may not include credits from transfer modules or the final thesis. Relevant modules include, among others: General Business Administration, Economics, Accounting, Business and Corporate Law, Human Resource Management, Controlling, Marketing, Market Research, Corporate Management, Sustainability Management, and Business Mathematics. Of these, business administration modules (such as General Business Administration and Marketing) must account for at least 10 ECTS credits in total.

Applicants with an international educational background must also provide proof of German language proficiency at level B2 in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). In addition, a good command of English at level B2 CEFR is required.