Master of Business and Engineering MBEE

Educational Requirements

Requirements for admission to THWS are a valid general higher education entrance qualification (“Abitur”), a subject-specific higher education entrance qualification (“fachgebundene Hochschulreife”) or advanced technical college certificate (“Fachhochschulreife”), or a general/subject-specific entrance qualification for qualified professionals.

The following cannot be recognised as advanced technical college certificates:

• Certificates of passed qualification tests after attending a preparatory course at a university of applied sciences in the Federal State Baden-Württemberg
• Certificates of the 12th grade of a German secondary school
• Certificates of 12th or 13th grade of a German secondary school without having passed the school leaving examination.

In this context, please note the special nature of admission to higher education for working professionals.

In bachelor’s programmes at THWS, practical training is conducted in general during the so called practical or internship semester. Dependent on the chosen degree programme, the internship comprises a block of 20 to 26 weeks.

To be admitted to study at THWS, a university entrance qualification is required. This requires proof by one of the following qualifications:

• general higher education qualification (Abitur)
• subject-specific higher education entrance qualification (fachgebundene Hochschulreife)
• advanced technical college certificate (Fachhochschulreife)
• master craftsman’s qualification or equivalent (including a mandatory consultation meeting)
• qualified professionals (completed professional training & three years of professional experience) undergoing a consultation meeting and an aptitude test in accordance with the Bavarian University and College Act (BayHSchG)

To arrange consultation meetings, please contact the Academic Advisory Service.