Global Business Management (Master of Science) University of Augsburg

The Global Business Management Master's programme offers a range of small group formats, such as projects, seminars, and colloquia, to help you become a competent leader. A key focus is teaching the latest management skills, the ability to develop strategic structures at different levels, tolerance of ambiguity, as well as reflective and critical thinking. Aspects of sustainability management, innovation, and entrepreneurial thinking are at the forefront of the intensive work in small groups. Optional one-on-one coaching by experienced executive trainers is also available on request.

Graduates of the Global Business Management Master's programme are successfully employed in leadership roles at large and established companies and organisations such as Allianz, PwC, Everllence, SAP, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and many others. Many also pursue a doctorate in Germany or abroad, or join a start-up after completing the programme. 

The Global Business Management (MSc) programme is open to all applicants holding a Bachelor's degree or who are about to graduate from a higher education programme, and it requires an aptitude assessment. Applications for the aptitude assessment must be submitted electronically by the application deadline.

The programme is aimed at students who graduate with a Bachelor's degree covering competencies in business, management and economics. This includes Bachelor's degree programmes in Global Business Management, Business Administration, Economics, and German-French Management.

Graduates of related Bachelor's degree programmes such as Business Informatics, Industrial Engineering, Law and Economics, Business Mathematics, and similar programmes are also explicitly invited to apply. Students from more distant fields of study, such as Mathematics, Data Science, Statistics, Engineering, Law, and others, can also successfully pass the aptitude test, provided they supply the relevant proof.

If necessary, additional modules may have to be completed in individual qualification areas in order to demonstrate the relevant aptitude.

Students are required to pay a semester fee of 177.25 EUR per semester (as of the summer semester 2026). Exceptions to this fee may apply for students with a disability and for students enrolled at more than one higher education institution in Bavaria.

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A dynamic university

The combination of being an ultramodern university and a 2,000-year-old urban history makes Augsburg one of the most attractive places to study in Germany. The University of Augsburg is a young and dynamic university in Bavaria. It is still growing, but pleasantly manageable with about 20,000 students. Eight faculties offer a broad spectrum of around 80 degree programmes in the humanities and social sciences, natural and technical sciences, law and economics, theology, and medicine. Their attractiveness extends far beyond the region. About 10 per cent of the students come from abroad.

This campus attracts students

The campus of the University of Augsburg, situated close to Augsburg city centre, is one of the most beautiful in Germany. The varied, light architecture is embedded in a large park landscape with a lot of water and numerous sculptures, learning islands, and small squares. The faculties, canteen, cafeterias, sports centre, and libraries – everything is within walking distance. In summer, the meadows around the campus lake provide a perfect space if students also want to learn outside and exchange ideas. Here people study, teach, research, and live! You can just feel the very essence of “university”: the lively community that exists between students and instructors.

The city and surrounding area

With a population of 300,000 people, Augsburg is the third-largest city in Bavaria and offers students as well as employees of the Faculty of Business and Economics high quality of life. Culturally speaking, the city founded more than 2,000 years ago as a Roman settlement has played a significant role for a long time: the Fuggerei (the world's oldest social housing complex still in use) and magnificent Renaissance buildings, music festivals and the state theatre, old craftsmen’s districts and modern museums. Since 2019, the historic water system of the city has been granted UNESCO World Heritage Site status. In addition, the surrounding area has a lot to offer: relaxing at the numerous lakes and rivers, biking in the Western Forests, a trip to the nearby Alps, or shopping in Munich.