Berlin MBA (part-time) HWR Berlin (Berlin School of Economics and Law)

The Berlin Part-Time MBA programme offers you all the benefits of the Berlin MBA (Berlin School of Economics and Law) – but in a part-time format. You can remain dedicated to your career, truly enhancing it by studying for the MBA. You will be fully equipped for new career goals with an international perspective, all the while refining your individual strengths. Studying in the MBA programme at the Berlin Professional School offers you:

• Blocks of attendance phases
• Profound, wide-ranging, and practical knowledge of the fundamentals of management
• Opportunities to focus on individual interests and needs via elective modules, to pursue your own desired career goals
• Interactive teaching style
• Highly dedicated professors with management experience
• International accreditation
• A dedicated Career Service and a strong network

The Berlin Part-Time MBA programme, taught in English, is the perfect combination of theory and practice. It will set you on the direct path to furthering your leadership skills. The core modules in the first study section lay the foundation of key management knowledge. All areas and exterior interfaces of a company are dissected, while training you to orientate your thinking around processes and solutions at all times. The elective modules of the second part of study programme give you the opportunity to apply yourself to specific tasks. Study trips in Europe or to the USA prepare you in a specific and practical manner for the field of international management. You will learn about the business frameworks, strategies and management tools of multinational corporations. In the Transformation Management and Change module, you will help a company to deal with change processes in a dynamic and agile manner or to actively initiate them, thus putting it ahead of the competition. The Digital Business and Technology Management module will present you with dynamically changing challenges and train your digital agility. In the Innovative Sustainability module, you will learn how to embed sustainability aspects in innovation projects at our partner university, Porto Business School. The Entrepreneurship and Innovation module familiarises you with the innovation process of start-ups and corporates. A core element of this module is a practice-based project with the Barton School of Business in Wichita, Kansas. Together with MBA students from the USA, you will work in teams on the development of real solutions for the internationalisation challenges of start-ups and SMEs.

From the teaching style to the lecturers, the MBA programme consistently focuses on practical, hands-on experience. Corporate projects, case studies, current living case studies, job-based project and group work, business simulations and presentations from corporate leaders of select enterprises all form integral course components.

The Berlin Part-Time MBA programme commences annually in October. It runs alongside your career over the course of 24 months. The attendance phases are divided in the first academic year into three weeks (all from Saturday to Saturday) and seven attendance blocks (from Thursday evening to [and including] Sunday). In the second academic year, they are divided into ten attendance blocks at the weekend (normally Friday evening to Sunday).

• Phase one: In core modules, you acquire fundamental management skills. The Leadership Development module provides opportunities for reflection. Depending on your needs and interests, you can choose from modules covering a range of different professionally-relevant methodological and social skills.
• Phase two: Electives allow you to specialise in topic areas, such as Innovative Sustainability, Transformation Management and Change or Digital Business and Technology Management.
• Phase three: You will undertake a Master's thesis as a company project with a clear-cut application, perfectly rounding off your skills.

An internship is not part of the MBA curriculum.

Due to our rolling admission process, you may apply for the next programme start at any time. Applications for the following year can be submitted after 1 December. Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis until we have selected the optimum cohort of 25 students. Since there are only limited places available, we strongly encourage you to apply as early as possible. Applicants from non-European countries should bear in mind that the visa application might take several months. Furthermore, it is necessary to check that student visas for part-time studies are granted only in very exceptional cases.

• A completed university degree (Bachelor's, Master's, "Diplom")
• A minimum of three years of postgraduate professional work experience

Approx. 350 EUR per semester

Between 800 and 1,000 EUR monthly:
Student residence: 400 to 500 EUR
Health insurance: approx. 100 to 150 EUR

There are many job opportunities for students in Berlin. Non-EU students are permitted to work within specified limits.

The Berlin Professional School has its own Career Service exclusively for its students. The Career Service offers application training, individual coaching, networking and career events and much more.

The German National Association for Student Affairs ("Studierendenwerk") and other institutions currently offer 15,600 rooms in student halls of residence throughout Berlin. Due to waiting lists, it is advised to get in contact with the service early on.

You can also look online for shared flats, e.g. here: www.wg-gesucht.de/en/.