Overview
As globalization continues to blur borders and digital transformation connects industries and societies more tightly, the ability to think like a manager is increasingly valuable across fields. Professionals from music, healthcare, sciences and the arts are being asked to plan strategically, enter new markets, or manage resources — skills that go beyond subject-matter expertise. This programme responds to that shift by developing leaders who combine sector knowledge with intercultural leadership, an understanding of organisational processes, and solution-oriented economic thinking.
Who it’s for and what you’ll gain
This English-taught Master’s is designed specifically for graduates from non-business bachelor programmes who want to build solid economic and management competencies or pivot into a management career. The curriculum delivers a wide-ranging toolkit in business administration alongside interdisciplinary and intercultural perspectives, enabling you to bridge technical expertise with managerial responsibility.
Career prospects
Graduates leave prepared for roles across both commercial and non-commercial sectors — from industry and NGOs to public institutions and entrepreneurial ventures — wherever a combination of sector expertise and managerial capability is needed.
Admission summary (concise)
This master's track is aimed at students who did not study business at undergraduate level and who want to move into international management. It provides an entry route for graduates from other fields and does not require prior business training.
To qualify you must have completed an undergraduate degree meeting the programme's credit minimum. While language proficiency is required, specific accepted tests and minimum levels are listed on the programme page.
Winter Semester (International)
Possible all year round
Graduates are prepared for a wide range of roles in both commercial and non-commercial organisations. The combination of industry-specific knowledge and intercultural management skills makes you suited for positions in international business, project and product management, business development, and roles that require coordination across borders and functions.
Because the programme emphasises transferable skills — economic reasoning, organisational understanding and leadership — alumni can transition into management tracks within their original field of study or move into entirely new sectors across the public and private spheres.
HWR Berlin (Berlin School of Economics and Law) — Berlin
Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts — Dortmund
Furtwangen University — Villingen-Schwenningen
Harz University of Applied Sciences — Wernigerode