MBA International Business Consulting Objectives

Our program offers you more than just knowledge transfer: it follows a holistic approach consisting of several areas that complement each other, are closely interlinked and have an ultimate goal:

To deliver you an expertise which ensures you to become a competent, decisive, socially skilled and accountable business leader.

In optimally sized classes and a diverse and challenging learning atmosphere cultures from all over the world collide and expose students to an international field. In interactive and practical oriented approach students obtain the best overview of the current global challenges. Case studies, company visits and coursework are reviewed and presented to students in order to incorporate all the current and relevant learning objectives.

Program Director Keynote

Dear Prospective Student,

I'm pleased to welcome you on the website of the MBA Program “International Business Consulting” (IBC). We started the program in 1999 and the same year it was integrated into the DAAD funding for international Master programs.

The objective of the program-which started in 1999 and was evaluated as one of the best by the ministry in Baden Württemberg in the same year- is to provide the best study environment and teaching methods available to enable the transfer of both established and modern knowledge in an easy and practice-oriented way.

The teaching methods are carefully chosen: There is a balance between theoretical input and further development of topics in small groups on the one hand, as well as implementation of the knowledge in assignments, case studies and group discussions on the other hand.

We apply the so-called open faculty concept, i.e. in addition to our internal professors, we engage academicians from other German and foreign universities as well as senior managers from consultancies. This is how the IBC Program integrates various contents and management tools forming a homogeneous whole, i.e. exciting and carefully reflected contents and a high degree of application orientation.

Offenburg University is a small but successful institution for higher education. In 2001, it received the award of “Reform-oriented University”. All of the international Master's programs offered have been accredited. In addition, the University's MBA program has received recognition from QS Global Ranking 2012/13 and 2013/14 as one of the emerging regional business schools(from 2015 on the differentiated ranking was given up).

I invite you to learn more about the IBC program and contact us for more information. Our online application process is user friendly, quick and effective.

I look forward to welcoming you to our campus soon.

Yours truly,

Professor Dr. Rainer Fischer

MBA-IBC Program Director

Contact Person

MBA IBC Program Director

Fischer, Prof.Dr.rer.pol. Rainer

  • Room: 2.01
  • 77723 Gengenbach
  • by arrangement

MBA IBC Coordinator

Topal, Kamila

  • Room: 2.05
  • 77723 Gengenbach
  • Monday 9:00 - 15:00, Thursday 9:00 - 15:00, and by arrangement

Curriculum

The curriculum of the program is up-to-date: It imparts the latest management expertise.Its coherently structured course content combines the aquisition of hard and soft skills.

curriculum

Modules

Modules

The curriculum prepares students to tackle strategic and operational issues within the various business areas. The concentration is as much on consultancy as it is on main structures within an organization. The program consists of 90 ECTS credits (credit points of the European Credit Transfer System).

Each module segment contains carefully selected subjects that ensure a holistic learning and bridge building to the practical applicability. The curriculum aims among others to equip students with methodological, social and leading competences.

The curriculum is divided into the following areas (percentage related to number of credit points):

Core Subjects

Core Subjects

The core or compulsory subjects make up to 52 ECTS. They are taught in the first two semesters as lectures and seminars, with plenty of interaction between students and faculty. Those core subjects are graded with written and oral exams as well as course work, mostly team based and presented via written reports and/or presentations. Detailed description of the courses can be viewed in Module Handbook of the study program.

Electives

Electives

  • Elective subjects, which comprise 8 ECTS, are offered in both the winter and summer semester. You can choose from a range of electives we offer to you and we are happy to adapt to the students' requests and needs.
  • German language courses are also offered as electives in both semesters with 4 weekly lecture hours. Taking into account that international students have different levels of German language skills, you will find classes for beginners as well as for advanced levels. This will allow to quickly improve German skills. Students can opt to have German included in their final elective grade.

Soft Skills and Personal Development

Soft Skills and Personal Development

The MBA program International Business Consulting goes far beyond the mere transfer of knowledge. For we know very well what is demanded of managers, and it is our claim to prepare you optimally for this. That's why not only are all program courses covered from a leadership perspective, but they are also designed to help you achieve your leadership potential.

Semesters

Semesters

The MBA prepares you in three semesters for a leading position in the field of Consulting (Inhouse Consulting as well as External Consulting). The first and second semesters' lectures are followed by the writing of the Master's thesis, ideally in connection with an internship.

Winter Semester

The first semester of the academic year is called winter semester in Germany and begins in early October. The MBA-program kicks off with a two day orientation, which introduces students to life on campus and its surroundings and also includes mingling sessions with the University's academic and administrative staff members. The winter semester takes an approximately two week Christmas break and classes reconvene in the second week of January. February sees the first examination period of the year.

Summer Semester

The summer semester begins around mid-March and carries on until the beginning of July. The examination period takes place in July and there is an approximate 1 week break in mid-term.

Winter Semester (Master's Thesis)

In the final semester IBC students embark on their Master's thesis. The submission deadline for the thesis is by the end of the winter semester.

Thesis

Thesis

The Master's thesis work is equivalent to 30 ECTS and a crucial element of the IBC program. It can make a significant difference in a student's final grade.

The Master's thesis can be accomplished in three ways:

  • The student obtains a temporary internship in an organization or business to work on a topic proposed by that organization or business.
  • The student is offered an internship in an organization or business and then decides on the thesis topic in the course of his or her internship. This could be in collaboration with the organization, or it could be a topic carried out independent of the student's position and work at the organization.
  • The student may have a topic in mind or it may be proposed to him or her by an academic member; the thesis can then be pursued full-time independent of an external organization.

The student may have a topic in mind or it may be proposed to him or her by an academic member; the thesis can then be pursued full-time independent of an external organization.

Faculty

Our teaching faculty is an excellent mixture of executives and consultants with proven expertise in their fields and professors from our university, complemented by academics from other countries.

Prof. Dr. Rainer Fischer, Germany

Ms. Monika Bénit, France

Dr. -Ing. Markus Dittrich, Germany

Prof. Dr. Larissa Greschuchna, Germany

Prof. Dr. Tobias Hagen, Germany

Prof. Dr. Xinming He, UK

Mr. Matthias Heller, MBA, Germany

Prof. Dr. Andreas Klasen, Germany

Dr. Peter Meier, Germany, South Korea

Prof. Dr. Andreas Rinkel, Switzerland

Mr. Alejandro Martínez Peralta, Mexico

Mr. Frank Schneegans, Germany

Dr. José Luis Vallejo García, France, Mexico

Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Weiß, Germany

Brigitte Weyer, Austria

Ranking and Accreditation

The MBA-program has been acknowledged by QS TopMBA.com in its 2012/13 and again it its 2013/14 QS Global 200 Business Schools Report in the field of Emerging Regional Business Schools. Furthermore Offenburg University with its MBA-program placed 56 among the „Top European Business Schools“ in 2018. This international business ranking conveys a solid reputation among employers in Germany. MBA-IBC aims to further increase its attractiveness to employers outside of Germany. Please have a look at some of the internal statistics that reinforce the value of MBA-IBC. 

Offenburg University was awarded the system accreditation quality seal of the Accreditation Council on 3 December 2015. The system accreditation attests the higher education institution that its quality assurance system in the field of teaching and learning is appropriate to achieve the qualification objectives and the quality standards of its study programs. All degree programs at Offenburg University that have been established as specified by the accredited system, or have already been the subject matter of internal quality assurance as specified by the accredited system, are therefore accredited.