At a glance
Studying at the RWU
Studying is a special stage of life. It's good when it takes place in a place where you feel taken seriously and accepted. RWU offers you the ideal conditions to develop your potential. In a safe and calm environment, you will be accompanied and supported by RWU professors at all times as you take this step into professional life.
You will gain practical work experience during your studies and apply what you have learned directly. In short: you will study and work in one of the most beautiful, safest and, last but not least, one of the strongest economic regions in Europe.
Sound knowledge & practical skills
Do you want a modern, practice-oriented business administration degree with plenty of freedom to hone your own professional profile?
You don't want to be just an anonymous number during your studies and appreciate personal support at eye level?
The Bachelor's degree course in Business Administration and Management offers you exactly that.
Our benefits
- Professionally oriented business administration courses in areas such as marketing, personnel management, accounting, finance and corporate management
- Specializations such as business psychology as an individual focus
- Study in small groups and new forms of teaching and learning
- Practical relevance thanks to lecturers from companies and an integrated practical semester
- 15 ECTS freely selectable subjects
- Possibility of a semester abroad at one of our many partner universities
Profession & prospects
A degree course with secure job and earning opportunities
Business economists are needed in every company in a wide variety of areas. With this degree course, you will also be equipped for the challenges of the future: Course content on digitalization, internationalization, supply chains, innovation, business start-ups and new work will set you apart from the crowd. An advanced Master's degree course, such as Business Administration and Entrepreneurship or International Business Management, gives you the opportunity to further specialize and sharpen your individual profile.
Dates
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- Flyer für die Bachelorstudiengänge aus dem Bereich Wirtschaft an der RWU
- §33 der Studien- und Prüfungsordnung für die Bachelorstudiengänge - Fassung vom 01. Dezember 2022
- Satzung der Hochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten über die Regelungen zum Hochschulzulassungs- und auswahlverfahren für Bachelorstudiengänge vom 26. März 2026
- Ältere Modulhandbücher sind im QM Portal abgelegt.
- Study and examination regulations for the Bachelor's degree programs with general part - These amendment regulations come into force in SoSe 2023.
Further information
Postgraduate courses
Advanced Business Management & Innovation
International Business Management & Sustainability MBA
Curriculum
In the first study phase, the course teaches basic business knowledge and professional language skills in English. In addition, the students' methodological and social skills are trained.
The second study phase begins in the fourth semester. It deepens the basic knowledge by choosing two of five fields of study:
- Business Psychology
- Marketing and Sales
- human resources management
- Controlling and Accounting
- Supply Chain Management
The basics of international companies and the development of new business areas and innovations are also taught. Students gain their first practical experience during the practical semester, which is scheduled for the 5th semester. The practical semester serves to apply and deepen the knowledge and skills acquired during the theoretical studies by working on challenging business tasks. The Bachelor's thesis, which is typically written together with a company, concludes the course.
Admission
Application for the summer and winter semester
The Business Administration and Management program offers
- 60 places in the winter semester
- 30 places in the summer semester
- July 15: Application deadline for the winter semester
- January 15: Application deadline for the summer semester
These dates are cut-off deadlines, which means that your application documents must be received by this date in order to be considered for the allocation of study places.
Start of lectures
- Beginning of October for the winter semester
- Mid-March for the summer semester
You can find the exact date in the menu item Dates.
To the online application
Who gets a place?
Applicants with the best overall grades will be admitted. In the winter semester 2022/23 and summer semester 2023, all applicants were offered a place.
Selection procedure - how is the overall grade calculated?
At RWU, this degree program is subject to the admission and selection regulations for Bachelor's degree programs is applied and carried out on the basis of the application documents. The creation of a shortlist or ranking list is explained below: The applicant's position on a ranking list is determined from the application documents according to the following procedure: Calculation of a weighted overall grade according to the formula
[(average grade of the university entrance qualification)+(grades German, mathematics * 2 and continued modern foreign language)/4] / 2
If there are more applicants than places, 90 % of the places are allocated by the selection procedure (best overall grade) and 10 % of the places are allocated according to waiting time.
Improvement of the overall grade
This overall grade can be improved if one or more of the following qualifications are proven:
- Completed vocational training in the commercial field or from the recognized professional groups according to the admission and selection regulations. Admission and selection regulations: 0,3
- Professional experience in the training occupation of at least 1 year: 0.1. This bonus is limited to 0.3 for three professional years.
Extracurricular achievements, pract. Activities and recognized previous experience: 0.1 per qualification, max. 2 qualifications can be taken into account:
- Federal Voluntary Service (min. 11 months)
Succession procedure
Prospective students often apply to several universities and degree programs. As a result, study places regularly become available again because an applicant decides to apply for a different course. These places that become available again are awarded in a succession procedure to those who did not get in first. Places are again allocated according to the ranking list, i.e. first to those with the best overall grade.
Further information on the application and allocation of study places can be found at the Admissions Office.
SEMESTER FEE
Every semester , all students are required to pay a semester fee upon enrolment or re-registration. All universities in Germany charge a similar amount.
Composition and amount of the fee
FEES FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND FOR A SECOND DEGREE COURSE
Since the winter semester 2017/2018, Baden-Württemberg has had a tuition fee for international students (non-EU citizens) and a second degree course fee. This means that in some cases a tuition fee must be paid in addition to the semester fee.
Before enrolling, applicants from non-EU countries or applicants for a second degree course will receive a form to assess whether they are actually required to pay tuition fees.
The amounts and detailed information can be found under Finances.
News
News of this degree program
Back on Campus
From office clerk to consultant
Studying at RWU has helped Dietmar Seitz to develop personally and professionally. At "Back On Campus", the graduate met Prof. Dr. Barbara Niersbach, the supervisor of his Bachelor's thesis.
Faculty of Technology and Management
"We are proud of you!"
The Faculty of Technology and Management at RWU bid farewell to its graduates in a festive ceremony.
NEW PROFS
NEW PROFS: Episode 5 with Professor Dr. Dominic Herrmann
In the "NEUE PROFS" interview format, the new professors at RWU have their say. They provide information about their careers, interesting facts about their academic expertise and one or two private details.
Cooperation in teaching
Unique learning offer: practical experience in sales and marketing
Since the winter semester 2024/2025, Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences (RWU) has been offering the elective "Digital Marketing and Sales Excellence (DMSX)" within the Faculty of Technology and Management.
NEW PROFS
NEW PROFS: Episode 2 with Professor Dr. Josefine Denzin
In our interview format "NEUE PROFS", we introduce you to the new professors at RWU. In addition to information about their careers, you will also learn a lot about their academic expertise, their teaching approach and a few personal details.
Faculty of Technology and Management
Outstanding achievements honored
78 graduates successfully completed their studies at RWU last winter semester. These achievements have now been honored and celebrated at the graduation ceremony of the Faculty of Technology and Management.
Faculty of Technology and Management
"Go out and change this world!"
The Faculty of Technology and Management honored and bid farewell to its graduates in a festive setting.
In conversation with the Schwäbische Zeitung
"If you don't want to make a dent, you won't".
About digitization in Germany, generation Z and the role of vacuum cleaners
International Business Project
Students of the International Academy on a study trip in Budapest
On the initiative of Prof. Dr. Barbara Niersbach, a study week to Budapest was held for the first time in April 2023 as part of the International Academy.
Press release
RWU performs very well in university ranking
Business, Technology and Social Studies - this is how RWU describes its range of courses. In the Department of Business and Economics, several subjects are rated as very good in the current CHE university ranking.
Excursion
A visit to Albert Handtmann Metallgusswerk GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach
This semester again, students of business administration (Bachelor) and industrial engineering (Master) visited a manufacturing company from the region.
Business psychology perspective on personnel development at ZF
How does learning work in the company?
Felix Aurich, personnel developer at ZF Friedrichshafen AG, showed how challenging a change process can be for a company and its personnel in his guest lecture "Strategic Personnel Development @ZF - The E-Cademy Project".
Internationales
Die Welt ist dein Hörsaal!
Im Studiengang Betriebswirtschaftslehre und Management sammelst du internationale Erfahrungen – im Ausland, auf Studienreisen oder direkt bei uns am Campus mit internationalen Dozierenden und Studierenden.
Entdecke hier unsere vier internationalen Bausteine:
- Auslandssemester
- Internationale Studienreise
- International Academy
- Sprachenzentrum CLIC
Auslandssemester - Einfach mal weg und die weite Welt sehen
Ein Semester im Ausland gehört für viele Studierende zu den prägendsten Erfahrungen ihres Studiums. Du studierst an einer Partnerhochschule, lernst neue Kulturen kennen und verbesserst dein Englisch – oder lernst sogar eine ganz neue Sprache.
Also wie wäre zum Beispiel ein Auslandssemester in Finnland oder in den USA?
Erfahrungsberichte
Internationale Studienreise - Eine Woche Wirtschaft & Kultur erleben
Einmal im Jahr geht es für unsere Studierenden auf internationale Studienreise in ein europäisches Land.
Dort verbinden wir:
- Austausch mit internationalen Hochschulen und Universitäten
- Unternehmensbesuche
- kulturelle Erlebnisse
So wird Wirtschaft live erlebbar – außerhalb des Hörsaals.
International Academy - BWL auf Englisch studieren
Mit der International Academy kannst du viele Wahlfächer auf Englisch belegen.
Das Besondere daran?
- internationale Lehrbeauftragte
- globale Wirtschaftsthemen mit vielseitigen Perspektiven
- Erwerb interkultureller Kompetenzen
Das bedeutet: Du trainierst deine Business-English-Skills und arbeitest oft mit Studierenden aus verschiedenen Ländern zusammen.
Beispiel-Wahlfächer der International Academy
Sprachenzentrum CLIC – Neue Sprachen lernen
Im CLIC Sprachenzentrum kannst du deine Sprachkenntnisse individuell ausbauen.
Möglichkeiten:
- verschiedene Fremdsprachenkurse
- interkulturelle Kurse
Hier triffst du Menschen aus der ganzen Welt – direkt auf dem Campus.
Du willst mehr darüber erfahren? Dann geht’s hier zu unserem CLIC
Image galleries
Photo galleries of this degree program
Contact & People
General contact details
| Phone | |
|---|---|
| betriebswirtschaftslehre@rwu.de | |
| Room | B 213 |
| On campus |
Building B
Leibnizstr. 12
88250 Weingarten |
| Postal address |
RWU Hochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences Business Administration and Management P.O. Box 30 22
88216 Weingarten Germany |
Secretariat
Student Advisory Service & Program Director
Professors
Admission Office
Examination office
Practice office
Representative abroad
Deanery