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Studies at RWU
Studying is a special stage of life. It's good when it takes place in a place where you feel taken seriously and welcomed. 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 while you take this step into professional life.
Even during your studies, you will gain practical work experience and apply directly what you have learned. In short, you will study and work in one of the most beautiful, safest and strongest economic regions in Europe.
In-depth knowledge & practical skills
Do you want a modern, practice-oriented business studies program with plenty of freedom to sharpen your own professional profile? You don't want to be just an anonymous number in your studies and appreciate personal support at eye level? The Bachelor of Business Administration and Management program offers you just that.
Our benefits
- Career-oriented business management courses in areas such as marketing, human resources management, accounting, finance and corporate management.
- Specializations such as business psychology as an individual focal point
- Studies in small groups and new forms of teaching and learning
- Practical relevance through 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 & Perspectives
A degree program with secure job and earning opportunities
Business economists are needed in every company in a wide variety of areas. With this degree program, you will also be equipped for the challenges of the future: Course content on digitalization, internationalization, supply chains, innovation, business foundation and new work will set you apart from the crowd. A further master's degree, such as the program "Business Administration and Entrepreneurship" or "International Business Management" opens up the possibility of further specialization and sharpening of your individual profile.
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Aktuelle SPO Betriebswirtschaftslehre und Management B.A.
§33 der Studien- und Prüfungsordnung für die Bachelorstudiengänge - Fassung vom 01. Dezember 2022
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§33 der Studien- und Prüfungsordnung für die Bachelorstudiengänge - Fassung vom 01. Dezember 2022
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SPO für die Bachelorstudiengänge der RWU - Fassung vom 19. Januar 2023
Studien- und Prüfungsordnung für die Bachelorstudiengänge mit Allgemeinem Teil - Diese Änderungssatzung tritt zum SoSe 2023 in Kraft.
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Studien- und Prüfungsordnung für die Bachelorstudiengänge mit Allgemeinem Teil - Diese Änderungssatzung tritt zum SoSe 2023 in Kraft.
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Modulhandbuch Betriebswirtschaftslehre und Management B.A. für das SoSe24
Ältere Modulhandbücher sind im QM Portal abgelegt.
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Ältere Modulhandbücher sind im QM Portal abgelegt.
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Aktuelle Zulassungs- und Auswahlsatzung der RWU für Bachelorstudiengänge
Satzung der Hochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten über die Regelungen zum Hochschulzulassungs- und –auswahlverfahren für Bachelorstudiengänge vom 18. Januar 2024
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Satzung der Hochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten über die Regelungen zum Hochschulzulassungs- und –auswahlverfahren für Bachelorstudiengänge vom 18. Januar 2024
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Further information
Postgraduate courses
International Business Management & Sustainability
Curriculum
In the first study phase, the program provides 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
- Personnel Management
- Controlling and Accounting
- Supply Chain Management
In addition, students learn the basics of international business and the development of new business areas and innovations. 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 theory-based studies by working on challenging business tasks. The Bachelor's thesis, which is typically written together with a company, concludes the program.
Admission
Application for the summer and winter semester
The Business Administration and Management program offers
- 66 study places in the winter semester
- 34 study 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 dates, 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
the exact date can be found in the menu item Dates.
to the online application
Who gets a study place?
The applicants with the best overall grades will be admitted. In the winter semester 2022/23 and in the summer semester 2023, all applicants were offered a study place.
Selection procedure - how is the overall grade calculated?
At RWU, the admission procedure for this degree program is governed by the Admission and Selection Statutes for Bachelor's degree programs are applied and carried out on the basis of the application documents. The preparation of a proposal list or ranking list is explained below: from the application documents, the applicant's position on a ranking list is determined according to the following procedure: Calculation of a weighted overall grade according to the formula
[(average grade of 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 awarded by the selection procedure (best overall grade) and 10% of the places are awarded by waiting period.
Improvements of the overall grade
This overall grade may be improved if one or more of the following qualifications are demonstrated:
- A completed vocational training in the commercial field or from the recognized occupational groups according to the admission and selection statutes. Admission and selection statutes: 0,3
- Work 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. Extracurricular achievements, practicalactivities and recognized previous experience: 0.1 per qualification, max. 2 qualifications can be credited:
- Federal voluntary service (min. 11 months)
Move-up procedure
Prospective students often apply to several universities and study programs. As a result, study places regularly become vacant again because an applicant decides to take up another study place. These vacant places are then awarded to those who did not make it in the first place. Places are again awarded according to the ranking list, i.e. first to those with the best overall grade.
Further information about the application and the allocation of study places can be found in the Admissions Office.
SEMESTER FEE
Each semester , a semester fee is due for all students upon enrollment or re-registration. This fee is charged at a similar rate by all universities in Germany.
Composition and amount of the fee
FEES FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND FOR SECOND DEGREE PROGRAMS
In Baden-Württemberg, there has been a tuition fee for international students (non-EU citizens) and a second-study fee since the winter semester 2017/2018. Thus, in some cases, a tuition fee must be paid in addition to the semester fee.
Prior to enrollment, applicants from non-EU countries or applicants for a second degree will receive a form to assess whether a tuition fee obligation actually exists.
The amounts and detailed information can be found under Finances.
News
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".
International Academy
Interdisciplinary studies with social, cultural & industrial exposure
The International Academy gives German and international students the opportunity to complete a one or two-semester interdisciplinary study program in English. German students who are enrolled in a Bachelor program at the RWU are warmly welcome to participate in the full program, in some few classes or a single class only. These classes are graded as elective classes and offer the possibility to participate in English speaking courses. In this way, German students can improve their Business English skills and collect valuable experience in an internationally characterized learning environment.
The International Academy was established more than 10 years ago by the Faculty of Technology and Management and is currently offering interdisciplinary study courses covering theoretical frameworks as well as practical approaches taught by both international academicians and industrial experts.
The International Academy's main missions are:
- Promoting the mutual integration of academic knowledge and industrial application
- Strengthening collaborations with international universities and supporting international mobility among students and professionals
- Encouraging problem-based learning through multiple real-life case studies in business and practical projects in industrial environment
- Developing social, entrepreneurial and cultural skills, as well as providing on-sight networking opportunities to the students
Curriculum Content
Summer Semester
The summer semester focuses on major fields of business, culture and communication, research and entrepreneurial studies with a practical project work with a partnered German company. We are also providing German language courses from beginners to advanced levels for everyday and business use, which are offered by our Center for Languages and Intercultural Communication (CLIC) and by professors from our European partner universities teaching German as a foreign language.
Winter Semester
The winter semester provides the experience of working in international teams through two practical projects with two different partnered German companies located in Ravensburg-Weingarten. The courses in this semester deal with strategies, innovation, business, research, project management and marketing skills; in order to expose the students to the international working environment.
Elective courses
Besides the compulsory courses, every semester the International Academy also offers a variety of elective courses. These provide extra knowledge from many different fields and does not require prior knowledge.
Language & Culture
Besides the formal curriculum, we also offer the stu- dents the opportunity to have language and cultural exposure by providing German language courses for better integration into the German culture.
Projects and Research
Corporate exposure
The International Academy is in partnership with two regional companies which provide the students with the unique experience of working in international teams through practical projects. Furthermore, different experts from leading international companies are also invited to share their hands-on experience of corporate working environment.
Research Project/Thesis
The International Academy allows students from partnered universities to undertake research projects/thesis in the field of engineering and management. Please contact our International Academy Coordinator for further information.
Contact
Director International Academy
Prof. Dr. Barbara Niersbach
barbara.niersbach@rwu.de
IA Coordinator Faculty
Mr. Nayan Kadam
nayan.kadam@rwu.de
Send your application to the IA Coordinator International Office
Ms. Barbara Wildenhain
barbara.wildenhain@rwu.de
Contact & People
General contact details
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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 |