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Business administration preparation for non-business professionals - Pre-Master curriculum


Study program - Pre-Master

In the one-semester Pre-Master, students with non-economic Bachelor degrees receive a sound business education at university level. The programme has been specially tailored to the needs of prospective managers so that they are optimally prepared for a Master's degree in business administration.

In addition to the basic principles of business administration, accounting and quantitative methods, students also learn about human resource management and international marketing.


Program Content - Pre-Master

Principles of Business Administration

  • Principles of Procurement & Production (2,5 ECTS)
  • Principles of Marketing (2,5 ECTS)

Financial Reporting & Taxation

  • Financial Reporting (3,5 ECTS)
  • Taxation (1,5 ECTS)

Management Theory & Practice

  • Corporate Management (2,5 ECTS)
  • Strategic Management (2,5 ECTS)

Principles of Finance

  • Investment Theory & Finance (2,5 ECTS)
  • Cost Accounting (2,5 ECTS)

Quantitative Methods for Business

  • Business Mathematics (2,5 ECTS)
  • Statistics (2,5 ECTS)

International Business

  • International Management (2,5 ECTS)
  • Intercultural Management (2,5 ECTS)

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Your Master Study Advisors

Antonia Rudi

Campus Dortmund

Christopher Pereira
+49 231.97 51 39-43
christopher.pereira@ism.de

Yosra Saleh SM Study advisor

Campus Frankfurt/Main

Yosra Salah
+49 69.66 05 93 67-49
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Michaela Feldman

Campus Stuttgart

Antonio Luna
+49 711.51 89 62-243
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Nina Weidemann

Campus Munich

Nina Weidemann
+49 89.2 00 03 50-42
nina.weidemann@ism.de

Florian Dorste

Campus Cologne

Ioulia Aslanidou
+49 221.27 09 95-54
ioulia.aslanidou@ism.de

Jana Gripshoefer

Campus Hamburg

Jana Gripshöfer
+49 40.3 19 93 39-42
jana.gripshoefer@ism.de