About the degree program
Would you like to rethink business and support companies on their path to greater sustainability? On the Bachelor's degree course in Sustainable Business Management, you will not only acquire sound business knowledge, but also learn how corporate success and responsible action can go hand in hand.
Future-oriented business expertise
In this practice-oriented course, you will immerse yourself in all relevant areas of modern business administration:
- Classic business administration basics from accounting to HR management
- Sustainability management and resource-conserving corporate management
- Digital skills for the business world of tomorrow
- Communication skills for conflict resolution and team leadership
- Project management with a focus on sustainable development
Particularly valuable: you systematically combine business management expertise with sustainability aspects. You will apply your knowledge directly through practical case studies, business games and a 12-week industrial placement. From the 5th semester onwards, you can specialize according to your interests - for example in the area of Controlling of Sustainable Companies or Sustainable Marketing in the Digital Age.
Study details
The most important facts at a glance:
| Faculty: | Economic Sciences and Industrial Engineering |
| Location: | Zittau |
| Degree: | Bachelor of Arts |
| Standard period of study: | 7 semesters |
| ECTS points: | 210 |
| Teaching language: | German |
| Enrolment for: | Winter semester |
| Application: 1.5 to 30.09 | Start of studies: October |
| Admission restriction: | admission-free (without NC) Details |
| No pre-study internship | to the student advisory service |
| Accreditation status: | in preparation |
Course of study
During your studies, you will combine business fundamentals with the challenges of a sustainable economy. In the first semesters, you will acquire solid basic knowledge in the core commercial areas - from accounting and marketing to HR management and financing.
At the same time, you will deal with the fundamentals of sustainable business. The environmental, climate protection, sustainability and energy management module teaches you how ecological and social aspects can be integrated into business decisions. Methodological subjects such as mathematics and statistics provide you with important analytical tools.
From the fifth semester onwards, you can choose from various specializations to shape your personal study profile. You will apply your knowledge directly in practical projects and business games. In the seventh semester, you will complete a 12-week company internship and write your Bachelor's thesis on a current topic in sustainable business management.
- Mathematics I
- Fundamentals of Economics I
- Introduction to business administration and constitutive decisions
- Sustainable marketing in the digital age (introduction)
- Lecture series and seminar on topics of ecological, economic, business and social sustainability
- Scientific work/accounting
- Mathematics II
- Fundamentals of Economics II/Business Ethics
- Performance management
- Accounting I (annual financial statements)
- Environmental, climate protection, sustainability and energy management
- Law I (basics of private commercial law)
- Investment and financing
- Sustainable personnel management I
- Fundamentals of business taxation/environmental taxes
- Statistics I (descriptive statistics)
- Business informatics I (basics of information and communication systems, database systems)
- Environmental, energy and climate protection law
- Business Informatics II (IT application systems, selection of standard software, IT management)
- Bioeconomy - sustainability of process and product innovations
- Decision Theory
- Accounting II (cost accounting and basics of Controlling)
- Model and computer-aided corporate planning
- Communication and sustainable practical project
- Statistics II (probability theory and inductive statistics)
Compulsory elective modules
- Introduction to Global Marketing
- International Business Law
- Investment Planning
- Banking Management
Modules specialization or field of study:
- Accounting and Taxation: Corporate Taxation
- Finance: Financing
- Leadership and Human Resources: Human Resources Management II, Leadership and Communication
- Regional management and sustainable development: regional development practice, regional development and SMEs
- Controlling of sustainable companies: Strategic and sustainable Controlling
- Sustainable marketing in the digital age: sustainable marketing concepts, product and price management
- Business simulation
- Sustainable Project Management
Compulsory elective modules:
- Sustainable Economic Policy
- Business English B2
- Law II (Introduction to Labor Law)
- Market Research
- Regenerative Energy Systems - Fundamentals
Modules specialization or field of study:
- Accounting and Taxation: Group Accounting and International Financial Statements, Financial Statement Analysis and Auditing
- Finance: Company valuation and securities analysis, financial markets and risk management
- Management and personnel: Management of corporate development
- Regional management and sustainable development: Regional marketing/business development
- Controlling of sustainable companies: Operational Controlling, Operational Software (SAP)
- Sustainable marketing in the digital age: Digital commerce and customer communication
- Company internship
- Bachelor thesis colloquium
- Final module (Bachelor thesis and defense)
Career opportunities
Professional areas where you can get started
Corporate management
You make strategic decisions and steer the course of a company towards economic success and sustainability. You develop business models that reconcile profitability with ecological and social goals and establish environmentally friendly production processes and fair working conditions.
Controlling
You analyze company data and derive recommendations for action. You will integrate sustainability indicators into traditional controlling instruments and develop management systems that take into account not only financial but also ecological and social aspects.
HR management
You create an appreciative corporate culture and ensure the development of employees. You design fair remuneration models, promote diversity and create working environments in which people can flourish.
Marketing
You develop strategies for environmentally friendly products and honest communication. You position sustainable offers on the market, use digital platforms for responsible advertising and help to identify real customer needs.
Finance
You secure the economic basis through smart financial management. You evaluate investments according to economic and ecological criteria, tap into sources of financing for sustainable projects and develop strategies for environmentally conscious investment.
Project management
You coordinate complex projects from planning to the final degree. You integrate sustainability aspects into every project phase, optimize the use of resources and ensure that social and environmental standards are met.
What our students say about the Bachelor's degree program in Sustainable Business Administration
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Studying in the wild east?
Studying with us is different. Above all, better. Why? We have a family atmosphere. There are small study groups and the lecturers are always there for you. There is a close connection to practice in all degree courses. And finding affordable accommodation is no problem here.
There are many other reasons, such as university sports or the student representatives, clubs and societies. Campus life in Zittau and Görlitz - the wild east - is unique.