Part-time Bachelor of Business Administration in Austria

Faculty:	Economic Sciences and Industrial Engineering
Location:	Zittau, Vienna
Degree:	Bachelor of Arts
Standard period of study:	7 semesters (can be shortened to 5 semesters through prior achievements), part-time
ECTS credits:	180
Enrolment for:	Winter and summer semester, depending on demand
Cooperation partner:	IBS Academy Vienna, Austria

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The Austrian economy is often made up of small and medium-sized enterprises, ranging from traditional craft businesses to high-tech companies. And that's not all: Austria wants to become the most startup-friendly country in Europe by 2020 and is therefore supporting startups with a whole bundle of measures. It is clear that anyone who wants to be successful as an entrepreneur in the SME sector today should not only understand numbers, but also want to shape things and be open to new approaches and ideas. With the part-time Bachelor's degree program in Business Management - a cooperation between the University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz and the IBS Academy in Vienna - you have the opportunity to expand your practical experience with future-oriented management methods or to gain a foothold in a wide variety of business sectors. The focus of the program is on human resource management, new technologies, internationalization and the application of different management systems.

1st semester

Mathematics I
General business studies
Fundamentals of Economics I
Law I (basics of private commercial law)
Business informatics I (basics of information and communication systems, database systems)
Understanding science and humanities (AWG) / Accounting

2nd semester

Accounting I (annual financial statements)
Accounting II (cost accounting and basics of Controlling)
Performance management
Business Informatics II (IT application systems, selection of standard software, IT management)
Corporate management/organizational
management
Business English B2

3rd semester

Business law
Descriptive statistics
Investment/Financing
Business ethics/business history
Business English (comprehension)

4th semester

Project management/knowledge management
Management/Human Resource Management
Corporate culture/conflict management
Management systems

5th semester

Company analysis
Annual financial statements and corporate taxation
Security management
Controlling
Research project I

6th semester

Marketing for SMEs
International Affairs / Regionalization in SMEs
Information and communication technology for SMEs
Production planning/logistics
personnel management

7th semester

Scientific work and methods seminar
Research project II
Final module (Bachelor thesis and defense)

Admission requirements
You have a state-recognized degree:

from a commercial academy or vocational secondary school (BHS) in Austria
a higher educational institution for business or tourism professions in Austria
as a business economist in Germany
The degree can be credited with up to 60 ECTS points.
Target group

The part-time Bachelor's degree course in Business Management is aimed at professionals who have successfully completed training in the fields of commerce, business or tourism and generally want to qualify for management roles.

You should be interested in taking a holistic view of business processes and have an understanding of figures as well as a high level of stamina. In addition, you should be prepared to actively incorporate the course content into your everyday working life or your practical experience in the classroom.
Study program

Lectures on the Business Management degree program usually take place on site in Vienna, but are also streamed online and recorded.
Study objective
The degree course is offered with the aim of training specialists for use in corporate management. It is characterized by an interdisciplinary form of acquiring skills and teaching material.

This gives students the opportunity to
qualify at an academic level while working,
acquire generalist knowledge for the management of companies and
develop their methodological, communicative and personal skills in addition to their business management expertise.
Tuition fees
The following options are available for paying the tuition fees (with a maximum recognition of 60 ECTS):
30 monthly installments of 278 euros each
18 monthly installments of 460 euros each
3 installments of 2,670 euros each
One-off payment of 7,999 euros
In addition, there is a one-off registration fee of 499 euros and an examination fee of 500 euros for the Bachelor's defense.

The costs include Registration fee, access to the online learning platform, digital scripts, examination fee and assessment of the Bachelor thesis. No further expenses are incurred during the course of the degree program.
Career prospects
As a graduate of the part-time Bachelor's degree course in Business Management, you are qualified as a future manager with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises.

You also have the opportunity to continue studying for a Master's degree to deepen your business management knowledge or specialize.

Typical areas of employment for our previous graduates are:
Trading companies
technology companies
start-ups
Credit institutions
Business and tax consultancies