Become a management expert with leadership and soft skills! Join our Master's in International Business in Hamburg. Strengthen your HR and corporate management expertise and receive your qualification for global management positions.
International Business and Leadership
- Master of Arts (M.A.)
- 2-4 Semesters
- on campus
- 60-120 ECTS
- Degree after 1 or 2 years
- Full time
- English
- summer and winter semester

Your course content What you will learn
Learn how to develop new business models, enter new markets and master global challenges. Deepen your knowledge in strategic human resource management and know-how to look for, develop and retain talent.
Furthermore, you'll get to strengthen your intercultural, negotiation and communication skills and broaden your personal and professional horizons during your internship or semester abroad.
You also get to choose between:
- 2-year option (120 ECTS)
- 1-year option (60 ECTS)
- A 1.5-year option (90 ECTS; 12 months of studies + 6-month internship) is possible upon request
- Please find more information, e.g. required Bachelor's degree for each option, in the section Admission requirements below

Your career prospects Our innovative approach that pays off
The programme strengthens your expertise in international human resource and business management. Thanks to our project and skill-oriented approach, you will be well prepared for management positions in an intercultural environment.
Choose from the following career paths:
- Human resource manager
- Positions in business development
- Management functions in international companies


Meet us online Get to know our Master's programmes | 26 Sep. 2023
We invite you to our Online Info Session on our Master's programmes on Tuesday, 26 September 2023 from 4 - 6 pm (CEST)!
Get to know our business, technology and creative Master's study programmes, which we offer in Berlin, Dresden and Hamburg. Get in touch with our professors and study advisors and learn more about the university and our programmes.

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It's about you Our study concept
Your studies are divided into 5-week blocks. During this time you focus on one management topic which you get to view from different angles. Thanks to this approach you can learn about real management challenges and strengthen the skills that employers are looking for.

Our student Aniket Padwekar
"Having an experience of business from back home, I believe the programme M.A. International Business and Leadership has evolved my outlook of the business world from abstract to more comprehensive."
Your modules 1 year | 60 ECTS
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Managing People, Diversity and New Work
5 -
Change Management
5 -
Strategic Marketing Management
5 -
Case Study: International Team Project
5 -
Corporate Governance and Business Ethics
5 -
Research Methods
5
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Analysing International Business (online)
5 -
Master's Thesis
25
Your modules 2 years | 120 ECTS
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International Business Development and Digital Intelligence
5 -
Global Markets & Finance
5 -
Leading an Intercultural Workforce
5 -
Case Study: Business Development Case or Leading Challenge
5 -
Contracting and Negotiations
5 -
Global Human Resource Management
5
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Change Management
5 -
Strategic Marketing Management
5 -
Managing People, Diversity and New Work
5 -
Case Study: International Team Project
5 -
Corporate Governance and Business Ethics
5 -
Research Methods
5
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Internship or Global Study Semester
30
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Analysing International Business (online)
5 -
Master's Thesis
25
Your lecturers We help you achieve your goals
Admission requirements Our requirements
Requirements 2-year option (120 ECTS)
University degree, e.g.
- min. 3-year Bachelor's degree in business/management (if you do not have the degree certificate yet, you can also submit it before you start your studies) OR
- min. 3-year Bachelor's degree in another area + min. 6 months of relevant work experience in business/management
Requirements 1-year option (60 ECTS)
University degree, e.g.
- 4-year Bachelor's degree in business/management (if you do not have the degree certificate yet, you can also submit it before you start your studies) OR
- 4-year Bachelor's degree in another area + min. 6 months of relevant work experience in business/management OR
- 3.5-year Bachelor's degree in business/management + min. 12 months of relevant work experience in business/management OR
- 3.5-year Bachelor's degree in another area + min. 18 months of relevant work experience in business/management OR
- You have another degree? Contact us
In both options you also need to provide:
- Proof of English language proficiency
- Secondary School Certificate
- Letter of motivation
- CV
- Copy of your identity card or passport
Please find our English language requirements here:
- TOEFL 87 ibt (direct entry)
- TOEFL 79 - 86 ibt (with additional agreement)
- TOEIC 785 (Listening/Reading 785, Speaking 160, Writing 150)
- IELTS (academic) 6.5 on average - please see Language Centre guidelines if results differ
- CAE (grade A, B, or C)
- CPE (grade A, B or C)
- Pearson English Test Academic (PTE-A) 59 points
- Linguaskill: 176 - 184 (CES) - all four skills required
- Duolingo 110 points

Fees and Funding Your tuition fees
The tuition fees are as follows:
Citizenship | EU/EEA (incl. Switzerland, Western Balkans and Ukraine)
- 1-year version (2 semesters; 60 ECTS) | EUR 850 / month
- 2-year version (4 semesters; 120 ECTS) | EUR 790 / month
Citizenship | Non-EU/EEA
- 1-year version (2 semesters; 60 ECTS) | EUR 6850 / semester
- 2-year version (4 semesters; 120 ECTS) | EUR 6450 / semester
The monthly/semester tuition fees remain the same for the entire duration of the study programme.
An additional enrolment fee of EUR 750 (EU/EEA) / EUR 1000 (non-EU/EEA) is to be paid once. More information about our fees.
Funding
Information on financing options & scholarships can be found here.
Apply now Application process and deadlines
Please find the Application and Late Arrival deadlines here.
We are happy to welcome you to our university. This is our application process:
- You submit your online application via the SRH application portal
- If you meet the admission requirements, we will invite you to a personal/phone interview
- If the interview is successful, you will receive an acceptance letter and the study contract
- You sign the study contract and send it back to us
- You pay the enrolment fee
- You receive your letter of admission
- You take part in our Welcome Week and then you are good to go!
