What you can expect in the Education for Business and Economics degree program

Detailed information about the course and structure of the degree program can be downloaded here:

• Curriculum (PDF, 642 kB)
  
• Module catalog
• Examination regulations
• Admission regulations
• Study Compass: Info about organizing your studies

The Master's degree program in Education for Business and Economics is an interdisciplinary degree program that pursues an application-oriented and research-based approach in order to best prepare students for the demands of their professional careers. You should have various prerequisites for studying Education for Business and Economics at the University of Hohenheim.

The formal requirements for the Master's program are:

Proof of a university degree either

• in a business education Bachelor’s program with a standard period of study of at least three years or
• in a Business Administration and Economics Bachelor’s program with a standard period of study of at least three years or 
  
• in another university degree program in the area of business administration and economics with a standard period of study of at least three years (in Germany) or
• in a Bachelor’s degree program in Management and Economics from a foreign university with a standard period of study of at least 3 years or
• in a degree program lasting at least three years in which the subject content makes up at least 50% of a Bachelor’s program in Business Administration and Economics or
• a degree recognized as being equivalent

You must also show proof of special subject aptitude (including at least 24 ECTS in pedagogy, possibly with a chosen second subject and practical school training). Up to 24 ECTS can be obtained within the Master's program. Details can be found in the admission regulations.

If you do not meet these requirements, you have the option of making a career change. You can find detailed information on this at wipaed.uni-hohenheim.de.

You should have the following interests and knowledge in addition to the formal criteria:

• Previous knowledge of business and economics
• Previous knowledge of educational science
• Willingness to learn methods of scientific work including research methods
• Enjoy interaction (both pedagogical and advising) with adolescent and adult learner groups
• Enjoy cooperative development and implementation of concepts
• Good German and English language skills

The University’s research focus in business and economics education can be divided into two areas according to its departments.

The Department of Business and Economics Education: Teaching and Learning Processes (560A) deals with aspects of teaching and learning in vocational contexts. Teaching-learning research in vocational education generally refers to teaching and learning in vocational schools and companies in the occupational field of "business and administration," taking into account the teaching micro-level as well as broader institutional, organizational, and educational policy conditions (Achtenhagen, 2009). Teaching and learning processes include, among other things, the mental and physical achievements or processes for the acquisition of knowledge as well as action, problem-solving, social, and judgment skills. They "can be understood as pedagogical efforts to help individuals to seek and find their place and identity in a society that is capable of change in both a normative and technical sense and therefore capable of being shaped" (Sembill, 1999, p. 152).

The second research area or Department 560B, Business and Economics Education: Theory and Didactics of Professional Education, is particularly interested in interculturality and vocational education, research-based learning and application during school placements, and the history and theory of vocational education. In addition, another focus is on business didactics in the sense of new concepts of vocational business learning in theory and practice and the theory of vocational business curricula.