IT management (MBA)

Admission requirements:

A first domestic or foreign university degree with at least 210 ECTS credit points is required for admission to the MBA programme.
Furthermore, at least one year of professional practice in the IT sector, in IT-related areas or in the field of business administration is required.
The admission requirements according to the Bavarian Higher Education Act generally apply.

Admission option for a university degree with fewer than 210 ECTS credit points:

If you have a university degree with fewer than 210 ECTS credits or your degree is recognised as having fewer than 210 ECTS credits, there is the option of having up to 30 ECTS credits from qualified professional experience credited.

Counselling and application:

For individual counselling before and during the application phase, please get in touch with the named contact persons at the Campus for Continuing Education. The relevant contact details can be found on this page.

Applications for this degree programme are made online.

There you will receive all relevant information on the application formalities and have the opportunity to track your application progress online.
The application period for the summer semester begins on 15 November, for the winter semester on 2 May of each year.

University entrance qualification acquired abroad

If the higher education entrance qualification was obtained abroad, a preliminary examination of the higher education entrance qualification by uni-assist is required.

Please note that it may take 4 to 6 weeks for uni-assist to process your application.

You can find further information on applying to university from abroad on the website Applying to university from abroad.

Graduates of the programme are primarily prepared for specialist and management tasks in the following areas:

• in non-IT companies

- in the IT sector
- in specialist departments that work closely with IT and/or rely heavily on IT

• Line or project responsibility in IT companies (IT service providers and IT manufacturers)

• Specialist responsibility in an IT management area in IT and non-IT companies (e.g. IT architecture management, IT service management, vendor management, IT security management)

The focus is on almost all sectors, although non-IT companies should be large enough to have their own IT department. The following sectors are particularly in focus

• Insurance companies and banks
• IT service providers and manufacturers
• Automotive and automotive supply industry
• Trading companies
• Technology companies
• Logistics companies

Head of degree programme: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Hofmann

Further lecturers:

• Prof. Dr Jörg Clostermann
• Prof. Dr Andreas Jattke
• Matthias Bauer
• Prof. Dr Robert Götz
• Prof. Dr Georg-Stephan Barfuß
• Patrick Bungard
• Prof. Dr René Schmidpeter
• Prof. Dr Bernd Scheed
• Prof Dr Harry Wagner
• Dr Christian M. Schweda
• Prof Dr Werner Schmidt
• Prof. Dr Utho Creusen
• Prof Dr Thomas Doyé
• Prof Dr Oliver Hackl
• Prof. Dr Rainer Waldmann
• Prof Dr Peter Franklin
• Prof Dr Fanchen Meng
• Prof Dr Stefan Hahndel
• Dr Martina Schollmeyer
• Prof. Dr Manfred Mayer

You can find the accreditation status or the accreditation certificate on the website for quality management.