Who is the part-time Business Administration degree suitable for?

The Business Administration (B.A.) degree at FOM University is aimed at everyone who wants to acquire comprehensive business administration skills – especially if you want to combine work and study flexibly. The course is suitable for career starters with a (subject-specific) university entrance qualification as well as for working professionals who want to further develop their expertise or qualify for leadership and management roles. The degree is also suitable for trainees who wish to use a dual study model. An interest in economic contexts, management, and entrepreneurial decision-making is assumed.

What formal requirements must you meet?

Admission to the Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration is possible via various routes:

• (Subject-specific) university entrance qualification: General higher education entrance qualification, advanced technical college entrance qualification, or a comparable qualification.
• Without a university entrance qualification: Possible with completed vocational training and at least three years of subsequent professional experience or with a further qualification (e.g. specialist business administrator, master craftsman).
• Professional activity: Current employment (full-time or part-time), training, internship, trainee programme, or voluntary service. Alternatively: participation in the FOM programme “Study into the Job” for applicants without a current employment contract or training.

In addition, you should bring the following personal prerequisites:

• Interest in business administration topics as well as motivation to combine work and study.
• Self-organisation and time management to successfully manage part-time studies.
• Communication skills and team orientation, as many topics are worked on in a practical way and through exchange.
• Initiative and discipline for self-directed learning also outside regular sessions.

Which skills and content does the Business Administration degree programme convey?

In the Bachelor's degree programme Business Administration (B.A.) at the FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management, you acquire a broad-based business administration foundation. The goal is to understand economic contexts, manage companies, and actively shape change. The following core competencies and subject matter characterise your studies:

• General Business Administration (BWL): Management, corporate governance, marketing, finance, controlling, and accounting.
• Practice-oriented projects: Market analysis, budget planning, project management, and development of strategic decisions.
• Human Resource Management & Team Leadership: Employee management, organisational development, as well as basics of personnel psychology.
• Innovation and Change Management: Shaping digital transformation and implementing change processes within companies.
• Cross-sectional topics: Digitalisation, sustainability, entrepreneurial and intercultural competencies.
• Specialisation options: Individual deepening through elective modules such as Innovation & Change, Accounting, or Personnel Psychology. Additionally, further focal points can be chosen, for example in digitalisation or artificial intelligence.
• Internationality: Optional participation in FOM Summer Academies abroad to enhance language skills and intercultural competencies.

By combining theory with company-based projects, you acquire leadership skills as well as analytical, communicative, and digital abilities. The programme is specifically designed to prepare you to take on responsibility in various functional areas of business.