Requirements for enrollment

With your Master in Sustainability Management & Leadership, for example, you can work in sustainability-oriented Business Development.

The consecutive Master's programme in Sustainability Management & Leadership at Hochschule Fresenius prepares graduates of a basic degree programme comprehensively for sustainable corporate management. Students learn to assess entrepreneurial decisions taking into account social, ecological, and economic aspects, and to develop sustainable business models. The programme promotes personal development, strengthens the ability for critical self-reflection, and for participation in shaping societal processes. The accredited content is based on current scientific knowledge and prepares for professional requirements.

Entering the Master's programme in Sustainability Management & Leadership at Hochschule Fresenius is straightforward: A bachelor's degree with at least 180 ECTS is required. In addition, you must demonstrate at least 1 year of relevant professional experience that you have acquired after completing your bachelor's degree.

Study Contents, Modules and Specializations

The consecutive Master's programme in Sustainability Management & Leadership at Fresenius University aims to provide graduates of a basic degree programme with comprehensive knowledge in business administration and to prepare them extensively for sustainable corporate management. The focus is on the analysis, control and design of entrepreneurial processes. Students learn to evaluate entrepreneurial decisions in terms of social, ecological and economic aspects and to develop sustainable business models. They are introduced to concepts of circular economy and post-growth economics and can analyse the process of digitisation from a sustainable perspective.

Graduates are also enabled to understand social discourses, to critically question them and to develop solutions for entrepreneurial and social issues. The programme promotes the personal development of students and strengthens their ability for critical self-reflection, critical thinking, communication and teamwork, as well as for participating in shaping social processes in a democratic sense. By passing a final master's examination with their own research project at a scientific level, the qualification for critical discourse is demonstrated. In addition, the degree offers the opportunity for doctoral studies.

The programme is outcome-oriented accredited and structured according to the admission regulations for Master's programmes. The content is based on current scientific knowledge and prepares students for professional challenges that require sustainable corporate management at operational and strategic levels. Through the programme, students are empowered for lifelong learning and prepared for the changing requirements of the job market.

In the full-time programme, the course schedule looks as follows:

• 1st Semester: Professional Field, Research Perspectives and Fundamentals of Sustainable Markets & Strategy, Positive Leadership & Sustainable Corporate Culture, Global Markets, Competition and Business Model, Stakeholder Management, Empirical Methods in Applied Research
• 2nd Semester: Resource Management, Climate and Post-Growth Economics, Applied Innovation Management, Business Development, Change Management, Sustainable Marketing and Brand Strategies, Leadership and Management, Integral Sustainability Management and Sustainability Communication, Empirical Research Project
• 3rd Semester: Corporate Governance & Compliance, Consumer Protection and Law, Digital Sustainability Management, Digital Applications & Data Management, Analytical and explorative research in the field of Sustainable Markets & Strategy
• 4th Semester: Elective Module I, Elective Module II, Master Colloquium, Master's Thesis

In the 4th semester, you choose your specialisation modules from the elective areas: Neuromarketing and Nudging, Corporate Social Responsibility, Behavioural Decision Making, Conflict Management & Meditation, Civil Society Engagement, European Integration.

Study Model and Course Structure - Distance Learning with Few Exams

Fresenius University is convinced that exams are not always suitable for accurately assessing the competencies acquired by students. Accordingly, in the Master's distance learning programme in Sustainability Management & Leadership, there are hardly any written exams! Your learning progress is, for example, tested during the course and online through

• Essays and seminar papers,
• Online presentations,
• Online lectures,
• E-portfolios.

This way, you save yourself exhausting journeys to exams and have a fair chance of excellent performance evaluations that correspond to your actual knowledge and competence level.

The university also relies on a unique interdisciplinary coaching team consisting of professors, lecturers, and study coaches. Your personal study coach is your contact person for all matters related to your studies. Whether by phone, email or via the messenger on studynet - your study coach advises and actively supports you on your way to a successful degree.

Whether at home or on the go, on desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone - your campus is always with you. Our studynet learning platform is a lecture hall, seminar room, campus, and cafeteria at the same time. "Social Learning" is the keyword: a holistic learning experience that consistently builds on dialogue in addition to the use of a wide variety of media formats.