Admission Requirements

With your M.A. in Philosophy & Economics, you can work for example in Change Management, Business Development Management, or Management Consulting.

Entering the Master's programme in Philosophy & Economics at Hochschule Fresenius is straightforward: You need a first university degree, such as a bachelor's degree with 180 ECTS.

The first university degree must include at least 80 ECTS in the field of economics, including:

• 10 ECTS Business Administration
• 5 ECTS Economics
• 10 ECTS Quantitative Methods
• 10 ECTS Civil Law and Commercial Law

If you lack subject-specific credits, that's not a problem - you can also be admitted through an entrance test. Contact the student advisory service at Hochschule Fresenius for details on the requirements.

Study Contents, Modules and Specialisations

With this unique interdisciplinary distance learning course, you will further your education as a generalist. For example, you will learn to consider professional issues from different perspectives and thus develop holistic solution approaches. The course is aimed at graduates of courses with a business focus but is also open to other interested parties.

• 1st Semester: Introduction to Philosophy, Introduction to Sociology, Research Methods and Tools, Introduction to Political Theory, Value-Oriented Business Management, Change Management and Digital Leadership
• 2nd Semester: History of Ideas, Individual and Society, History of Political Ideas, Social Systems and Economic Systems, (Virtual) Working and Leading in an International Context, Elective Course
• 3rd Semester: Ethics, Justice and Social Participation, Societies in Transition, Politics in the 21st Century, Globalization and Economization, Elective Course
• 4th Semester: Elective Course, Master Colloquium, Master's Thesis

You can see that during the course, you will take a total of 2 elective modules. Choose from these topics: "Cultural Turns" in Image and Language, Intercultural Psychology, Education, Ethics and Sustainability, Decision Theories and Behaviors, Media in an Interdisciplinary Context, Cultures - Traditional, Global, Networked.

Study Concept and Process

We are convinced that exams in the form of written tests are not suitable for reflecting your actual acquired competencies. Therefore, in this degree program, you will not find any written exams in test form. We test your learning progress online and as part of the study process in the form of assignments, online presentations and speeches, or in so-called e-portfolios. For you, this means: No travel effort for exams and less exam stress - and thus a fair chance of excellent performance evaluations that correspond to your actual knowledge and competencies.

Maintaining a balance between study, work, and life is a great challenge. The support in this crucial phase of your life is all the more important: the backing of your family, the understanding in your company, and above all, the personal, consistently service-oriented support from your university. That's why we rely on a unique interdisciplinary coaching team consisting of professors, lecturers, and study coaches. Your personal study coach is your contact person for all matters relating 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. Together, we create the necessary balance and thus the conditions for you to steadily grow in your studies - and achieve something that seemed so distant to you at the beginning. Whether at home or on the go, on your desktop, laptop, tablet, or smartphone - your campus is always with you. Our studynet learning platform is both an auditorium, seminar room, campus, and cafeteria. "Social Learning" is the keyword: a holistic learning experience that consistently focuses on dialogue alongside the use of a variety of different media formats.

For example, with many features that you already know from your usual social media platforms: Connect with each other and exchange information via the messenger. Stay up to date with the Activity Board, your onlineplus timeline. And find out what you have already achieved and where you stand in your personal Learning Analytics. At the kick-off studycamp, the open learning camps, and optional other events on-site, we create opportunities to deepen and expand your contacts from the world of onlineplus. This way, you experience an active learning community that accompanies you throughout your studies and will continue to be a valuable network for you even after, as an alumnus of Hochschule Fresenius.

At onlineplus, studying has a method. Structure and pacing characterize the learning organization at onlineplus, provide clear guidance, and thus fundamentally differ from conventional distance learning programs. You start flexibly at a time you have chosen yourself and are guided through the similarly structured learning units, modules, and semesters based on our study magazines, the studymags, via individually planned milestones.

This way, you learn in manageable stages that provide regular feelings of success and new motivation in your studies. The study plan recommended by onlineplus offers you the flexibility of numerous adjustment options that you can tailor to your personal learning type, preferred study times, and your own learning pace. This way, you find exactly the right study program for you.

You always have full transparency: At any time, you can see your individual learning progress, i.e., what you have already achieved, where you currently stand, and exactly what lies ahead. The innovative and intuitive study format thus lays the foundation for the feasibility and success of your entire online studies.