International Business Studies Aalen University of Applied Sciences

Overview

The program is geared towards training students to work in global companies. As firms work and compete in international and global markets, they have a growing need for employees with business training, such as accounting and taxation. There is also a need for analytically flexible and multi-lingual professionals. To help prepare you for this challenge, the program has an integrated internship abroad, a study abroad option at one of our partner universities and  a number of classes that emphasise linguistic and cultural competencies.

Our study program includes an obligatory internship abroad as well as language skills in another language (i.e. French or Spanish) than German or English to prepare our students for the challenges of international careers. The internship abroad offers the opportunity to apply their professional competences and their language skills in real working environments. Besides the gains in practical experiences the students also learn how to deal with the challenges that appear when working in international and intercultural environments.

Furthermore, our students can spend a semester studying abroad. Although this is possible for all our study focusses, the study focus “International Program” comprises an obligatory semester abroad. This study focus was designed to support the international experience of our students and preparing them for international careers. Typically, the students spend one semester (i.e. their 6th semester) abroad, attend courses that supplement their studies in Aalen and can still finish their studies together with their fellow students when they come back to Aalen, without losing any time.

Your Career Perspectives

Graduates of International Business Studies experience a variety of careers due to their broad professional expertise in International Business:

Our Graduates can work in large international organisations in areas such as finance and accounting, marketing, human resource management or they start a career as service providers in management consulting or financial services.

Companies like to recruit our graduates because they offer the unique combination of broad expertise in international business, deep expertise in a specific study focus as well as intercultural experiences and language skills in German, English and another foreign language (i.e. French or Spanish).

The degree “Bachelor of Arts” is internationally accepted, hence some of our former students work as

• Chief Executive Officer in a German-Chinese joint venture,
• International Trainee in an automotive company,
• Accountant in a large global organization, or
• Marketing Assistant of a US company based in Brazil