Study Business
It is no longer possible to apply for the first semester of this degree programme.
The degree programme will be offered under the name Business Management since the winter semester 2024/2025.
Please be sure to contact the Examination Board (pruefungskommission_bw(at)oth-regensburg.de) before applying for a higher semester. Due to the change in our study and examination regulations, it may make more sense for you to apply for a higher semester of Business Management instead. We will be happy to advise you!
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What is the Business Studies (BW) degree about?
The Bachelor's degree programme in Business Studies offers the optimal preparation for a specialist or management career. After graduation, you can be employed in all industries and areas of business management, e.g.
- marketing
- logistics
- human resource management
- finance
- controlling
- taxes
- project management
In your final year of study, you choose a specialisation.
In addition to theoretical knowledge, you can apply and improve your newly acquired skills and tools in numerous case studies and management simulations as well as project work and, of course, in the internship semester. We also hone your English and an optional second foreign language and help you to expand your social and methodological skills in special elective modules.
Strengths of the degree programme
- Future-proof or short-lived trend? Trends come and go. With our Bachelor in Business Studies, you will receive a broad-based education that keeps all your options open for the future. After your specialisation in the 6th and 7th semesters, you will be ready for a specialist function in your field. You will have mastered the relevant (IT) tools, whilst not being limited to that area.
- Theory and practice combined. All professors in the degree programme hold a doctorate and have many years of professional and, in many cases, management experience. Numerous experts from professional practice complement our team of lecturers. Our goal is for you to get off to a flying start after graduation. We will train you to become the specialists and managers that companies are looking for!
Career opportunities
Straight to work or add a Master's degree?
As a University of Applied Sciences, our Bachelor's degree programme is the optimal preparation for a graduate position. If you want to expand your skills and aspire to a management career, we have the right Master's degree programmes for you!
Dual study programme
Business in practice - dual studies
You have the option of completing a degree with intensive in-company training or an integrated degree and professional training programme.
Studies and organisational matters
So that everything runs smoothly
Where do the lectures take place? What else do I need to know? You can find answers to these and other questions here.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Application during the first semester
You should only apply for a higher semester if you have already completed at least one semester in a similar university degree in terms of academic level (bachelor’s or master’s degree) and field of study. If you are currently enrolled in your first semester at university, you should not apply for a higher semester because you will most likely not receive your exam results before our application deadline (we do not accept any documents after the deadline).
Application for credit recognition
To assess whether you have already completed creditable work, you should first read the study and examination regulations of the programme you wish to study, in particular which courses and modules are included in the curriculum. You must prepare your proposal for recognition of credits for the examination board yourself, enter the modules into the application form, and submit sufficient supporting documentation (graded transcripts and module descriptions for the coursework already completed).
Module description
Instead of uploading the complete module handbooks, you should only upload the module descriptions of the courses you have completed. If the courses were taken at OTH Regensburg, module descriptions are not required.
Preliminary assessments
The content-related evaluation by the examination committee will take place after the application deadline. It is not possible to provide any information regarding potential placement before or during the application process.
Additional application for the first semester
Please note that an unsuccessful application for a higher semester does not automatically result in an offer of admission for the first semester of the same degree programme. If you are interested in studying the programme in the first semester as well, please submit a separate application for the first semester (different deadlines or requirements may apply!).
For their application at the OTH Regensburg, international applicants need
- a university entrance qualification
- an adequate knowledge of German
UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE QUALIFICATION
For an application for a Bachelor’s degree programme at the OTH Regensburg (university of applied sciences) international certificates, transcripts of your educational records and diplomas must first be recognized by uni-assist. Please request a so-called “preliminary review documentation” (in German "Vorprüfungsdokumentation", abbr. VPD). The processing time is 4-6 weeks, often longer. The VPD must be submitted by the deadline (see ‘Deadlines’ / ‘Deadline for late submission of certificates’). The application for the VPD is not sufficient!
Exceptions are applications from the PR China and Vietnam. The recognition lies in the responsibility of the particular Academic Evaluation Center. However, if the APS certificate does not show a grade, a VPD is also required. Applicants from India normally need a certificate of the Academic Evaluation Center of India in order to request the VPD from uni-assist.
If you have completed a preparatory college (Studienkolleg), please submit your certificate of Feststellungsprüfung (FSP), as well as a certificate of recognition for your international academic credentials, e.g. VPD from Uni Assist. The final grade will be calculated as the average of the FSP grade and the grade of the previous qualifications.
If you have an IB Diploma, you do not need to apply for a VPD from uni-assist. You can just upload the diploma or have your final grades released for us in the IB portal, and we will check whether your results qualify you to study the programme(s) you have applied for. The basis for the recognition of the IB Diploma as qualification for admission to a higher education institution in Germany is the Resolution of the Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (KMK) as of 10 March 1986, as amended.
GERMAN LANGUAGE SKILLS
German language skills on level DSH 2 are required. You have to upload your German language certificate either when applying or when enrolling via the online portal.
If you are attending a preparatory German language course at the University of Regensburg, please upload your enrolment certificate with your application and submit your DSH certificate later.
If you are taking the DSH or another German language exam at the University of Regensburg in March or September, please upload your exam registration when you enrol.
These certificates are accepted as an alternative to the DSH 2 certificate:
- TestDaF: TDN 4 in all sections of the exam
- Studienkolleg: Feststellungsprüfung „Deutsch“
- DSD: Level II with C1 in all sections of the exam
- Goethe: C2
- telc: telc Deutsch C2, telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule
- ÖSD: C2
- UNIcert® Deutsch III
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
We do not work with commercial recruitment agencies. Guarantees of enrolment given by such agencies are not to be trusted.
Please read on this website all texts and, if available, linked documents directly under Application Info! We have put together a step-by-step-guide to help you navigate the application portal.
If you need a visa to study in Germany, you should look into the visa procedure and (if necessary) register on the waitlist as soon as possible. Depending on your country, receiving a visa appointment can take a long time. On the other hand, our admission letters are only valid for one semester and admission cannot be deferred.
You can find more information for prospective international students (e.g. details about the recognition of certificates and visas) on the web pages of the International Office.