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The Master of Business Administration (MBA) is the highest academic management qualification on the global education market. No matter what your professional background, with the online Master of Business Administration MBA programme at IU, you’ll expand your specialist knowledge with the addition of in-depth business know-how, and bring your leadership skills up to top international level.
The content of our MBA complies with the EQUAL MBA Guidelines – an internationally recognised seal that certifies the quality of MBA programmes worldwide. Our broad range of compulsory electives offers you opportunities to specialise in innovative fiels like artificial intelligence, big data or digital business models. The practical orientation of our specialisations prepares you for current challenges in the world of work.
In addition, our online international MBA degrees focus on personal development, rounding off your studies with soft skills such as intercultural communication or leadership in an international context. Graduating with a Master of Business Administration degree gives you an advantage as a job seeker - you can unlock remarkable opportunities for prominent leadership roles in international management.
Benefits of an MBA online degree
The online Master in Business Administration degree at IU allows you to easily incorporate your studies into your work schedule, to gain the knowledge and expertise required to thrive in prominent leadership roles in international business.
- What makes MBAs so valuable to businesses? For one thing, MBA graduates can hit the ground running and have an immediate positive impact quickly. Overall, 9 out of 10 corporate recruiters are confident in business graduates to succeed in their company. Most recruiters say this is because MBA degree holders are equipped with high-value skills like being strategic thinkers and excellent communication skills.
- An international MBA opens doors to higher-income positions.MBA graduates earn 22% to 40% more than those with a bachelor's degree. Salaries for online MBA students can increase by more than 30% after graduation. Not just recruiters - 79% of business professionals strongly agree that their MBA degree increased their earning potential.
Overall, 70% of MBA graduates rate the value of their postgraduate business degree as "Excellent" or "Outstanding". Most alums agree that an MBA degree is a driving force behind achieving specific career goals, especially increasing their earnings potential (79%), increasing their employability (87%), preparing them for leadership roles (77%), accessing opportunities for rapid career advancement (67%), and provided them with greater job security (63%).
If you want to study while working, access higher-level positions or boost your salary, an International MBA is for you.
Online MBA Curriculum
Our Online Master in Business Administration (MBA) programme, is highly practice-oriented, and will provide you with all the business administration knowledge and skills you’ll need as a future manager in international companies.
In the course of your MBA education, you will:
- Acquire in-depth expertise in strategy and leadership, categories of business organisations, management framework, management theory and tools.
- Use decision theory as a basis for developing qualitative and quantitative strategies for identifying management problems and establishing effective solutions.
- Follow international case studies (incl. Harvard Business Cases) that are regularly included in the course, strengthening your connection between theory and practice and positioning the study materials globally.
- Thanks to our broad range of compulsory electives, you will also have the opportunity to specialise in many exciting areas such as artificial intelligence, big data, digital business models and creative working methods.
The order of courses presented below is for the online studies model of this programme.
Your Online Master in Business Administration career outlook
After earning your online Master of Business Administration MBA degree from IU International University of Applied Sciences, you’ll have all the qualifications you need for entering top-level management roles. This will help you land a position as, for example:
Business Development Manager
In times of change, as a business development manager, you need to have a feel for changes and trends. You analyse developments and markets and develop new products and business ideas on this basis. To do this, you bring sound knowledge in the areas of finance, economics, and law to the right place.
Consultant
As a consultant, you advise other companies. The subject of the consultancy can be, for example, the management or the handling of a change process. You have to adapt your basic consulting concept individually to the expectations of your client, without neglecting the goals of your employer.
Senior Brand Manager
As a brand manager, your job is to strategically develop, position, and coordinate the brand or image of a company so that it has a high recognition value and stands out from other companies in the competition. Your tasks, therefore, include cross-product strategic planning by means of effective external communication. In the course of this, as a brand manager you design innovative, cross-channel media campaigns that are implemented, analysed, and optimised nationally and internationally.
Your Online Master in Business Administration career outlook
After earning your online Master of Business Administration MBA degree from IU International University of Applied Sciences, you’ll have all the qualifications you need for entering top-level management roles. This will help you land a position as, for example:
Business Development Manager
In times of change, as a business development manager, you need to have a feel for changes and trends. You analyse developments and markets and develop new products and business ideas on this basis. To do this, you bring sound knowledge in the areas of finance, economics, and law to the right place.
Consultant
As a consultant, you advise other companies. The subject of the consultancy can be, for example, the management or the handling of a change process. You have to adapt your basic consulting concept individually to the expectations of your client, without neglecting the goals of your employer.
Senior Brand Manager
As a brand manager, your job is to strategically develop, position, and coordinate the brand or image of a company so that it has a high recognition value and stands out from other companies in the competition. Your tasks, therefore, include cross-product strategic planning by means of effective external communication. In the course of this, as a brand manager you design innovative, cross-channel media campaigns that are implemented, analysed, and optimised nationally and internationally.