MBA degree in General Management

Part-time management studies in Salzburg

Since the beginning of the 21st century, the MBA Master of Business Administration has been the most recognized postgraduate degree of our time. Not without reason - because the study provides excellent business management training for executives at the highest academic level.

Your special IfM advantage:

Due to the modular structure of our Executive MBA program, it is possible to start your studies at any time! Flexible study planning and individual examination planning adapts to your time budget! The content and concepts developed by you in the course of your studies in the form of term papers and the Master's thesis will give you immediate practical benefits for your personal and professional future development.

Your success with us can therefore begin immediately - contact us now or find out more about the MBA University course at the Institut für Management .

aim

Deepen professional competence, develop social competence, promote self-competence

quality goals

The MBA program is characterized by

• a high degree of individuality and flexibility of the modular study design.
• intensive practical relevance and direct applicability of acquired knowledge.
• personal support from the international faculty and the professional support of the IfM staff.

Mission statement

The IfM is one of the leading MBA program providers in Austria. The MBA program imparts management competencies based on modern and practice-oriented economics content. It enables graduates to successfully lead companies and business units in national and international competition.

Academic expert knowledge with a high practical relevance

Mastering entrepreneurial challenges, making strategic decisions, and fulfilling leadership responsibilities - the MBA (Master of Business Administration) degree qualifies you for leadership. The comprehensive General Management training provides up-to-date, well-founded business knowledge as well as management and leadership skills.

Why study at the IfM?

Our Executive MBA program offers you numerous advantages and meets the highest quality standards in executive training. The extra-occupational university course led by o.Univ.-Prof. Dkfm. Dr. Gerhard A. Wührer is characterized by the following quality characteristics:

• Greatest possible flexibility through individual study planning
• Individual exam dates
• Content orientation on entrepreneurial practice
• Knowledge transfer by renowned professors
• Consistently international orientation, language of instruction German and English
• Exchange of experiences with successful decision-makers
• Acknowledged academic degree from the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt
• Personal support by the lecturers and the IfM team
• Ongoing networking events for participants and graduates

Take advantage of these benefits for your career and start at any time with the IfM master program!

Target group and approval

With the MBA program at the IfM - Institut für Management in Salzburg, students are prepared for a successful career in management and corporate governance. The Master of Business Administration training course is suitable both for people who are seeking an academic degree while working for a job and for people who are interested in a scientifically sound education with the aim of gaining professional qualifications for higher-level management positions. In addition, the MBA is a great fit for people who, in addition to existing expertise, are looking to acquire high quality General Management education and up-to-date knowledge.

The following prerequisites are defined for admission to the MBA program:

• A completed Bachelor, Master or Diploma program
• In justified individual cases, persons who do not have a university degree may also be admitted to the university course. The prerequisite for this is that these persons have the general university entrance qualification (school-leaving certificate, university entrance qualification or Berufsreifeprüfung) and at least 5 years of relevant professional experience.
• English skills

Content and structure of the MBA study

Our MBA program has a modular structure and gives you a lot of freedom for your individual study planning. You are therefore flexible in terms of time and can optimally coordinate your studies and your professional and personal appointments.

modules

The MBA modules deal with topics and issues from the fields of business administration, management and leadership and take place in the time window Thursday to Saturday with a total of 38.5 attendance days. An intercultural study visit of five days can be completed in the US or Europe. Experience has shown that a study duration of 18 months on average can be expected.

Required courses

• Business Administration
• Financing and controlling
• Management
• marketing
• Strategic and operational simulation game
• entrepreneurship
• project management
• Strategic management
• Business law
• Leadership
• Intercultural study visit

Electives

• Personal skills
• logistics
• Social media
• Change Management
• Mergers
• Intercultural Management
• Marketing for SMEs
• sales management
• Economics

Exams and graduation

The topics of the homework within the scope of the study can be combined or chosen with practical topics from the own professional environment. In addition to chores, exams or presentations, a master's thesis is to be written as a completion of the Executive MBA program and defended in the context of the defensio. The final thesis can consist in the processing of a concrete project or management problem of the daily professional practice of the participants.

Through the topics and concepts developed by you during your studies, you will achieve enormous practical benefits for yourself and your personal and professional future development.

graduation

Graduates of the university course receive the academic degree "Master of Business Administration" (MBA) from the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt.

Costs and financing

The participation fee of € 24,800 (tax-exempt) includes all entrance, examination and tuition fees as well as study documents and scripts. In addition, the participation fee includes:

• Food and drinks during the modules
• Access to the online portal "my-IfM"
• Invitation to IfM network events

For the financing of the MBA study, there are different funding opportunities. We are happy to advise you on subsidies in Salzburg and Austria. Financing models for in-service training can best be obtained in a personal consultation. In addition, we also recommend a conversation with your accountant.

KEY DATA

duration

• 38.5 attendance days
• Intercultural study visit in Europe or USA

construction

• Modular study design
• individual study planning and examination dates
• average study duration 18 months

Events

Start dates several times a year

language

German

characteristics

• Teachers from business and science guarantee a strong practical relevance
• Start flexible, plan flexibly, study flexibly next to work and family

admission

Completed degree or general university entrance qualification and professional experience

Akad. Degree

Master of Business Administration awarded by the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt

costs

• € 24.800, - (tax-exempt)
  Including all admission, examination and tuition fees, scripts in electronic form, meals and drinks during the modules, access to the online portal my-IfM, invitation to network events.