Master of Arts - MA in International Business CBS International Business School - Potsdam Campus

Globalization presents new challenges to international corporations. Potential employers expect leadership, team and integration skills, high motivation, multilingualism and excellent knowledge of economics. Precisely these abilities are imparted on you within the International Business Master’s programme at CBS International Business School, so that later on, you can make strategically meaningful and sustainable decisions in middle or senior management. All this in 4 semesters at one of Germany’s most prestigious business schools, with professors with many years of professional experience and lecturers with international backgrounds. Courses are held in English.

Relevant topics from the start:

Especially in globally operating companies, the sustainable acquisition of customers is of much greater importance than in smaller companies due to the large number of competitors. This is why Customer Relationship Management is already part of the curriculum in the first semester.

The second semester focusses on the structure and organisation of companies.

In the subjects Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Supply Chain Management you will learn about sucess by sustainable management.

You will learn how to convince partners and managing directors in the Innovation Lab - Business Plan Writing and Pitiching in semester three, later implementing your skills into practice during the Capstone Simulation Game.

The fourth semester: time to take the initiative:

In the fourth semester, you work on your Master's thesis. You can choose whether you write your Master's thesis in cooperation with a company during an internship or during a semester abroad at one of our partner universities.

Leadership skills for international tasks:

Leadership skills for international tasks As a future leader, you will not only be measured on achievements that can be expressed in figures. Leadership requires social and intercultural skills – these abilities are often the decisive factor when it comes to filling positions. This is why your studies prepare you for such challenges, including the relevant English skills plus another language course."

As a future leader, you will not only be measured on achievements that can be expressed in figures. Leadership requires social and intercultural skills – these abilities are often the decisive factor when it comes to filling positions. This is why your studies prepare you for such challenges, including the relevant English skills plus another language course.

The Cologne Business School (CBS) is a internationally orientated, state-recognised university of applied sciences and counts as one of Germany's top Business Schools. Moreover, the CBS study programs are regularly checked by the tri-national accreditation agency, FIBAA (Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation) as regards content, topicality and academic feasibility. As a consequence the CBS placed fourth among the top-ranked universities of applied sciences in Germany in the category: Business Administration (survey of „Wirtschaftswoche“ (Business Weekly).

Cologne Business School's mission statement is to design the study organisation and contents of the degree courses in accordance with the students' employability. International lecturers and rigid organisation enable efficient, forwardlooking studying. Small study groups and intense student support by the professors are the hallmark of the learning atmosphere at CBS and the reason for the considerable assessment in the current CHE Ranking.

A network of partner universities in several countries and intense contacts to the economy already provide the opportunity of gaining international study and work experience during studies. In addition to management courses and the classic business administration subjects, CBS also offers the best possible transfer of practical experience by way of business simulations and practical projects.

In addition, possible overseas stays, courses in personal skills and presentation techniques round off your qualification profile and prepare you competently for the requirements of internationally based companies.