Financial Management

Profile

Our Target group

Our target group are young professionals with proven intellectual vitality and leadership potential.

This makes our MBA unique:

• Specialized MBA with highly international student group
• Integration into German job market via 20-week Internship
• Excellent learning environment (1:6 Instructor/Student-ratio)
• Syllabus inclusion of A2 German language Goethe certificate
• Low tuition fees and extraordinary services and support

It is the only English-taught international full-time MBA program in Germany with a dedicated focus on finance.
From 2021, the program offers an optional Dual Degree from USC Australia – without prolonging your studies!

Applications are welcomed from graduates from all disciplines with 2 years relevant work experience.

If you are interested in general management and finance, have an entrepreneurial spirit, are globally-minded and ambitious, our MBA program Financial Management could be just right for you. Our internationally accredited MBA program is designed to promote the knowledge and skills of graduate students seeking leadership responsibilities in the area of Financial Management and to enhance their social, methodological and IT-management competencies.

Class Profile

Financial Management students have an international outlook and are driven by determination, resilience and creativity. Currently, around 60 post-graduate students from 27 countries are enrolled.

The program is internationally-oriented and especially geared to the requirements of international students. For German students, the MBA in Financial Management presents a unique opportunity to profit from a friendly, cross-cultural, international learning environment.

*average values of classes of 2015 - 2019

Base Modules of Financial Management

• Human Resource Management and Leadership
• Financial Management Accounting
• International Tax and Legal Systems
• Intercultural Management and Ethics
• Business Strategy and International Marketing
• Information and Communication Systems

Core Modules of Financial Management

• International Economics
• Corporate Finance
• Financial Markets and Institutions
• Treasury Management
• Risk Management

German Language Courses

German language classes are offered at various levels of proficiency and are free of charge to enrolled students of the MBA program Financial Management. Our introductory courses are integrated into the curriculum and do not require any previous German language skills.

Students complete a placement test for German and / or provide a relevant language certificate. The compulsory language module German Intensive Course I concludes with the German exam Goethe-Zertifikat A1, the German compulsory module German Intensive Course II concludes with the German exam Goethe-Zertifikat A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).

Electives

• Applied Risk Management
• Current Topics in International Finance
• Financial Engineering
• Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)
• Introduction to Islamic Finance & Banking
• Issues in Political Science
• Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As)
• Operations Management
• Quantitative Methods in Finance
• Risk Management and Insurance
• SAP-FI
• Selected Topics in Corporate Finance
• Value Management in Marketing

Practical Semester

We believe that academic education at Coburg University is not limited to a classroom environment, but also happens off campus. Hence, we expose and connect our students to the real world on a variety of levels.

For this objective, our MBA students participate in:

• a 20-week internship at a German company
• firm outings and cultural study trips linked to specific coursework, giving them the opportunity to visit a number of iconic cities and experience German culture and history
• an academic excursion led by staff and faculty, in which we explore the business, political and cultural facets of large German cities or the capital cities of our neighbours

The internship, field trips and academic excursion bridge theory and practice. They form an integral part of the curriculum. We consider these activities key to enhance students’ networking abilities and stimulate their integration in Germany, whilst facilitating contact with future employers. Invariably they are memorable experiences.

Master Thesis

In the last semester students focus on the master’s thesis. Many students choose to conduct research on an innovative theme in one of their courses, while others prefer a topic relating to their tasks at their internship.

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Financial Management Program Structure

Financial Management Examination Regulations (in German - legally binding)

Financial Management Examination Regulations (in English)

Admission

Admission Requirements

Applicants to the Coburg MBA must have these requirements:

• a 3-year Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) preferably in the field of Business Administration, Commerce or Economics (min. grade of 2,5 on the German scale or a 2.5 GPA on a four-point scale). A Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) or Graduate Record Examination (GRE) test is recommended for graduates from other academic disciplines such as engineering, medicine, natural sciences or the humanities.
   
• at last two years of work experience The MBA Program is designed for students who have full-time work experience before matriculation. Work experience includes opportunities in which students have been able to develop their professional and leadership skills. Applicants with a non-business degree must have at least 1 year practical experience (out of a minimum of 2 years) in the field of commerce.
   
• Proficiency in English - Applicants must demonstrate their command of English by submitting the results of one of the following tests: TOEFL, IELTS or PTE test results if you attended a non-English undergraduate program.

  The following are the required minimum scores:

  • Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): 
    • PB TOEFL 550
    • IB TOEFL 80
  • International English Language Testing System (IELTS):
    • 6,5 or UNIcert® II
  • Pearson PTE Academic
    • PTE Academic Score 53

To obtain information about these tests, visit: www.toefl.org. or www.ielts.org or www.pearsonpte.com.

Required Documents

The required documents include:

• a passport or ID photograph
• a scanned copy of all relevant diplomas, certificates and transcripts of records
• the TOEFL, IELTS or PTE test results
• a scanned copy of your passport

Acceptance and Confirmation

Applications are reviewed on an on-going basis throughout the academic year. Candidates will generally be given notification on the status of their application within 2 weeks. Once accepted, students have 1 month to confirm their place.

Kindly complete the online application, upload all required documents and send it to us online.

We have a three-step admissions process:

1. After uploading the required documents for evaluation to www.uni-assist.de, the first step is to submit an online application which includes assembling a variety of materials that will help us assess your qualifications.
2. Thereupon you are invited to participate in an initial selection interview. The selection interview typically takes 15 minutes and is designed to evaluate your suitability, motivation and qualification. The interview may be conducted by telephone or Zoom.
3. Finally - after completion of steps 1 and 2 - the program director will invite you to a final interview, also conducted by telephone or Zoom. If you are successful, you are admitted to the MBA program.

The costs for the VPD will be reimbursed after successful enrolment.

Note: After arrival in Germany, applicants must present their original certificates and documents (no copies) to confirm their enrolment in the MBA program.

Guest Lecturers

• Randall Bolten, Lucidity, USA
  Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)
• Christian Eckert, NÜRNBERGER Versicherung, Germany
  Risk and Insurance Management
• Joachim Fuchs, Deutsche Bank Privat- und Geschäftskunden AG, Germany
  Risk Management
• Dr. Christoph Götz, Oppenhoff & Rädler AG, Germany
  International Tax and Legal Systems
• Felicitas Hoppe, Sapere Aude, Germany
  Financial Management Accounting
• Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kähler, FAU Erlangen, Germany
  Corporate Finance, Economics
• Markus Leue, Vodafone, Germany
  Financial Engineering
• Prof. Dr. Dubos J. Masson, Indiana University, USA
  Treasury Management
• Philipp Morscheck, DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Germany
  Corporate Finance
• Ralf Otto, ROI GmbH, Germany   
  Financial Management Accounting
• Alba Patozi, University of Cambridge, UK
  International Economics
• Prof. Dr. Holger Rekow
  Human Resource Management and Leadership
• Dr. Tobias Schuler, European Central Bank, Germany
  Current Topics in International Finance
• Wolfgang Strobel, Hauck & Aufhäuser, Germany
  Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)
• Prof. Dr. Jeffrey M. Thompson, University of Valley Forge, USA
  International Tax and Legal Systems
• Prof. Dr. Reinhard Zintl, University of Bamberg, Germany
  Issues in Political Science

More information

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