MA International Retail Management

… because you will acquire the key qualifications that retailing companies and industrial companies with retailing activities expect of their young executives.

… because the degree programme combines theory and practice: During the attendance phases the focus is on practical issues and company practice is simulated in project work. This provides an optimal combination of learning and practice that fits into your professional activity.

… because in direct exchange with lecturers you can develop new ideas and impulses for your professional career.

Length of course

4 semesters

Extension possible if you complete the 30-ECTS additional module

Place of study

Reutlingen

Beginning of course

October

Application deadline

For the winter semester: 15 July

Language of instruction

German and English (approx. 66/33)

Foreign languages

English

ECTS

90 ECTS

Graduates of bachelor programmes with 180 ECTS points can gain a further 30 ECTS points by completing an additional module

Degree

Master of Arts

Costs

€ 24,000.- (including examination, administration and closing fees)

Admission requirements

• Above-average bachelor degree with 210 ECTS (for degrees with 180 ECTS you can gain 30 ECTS by doing an additional module)
• Successful completion of an entrance examination in the form of a selection interview
• Contract of employment or confirmation of self-employment

 

 

Available places

max. 20 per course

• What are the new general conditions resulting from globalisation and the concentration in many industries for management in retailing?
• Why does retailing need practicians who can implement sound theoretical knowledge in day-to-day operations?
• How can you act in both a customer and resource oriented way in the international context?
• What are the requirements arising today from increasingly accelerated business processes?

Typical industries:

• Trade in a national and international context
• Procurement in a national and international context
• Marketing in a national and international context
• Sales in a national and international context

Typical corporate areas:

• Management positions
• Management functions on corporate and project level
• Business development
• Project management

ESB Business School is accredited by AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Worldwide only five percent of all business schools bear this seal of quality. The AACSB is the largest accreditation organisation in the world with demanding quality requirements in relation to training and research at business schools.

ESB Business School has been system accredited by the FIBAA: within the accreditation process the internal quality assurance system of ESB Business School was audited and awarded the quality seal of the accreditation council. All degree programmes of ESB Business School pass through this rigorous internal quality assurance system and in this way achieve accreditation.