Overview
In modern companies, technical and business management aspects are closely intertwined. Students of the Master’s degree program in Management (M.Sc.), partly or predominantly taught in English, learn to combine scientific and engineering knowledge with management expertise to analyze and shape changes in companies’ organizations and business areas due to technological developments.
The program is primarily aimed at graduates with a Bachelor’s degree in natural sciences, engineering, or life sciences. Students supplement their specialist knowledge in the Master’s program in Management with expertise from the fields of finance and accounting, innovation and entrepreneurship, planning and leadership, modeling and decision-making as well as economic and political processes. In addition, they acquire important soft skills that enable them to understand and combine the cultures of economic and technical business areas.
Graduates of the program combine in-depth technical knowledge and understanding with comprehensive management skills. They are outstanding mediators and leaders at the interface between the natural and engineering sciences. Life sciences and business administration. They are, therefore, ideally qualified to take on positions of responsibility in companies and other organizations and ensure their long-term success.
Structure
In their first two semesters, students will acquire basic knowledge in Management (36 ECTS), Economics (6 ECTS) and Law (6 ECTS). Moreover, they will gain insights into the areas of Entrepreneurship (6 ECTS) and International Management and also make their own practical international experiences (6 ECTS).
In their third semester, students will have the opportunity to deepen their knowledge or specialize in desired areas of Management by choosing electives, to do project studies or to even study abroad (30 ECTS).
The program will be completed by a written Master’s thesis in the fourth semester (30 ECTS).
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Admissions
Selection takes place through an aptitude assessment procedure. The aptitude assessment is a two-part procedure after the submission of an official application to a program. In this procedure, the TUM school determines whether you meet the specific requirements for its Master’s degree program.
In the initial stages, the grades you obtained during your bachelor's program, as well as your written documents, will be evaluated using a point system. Depending on the amount of points accumulated, applicants are either immediately admitted, rejected or invited to an admissions interview.