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Bachelor's Programme International Economic and Business Studies

Faculty	Faculty of Business and Management Faculty of Economics and Statistics
Duration/ ECTS-Credits	6 semesters / 180 ECTS-Credits
Academic Degree	Bachelor of Science (BSc)
Qualification Level	Bachelor (First Cycle) ISCED-11: Level 6, EQF/NQF: Level 6
ISCED-F	0488 Inter-disc.progr. involving Business, Admin. and Law
Mode of Study	Full-Time
Study Code	UC 033 545
Curriculum	Information on the Curriculum (2023W) *
Language of Instruction	German/English
Admission Requirements	Secondary school completion certificate or equivalent and Language Certificates
Application	Apply ONLINE

* Information on the Curriculum (2023W)

The complete version of the curriculum reflects the currently valid version of the curriculum. It is for informational purposes only and is not legally binding. The legally binding version of the curriculum, including any amendments, may be found in the University of Innsbruck Bulletins.

In order to determine which version of the curriculum is applicable in your case, see the Catalogue of Studies
  available at: https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_meinestudien.studienblatt
  Section: Current Curriculum version

University of Innsbruck Bulletins » (Click to open all University of Innsbruck Bulletins)

Studies Induction and Orientation Stage (STEOP)

(1) The following exams have to be taken during the introductory study and orientation phase, which takes place in the first semester:

1. VO Betriebswirtschaftliches Denken und Management (PM 1a, 2 SSt, 4 ECTS-AP), 
   
2. VO Grundlagen der Volkswirtschaft (PM 1b, 2 SSt, 4 ECTS-AP). 

(2) Students with positive grades in the introductory study and orientation phase exams have the right to participate in all other courses, take the exams of these courses, and write a bachelor thesis.

(3) Before the full completion of the introductory study and orientation phase, students can participate in courses amounting to 15 ECTS credits. Admission requirements as defined by the curriculum apply.

General Information

Recommended Course Sequence

The exemplary course sequence given below is recommended for full-time students beginning their study programme in the winter semester. The table shows one possible course sequence for the bachelor's programme and is not compulsory. Delays resulting from repeated examinations are not taken into account.

The standard duration of the study programme is 6 semesters or 180 ECTS-Credits, whereby according to the Universities Act of 2002, a workload of 1,500 (real) hours per academic year must be fulfilled, corresponding to 60 ECTS-Credits (one ECTS-Credit is equivalent to a workload of 25 hours).

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Qualification Profile and Skills

The Bachelor’s Programme in International Business & Economics serves to provide academic professional preparation in social and economic studies and to qualify students for professional activities, in particular for those with an international connection, which require the application of scientific knowledge and methods. As a scientific study programme, its core consists of teaching the theories, methods and instruments of social and economic sciences and in particular international business and economics. The findings of gender research are also taken into account.

The Bachelor’s Programme in International Business and Economics promotes not only subject-related competences, but also social, intercultural and foreign language competences that go beyond the subject-related competences.

Expected Learning Outcomes

The Bachelor's Programme in International Business and Economics prepares students in a special way for planning, analysing and consulting activities with an international focus, in particular in internationally active companies of various sizes and sectors, including freelance activities, and for activities with an international focus in public administrations, interest groups, non-profit organisations and supranational institutions. Graduates of the Bachelor’s Programme in International Business and Economics should be able to

• act professionally on the basis of sound knowledge of the methods and instruments of social and economic sciences and in particular of international business and economics in the companies, organisations and institutions mentioned in par. 4 and to independently identify and solve problems;
• take responsibility for the professional development of individuals and groups;
• systematically use empirical data in solving practical problems, especially those with an international dimension, and to interpret and use them adequately;
• reflect on the social, ethical and intercultural implications of their professional actions,
• to adequately understand new scientific findings in the social and economic sciences, and in particular in international business and economics, on the basis of their subject-specific and methodological knowledge and skills, and to take up a continuing master's programme.

Future Prospects: Occupational Profiles and Career Opportunities

The educational objective of the bachelor’s programme is the academically sound, theory- and method-based problem-solving competence of the graduates. This problem-solving competence should enable them to deal with relevant problems in their respective professional fields of work, especially those with an international connection, in a scientifically sound and practice-oriented manner. As academically trained experts in the field of social and economic sciences and in particular in international business and economics, they have a broad qualification that enables them to be employed in various professional fields.

Postgraduate and further Studies at the University of Innsbruck

• Master's Programme Accounting, Auditing and Taxation
• Master's Programme Banking and Finance
• Master's Programme Experimental and Empirical Economics
• Master's Programme Gender, Kultur und Sozialer Wandel
• Master's Programme International Management
• Master's Programme Marketing und Branding
• Master's Programme Sustainable Regional and Destination Development
• Master's Programme Organization Studies
• Master's Programme Peace and Conflict Studies
• Master's Programme Strategic Management and Innovation
• Master's Programme Information Systems
• Master's Programme Business Education

Minor

As part of the Bachelor’s Programme, a Minor of 30 ECTS-Credits can be completed.

More information and a list of possible Minors can be found at:
https://www.uibk.ac.at/studium/angebot/wahlpakete/

Supplementary Programme

Within the scope of the Study Programme, an Supplementary Programme corresponding to 60 ECTS-Credits may be passed. Admission to the Supplementary Programme requires the admission to or the having passed of one of the selected Study Programmes. Detailed information: https://www.uibk.ac.at/studium/angebot/es-informatik/

Information about examination regulations, assessment and grading

Examination regulations

The examination regulation is an integral part of the curriculum, detailed information can be found under the paragraph examination regulations.

Description of the applied grading system (including the grade distribution table) »

Information about the Programme (in German only)

• Administrative Processes for Students

Examination Dates

  Final Exam Weeks winter semester 2023/2024

  Final Exam Weeks summer semester 2023

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• ONLINE-Registration for modules
• Registration dates and information on the computer registration

Forms (in German only)

• Evidence of the Bachelor's Thesis according to the curriculum
• Deklaration der Vertiefungsrichtung
• Cover Sheet for the Bachelor's Thesis
• Declaration of Academic Honesty

Recognitions (in German only)

• Recognition of Exams AND Supplementary Sheet (in progress)
  

Contact and Information

Examination Office
Standort Universitätsstraße 15

Associate Dean of Studies 
OR Mag. Elke Kitzelmann

Dean of Studies
- Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Mike Peters
  (Faculty of Business and Management, Major in Management)
- Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Janette Walde
  (Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Major in Economics)

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