Study Business
It is no longer possible to apply for the first semester of this degree programme.
The degree programme will be offered under the name Business Management from the winter semester 2024/2025.
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What is the Business Studies degree about?
The Bachelor's degree programme in Business Studies offers the optimal preparation for a specialist or management career. After graduation, you can be employed in all industries and areas of business management, e.g.
- marketing
- logistics
- human resource management
- finance
- controlling
- taxes
- project management
In your final year of study, you choose a specialisation.
In addition to theoretical knowledge, you can apply and improve your newly acquired skills and tools in numerous case studies and management simulations as well as project work and, of course, in the internship semester. We also hone your English and an optional second foreign language and help you to expand your social and methodological skills in special elective modules.
Strengths of the degree programme
- Future-proof or short-lived trend? Trends come and go. With our Bachelor in Business Studies, you will receive a broad-based education that keeps all your options open for the future. After your specialisation in the 6th and 7th semesters, you will be ready for a specialist function in your field. You will have mastered the relevant (IT) tools, whilst not being limited to that area.
- Theory and practice combined. All professors in the degree programme hold a doctorate and have many years of professional and, in many cases, management experience. Numerous experts from professional practice complement our team of lecturers. Our goal is for you to get off to a flying start after graduation. We will train you to become the specialists and managers that companies are looking for!
Career opportunities
Straight to work or add a Master's degree?
As a University of Applied Sciences, our Bachelor's degree programme is the optimal preparation for a graduate position. If you want to expand your skills and aspire to a management career, we have the right Master's degree programmes for you!
Dual study programme
Business in practice - dual studies
You have the option of completing a degree with intensive in-company training or an integrated degree and professional training programme.
Studies and organisational matters
So that everything runs smoothly
Where do the lectures take place? What else do I need to know? You can find answers to these and other questions here.
1. Please register in the OTH Regensburg application portal. It is not necessary to register with “Hochschulstart” for this degree programme.
2. The application process is entirely online. Complete the online application and upload all required application materials. This includes as a minimum your university entrance qualification. If further documents are necessary, they will be requested in the application portal.
3. Make sure you regularly check your status in the application portal. Here you can also see whether any documents are still missing. You can upload missing documents by the end of the deadline. If you upload the required documents, your status will change.
4. You will automatically receive email notifications via the application portal when your application status changes.
5. If all application documents have been received within the application deadline and are valid, you will then receive an offer of a place of study online via the portal as well as an additional e-mail notification from the Admissions and Organisation Office of the OTH Regensburg. Please note that it is no longer possible to apply after the application deadline.
6. So what comes next? You can find all the information you need in the section under "Admissions and enrolment".
For winter semesters:
Application period for first semesters: 1 May – 15 July. Deadline for late submission of certificates: 27 July.
Application period for higher semesters: 1 May - 15 June (no late submissions)
For summer semesters:
Application period for first semesters: 15 November - 15 January. Deadline for late submission of certificates: 20 January
Application period for higher semesters: 15 November - 15 January (no late submissions)
1. Please register in the application portal of OTH Regensburg .
2. You can now select the programme you want to apply for. Please go through the steps of the application, read the information carefully and upload the required documents when prompted. If you are applying for a higher semester, the most important documents are your university entrance qualification (for details please also check the tab „International“), certificates of language proficiency, official transcripts of records showing the courses you already completed, as well as a completed and signed application for credit recognition. Additional documents will be pointed out in the application portal.
Important!
You should only apply for a higher semester if you have already completed at least one semester in a similar university degree in terms of academic level (Bachelor’s or Master’s degree) and field of study. If you are currently enrolled in your first semester at university, you should not apply for a higher semester because you will most likely not receive your exam results before our application deadline (we do not accept any documents after the deadline).
To assess whether you have already completed creditable work, you should first read the study and examination regulations of the programme you wish to study, in particular which courses and modules are included in the curriculum. Further details of course content can be found in the programme’s module handbook. You can find these documents on the OTH Regensburg programme website. If you believe that you have already completed courses that are equivalent in terms of content and workload to courses from the programme’s curriculum at OTH Regensburg, you can make a proposal for recognition to the Admissions Board by listing these courses in the application for credit transfer. You also need to submit transcripts of records. Please combine these with course or module descriptions from your previous university. Instead of uploading the complete module handbooks, you should only upload the module descriptions of the courses you have completed. If the courses were taken at OTH Regensburg, module descriptions are not required. If you would be interested in studying the programme in the first semester as well, you should apply separately for the first semester (different deadlines or requirements may apply).
3. Please check the OTH Regensburg application portal regularly for updates on your status or missing documents. If necessary, you can upload any missing documents before the application deadline.
4. As soon as your application has been processed by the Admissions Office, you will receive a confirmation e-mail with additional information. Please note that receiving a confirmation e-mail does not imply that you will also receive admission.
5. If all application documents have been received within the application deadline and are valid, you will receive an e-mail with further information after the examination committee has checked the documents. Please note that it is no longer possible to apply after the application deadline.
6. The examination committee decides on the crediting of academic achievements and whether a placement in a higher semester is possible. This placement is based on the creditable achievements and not on the semesters completed. Please note that there may also be admission restrictions in the admission procedure for higher semesters.
7. So what comes next? You can find all the information you need in the section under "Admissions and enrolment".
For their application at the OTH Regensburg, international applicants need
- a university entrance qualification
- an adequate knowledge of German
UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE QUALIFICATION
For an application for a Bachelor’s degree programme at the OTH Regensburg (university of applied sciences) international certificates, transcripts of your educational records and diplomas must first be recognized by uni-assist. Please request a so-called “preliminary review documentation” (in German abbr. VPD). (Exceptions are applications from the PR China and Vietnam. The recognition lies in the responsibility of the particular Academic Evaluation Center. However, if the APS certificate does not show a grade, a VPD is also required. Applicants from India need a certificate of the Academic Evaluation Center of India in order to request the VPD from uni-assist.)
GERMAN LANGUAGE SKILLS
German language skills on level DSH 2 are required. You have to upload your German language certificate either when applying or when enrolling via the online portal.
These certificates are recognized as an alternative to the DSH 2 certificate:
- TestDaF: TDN 4 in all sections of the exam
- Studienkolleg: Feststellungsprüfung „Deutsch“
- DSD: Level II with C1 in all sections of the exam
- Goethe: C2
- telc: telc Deutsch C2, telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule
- ÖSD: C2
- UNIcert® Deutsch III
Please read all texts and, if available, linked documents directly under Application Info!
If you need a visa to study in Germany, you should look into the visa procedure and (if necessary) register on the waitlist as soon as possible. Depending on your country, receiving a visa appointment can take a long time. On the other hand, our admission letters are only valid for one semester and admission cannot be deferred.
You can find more information for prospective international students (on visas or other issues) on the web pages of the International Office.