Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

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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Eine Gruppe von Studierenden in einem Hörsaal. Das Fenster ist geöffnet.
Foto: OTH Regensburg / Florian Hammerich

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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.

Eine Gruppe von vier Studierenden sitzt in einem Vorlesungssaal, im Vordergrund sieht man die Professorin.

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!

  • "So many people study business!" That is true, but business graduates are needed everywhere to:

    • Organise and manage the interfaces between suppliers, production and customers
    • Coordinate employees
    • Plan financing and the accompanying change processes

    As you can see, business graduates are in demand, especially if they are well-prepared for professional life. Their flexibility allows them to work in many different industries and fields, meaning they are optimally prepared for changing economic conditions.


  • Our Master's programmes lay the foundation for a specialist or management career.

    Would you like to get an overview of our Master's programmes? Use our Master's overview (only available in German)!

    Would you like to get to know our Master's programmes in detail?


Im Vordergrund sitzt eine dunkelhaarige Frau mit Locken, im Hintergrund sieht man einen Mann mit Brille.

Structure and modules

How is the degree programme structured?

  • Semester 1

    • Introduction to Business Studies
    • Foundation Economics
    • Bookkeeping
    • Business Language 1 (English)
    • Foundation IT
    • Mathematics
    • Business Law 1

    Semester 2

    • Statistics
    • Cost Accounting
    • Business Language 2 (English)
    • Accounting
    • Business Law 2

  • Semester 3

    • Human Resource Management
    • Marketing
    • Logistics
    • Organisation
    • Corporate Finance
    • Business language of choice
    • General elective module: Methodological Competence

    4th or 5th semester

    • Business game
    • Process management and business software (SAP)
    • Labour law
    • Corporate taxes
    • Project Management
    • Business language (as in 3rd semester)
    • General elective module: Social Competence
    • General elective module from the field of business
    • Internship semester

  • Semesters 6/7

    • 4 specialisation modules, depending on your chosen specialisation
    • Business Management
    • Economic theories and economic policy
    • 2 specialised elective modules from the field of business
    • Bachelor´s Thesis

Specialisation - Which specialisations can I choose?

Finance

- Digital Finance

- Financial Markets and Asset Management

- Investment Management and Valuation

- Financial Controlling or Hedging and Financing Instruments

Logistics

- Dispositive and Physical Logistics

- Quantitative Methods in Logistics

- Transport Logistics

- Industrial Contract Logistics

Marketing

- Marketing strategy - Instruments of Strategic Marketing Planning and Digital Marketing

- Price and Product Policy

- Communication and Distribution Policy

- Service and Retail Marketing

- Project Seminar Marketing

Human Resource Management and Leadership

- Recruiting and Selection

- Development and Training

- Labour Law for HR and Managers and Strategic Performance Management

- Human Resource Management Seminar

Project Management

- Project Management - Methods and Tools

- Psychology in Projects

- Seminar Project Management

- Case Studies

Accounting and Controlling

- Strategic Controlling, Financial Controlling and Balance Sheet Analysis

- Business Intelligence in Controlling

- Business Controlling

- SAP for Controllers

Advanced Taxation and Auditing

- Advanced Financial Reporting and Auditing

- International Accounting

- Case Studies Auditing and Taxes and Advanced Studies

- Tax Law

Technology and Management

- Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

- Seminar in Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management

- Technical Project

- Fundamentals of Engineering

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.

  • Lectures are mainly held on the main campus of the OTH Regensburg in the buildings of the Faculty Business and Management.

    Building S
    Seybothstraße 2
    93053 Regensburg


  • The Accreditation was approved by the internal Accreditation Commission on 14 February 2022. It is valid until 14 March 2029, subject to fulfilment of the conditions. The fulfilment of the condition was decided by the internal accreditation commission on 10 February 2023.


  • A semester and/or an internship abroad can be integrated into the Bachelor of Business Studies programme. Over 70 partner universities worldwide and many cooperating companies are open to you.


Application info

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 OTH Regensburg application portal.

2. The application process is entirely online. Please complete the online application and upload all required application documents. Important components of the application are your university entrance qualification, your current transcript of grades from your previous studies and the application for credit transfer. If further documents are required, 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. These documents must be submitted by the end of the deadline. Please note that it only makes sense to apply for a higher semester if you have already obtained credits in the same or a closely related degree programme. If this is not the case or if you are in doubt about receiving credit, please apply (additionally) for a first semester. If you are currently enrolled in your first semester, you will not receive your exam results before the application deadline. We do not accept incomplete records or provisional results, so you will not be able to apply for admission to another programme in a higher semester.

4. After your application has been processed, you will receive an e-mail with further information from the Admissions and Organisation Department of the OTH Regensburg as confirmation of receipt.

 

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 in addition to the VPD from uni-assist a certificate of the Academic Evaluation Center of India.)

 

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.