What should you bring to the program?

The Business Management program is designed for anyone who wants to understand economic relationships and actively help shape businesses. An interest in economic and legal topics, an openness to modern technologies, and a passion for teamwork, initiative, and solution-oriented thinking are all beneficial.

For admission, you need a general high school diploma or an equivalent vocational qualification. After your eligibility is reviewed, you will have a personal admission interview.

Here´s what you´ll learn during your studies

In the Business Management bachelor’s degree program, you’ll receive a comprehensive education in the core areas of business administration. Among other topics, you’ll explore management and leadership, digital marketing, people and culture, accounting, finance and controlling, as well as logistics and manufacturing management.

In the process, you’ll learn to analyze business challenges from various perspectives—from the market’s viewpoint, the employees’ perspective, and through the lens of numbers and data. Your specialized training is complemented by courses in economics, law, and the social sciences, as well as modern digital work methods.

Through project-based courses, project simulations, and collaboration with companies, you’ll apply your knowledge directly in a practical setting. A mandatory professional internship allows you to deepen your knowledge in a real-world work environment, establish your first professional contacts, and prepare specifically for your career entry.

What opportunities will you have after you graduate?

With a bachelor’s degree in Business Management, a wide range of career paths in companies and institutions are open to you. For example, you can work in the fields of marketing, human resources management, accounting and controlling, finance, logistics, or organization. It’s also possible to enter entry-level management positions.

Thanks to your broad-based education, you’ll be able to assess economic relationships holistically, make well-informed decisions, and implement projects in interdisciplinary and international teams. Your technical, interpersonal, and organizational skills—as well as your ability to execute projects in interdisciplinary teams—are particularly in demand.

If you’d like to further deepen your knowledge, you can pursue the Master’s programin Business Development & Management or another Master’s program in the field of Business & Management at CU Carinthia University of Applied Sciences. You can also pursue an advanced Master’s degree in business at another university or university of applied sciences.

Here´s how the program is structured

The Business Management program spans six semesters and is worth 180 ECTS credits. The program is held on the Villach campus and leads to the academic degree “Bachelor of Arts in Business.” You can choose between a full-time program and a part-time program that allows you to study while working.

For detailed information on how to plan your studies while working, please see ourFAQs on the Bachelor’s program in Business Management.

Throughout the program, you can deepen your knowledge through various learning tracks:

• Marketing – digital marketing, brand management, and market development
• People & Culture – Human Resources Management, Leadership, and Organizational Development
• Controlling – Accounting, Corporate Management, and Data-Driven Decision-Making
• Production & Logistics – Procurement, Lean Management, and Supply Chain Management

General Information About the Program

For more information on admission requirements, the training contract, nostrification and recognition of qualifications, the admissions process, examination regulations and grading, ECTS credits, and the academic calendar, please refer to the General Study Information.