Study content and structure
Course content #
Design your personalised study portfolio
The Bachelor of International Management is divided into 7 semesters with a total of 210 ETCS. A semester abroad is planned for the 5th semester.
Students who begin a new degree program will be subject to the current examination regulations from 2025 (Current PO 2025); the old examination regulations from 2017 (PO 2017) apply only to students who began their studies before 2025.
1st semester
- Modultyp
- Core Module
- Modultyp
- Core Module
- Modultyp
- Support Module
- Modultyp
- Support Module
- Modultyp
- Communication Skills Module
- Modultyp
- Communication Skills Module
2nd semester
- Modultyp
- Core Module
- Modultyp
- Core Module
- Modultyp
- Core Module
- Modultyp
- Core Module
- Modultyp
- Core Module
- Modultyp
- Communication Skills Module
- Modultyp
- Communication Skills Module
3rd semester
- Modultyp
- Core Module
- Modultyp
- Core Module
- Modultyp
- Support Module
- Modultyp
- Support Module
- Modultyp
- Support Module
- Modultyp
- Communication Skills Module
- Modultyp
- Communication Skills Module
4th semester
- Modultyp
- Support Module
- Modultyp
- Support Module
- Modultyp
- Communication Skills Module
- Modultyp
- Communication Skills Module
5th semester
- Modultyp
- Study Abroad Module
6th semester
- Modultyp
- Transferable Skills Module (Simulation Studies)
- Modultyp
- Transferable Skills Module (Project)
- Modultyp
- Transferable Skills Module (Project)
7th semester
- Modultyp
- Core Module
- Modultyp
- Transferable Skills Module (Graduation)
- Modultyp
- Transferable Skills Module (Graduation)
1st semester
- Modultyp
- Core Module
- Modultyp
- Support Module
- Modultyp
- Communication Skills Module
- Modultyp
- Communication Skills Module
2nd semester
- Modultyp
- Core Module
- Modultyp
- Core Module
- Modultyp
- Communication Skills Module
- Modultyp
- Communication Skills Module
3rd semester
- Modultyp
- Core Module
- Modultyp
- Support Module
- Modultyp
- Communication Skills Module
- Modultyp
- Communication Skills Module
4th semester
- Modultyp
- Support Module
- Modultyp
- Communication Skills Module
- Modultyp
- Communication Skills Module
- Modultyp
- Specialisation Module
5th semester
- Modultyp
- Study Abroad Module
6th semester
- Modultyp
- Core Module
- Modultyp
- Transferable Skills Module
- Modultyp
- Transferable Skills Module
7th semester
- Modultyp
- Core Module
- Modultyp
- Specialization Module
- Modultyp
- Transferable Skills Module (Graduation)
- Modultyp
- Transferable Skills Module (Graduation)
Specialisation modules #
Round off your profile and set your individual focus
You will expand and focus your specialist skills by deepening your knowledge in the specialisations offered, depending on the entrepreneurial area in which you are planning to start your career.
In small groups, you will learn the theoretical content and apply it in a practical way - tailored to specific business problems and everyday professional situations - in case studies and presentations.
You can choose from the following specialisation modules, which are internationally oriented and geared towards various business functions:
M15-17: Marketing und Markenmanagement im interkulturellen Kontext
- Marketing-Management (3 SWS)
- Käuferverhalten und Markenmanagement (3 SWS)
M15-17: Internationales und Digitales Marketing
- Internationales Marketing-Management (4 SWS)
- Digitales Marketing und Digitale Kommunikation (2 SWS)
M15-17: International Economic Policy for Managers
- Institutional Economics in an International Context (2 SWS)
- Economics of Strategy and Management (4 SWS)
M15-17: International Distribution Management
- Sales Management (2 SWS)
- E-Distribution and E-Commerce (2 SWS)
- Distribution Logistics (2 SWS)
M15-17: International Human Resources Management (IHRM)
- Domestic HRM (1 SWS)
- International HRM (5 SWS)
M15-17: Internationale Controlling-Entwicklungen
- Wertorientiertes Controlling (2 SWS)
- Internationales Controlling (2 SWS)
- Fallstudienübung (2 SWS)
M15-17: Internationale Rechnungslegung
- Internationale Rechnungslegung (IFRS) (2 SWS)
- Konzernrechnungslegung (2 SWS)
- Abschlussanalyse und Abschlusspolitik (2 SWS)
M15-17: Data Science und Künstliche Intelligenz im internationalen Kontext
- Data Ananlytics und KI im internationalen Kontext: Methoden, Metriken, Tools (2 SWS)
- Anwendung von Data Analytics und KI im internationalen Kontext (2 SWS)
- Projekt Data Analytics und KI (2 SWS)
M15-17: Foreign Business, Ethics, Sustainability and International Taxation
- International Trading, Global Production and Ethics (3 SWS)
- Sustainability Management in an International Environment (2 SWS)
- International Taxation (1 SWS)
M16-17a: Marketing-Management
- Grundlagen des Marketing im internationalen Kontext (4 SWS)
- Käuferverhalten und Markenmanagement (2 SWS)
M16-17b: Internationales Marketing-Management
- Internationales Marketing (4 SWS)
- Internationales Messe-Marketing (2 SWS)
M16-17c: International Economic Policy for Managers
- Institutional Economics in an International Context (2 SWS)
- Economics of Strategy and Management (4 SWS)
M16-17d: International Distribution Management
- International Retail (2 SWS)
- Tools and Methods of International Distribution (2 SWS)
- Digital Sales and Distribution (2 SWS)
M16-17e: International Human Resources Management (IHRM)
- Comparative, Strategic and Organizational Perspectives of IHRM (2 SWS)
- IHRM Practices and Policies (2 SWS)
- IHRM Trends and Future Challenges (2 SWS)
M16-17f: Controlling-Entwicklungen
- Wertorientiertes Controlling (2 SWS)
- Internationales Controlling (2 SWS)
- Fallstudienübung (2 SWS)
M16-17g: Informationsfunktion der Bilanzierung
- Internationale Rechnungslegung (2 SWS)
- Konzernrechnungslegung (2 SWS)
- Abschlussanalyse und –politik (2 SWS)
Foreign language modules #
Take elective modules at four levels in the first four semesters.
One language must be taken at 4 levels (depending on prior knowledge, starting at A2 or B1) in semesters 1-4:
One language must be taken at 4 levels (depending on prior knowledge, starting at A2 or B1) in semesters 1-4:
Final thesis #
Bachelor's thesis
A written Bachelor's thesis is planned for the 7th semester. The colloquium rounds off the Bachelor's degree programme in International Management in the form of an oral examination.
Contents
- Guideline length: 50 pages (+/- 10%), without outline, lists, appendix, to be printed on one page
- Processing time: 12 weeks
- Language: German or English on request
- Writing counselling: The individual learning and writing counselling at HSD prepares you for writing term papers and the Bachelor's thesis.
- Application of the methodology of scientific work
- Application of project and time management
- Familiarisation with a subject area and working on a scientific task from the subject area
Guidelines for production
The thesis is completed as part of the Bachelor's examination. The legal basis can be found in the (framework) examination regulations of your degree programme.
Please also refer to the description of the "Bachelor's thesis" module in the module handbook (the version for the PO 2017 can be found here) and the guidelines for writing the thesis issued by the examination board of the Faculty of Business Studies at Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences.
Registration
Admission to the thesis is granted by the Examination Board upon application (thesis application form) by the student and provided that the admission requirements are met. The original applications must be sent to the Academic Office.
Topic of the thesis: It is possible to make suggestions for the topic of the thesis on the application form.
Note : Notification of admission to the thesis and the topic of the thesis will be sent by post.
Thesis supervision
Please contact potential supervisors for your thesis in good time (one semester in advance). Make use of the professors' office hours or speak to them during lectures.
Colloquium
Registration
Registration for the colloquium takes place at the examination office as the responsible administrative unit (and not with the examiners themselves) only when the thesis is submitted via the colloquium registration form, NOT via the OSSC portal.
Please find out about your individual colloquium date before the start of the respective examination period. The dates will be announced on the website under examination information.
Type of examination
- 30-minute examination discussion with reference to the thesis without further aids
Dates for thesis and colloquium
The current dates can be found under the examination information of the Faculty of Business Studies.
Professors / Lecturers #
Prof. Dr. Anne Christin Kemper
Head of degree programme, General Business Administration, esp. International Marketing and Research
Prof. Dr. Anne Christin Kemper has been Professor of General Business Administration, International Marketing and Research at Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences since 2014. She has many years of international management experience in well-known companies in the consumer and capital goods sector, particularly in various management levels of international marketing, international brand management and international business development. Her cross-industry strategic and operational expertise is reflected in her very application-oriented teaching approach.
Prof. Dr. Lothar Funk
Head of degree programme, Economics, esp. International Economic Relations
Prof. Dr. Lothar Funk studied economics at the University of Trier and Loughborough University of Technology in the UK. Lothar Funk worked as DAAD Senior Fellow & Director of Economic Research at the Institute for German Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK. He was Head of Division at the Cologne Institute for Economic Research. Among others, he is co-editor of the academic journal "Sozialer Fortschritt - German Review of Social Policy".
Prof. Dr. Markus Albrecht
General Business Administration, in particular Controlling
Prof. Dr. Marcus Albrecht has been Professor of Controlling and ABWL at HSD since 2010. His teaching/research specialises in the areas of controlling, data analytics/AI, risk management, change management and leadership. Marcus Albrecht has extensive specialist and management experience from well-known banks/NPOs and advises companies and public institutions on issues relating to corporate management, analytics and AI projects as well as change management. He is a student-centred professor who combines theoretical concepts and models with management practice in an application-oriented way in his courses.
Prof. Dr. Hans-H. Bleuel
International Business Administration incl. Regional Studies
Prof. Dr. Hans-H. Bleuel has extensive professional experience in multinational companies in the consumer and capital goods industry. This is also the reason for his didactic approach, which he describes as "application- and decision-orientated".
Prof. Dr. Michael Bugge
General Business Administration, in particular Personnel Management
Prof. Dr. Michael Bugge has around 20 years of professional experience as a human resources manager in multinational medium-sized companies in the manufacturing industry. As a business educator, he favours learning settings that promote transfer, e.g. through the frequent use of case studies to consolidate theoretical learning content.
Prof. Dr. Dirk Grathwohl
General business administration: Corporate Accounting, esp. IFRS
Prof. Dr. Dirk Grathwohl has been a professor of international accounting at Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences since 2015. He was previously head of the accounting department of a large German retail group.
Prof. Dr. Christian Kölle
General business administration, in particular Quantitative Methods, Financial Management
Prof. Dr. Christian Kölle teaches the specialisation "International Finance" in the BIM degree programme, which focuses on financial economics. Prior to teaching, he worked in various functions at an international bank.
Prof. Dr. Astrid Lachmann
General Business Administration, in particular Corporate Management, Controlling and Information Management
Prof. Dr. Astrid Lachmann teaches the international controlling specialisation on the BIM degree course. Prior to teaching, she worked for many years as a manager in the controlling department of renowned DAX companies. She has in-depth controlling expertise in complex corporate structures. International companies were already the focus of her business studies, which she completed in Germany and the USA.
Prof. Dr. Sabine Otte-Gräbener, LL.M.
Civil Law, Commercial, corporate and Labour Law
Prof. Dr. Sabine Otte-Gräbener, LL.M. has been Professor of Civil, Commercial and Corporate Law at Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences since 2015. Sabine Otte-Gräbener previously worked as a lawyer in major international law firms. She is the author of numerous publications, particularly in the field of corporate law.
Prof. Dr. Peter Scheideler
General Business Administration, in particular International Distribution Management
Prof. Dr. Peter Scheideler has over 17 years of professional experience in management positions in the retail / consumer goods sector (e.g. at Procter&Gamble, Boston Consulting Group, Obi Group Holding, Bata). He completed his studies in industrial engineering in Germany, the USA and Spain. He teaches "International Distribution Management" at Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences, where he covers both logistics and distribution topics.
Dr. Mike Seidensticker
Lecturer for Trade Fair and Congress Management, Brand and Marketing Communication, Communication Science
Dr. Mike Seidensticker, a historian and trained journalist, has worked in various positions in the international trade fair business for 30 years, currently as company spokesman for Reed Exhibitions, one of the world's leading organisers of trade fairs and exhibitions. Seidensticker is regarded as one of the most profound experts in international trade fair marketing.
Dokuments #
- Examination regulations
- Current module handbook BIM, start of studies from 2025
- Module handbook BIM, start of studies from 2017
- Module handbook BIM, start of studies from 2011
- Current study programme plan, start of studies from 2025 (German)
- Study programme plan, start of studies from 2017 (German)
- Study programme plan, start of studies from 2017 (English)
- Flyer for the degree programme - German
- Flyer for the degree programme - English version