- Degree
- Master of Science
- Master
- Standard period of study (amount)
- 3 semesters
- Location
- Merseburg
Overview and admission
Study Type
graduate
Admission semester
Summer and Winter Semester
Area of study
- Engineering and Management
- Business Administration
Focus
Production Systems, Digital Factory, Materials Science, Project Management, Process Management, Industry 4.0, Risk Management, Value Chain Management, Management Accounting
Target group
Admission requires a first professionally qualifying university degree in technical business administration, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering or similar with at least 210 ECTS points.
The course starts in the summer semester; standard duration of study is three semesters.
Applicants with a first professionally qualifying university degree in mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, technical business administration with 180 ECTS credits or applicants with a business management degree with at least 180 ECTS credits will be required to complete an adjustment semester.
In this case, students commence their programme in the winter semester; the standard period of study is four semesters.
Annotation
With an adjustment semester if commenced in the winter term. Duration of studies in this case: 4 semesters.
Foreign applicants must prove German language skills by way of:
- TestDaF (Test of German as a Foreign Language): 4 x TDN 4
- DSH (German language examination for higher education entrance) Level 2
- TELC C1 higher education institution
- Goethe Institute C2
- German language diploma DSD II
- Assessment examination in German through a preparatory course
Admission requirements
Admission requires a first professionally qualifying certificate of academic degree in technical business administration, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering or similar with at least 210 ECTS points.
The course starts in the summer semester; standard period of study is three semesters.
Applicants with a first professionally qualifying certificate of academic degree in mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, technical business administration with 180 ECTS credits or applicants with a business management degree with at least 180 ECTS credits will be required to complete an adjustment semester.
In this case, studies commence in the winter semester; the period of study is 4 semesters.
Lecture period
- Winter semester 2026/2027: 05.10.2026 - 21.02.2027
Course period (lectures, exercises, practical training, examinations) First semester dates: 01.10.2025-02.10.2025 - Summer semester 2027: 01.04.2027 - 07.08.2027
Course start: 01 April 2025 Period for centrally planned examinations: 07.07.2025 - 02.08.2025
Application deadlines
Winter semester (2026/2027)
Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
Expired
Application via uni-assist
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
Expired
Application via uni-assist
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
Expired
Extended application deadline for winter semester 2021/22: 15.10.2021
Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
Expired
Extended application deadline for winter semester 2021/22: 15.10.2021
Summer semester (2027)
Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
01.10.2026 - 31.01.2027
Application via uni-assist.
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
01.10.2026 - 31.01.2027
Application via uni-assist.
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
01.11.2026 - 31.03.2027
For the summer semester, only admissions to a higher study semester are possible.
Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
01.11.2026 - 31.03.2027
For the summer semester, only admissions to a higher study semester are possible.
Languages of instruction
Main language
German