MSc Business Development at University of Münster

The MSc Business Development is a full-time Master of Science taught in English that prepares students to found a start-up or develop an existing one and to take senior management roles. It works closely with the university's REACH EUREGIO Start-up Center, and students develop a business plan in a team from the first semester.

Faculty: School of Business and Economics (Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät)  |  Department: Department of Business Administration  |  Duration: 4 semesters (120 ECTS)  |  Intake: Winter semester (October); application period ends 15 July  |  Study mode: full-time; English-taught  |  Location: Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

The degree has six compulsory modules (36 ECTS, including Innovation Management, Go-to-Market & Business Development, Business Modeling, Managing Growth, Corporate Entrepreneurship and Foundations of Economic Ethics), five elective modules (30 ECTS) from roughly 40 options, two seminars (24 ECTS) and the master thesis (30 ECTS). The third semester can be used as a mobility window abroad.

Career pathways

Graduates are prepared to found or grow start-ups and for senior management positions in industrial, commercial and service companies, management consulting, in-house consulting and private equity.

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