For this master’s degree program, you should be interested in the following areas:

• Economic phenomena and interrelations
• Topics in occupational training and continuing education
• Interdisciplinary, international, and intercultural topics
• Digitalization

You should also possess the following:

• Good mathematics and English language skills
• The ability to think analytically, logically, and abstractly
• The ability to work independently and in groups
• Openness, open-mindedness, and curiosity
• Perseverance and motivation

Anyone with a bachelor’s degree in Business Education may be admitted to the Business Education master’s degree program.

Those who have earned an equivalent degree at a higher education institution may also be admitted, but must submit a certificate by the end of the application period which confirms that the coursework and examinations from the previous degree program are equivalent to the business education modules in the Business Education bachelor’s degree program at JGU.

All applicants must also have completed a teaching internship or an instruction internship of at least four weeks.

If you have not yet received your bachelor’s degree certificate by the application deadline, but have earned at least 135 credits in your bachelor’s program, you must apply by the set deadline with a transcript (certified copy issued by your university) of all coursework and exams completed to date, including your average grade to date.

Applicants who have not obtained a university entrance qualification at a German-speaking institution or a degree in a German-speaking course must provide proof of sufficient German language skills. These must correspond to the level DSH-2 of the “German Language Proficiency Examination for Admission to Higher Education for Foreign Applicants” and must be proven by the time of enrollment at JGU.

Good to know: The legally binding basis for selection, admission and enrollment is the text of the entrance requirements as specified in Section 2 of the currently valid examination regulations and, where applicable, in the appendix.

You can find more information in the examination regulations.

Business and Economics

Economics & international focus
Business & statistics
Didactics of business and economics

Business education

Vocational and business education
Practical instruction and teaching studies (including an internship)
Empirical occupational training research

Subject of specialization

You have two options here:

You either continue with your subject of specialization from your bachelor’s degree program, which is one of 12 subjects: German, English, Protestant Theology, French, Computer Science, Catholic Theology, Management and Economics, Mathematics, Social Studies, Spanish, Sports, Law.

Or you switch to the Management and Economics subject of specialization, thereby consolidating your knowledge of business studies and of psychological topics (e.g., selection of personnel).

Master’s thesis

You can write your master’s thesis in business education, in business and economics, or in your subject of specialization. This choice is not dependent on the subject you wrote your bachelor’s thesis in.

Weighting of the content of the degree program for the final grade:

Stays abroad

Would you like to live abroad for a semester or a year? Do you want to learn another language and get to know a new culture? Or gain a different perspective on your particular subject? A stay abroad provides you with the perfect opportunity to achieve this and is possible with every degree program – either self-organized or by taking advantage of one of the popular exchange programs. This is made possible by various cooperation agreements and partnerships with foreign universities.

For more information on this topic, please visit our websites on studying abroad. Visit our student exchange platform for an overview of cooperating universities in your field.

This program of study does not require you to spend time abroad, but you nevertheless have the opportunity to do so.

Internships

As part of your studies, you are required to complete an internship lasting at least six weeks. This can be an instruction internship (e.g., at a company) or a teaching internship at a school and should be completed by the beginning of the third academic semester.

Voluntary internships are another good opportunity to obtain more in-depth insight into a professional field.

An internship allows you to discover whether everyday life in a particular occupation suits your career expectations and interests. You can gain qualifications for a professional field and acquire important professional and personal skills to start a career. An internship helps you both shape your career path, and mold the remainder of your course sequence – in particular by selecting specializations that suit your practical experience.

You can find further information and relevant internships on the Career Service website.

As a graduate of the Business Education master’s degree program, you possess skills and knowledge in a range of areas:

• Didactic-methodical design and direction of (occupational) teaching and learning processes
• Planning and organization of training and vocational training measures outside of the educational system
• Design and direction of training and continuing education measures
• Design and direction of personnel marketing: human resources planning, recruiting, selection, development, evaluation, and staff management
• Advanced knowledge of economics
• Advanced knowledge of your subject of specialization
• Diagnostic and assessment abilities
• Research competency

This opens up many different career paths for which you as a graduate are well-suited and in demand, for example:

• Human resources development
• Personnel management and development
• Vocational training outside of the educational system
• Vocational and continuing education
• Professional orientation and advising
• Corporate and inter-company vocational preparation and training
• Further and continuing education
• Personnel recruiting/assessment
• Recruitment consultancy
• Staff management
• Education management and evaluation
• Quality management/quality and efficiency improvement in professional education
• Educational guidance
• Development assistance
• Education management, education policy (chambers, associations, ministries)

In addition to these professional fields, the Business Education master’s degree program also enables you to teach in an academic context and to work in the field of vocational and business education and in subject-specific didactics research.

Not sure what to do after graduation? Don’t worry!

A university degree generally does not prepare you for a single profession but qualifies you for a wide range of career paths – for example, in research, in a typical profession related to your field of study, or in one of many other academic fields.

This is why career orientation is also part of your studies. Gaining practical experience is key, and you can do so through internships, working student positions, part-time jobs or voluntary work, for example.

JGU’s Career Service will support you throughout the entire process with information, advice, workshops and numerous events – from career orientation and working on your profile and skills to finding your dream job and successfully applying for it.