bachelor programme european economy and business management

European Economy and Business Management (English)

Bachelor in European Business: Languages, Management, International Excellence

European Business and Management offers you a profound business education with a unique international focus. Students gain a comprehensive overview of internal company processes such as accounting and legal framework conditions, and also deepen their knowledge in areas such as company foundation, location selection and export management. Graduates always think outside the box and acquire interdisciplinary skills that go far beyond traditional business administration.

Focus areas

A central focus of the degree programme is the embedding of companies in their economic, political and social environment - both on a national and international level. By dealing with topics such as political economy, economic policy and global studies, students understand the interactions between business and politics and develop a deep understanding of the global challenges facing modern companies.

If you would like to study the programme in German, you will find all the necessary information on this page.

As a graduate you will be able to:

Analyse and implement international business opportunities.
Understand the interdisciplinary environment of international developments and implement measures to promote the sustainable development of a company.
Develop new or modified business models and assist in their implementation.
Communicate business field decisions to national and international stakeholders.
Build international relationships and networks.
Plan and execute international business transactions.

Typical career fields open to you after graduation:

Management consultancy
(International) tax and accounting firms
Controlling and finance
Start-ups and company formation
Export management
National, European, and international interest groups
Public sector
EU institutions, international think tanks

You can find more information in the current brochure of the degree programme

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Brochure Bachelor European Economy and Business Management

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Interview with director degree programme Elisabeth Springler

Interview with student Tobias Stübinger by Whatchado

The programme at a glance

Degree/Title

Bachelor of Arts in Business, BA

Length of programme

6 semesters

Mode of study

Full-time programme – Monday to Friday (daytime)

Place of study

Campus Wohlmutstrasse
Wohlmutstrasse 22
1020 Vienna

Language of instruction

English

Credits

180 ECTS

Tuition fee

€ 363.36 / semester (+ student union fee)

Specialisation possible

In semester 3:

Chinese language and culture course or
German language course

In semesters 4 and 5, you can choose from 5 electives:

Business in a Global Economy
Business Development
Social Entrepreneurship
Controlling, Risk & Finance (German)
Recht und Politik im internationalen Umfeld (German)

Compulsory elective languages

French
Russian
Spanish

Opportunity to obtain an accredited language certificate

Semester abroad

Students have various possibilities to go abroad and spend time at one of our partner universities. The 4th semester is intended for a possible semester abroad.

Traineeship

during Semester 6

Admission procedure

Online admission test (multiple choice) (reading comprehension, English, mathematics, business administration and a degree-programme-specific section)

Preparation for admission procedure

For preparation, we recommend our preparatory script. You can also find more information in our "Bachelor Application and Admission Guide" under the info materials. No external courses are required.

Application period for EU/EEA-citizens

1 October until 1 June

Application period for non-EU/EEA-citizens

1 October until 30 April

Admission requirements

Austrian secondary school leaving certificate (Matura) or
Vocational matriculation qualification or
General university entrance examination for social and economics sciences or
Foreign equivalent of an Austrian school-leaving certificate (The legalization list can be found here.) or
Subject-relevant apprenticeship or graduation from a school for intermediate vocational education (BMS) with additional examinations in English and mathematics or
Non-specialist apprenticeship qualification or qualification from a vocational secondary school plus specialist knowledge and skills from relevant professional practice (to be proven by a portfolio) and additional examinations in German, English and maths

For this degree programme you require English CEFR-competence level C1. Your English skills will be evaluated within the admission test. If necessary, English language skills must be demonstrated as part of a supplementary examination.

Level of qualification according to the National Qualification Framework and the European Qualifications Framework

NQR 6

Field(s) of study (e.g. ISCED-F)

0413 Management and administration

Access to further studies

Graduates of university of applied sciences bachelor programmes may enroll in relevant master programmes at universities and universities of applied sciences.

Marion Haberfellner

Coordination of the study programme

+43 1 720 12 86-937

office-ewuf@fh-vie.ac.at

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Course Business English I

ECTS Credits 3.00 ECTS Credits

Language English Language

Curriculum FT Curriculum

Semester 1 WS Semester
After successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Apply situation- and topic-appropriate vocabulary orally and in writing, also in regards to topical international and sustainable developments
- Correctly use basic and advanced English grammar
- Read and debate about current topics
- Communicate successfully in a variety of business-related situations
- Carry out a needs analysis using leading and opening questions
- Deal with questions (respond to questions, propose a change)
- Brainstorm and promote collaboration in a meeting
- Present and defend ideas
- Describe consequences
- Manage challenging conversations
- Write different types of e-mails, and graph descriptions
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Course Business Simulation

ECTS Credits 1.00 ECTS Credits

Language English Language

Curriculum FT Curriculum

Semester 1 WS Semester

After successful completion of the course, students can show the effects of elementary operational business decisions on the performance of a company and how they are reflected in finance and accounting. They also can illustrate the essential relationships and interactions between the balance sheet, income statement, cash flow and profitability ratios (2).
LO 3.1. carry out measures of management consultancy

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Course Fundamentals in Economics

ECTS Credits 3.00 ECTS Credits

Language English Language

Curriculum FT Curriculum

Semester 1 WS Semester

After successful completion of this course, students will be able to explain and to analyse micro-economic and macro-economic topics that are currently discussed in the public sphere. Building on this knowledge and by employing additional discussion and reflection exercises, participants will be enabled to evaluate and criticise perspectives and economic policy recommendations of different economic theories as well as underlying conceptions.

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Course Fundamentals of Accounting

ECTS Credits 3.00 ECTS Credits

Language English Language

Curriculum FT Curriculum

Semester 1 WS Semester
After successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Work with the system and components of double entry book-keeping,
- Enter simple transactions, such as wages, taxes, sundry expenses, etc.,
- Enter both sales and purchasing transactions,
- Prepare simple closing entries,
- And draw up balance sheet and income statement,
- Explain the difference between entries affecting and not affecting net income,
- And superficially analyse balance sheets and income statements
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Course Introduction to Business Administration

ECTS Credits 3.00 ECTS Credits

Language English Language

Curriculum FT Curriculum

Semester 1 WS Semester

After successful completion of the course, students can illustrate the complexity of 21st century business administration. They also can outline the interrelations in management and therefore properly relate to future modules in their degree program, esp. those in the fields of management and finance & accounting, and establish links to related disciplines (e.g. business law, economics) (2). They will be able to make use of basic managerial models and concepts and apply them on basic corporate business management tasks (3).

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Course Introduction to Political Science

ECTS Credits 3.00 ECTS Credits

Language English Language

Curriculum FT Curriculum

Semester 1 WS Semester
After successful completion of the course, students gain an extensive understanding about the fundamentals of Politics by:
- Describing and explaining main theories, concepts and terms
- Identifying the main aspects of political science problems
- Applying theoretical models to simple analyse and interpret daily politics
- Summarizing and interpreting scientific texts and,
identifying and evaluating findings & key statements
- Elaborate own scientific arguments
- Write scientific texts
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Course Mathematics for Management

ECTS Credits 3.00 ECTS Credits

Language English Language

Curriculum FT Curriculum

Semester 1 WS Semester

After successful completion of the course, students can explain basic mathematic methods of financial mathematics and linear algebra; they can also apply these methods to problems in business sciences. Furthermore, students can apply basic analytical methods of descriptive statistics, i.e. location, distribution and dependency levels of statistical frequency, and calculate and interpret probability distributions.

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Course Private Business Law I

ECTS Credits 3.00 ECTS Credits

Language English Language

Curriculum FT Curriculum

Semester 1 WS Semester

After successful completion of this course, students can
· explain the acquisition of ownership, contract formation and compensation for damages (2),
· argue legally in the field of private business law, both orally and in writing (3),
· interpret statutes and contracts (3),
· analyse and solve practical cases of private business law, in particular with regard to the acquisition of ownership, contract formation and compensation for damages (4),
· contrast principles of private law and public law (4).

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Course Study Organisation and Business Skills

ECTS Credits 1.00 ECTS Credits

Language English Language

Curriculum FT Curriculum

Semester 1 WS Semester
After successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Write and format texts with MS Word.
- Efficiently use MS Office 365 applications and discuss these with group members in courses, as well as apply MS Teams tools in distant mode courses
- Access relevant information on the degree programme (learning management platform, grades)
- Use online tools utilised in courses (e.g. MS Teams, other web conferencing-tools)
- create visually appealing presentations
- Directly apply basic concepts of time management theories on different situations in their studies (e.g. necessity to apply for interruption of studies or application to repeat the academic year)
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Course Teambuilding

ECTS Credits 1.00 ECTS Credits

Language English Language

Curriculum FT Curriculum

Semester 1 WS Semester

After successful completion of the course, students will be able to interpret team building processes and to actively contribute to their formation, to know which conducive and obstructive factors are necessary for successful teamwork and which they can personally contribute, to recognize the course of processes in teams, who is needed in teams, which working methods and techniques are adequate for teamwork and which factors significantly influence a successful outcome.

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