Business Administration / Controlling, Accounting and Financial Management
It is impossible to manage a company without having its finances under control. In accounting and finance, you will gain a deep insight into all areas of a company and support entrepreneurial activities.
You deal with questions such as:
- How can you plan, measure, assess, and control what happens in a company?
- Which instruments do you use to advise management on the development of new business areas and markets?
- How can you secure and optimize a company's financial requirements in the short and long term?
In doing so, you do not look at the company solely from the perspective of profitability. Sustainability and business ethics are ingrained in your studies.
Duration of study
7 semesters (210 credits)
Internship
5th semester (100 days)
Degree Classification
Bachelor of Science
(Business Administration)
Admission
Twice a year (winter and summer semester)
Program language
German (at least 24 credits in English)
Module abroad
Obligatory (Internship, semester, or thesis)
Prerequisites
The entry requirement is a higher education entrance qualification. Good English language skills are essential. Non-native speakers must prove sufficient knowledge of German.
Contact
If you have further questions regarding our study program or the application procedure, please do not hesitate to contact us: alexandra.hagdorn(at)hs-pforzheim(dot)de
Tel.: 0049 7231 28-6077
A broad business studies program lays the indispensable foundations from the 1st to the 7th semester. About 70% of the lectures of the business administration programs teach a generalist education in all economically relevant fields. Around 30% teaches the contents in the specialization accounting, controlling and financial management.
In accounting, entrepreneurial business transactions are recorded and mapped in information systems. You will learn to draw up and interpret annual and consolidated financial statements and other reports that provide information about the economic, environmental, and social situations of companies. That is the basis from which the right conclusions for corporate management can be drawn. The focus here is not only on medium-sized companies but also on global corporations that frame accounts following international standards.
In Controlling, you will learn about tools that you can use to analyze the economic situation of a company and plan and shape its future, for example, how to assess the prospects of success of projects and evaluate competitors. In addition, you will furthermore deal with digitalization in accounting and how this can lead to better decisions. But also with the analysis of digital business models.
Financial management ensures that strategic investments can be made and that ongoing business can be maintained. You will become familiarized with classical and modern sources of finance, deal with liquidity planning and the optimal capital structure, learn to determine the value of the company and how to measure, manage, and hedge risks.
You acquire the title Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Business Administration, an internationally recognized bachelor’s degree.
In the 5th semester, you will get to know the application of the course contents in a company during the integrated internship semester and gain valuable practical experience.
The Abroad module allows you to spend a semester abroad at one of our numerous partner universities or to complete an additional internship abroad - subject-specific or socially oriented - opening up new perspectives for you in an international field of activity.
In addition to experienced professors, competent practitioners from renowned companies teach as lecturers to deepen practice-relevant topics. The practical application of the acquired knowledge takes place through project work, case studies, business simulations, and study excursions to companies.
You work and learn in the specialization in small groups.
The international accreditation by AACSB ensures you access to excellent foreign partner universities and confirms the excellence of our teaching and research.
You will be optimally prepared for a master's program by a bachelor's degree with 210 credits.
You can acquire the "Ethikum", a national certificate documenting that you have comprehensively dealt with issues of ethics and corporate responsibility - beyond technical matters.
A comprehensive range of electives allows you to specialize further and broaden your focus.
You will work as an expert or manager in the finance area (accounting, controlling, internal audit, investor relations, corporate finance, etc.) in companies in all industries. After several years of professional experience and, if applicable, postgraduate studies, the degree program is the ideal starting point for a position in corporate management.
Some of our graduates also later take the tax advisor and chartered accountant examination, become partners at auditing and tax consulting companies or go into management consulting.
