Admission Requirements

The following requirements must be fulfilled for admission on the Master in Business Administration program:

a) A completed domestic or equivalent foreign university course in any branch of study and continuing studies to a total of min 180 ECTS and two years of professional experience in the relevant field.

b) Furthermore, the following online subjects offered by the Department for Management and Economics must be successfully completed:

  • Fundamentals of Management
  • Fundamentals of Economics

or equivalent exams taken at a recognized post-secondary educational institution prove this knowledge

c) Passing the Inbound Test as a prerequisite for the learning outcomes after completing the studies (Outbound Test).

Entrance is possible at any time.
Please note that students admitted for the first time after 30.06. may only take their first exam after 01.10. (start of the winter semester) and students first admitted after 21.12. from 01.03. onwards (start of the summer semester).

Duration - Possible Variants

The Master in Business Administration program is also offered as a full-time study (2 semester).

Financial Support

Scholarships

Danube Business School offers a range of partial scholarships to its students. 1/3 scholarships for female and male students, as well as 50% scholarships for students from emerging markets. For details, please contact the program coordinator.

Didactic Concept

Blended Learning

To meet the demands of students who study alongside their work, courses at Danube Business School are offered as blended learning courses. Blended Learning combines self-study with e-learning and on campus training modules according to the training objectives of each degree course.

Practical Knowledge & Theory

DBS Method

Managers will have to be able to deal with problems that are becoming increasingly complex. This calls for well-developed skills in dealing with uncertainty and conflicts. In addition social skills and skills in group dynamics are becoming more important. In order to develop leadership ability in a constantly changing environment, one must be able to successfully handle problems on an individual, group and organizational level.

Accreditations & Memberships

ACBSP accredited

Danube Business School has met the requirements of ACBSP Accreditation. The Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs is the leading specialized accreditation association for business education supporting, celebrating, and rewarding teaching excellence. The association embraces the virtues of teaching excellence and emphasizes to students that it is essential to learn how to learn. ACBSP acknowledges the importance of scholarly research and inquiry and believes that such activities facilitate improved teaching. Institutions are strongly encouraged to pursue a reasonable mutually beneficial balance between teaching and research. And further, ACBSP encourages faculty involvement within the contemporary business world to enhance the quality of classroom instruction and to contribute to student learning.

PRME Membership

Since 2014 Danube Business School has been a member of the PRME initiative launched by the United Nations. As institutions of higher education involved in the development of current and future managers we declare our willingness to progress in the implementation, within our institution, of the following Principles, starting with those that are more relevant to our capacities and mission.

FIBAA accredited

FiBAA (Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation) is an international accreditation agency mainly active in Europe. It aids higher education institutions in the further development of their Bachelor-, Master-, and PhD programmes. This is achieved through an intensive accreditation process involving the higher education institution. On the one hand this process aims at quality improvement, on the other it aims at the accreditation of the programme.

Residence Permit

The following documents are required:

  1. Completed and signed application form
  2. Valid and signed passport (passport must be valid until at least 3 months beyond return and must have a blank page to affix the residence permit)
  3. Copies of previous passports
  4. One recent photograph (passport format, colour, front view)
  5. Original or notarised copy of Birth Certificate
  6. Original Certificate of Good Conduct/ Criminal Record (not older than 3 months)
  7. Proof of health insurance that is compulsory in Austria and covers every risk: Overview of possible health insurance schemes: 68 KB PDF (for students, self-insurance with the WGKK (without waiting time) is also possible); UNIQA or Vienna Insurance Group
  8. Proof of sufficient financial resources (f.e. scholarship, letter of grants, bank statement of last 2 months, other proof of income; parent's account accepted for students only) If your age is below 24 years you need EUR 515,30/ month = EUR 6.183,60/year; if your age is above 24 years you need EUR 933,06/month = EUR 11.196,72/ year
  9. Proof of accommodation in Austria (f.e. lease contract, ownership papers)
  10. One set of photocopies of all supporting documents
  11. Letter of Acceptance of Danube University Krems

All foreign-language documents must be translated into German by a professional translating service.
Applications must be submitted personally.
Please note, that there is no legal claim on obtaining a residence permit for students.
Please allow at least 2 months processing time (all applications have to be sent to Austria)

Costs: ~EUR 200,-

Faculty Core

The international and multicultural faculty of Danube Business School consists of both, renowned professors from our partner universities and top consultants: 

Duncan Angwin, M.A., M.Phil., MBA, PhD; Oxford Brookes University; Oxford, UK
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Barbara Brenner, Donau-Universität Krems, Autsria
Alessandro Cavelzani, PhD. PsyD.; International Therapist Directory, Italy
Dr. Arne Floh, MSc. PhD; University of Surrey
Felix Holzmeister PhD; Universität Innsbruck, Austria
Alexander Knabl; Acredia Versicherung AG, Austria
Prof. Dr. Klaus North; Wiesbaden Business School, Germany
Prof. Dr. Dirk Sauerland, Universität Witten/Herdecke; Witten, Germany
Prof. Dr. Werner Seebacher, Seebacher Unternehmensberatung GmbH; München, Deutschland und Graz, Austria
Prof. Dr. Mathias Schüz; ZHAW, Switzerland
Dipl.-Kfm. (FH), Holger Siemons, PhD, MBA, PGCTHE (FHEA); University of Northampton, UK
Dr. Gilbert Silvius, PhD, MSc, MBA, LOI University of Applied Sciences; Leiderdorp, Netherlands
Mag. Dr. Harald Unterwalcher, MBA, consentive GmbH, Austria
Dr. Elizabeth Varga BA, MBA, Cranfield University; Cranfield, UK

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