Master’s Programme Business Education
Would you like to combine content from economics and education in your studies?
The Master’s Degree Programme in Business Education combines topics in the fields of education, teaching and business studies. This programme promotes critical and ethically-reflective thinking and an intense self-examination of the students’ development of professional identity.
At the intersection of education and economics graduates develop competencies in formulating and substantiating arguments academically and solving problems innovatively. The students acquire specialised knowledge in vocational education in the fields of business and economics.
Study code
UC 066 970
FAQ
Graduates possess highly specialized knowledge in vocational education. They are able to demonstrate their competences in school and non-school vocational education and at the intersections of education and business sciences by formulating and substantiating arguments scientifically and by solving problems innovatively.
The Master's Programme Business Education combines students' previous scientific business training with educational qualifications. The goal of the program is competence development at the university level, providing professional qualifications for activities in business, education and scientific fields. This includes, in particular, the promotion of critical and ethical-reflective thinking and intense examination of students' own professional identity development.
The program aims to promote the following competences:
- Subject-specific competences: knowledge and judgement capabilities for future business, educational or scientific activities
- Social competences: highly developed teamwork skills for professional contexts, communication, conflict management, cooperative and leadership abilities
- Personal competences: ability and willingness for self-organization and reflective identify development
Accordingly, we expect of students a high degree of commitment and responsibility. We offer thorough theoretical training with practical relevance while facilitating the transfer of universal skills and knowledge to practical situations.
The goal of the Master's Programme Business Education is to provide students professional training for
- Professional activities in vocational schools
- Tasks in education management
- Activities in management, planning, analysis, research and consultation that require a combination of business and educational qualifications, and
- Admission to a doctoral programme
Graduates tracking: Shows which occupational fields students enter after graduation.
Faculty of Business and Management Examination Office Information for students with disabilities
Curriculum
The curriculum is the basis of a degree programme. A look at the curriculum for the Master's Programme Business Education will give you a detailed overview of the structure, content, examination regulations and qualification profile of this Master's degree.
The curriculum can clarify several important questions before you start your studies. For example, which criteria have to be fulfilled for enrolment in the Master's Programme Business Education, how long the programme takes, which modules have to be completed and much more.
The curriculum 2024W currently applies to the Master's Programme Business Education.
Information on the Curriculum (2024W)
The complete version of the curriculum reflects the currently valid version of the curriculum. It is for informational purposes only and is not legally binding. The legally binding version of the curriculum, including any amendments, may be found in the University of Innsbruck Bulletins.
In order to determine which version of the curriculum is applicable in your case, see the Catalogue of Studies,
available at: https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_meinestudien.studienblatt
Section: Current Curriculum version.
Requirements
Relevant bachelor's resp. diploma degrees at the University of Innsbruck:
- Bachelor's Programme Management and Economics
- Bachelor's Programme International Economic and Business Studies
- Diploma Programme International Economic and Business Studies
Proof of general university entrance qualification:
The general university entrance qualification for admission to a master's programme must be proven by the completion of a subject-related bachelor's programme, another subject-related programme of at least the same higher education level at a recognised domestic or foreign post-secondary educational institution, or a program defined in the curriculum of the master's programme. To compensate for significant differences in subject matter, supplementary examinations (maximum 30 ECTS credits) may be prescribed, which must be taken by the end of the second semester of the master's programme. The rectorate may determine which of these supplementary examinations are prerequisites for taking examinations provided for in the curriculum of the master's programme.
Recommended Course Sequence (in progress)
The exemplary course sequence given below is recommended for full-time students beginning their study programme in the winter semester. The table shows one possible course sequence for the bachelor's programme and is not compulsory. Delays resulting from repeated examinations are not taken into account.
The standard duration of the study programme is 5 semesters or 150 ECTS-Credits, whereby according to the Universities Act of 2002, a workload of 1,500 (real) hours per academic year must be fulfilled, corresponding to 60 ECTS-Credits (one ECTS-Credit is equivalent to a workload of 25 hours).
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Orientation Course Business Education
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Introduction to Theories of Socioeconomic Education
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Teaching and Learning as a Career
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Elective Module (1)
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Management and Development of Educational Organizations
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Didactics of Business Education (I)
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Elective Module (1)
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Elective Module (2)
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Didactics of Business Education (II)
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Research Skills in Business Education
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Elective Modules (3)
27.5 ECTS-Credits: Master’s Thesis
2.5 ECTS-Credits: Support Course for Master’s Thesis
25.0 ECTS-Credits: Teaching Practice
5.0 ECTS-Credits: Support Course for Teaching Practice
(1) One elective module totalling 5 ECTS-Credits from the catalogue § 8 Para 1 has to be completed.
(2) One elective module totalling 10 ECTS-Credits from the catalogue § 8 Para 2has to be completed.
(3) Two elective modules totalling 10 ECTS-Credits from the catalogue § 8 Para 1 have to be completed.
| Semester | ECTS-AP | Titel |
|---|---|---|
Information about examination regulations, assessment and grading
Examination regulations
The examination regulation is an integral part of the curriculum, detailed information can be found under the paragraph examination regulations.
The grade distribution table is a statistical representation of the distribution of all successfully completed examinations in a given programme of study or subject (based on all registered students for the programme or subject). The grade distribution table is updated in regular intervals.
| A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austrian grading scheme | Definition | %-age | ||
| 1 | EXCELLENT: Outstanding performance | 46.8 | = 100% | |
| 2 | GOOD: Generally good, but with some errors | 40.7 | ||
| 3 | SATISFACTORY: Generally sound work with a number of substantial errors | 10.6 | ||
| 4 | SUFFICIENT: Performance meets the minimum criteria | 1.9 | ||
| 5 | INSUFFICIENT: Substantial improvement necessary; requirement of further work |
December 2021
Overall classification of the qualification
Not applicable
Explanation: An overall classification (mit Auszeichnung bestanden/pass with distinction, bestanden/pass, nicht bestanden/fail) – is awarded only for examinations that conclude a programme of study and consist of more than one subject (an examination of this type is not specified in the curriculum of this programme of study).
Forms
- Application for the Master's Thesis (inclusive english translation)
- Assessment of the compulsory module: Preparation of the Master’s Thesis
- Cover Sheet for the Master's Thesis
- Submission of the Master's Thesis (inclusive english translation)
- To block a Thesis (inclusive english translation)
Recognitions (in German only)
Contact and Information
Examination Office
Standort Universitätsstraße 15
Associate Dean of Studies
Ass.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Heike Welte
Dean of Studies
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Mike Peters
Detailed information about the study programme
Office for South Tyrolean Students
https://www.uibk.ac.at/suedtirolagenden/index.html.de
Information about the Programme (in German only)
Older curricula can be found in the archive Course Catalog
From the field
Student Advisory Service
We are the first point of contact for all questions about studying for pupils, prospective students and students as well as parents and teachers.
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