International Marketing & Sales (Master)

Brief overview
Requirements and application
Detailed information about the degree programme

Brief overview

Degree	Master of Arts (M.A.)
Department	Münster School of Business
Site	Münster
Special type of study	full-time, International degree programme
Intake	Winter semester & summer semester
Standard period of study	4 semesters
Language of Instruction	Main language of instruction English, a few courses in German
Semester fee

Requirements and application

Admissions restrictions	Local entrance restrictions
Pre-study placement	No
Additional entrance requirements	Bachelor degree in Business administration or Economics with ECTS grade B or a minimum mark of 2,3 (in ECTS system). Marks from foreign education systems should be converted using the ANABIN transformation guidelines. ANABIN data base is relevant as well for the recognition of foreign education certificates. Certified English B2- level skills (Vantage or upper intermediate) in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment, abbreviated as CEFR or CEF Certified German skills (only for non-native German speakers): A1 Level. The proof must be provided by the end of the 3rd semester at the latest. Further Information Selection procedure: A selection procedure will take place prior to enrolment. You can register here: Registration for the selection procedure
Application	Application deadline for selection procedure: For the summer term: 1 October - 30 November For the winter term: 1 March - 30 April Application deadline for admission: Only after the selection procedure has been completed you can apply for the local NC procedure of the degree programme by 15 January (summer semester) and by 15 July (winter semester).

Access to higher education for applicants with qualifications in vocational education

Detailed description of the degree programme

Today, companies operate on global markets. In order to create international corporate strategies and to actively take advantage of the opportunities offered by globalisation, future managers must possess specialist knowledge that meets international requirements. In this respect, not only is business expertise required, but also excellent language and intercultural skills.

Our Master’s programme in International Marketing & Sales will optimally prepare you for these challenges. We will teach you the necessary skills for solving business issues in an international context – from a practical and academic perspective.

Objectives

After completing the degree programme, you will be able to analyse international management tasks and to assess them in terms of efficiency. You will integrate the objectives and steps of a marketing concept. In the process, you will use a variety of market research methods and derive strategic and operational recommendations for action from the results – at the national and international level.

You will analytically systemise academic insights and produce your own work for publication. You will present the results of your work to different target groups in a comprehensible way. Due in part to your study abroad, you will have language skills that will enable you to act confidently on the international stage as the situation requires. You will lead intercultural teams and resolve conflicts constructively.

You will be able to assess the workload for joint tasks according to the situation at hand. You will know your team and will know exactly how to make use of each individual’s skills in order to achieve the best possible results.

Further information

Occupational fields

As a graduate of the Master’s programme in International Marketing & Sales, a variety of career development prospects will be open to you. You may assume a role in marketing or sales, or become involved in development programmes for young managers in large corporations, medium-sized and small companies, or set up your own company.

Content and course sequence

Our Master’s programme brings together expertise from marketing and sales, and combines it with interdisciplinary core competencies. As such, we offer you a balanced, needs-based programme that will prepare you specifically for the requirements of the global economy. The programme is divided into three sections:

During the first two semesters, you will lay the foundations for your further course of study. You will take courses on topics such as international marketing, international sales, development of marketing concepts, quantitative methods, online marketing and other specialist courses in marketing. In addition, you will develop key transferable skills in courses involving intercultural management, coaching & mentoring, international leadership, international aspects of sustainability and other relevant thematic areas. Most of the seminars are held in English.

In the third semester, you will have the opportunity to spend a semester abroad at one of our renowned partner universities, enhancing your linguistic and intercultural skills there. Alternatively, you may apply your knowledge to an international practical project, and reflect on it.

Your degree programme concludes with a Master’s thesis in the fourth semester, for which you will be well prepared beforehand by attending a research seminar. You will also have the option of completing this final stage of your programme at a partner university, enabling you to usefully extend your time abroad.

Further information on the curriculum

Information on a semester abroad

Why choose us

“We are building quality” – our teaching and research work is based around this principle. In the process, we always closely link theoretical education to practice – our numerous partners make this possible. In addition, all our professors have several years of professional experience working in a variety of fields.

Very few degree programmes in the country combine the topics of marketing, sales and globalism. At Münster School of Business, you will also have the possibility to obtain a double degree in cooperation with our partner universities.

Further information

Master Internaional Marketing and Sales