In international management and in international business, you require intercultural skills in addition to business expertise. Our degree programme combines both, with the aim of preparing you in international management methods. After obtaining your degree, you will be conversant with business administration methods and tools, you will speak several languages confidently, and you will have cultural and region-specific knowledge as well as a double degree.

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Your German-Latin American double degree will enable you to embark on a career in the international job market – for example, as a trainee in companies of all sectors, as a junior consultant in a management consultancy, or as an assistant to the Board of Directors. Furthermore, you will be qualified to pursue a subsequent Master’s programme, which will lead to further career opportunities.

You will start your degree programme in Germany. You will first study for four semesters at Münster University of Applied Sciences, completing an elementary and an advanced stage:

In the elementary stage, you will gain basic skills in business administration and economics, improve your Spanish or Portuguese and your English skills, and become familiar with the political, geographical and historical aspects of Latin America. In addition, you will acquire key basic knowledge of the auxiliary subjects of law, business informatics, mathematics and statistics.

The following advanced stage will prepare you for your studies in Latin America. In addition to improving your foreign language skills and Latin American regional studies, you will also have classes on Intercultural Management, Business Management, International Economics and Sustainability in Economics. Optional advanced modules, such as Business English, Marketing or Logistics, complete the range of courses on offer. Even some courses offered in the first two years are already in English and Spanish.

For the next two semesters, you will then transfer to one of our eight partner universities:

• Argentina: Universidad de Belgrano, Buenos Aires
• Brazil: UNIFAE, Centro Universitário, Curitiba
• Chile: Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia
• Chile: Universidad de Santiago de Chile
• Colombia: Universidad de La Sabana, Santafé de Bogotá
• Colombia: Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín
• Mexico: Universidad de Las Américas UDLAP, Puebla
• Peru: Universidad ESAN, Lima

At the host institution, you will then choose your extension modules. The study plan includes a semester of placement in Latin America. Our degree programme is the only one of its kind in the world and has been running for over 23 years.

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• Interdisciplinary orientation: Here, you will learn more than just business administration.

Almost three quarters of the programme involves business administration and economics. But that is not all: in addition, CALA integrates Latin American regional studies and intercultural management. This unique course structure will enable you to raise your profile as an expert of the region and to work together with numerous Latin American students at Münster University of Applied Sciences.

• International double degree: You will obtain degrees from two universities, a Bachelor of Arts from Münster University of Applied Sciences and the respective academic degree from the Latin American partner university. After earning your degree, you will have gained two qualifications, enabling you to work in the German and the international job market.
• A unique degree programme – and established processes.

Our degree programme is the only one of its kind in the world and has been running strong for over 15 years. This long-standing experience ensures that everything runs smoothly in the transition from Germany to Latin America, which will boost your confidence for your stay abroad. The active student body and the good relationship with teaching staff will also enrich your studies.