Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Berlin

• Completed, undergraduate degree with 210 ECTS credits

• Your degree must be from a state or state-recognised higher education institution/university

• You must have achieved our minimum grade requirements in your previous degree

• Proof of at least one year’s professional work experience completed prior to the start of study programme. Work experience must have been gained after completion of your undergraduate studies

Once your application and documents are submitted, you will be invited to a 15-minute online interview conducted by our admission team. During the interview we will discuss your academic background, reasons for pursuing further study, and career objectives. 

The interview is a required component of the eligibility check for international applicants. If you miss your interview, the invitation will be sent again to allow you to schedule a new appointment. You may reschedule the interview up to three times. After the third invitation, and if there is no attendance, IU will assume you are no longer interested. 

If the interview is not passed, admission screeners will review the reasons and provide recommendations for next steps. For example, if the reason is related to English skills, the team may suggest registering for an English course or improving conversation skills. Applicants may contact IU when they wish to retake the interview, at which point IU will reactivate their application.

Applicants with an undergraduate degree comprising 180 ECTS credits can compensate for missing ECTS credits (up to a maximum of 30 ECTS) for admission to the 90 ECTS MBA program by 

• Providing proof of at least one year of full-time work experience to compensate for a maximum of 30 ECTS at the start of the study program.
  (This work experience must be acquired after completing the undergraduate degree.)

 Recognition of knowledge and abilities acquired outside of higher education is possible in principle.

• Proof of at least one year’s qualified work experience completed prior to the start of the study programme (the work experience must be gained after the completion of your undergraduate studies).

• You can provide us a translation of your employment contract and your pay slip or you can ask your company to fill out this form in English, sign it, apply the company stamp and send it to us:
  
  Proof of work experience (EN)
  Proof of work experience (NL)
  Proof of work experience (ES)
  Proof of work experience (IT)
  Proof of work experience (FR)

We accept the following English language skills certificates*: 

• IELTS Academic (at least 6.5 points)

• TOEFL iBT (Test Centre) (at least 90 points)

• Cambridge certificate (B2 First with min. score of 176)

*Proof must not be older than two years. 

Alternative ways to prove your English language skills: 

• Citizenship: If you are from a country where English is the official and educational language, your passport can serve as proof of English proficiency.

  
  

Get in touch with our study advisors for more details.

IU’s English language requirements may differ from those set by your Embassy for visa applications. For your student visa application, you must follow the requirements specified by your local Embassy.