Trier University of Applied Sciences
International Business (B.A.)
Trier, Germany
BA
DURATION
7 semesters
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for applicants with foreign higher education entrance qualification | 15.09 for for applicants with German higher education entrance qualification
* no tuition fees, semester contribution per semester approx. 300 Euro
Key Summary
About: The International Business (B.A.) at Trier University of Applied Sciences offers English-language business instruction with practical, methodological, and team-based learning. The program stresses quality teaching, innovation, and practice orientation under a quality management system. You’ll develop social skills, can specialize by subject or language, and complete a one-year study abroad at partner universities worldwide to apply skills and build international networks.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue cross-industry roles worldwide; the degree prepares you for industry, administration, trade, banking, insurance, management consulting, auditing, and tax consultancy. Employers include multinationals, SMEs, and public organizations. Keywords: international management, cross-cultural communication, global business.
Are you interested in business processes, and would like to work in an international environment and discover the world? Then the International Business degree program is right for you and you can take the next step into your future with us. In addition to hands-on business education in the English language, you will acquire important methodological knowledge in associated subject areas and train valuable skills. You have the opportunity to specialize in a particular subject area and/or language, depending on your interests and inclinations.
Go out into the world - from Japan to Spain to the USA!
During your studies, you will spend a year at one of our numerous partner universities worldwide, where you can apply and intensify the knowledge you have acquired, get to know other cultures, and make important international connections. The professional, linguistic and personal development during your year abroad prepares you for activities in an international company or for employment in other countries.
The English language focus throughout the degree program at Trier University of Applied Sciences is intended to enable students to attend lectures, tutorials, seminars, and other courses at a foreign partner university without any particular difficulties.
The degree program is designed as a 7-semester full-time degree program and has a modular structure. The first 4 semesters consist of compulsory modules, which on the one hand include basic and important subject areas such as Management, Economics, Accounting & Taxation, Marketing, Corporate Finance, and Intercultural Management, and also coordinated quantitative modules (e.g. Applied Mathematics and Applied Statistics), which prepare the students for scientific work and are finally applied in a seminar.
The internationality of the degree program is ensured by the continuous teaching of business administration in English and by the internationally oriented content of the courses.
In addition to the usual foundation subjects, the degree program offers the possibility of taking voluntary electives in which knowledge of another foreign language (Spanish, Chinese, French, German) can be built up or improved. This will enable students to take courses in a foreign language other than English during the year abroad.
In the course of the compulsory year abroad in the 5th and 6th semesters, students can choose corresponding English-language courses at one of around 80 partner universities of the department. In addition, they can acquire a subject-related as well as a linguistic focus in another chosen foreign language.
Foreign students with high German language skills have the option of spending the 5th and 6th semester at Trier University of Applied Sciences.
The final 7th semester can be completed in Germany or abroad in the form of a practical study phase (internship with international relevance), followed by the Bachelor's thesis. Both do not necessarily require a return to Trier.
Which degree is achieved?
After successfully completing your studies, you will be awarded the university degree "Bachelor of Arts" and this entitles you to pursue a Master’s degree.
Business administration training with an international focus and a high level of professional/linguistic qualifications
After graduation, there will be a wide range of perspectives and options in the professional world. Due to the theoretical knowledge learned in English in combination with the practicality of the course, as well as the one-year stay abroad, graduates can take on cross-industry activities worldwide. The optional specialization offers the opportunity to specialize and thus focus on a professional future in a chosen field.
Conceivable employers after graduation are companies in the fields of industry, administration, trade, banking or insurance, management consultancy, auditing, and tax consultancy.