hile the current MBA students enjoy their well-deserved semester break, the MBA team and professors are busy working on the program for the upcoming winter semester 2024/25.
The curriculum for the 3rd semester students foresees mandatory classes in Innovation & Business Dynamics, Sustainable Globalization as well as Consulting & Business Dynamics. Furthermore, a variety of electives from different business areas such as Accounting & Finance, Marketing, Big Data & AI and Recent Developments in Management & Business Transformation enable the students to set their own focus within their studies. Elective classes such as European Financial Markets, AI &Big Data Analytics, Communication Management & Public Relations, Multicultural Marketing and Branding, Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Restructurings, Digital Marketing, Economics and the Law of Digital Ecosystems or Sustainable Innovation Management, offer opportunities for in-depth studies and a specialization. The electives also enable interdisciplinary learning and interaction with students from other masters´ programs at Pforzheim University.
As a special elective, the Company Project gives students the opportunity to work on a real-life project in collaboration with different companies. These projects, on which the students work over the course of the whole semester, enable them to put into practice what they have learned in classroom. Like in previous semesters the curriculum is supplemented by Guest in Classroom events, an Alumni Meeting and a multi-day excursion to visit different companies and meet with representatives from various firms.

Each winter semester, we also welcome new students to the MBA, who over the next two years, will not only enjoy the internationality of the program but receive a high quality education at an AACSB-accredited business school. The 1st semester students´ curriculum covers business foundations in classes such as Accounting & Finance, Marketing, Business Functions, Economics, Research Methods and Management Skills. Besides those classes the new MBA students will also benefit from the networking opportunities of our guests in classroom and alumni as well as the excursion that is also planned for this winter semester. For many of them the voluntary German language classes that are offered besides the business classes are a good opportunity to learn the language and settle much quicker in their new `home away from home´.

We are looking forward to welcoming you all (back) to university for the winter semester 2024/25!