International Business and Emerging Markets
Are you interested in the emerging countries?
A sustainable, inclusive and highly digitalized global economy needs cosmopolitan and bright minds like you! In this interdisciplinary business studies course, you will learn to understand how the exciting international markets of emerging countries work. In addition to the basics of business and economics, you will also learn about the emerging countries of Asia, Eastern Europe and America, which are experiencing particularly dynamic economic growth.
What you can expect
Emerging markets - profiting from emerging markets! In addition to solid knowledge in all relevant areas of business administration, students are taught the following skills:
- Implementation of cultural ways of thinking and acting (intercultural communication) in the day-to-day work of multinational companies
- Economic geography and economic policy of emerging markets (especially BRIC countries: Brazil, Russia, India, PR China)
- Market research and international marketing
- Legal particularities in the emerging markets
- Language specializations (in addition to English): Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian
This course therefore offers a broad spectrum and is characterized by a high degree of practical relevance and interdisciplinary teaching content.
Your study content
You will not only learn the basics of business and economics in theory, but also how to apply them. You will also gain valuable practical experience, e.g. through the internship semester and the international exchange.
What will you learn?
In addition to traditional business modules such as marketing, controlling and human resources management, you will work on relevant issues relating to the global economy in the country analysis modules. Economic policy and intercultural communication are also part of the course content.
Your study program
Professional and Academic English
Business mathematics
Technology of operational accounting
Microeconomics / Macroeconomics
World Economic Geography/ International Economic Structures
Marketing
Business statistics
Country analysis East Asia and academic work
Cost and performance accounting
Balance sheet and income statement
General Business Law
Business foreign trade
Production and logistics
Investment and financing
Elective Module 1
Country analysis Central and Eastern Europe
Business taxes
Controlling I
Elective Module 2
Organization and Human Resources I
Wahlmodul
Optional module
Optional module
Optional module
Optional module
Country Analysis South and Southeast Asia
Practical semester and practical seminar (across semesters 27 + 3 credits)
Current topics and business practice Emerging
Intercultural business communication
Practical semester and practical seminar (across semesters 27 + 3 credits)
Bachelor thesis and colloquium (12 + 3 Credits)
What you need to bring along
- Language level C1 is required and the language of instruction is German.
- General or subject-specific higher education entrance qualification
- Alternatively: entrance qualification for universities of applied sciences or a qualification recognized as equivalent in the course of professional qualification
- Admission-free
Application process
The application phase for the approval-free Bachelor’s degree programmes for the coming winter semester begins on 01.December 2024 and ends on 15. March 2025. Applications can only be submitted online via our application portal.
If you have any questions, please contact the application support team.
What our students say
"Even while I was still at school, I knew that I wanted to study economics. The "International Business - Emerging Markets" course at HRW really appealed to me. After completing my entire school career in Mülheim, I am happy to have found a degree program here that corresponds exactly to what I expect: practical relevance, exchange with professors, friendly fellow students, workplaces for learning. The modern campus and supportive teaching staff help everyone to feel at home at the university very quickly. I can say that I am very happy to be a student at HRW and would recommend enrolling here to anyone."
Apera Elangeswaran, student, 2020
"At HRW, I learned to stay curious and to acquire new knowledge. During my studies, I gained insights into industrial engineering. This allows me to understand the engineer's perspective and master technical discussion situations. I developed a deeper understanding during my Master's degree, which enables me to explain my content better. The combination of studies was the best I could have done. And I love what I do."
Nasibe Arikan Akgüneş, Digital Rail Controlling Officer at DB Netz AG.
