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Why study MBA IBRE?

The English-taught MBA programme of International Business and Resources in Emerging Markets

provides future Eastern and Western managers with the theoretical and practical insights into modern international business administration and development economics needed to excel in top-careers.

Intercultural competences

Particularities of management of intellectual capital, natural resources, and the environment are complemented with intercultural competences in markets of former transitional, emerging or developing countries.

Learning how to seize business opportunities

The programme teaches students to understand and allows entrepreneurs to participate in current and future opportunities in the transition and development issues of global business.
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Programme overview
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The programme in short

Our full-time MBA programme is designed to be completed over 2 academic years

During the second semester, students self-select into either of two specialisations

Specialisation International Business (IB)

Specialisation Natural Resources & Environment (R&E)

Partner universities in specialisation IB

In the third semester, students of the IB-specialisation can complement what they have learned in Freiberg at one of our hand-selected partner universities in order to sharpen their focus on their individual interests.

Double degree programmes

There is additionally the possibility to enrol into a double degree programme with a select number of partner universities

Students who chose the RE-specialisation

will deepen their knowledge and understanding of how companies manage natural resources and the environment. Modules from all faculties of the university are hand-selected for this purpose.
  • The double degree program with the University of Créteil, Paris XII (UPEC) (https://www.en.u-pec.fr/) offers students of the "International Business and Resources in Emerging Markets" (IBRE) MBA program the opportunity to transfer to Paris to complete their second year of master's studies in the "Development Economics and International Project Management" (DEIPM) program. As a result, these students obtain two master's degrees after two years of study. The second year at the partner university can be funded through Erasmus+.
  • The double degree program with the Faculty of Organization and Management at the Silesian University of Technology (https://www.polsl.pl/roz/en/) operates on the same model: students spend one year in Freiberg and another at the partner university, earning two master's degrees upon successfully completing 60 credits at both institutions. Naturally, Erasmus+ funding is available for this program as well.

Partner universities

  • University Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC) Paris XII (France): double degree option available
  • Universita degli studi di Trento (Italy)
  • Lappeenranta University of Technology (Finland)
  • University of Economics in Poznan (Poland): double degree option under review
  • AGH Techical University Krakow (Poland)
  • Silesian University of Technology (Poland): double degree option available
  • Higher School of Economics Moscow (Russia) (currently unavailable)

Japan

  • Akita University

Indien

  • University of Hyderabad

China

  • Xiamen University (exclusively taught in English language, large English section in library)
  • Wuhan University of Technology and Science: double degree option available (currently unavailable)
  • China University of Geosciences Beijing: double degree option (exclusively taught in Chinese language) (currently unavailable)

Tuition-free

Even though the programme is tuition free, all staff of the university, including programme representatives, professors, and research assistants work towards supporting students to achieve their own learning objectives.