1. Enjoy high quality education.

Our commitment to quality and continuous improvement was confirmed when we received the initial accreditation of AACSB International in July 2011. In 2017 and 2022 we were reaccredited by this distinguished hallmark of excellence in management education. Less than 5% of business schools worldwide are AACSB accredited, in Germany only 12 universities out of about 200 with business programs.

2. Enhance your career opportunities.

The Pforzheim MBA opens broad new opportunities for career development. Whether you want to tackle new challenges, have experienced a slowdown in your learning curve or are unable to move ahead in your current company, the Pforzheim MBA enables you to reenergize your career with new knowledge and skills, a new professional network, and a new brand association. If you have a non-business background, the Pforzheim MBA prepares you to reorient your career towards business and management.

3. Focus on what you really need.

We deliver business competence, not just theory. Our professors do not only hold Doctoral, Ph.D. or Master degrees – they have worked for at least 5 years in senior management positions. Our teaching is based on research as well as professional experience. Moreover, the Pforzheim MBA module system allows you to individualize your study to empower your strengths.

4. Enjoy individual career advancement and coaching.

Our professors are your coaches, not your instructors. You will benefit from individual mentoring from professors throughout your studies. Our small course size encourages intense student - faculty interaction which is crucial to achieve the best outcome from your MBA studies.

5. Get business insight.

In every semester close connections to practice are a vital part of our management education at Business School Pforzheim. Through company excursions, company guest speakers in classroom, company projects or meetings with alumni you will get in touch with at least 15-20 companies every semester.

6. Benefit from our location.

Being surrounded by some of the world’s most powerful companies allows you to benefit from the potential of the Pforzheim-Stuttgart region. Right in the heart of Europe, Germany’s most innovative region is home to companies like Bosch, SAP, Porsche and Daimler as well as powerful small and med-sized enterprises.

7. Discover the business of tomorrow.

We prepare you to manage the big challenges of the 21st century for the benefit of your company. Our specializations “Innovation Management & Digital Business” and “Sustainable Globalization” tackle tomorrow’s challenges. Moreover, we offer management soft skills trainings throughout your studies. Needless to say that also our core MBA courses and our broad range of electives from the fields of Marketing, Accounting & Finance or Big Data & Artificial Intelligence consequently address the needs of tomorrow’s business.

8. Enjoy international culture.

About 90% of Pforzheim MBA students are internationals, coming from all continents. Global, intercultural networking begins in the classroom. Intercultural competence is not only taught theoretically, it is gained practically by day-to-day interaction. In addition renowned professors from partner universities contribute to our program. Moreover, the Pforzheim MBA offers the opportunity to study in two countries or even on two continents in one program, at our partner universities in the US, Latin America, Asia or Europe. For students with a first degree from a German institution and no academic or professional experience abroad, it is compulsory to study the third semester abroad. For all other students, it is optional.

9. Benefit from our vast alumni network.

Benefit from our well-functioning and personal alumni network. The personal atmosphere in our MBA also transfers to the alumni network: throughout your studies you will get in touch with numerous alumni who can be important door openers. Once per semester we invite 6-8 alumni to come back to Pforzheim to meet our current MBA students. Moreover, we bring together our students and successful alumni in a mentoring model.

10. Get state-of-the-art education at reasonable cost.

Our intention is not to maximize profits but to provide sustainable management education for future generations of executives. You get »more for less« – an internationally highly recognized degree and skills for dealing with the business challenges of the 21st century.