Business Administration/Marketing Communication and Digital Marketingfull time

Degree
Bachelor of Science
Bachelor
Standard period of study (amount)
7 semesters
Location
Pforzheim

Overview and admission

Study Type

undergraduate

Admission semester

Summer and Winter Semester

Area of study

  • Business Administration
  • Marketing, Distribution

Focus

Marketing Management, Communication Management, Communication Policy Instruments, New Communication Technologies

Annotation

Marketing Communication and Digital Marketing in the Business Administration degree course Your opportunity for a unique university education in the field of communication management and digital market communication. The degree course combines business administration and communication science and thus prepares you perfectly for your career entry. You will gain relevant academic knowledge in marketing and communication science as well as in closely related subject areas such as advertising psychology, market research or competition law. Training courses in moving images, storytelling and content marketing, search engine optimisation, strategic planning, social media marketing as well as photography and the production of digital media give you practical insights into the creative realisation of marketing communication. In concrete practical projects, you work as a team to develop strategies and concepts for the marketing communication of companies, non-profit organisations, agencies and media. As a graduate, our excellent contacts with the communications industry and the branded goods industry as well as our highly qualified teaching staff make you extremely attractive for future employers.

Admission modus

Local admission restriction

More information regarding admission requirements

Admission requirements

90% of study places are awarded via the university’s internal selection procedure with the following selection criteria: Initially, a weighted overall grade is calculated for the higher education entrance qualification. This is determined as follows: Average grade in the university entrance exam (HZB) - 50% Individual grades of the qualification for admission to higher education in Mathematics – 30% Individual grades of the qualification for admission to higher education in English – 20% Then a weighted grade for the selection procedure, determined as follows: Weighted overall grade for the qualification for admission to higher education – 70% Result of the academic ability test – 30% Participation in the academic ability test is voluntary; it can improve your chances of gaining a place to study but can never diminish them.

Lecture period

Application deadlines

Summer semester (2025)

Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

Economics and Law as well as Engineering: > Bachelor's degree Winter semester: 15.07. Summer semester: 15.01. > Master's degree course: For application deadlines, please refer to the website of the respective degree course. Design: > Bachelor's and Master's degree course Winter semester: 30.04. Summer semester: 30.10.

Winter semester (2025/2026)

  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    see application deadlines for first-year students

  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

    see application deadlines for first-year students

  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    Economics and Law as well as Engineering: > Bachelor's degree Winter semester 15.07. Summer semester 15.01. > Master's: For application deadlines, please refer to the website of the respective degree course. Design: > Bachelor's and Master's degree: Winter semester: 30.04. Summer semester 30 October

Languages of instruction

Main language

German

Further languages

English

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