Executive Master for Family Entrepreneurship | eMA FESHpart time degree programmes for professionals, full time

Degree
Master of Arts
Master
Standard period of study (amount)
21 months
Location
Friedrichshafen
Deadlines
No information

Overview and admission

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Winter Semester only

Area of study
  • Human Resource Management
  • Business Consultancy
  • Business Management, Organisation Management
Focus

Family Companies, Family Entrepreneurship, Assets & Financing, Management, Leadership Skills, Sustainable Growth of Family Businesses, Business Administration

Target group

The career-integrated Master's programme is aimed at (potential) successors, shareholders and (prospective) managers in family businesses.

Annotation

Have you already completed your studies but still feel you need more preparation for the family business? Do you already have professional experience but little time to reflect on it? Do you want to go back to university, but you only want to interact with family business owners? Our career-integrated Master's degree programme Our career-integrated Master's programme is designed to educate and provide further training to the next generation of family business owners, family officers and people close to the company. As the first career-integrated Master's degree in Family Entrepreneurship in Europe, our degree course is aimed at people taking over family businesses, shareholders and (prospective) managers in family businesses who want to learn about the entire business administration spectrum, specifically for family businesses. And they want to do this through a close interlinking of theoretical principles and direct testing in practice between the study blocks. As a private university, Zeppelin University is itself an entrepreneurial university that is aware aware of the special responsibility that comes with educating family business owners – for the legacy they have borrowed for the next generation. The eMA FESH builds on the academic expertise of the Friedrichshafen Institute for Family Businesses | FIF at the ZU. This close connection to current research benefits students in practice – and this in turn benefits academics. In addition, sponsors support the further development of the degree course. This reciprocal relationship between practice, research and expertise provides a fruitful basis for a lively exchange, continuous further development and a successful start in the family business or family office.

Admission modus

Selection procedure / qualifying examination

More information regarding admission requirements

Admission requirements

For the "Executive Master for Family Entrepreneurship | eMA fesh", the following criteria are admission requirements: | At least three years of study at a university, an equivalent university or university of applied sciences | Relevant professional experience in a (family) business of at least 12 months | Relevant professional experience in a family business, or planned employment in a family business at the start of the programme | proven good command of English | successful participation in the FIF selection procedure

Lecture period
  • 01.10.2025 - 01.07.2027
  • 01.10.2025 - 01.07.2027

Tuition fees

Tuition fees

31,800.00 EUR / total

More information regarding tuition fees

The tuition fees for the Master's degree courses at Zeppelin University can be pre-financed through various student loans. Zeppelin University also offers various scholarships.

Languages of instruction

Main language

German

Further languages

English