Your MBA application proceeds in the following steps

1. prepare documents
2. register in the online portal of the Hochschule Niederrhein
3. submit application
4. make registration

To 1: Prepare documents
For your application, you will need the documents listed on the right in digital form. Please prepare the documents to have them available for the further process.

to 2: Register in the online portal of TheHochschule Niederrhein
Go to the online portal of The Hochschule Niederrhein hio.hs-niederrhein.de (you may still need to select the application portal) and register. You will then receive a welcome e-mail with an activation code that you can use to complete your registration. You can then proceed to step 3.

Step3: Submitting your application
Use the online portal of The Hochschule Niederrhein to submit your application for admission to studies. To do this, you must enter the required data under "Application for admission" or "Your desired degree programme" and select the desired degree programme

• Study location: Mönchengladbach, Degree: Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• Type of study: Part-time, Degree programme: MBA Leadership & Management
• With which specialisation semester do you want to start the studies?: 1st specialisation semester
• Admission type: Local admission restriction (by hand).

You will then be asked to provide further details and upload the prepared documents (from step 1). Please note that you can revoke your application for admission to the MBA program vis-à-vis the Institute of Applied Business Administration and Economics (IAW GmbH) within a period of two weeks after receipt of your application in the university's online portal.

To 4: Make registration
After examination and admission by the faculty, you will receive an e-mail asking you to log in again to the applicant portal to find out more about the application status. In the online portal you will find the button "Apply for registration". Please fill in only the fields marked with an asterisk (*). Please send the signed application for registration to the student office (Nicole Blum: nicole-blum(at)hs-niederrhein.de).

After registration has taken place, you will receive your account data (incl. student registration number and library access, etc.) by e-mail. In the online portal for students you will find further important documents and services. At the same time, you will receive a letter of admission from the IAW Institute of Applied Business Administration and Economics (IAW GmbH).

You will need the following documents for your application:

1. application for regular studies:
Application for admission MBA

or

Registration for individual modules (so-called certificate course participation):
Application for admission to individual modules.

Please complete, sign, and re-scan the applicable application.

2. curriculum vitae

3. proof ofauniversity degree in any field (certificate, transcripts)

4. if applicable: copies of the exmatriculation certificates of all previous studies at German universities. (if available)

5. if applicable: proof of good English language skills (if not evident from your university degree certificate; if you do not have this proof, we will invite you to a departmental language test)

6. proof of higher educationentrance qualification (e.g. high school diploma)

• Application deadline: January 15 (applications received after this date can only be considered by special arrangement).
• Registration will take place until the beginning of March
• Start of studies: mid-March
• Lecture and examination periods: Mid-March to mid-July

• Application deadline: July 15 (applications received after this date can only be considered by special arrangement).
• Registration will take place until the beginning of September
• Start of studies: mid-September
• Lecture and examination periods: Mid-September to mid-February

of any subject area, completed with a "good" (2.5) or better. In exceptional cases, it is possible to compensate for a poorer final grade by a special achievement in professional practice.

• for applicants whose first degree is worth at least 210 credits, at least one year after completion of the studies, or
• for applicants whose first degree is worth less than 210 credits, at least two years after completion of the studies, whereby the professional activity must have been carried out, as a rule, at middle management level and in connection with management responsibility as well as project and/or international experience.
• For applicants who do not have the above-mentioned professional experience, participation as a certificate student is possible. Details are subject to individual agreement.

English skills are available to those who

• is a native English speaker
• has completed a Degree programme taught purely in English, has completed Degree programme modules taught in English throughout to the extent of at least ten credit points,
• has successfully attended an English language test at level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), or
• has demonstratedEnglish language skills corresponding to the aforementioned level in an internal departmental language test.

which, if the first degree was not purely or predominantly in economics, must be presented in a separate admission examination. The aforementioned admission examination for applicants without a first degree in economics serves to demonstrate a basic understanding of Business Administration and Economics. It takes the form of a two-hour written examination or oral examination and covers the following topics in particular

• Basic concepts of bookkeeping and accounting
• Foundation courses in business taxation
• Foundation courses in business law
• Foundation courses in business mathematics and statistics