Completing outstanding courses

The old Master's programmes in (International) Business Administration will expire on 31 Octover 2026. As of the winter semester 2024/25, some of the compulsory courses of the expiring curriculum will no longer be offered. The following list shows you which courses of the new curricula (International) Business Administration you can take as replacement.

List of equivalent courses for students of the discontinued curricula MA (International) Business Administration

Complete and Submit your Master's Thesis

For the assessment of your Master's thesis, an 8-week assessment period for the supervisor is provided by law. In order to ensure timely completion, we advise you to upload your completed master thesis to HOPLA and submit it to the SSC by 1st August 2026 at the latest.

Details on the submission process can be found here

Defense

After receiving a positive grade on your Master's thesis, you can schedule your defense appointment. Please be aware of the 4-week deadline for the registration of your defence date! We make every effort to process your requests quickly. To ensure that graduation in the expiring curriculum is feasible, this deadline must be taken into account by you.

You can find all details on planning the defensio as well as necessary forms here

Deadlines

Latest deadlines (without exceptions!):

  • Submission of the Master's thesis: 01 August 2026
  • Assessment of the Master's thesis: 31 September 2026
  • Registration for the defensio: 01 Oktober 2026
  • latest Defensio date: 30 Oktober 2026