Management Master (Strategy & Organization)The international management master's programme for tomorrow's managers!
Making important decisions. Starting with this one.
Your goal: to deepen your management skills after a predominantly business-related Bachelor's degree, understand business in depth and learn to take on responsibility? Then Witten is the right place for you! We offer you more than just a Management Master's degree: with the international Master's degree in Management (Strategy & Organization), you will systematically develop into the manager of the future. Focus on corporate management, strategy and organization and learn how to tackle challenges with a holistic view of companies and organisations - through up-to-date theory, a high practical component and our close supervision!
Further information on the Management (M. Sc.) – Strategy & Organization degree programme
This is your Management Master (Strategy & Organization)
- State-recognised full-time studies
- On-campus studies at Witten/Herdecke University
- max. 20 students per semester
- Study credits: 120 ECTS
Framework examination regulations Master's degree programmes
Study regulations Management (M. Sc.) – Strategy & Organization
Programme content: Management and strategy knowledge for future managers
The English and German-language Management Master's programme is right for you if you are looking for an international degree programme that will deepen and expand your knowledge of economics with a focus on strategic corporate management.
Our Management Master's programme qualifies you for a future management role - also internationally. It promotes analytical and solution-oriented thinking as well as ethical awareness and prepares you for responsible tasks in strategy projects, organisational development, marketing, controlling or human resources in corporations, SMEs or consulting.
In the interdisciplinary “Leadership & Transformation” module, you look at the topic from the perspective of different disciplines.
We will teach you
- in-depth management knowledge, e.g. in Advanced Theories of Management
- advanced methodological knowledge, e.g. Advanced Quantitative Methods or Advanced Qualitative Methods.
You can create your personal study profile for your individual career path through a wide range of electives on specialist topics such as Leadership & Transformation, Strategy Management, Organisational Management or Family Business. The degree programme is also a good prerequisite for a subsequent doctoral thesis!
Your degree programme also includes an exciting project, either application- or research-based, and you will complete your Master's thesis on a topic of your choice.
Admission requirements
- Accredited or recognised Bachelor's degree (partly) in economics with at least 180 ECTS. At least 80 ECTS credits thereof must have been earned in the field of economics.
- Or: Bachelor's degree in a different field with at least 180 ECTS + valid aptitude test for business degree programmes (GMAT, GRE, BAT, EBSgrad Test or CAT).
- English language skills at B2 level or TOEFL iBT 83.
Your financing made easy
Study first, pay later - that's what we do with the Income Share Agreement (ISA). Find out more about our student financing.
Your application to the UW/H
- Online application and personal admission procedures.
- Applications can be submitted all year round.
- The one-off application fee is €50. Take advantage of our early bird promotion: if you apply early, you will not pay an application fee. You can find all information on this in the application deadlines.
Application deadlines for the Management Master
- Rolling application procedure:
- You can apply for a study place all year round until all study places have been allocated. The latest date to apply for the coming winter semester is 15 August of the same year.
- Early Bird: If you apply by 15 June for the winter semester, you do not pay an application fee and secure your study place early.
These are the advantages of studying Management (Strategy & Organization) at UW/H
Check the reviews of the UW/H
UW/H students are happy to recommend their university to others. Among other things, they rate the quality of the courses, the lecturers and the large proportion of practical work particularly highly. For example, in Germany's largest university ranking, the CHE Ranking, UW/H's Master's degree programmes regularly occupy top positions in all categories.
More about our awards and rankings
Work together with our practice partners
During your degree programme, you will apply cutting-edge theory in practice. For example within the project module, which allows you to realise either a practice-related or research-related project. Our excellent network of national and international partner companies will also help you to easily find internships, working student positions or entry-level jobs.
More about our lively network
Learn at eye level with our professors
We do not offer overcrowded courses. This is because learning in small groups, lively discussions and direct dialogue with your professors are important to us. The number of places on the Management Master's programme per semester is therefore limited. One professor supervises an average of 21 students in our Strategy & Organisation Master's programme. This is well below the NRW average of 83 students per professor.
Soyou've come to the right place if you prefer small learning groups with intensive dialogue and a lively discussion culture to impersonal mass events.
Exceptional job prospects
This Management Master's programme prepares you specifically to take on leadership roles and management positions in companies - including at an international level. You will gain in-depth knowledge of decision-making processes in which the social responsibility of a company with regard to global, economic, social, cultural and ethical factors plays an important role in addition to profitability.
Your job prospects after completing your Master's degree are extremely good and are regularly confirmed in independent surveys of Witten/Herdecke University graduates (98% of all graduates found a job within 12 months of graduating. For 74% of those surveyed, the job search took less than 3 months)*.
*Source: Graduate Survey 2022 (January 2025), Institute for Applied Statistics (ISTAT).
Check the reviews of the UW/H
UW/H students are happy to recommend their university to others. Among other things, they rate the quality of the courses, the lecturers and the large proportion of practical work particularly highly. For example, in Germany's largest university ranking, the CHE Ranking, UW/H's Master's degree programmes regularly occupy top positions in all categories.
More about our awards and rankings
Work together with our practice partners
During your degree programme, you will apply cutting-edge theory in practice. For example within the project module, which allows you to realise either a practice-related or research-related project. Our excellent network of national and international partner companies will also help you to easily find internships, working student positions or entry-level jobs.
More about our lively network
Learn at eye level with our professors
We do not offer overcrowded courses. This is because learning in small groups, lively discussions and direct dialogue with your professors are important to us. The number of places on the Management Master's programme per semester is therefore limited. One professor supervises an average of 21 students in our Strategy & Organisation Master's programme. This is well below the NRW average of 83 students per professor.
Soyou've come to the right place if you prefer small learning groups with intensive dialogue and a lively discussion culture to impersonal mass events.
Exceptional job prospects
This Management Master's programme prepares you specifically to take on leadership roles and management positions in companies - including at an international level. You will gain in-depth knowledge of decision-making processes in which the social responsibility of a company with regard to global, economic, social, cultural and ethical factors plays an important role in addition to profitability.
Your job prospects after completing your Master's degree are extremely good and are regularly confirmed in independent surveys of Witten/Herdecke University graduates (98% of all graduates found a job within 12 months of graduating. For 74% of those surveyed, the job search took less than 3 months)*.
*Source: Graduate Survey 2022 (January 2025), Institute for Applied Statistics (ISTAT).
Master's degree programme Management (Strategy & Organization) with top grades at StudyCHECK.de
Regular evaluations on StudyCheck show that students of Management (M. Sc.) – Strategy & Organization in Witten are happy to recommend their degree programme to others.
More than just a university.
"The degree programme in Witten is both practice- and research-oriented. It has whetted my appetite for more science. The framework conditions for doctoral students convinced me to complete my doctorate at Witten/Herdecke University."
Your studies at the UW/H as an international student
For students or Bachelor's graduates from other European or non-European countries, an international Master's programme in Germany can be a great enrichment. Your intention is clear, but you don't yet know which university you want to go to? We have compiled the necessary information and services that Witten/Herdecke University offers you.
Any questions?
Student financing: How can I pay for my private study programme?
Tuition fees are an investment in you and your future that pays off quickly! This is because starting salaries for graduates of Witten/Herdecke University are around 40% higher than those of other university graduates in the field of economics*.
If you need more semesters than the standard period of study: don't worry, additional semesters are exempt from tuition fees (up to twice the standard period of study). There is a suitable financing model for all students. If you are worried that your current financial situation will not allow you to study: With the Income Share Agreement (ISA), we offer a social financing model that enables all interested parties to study at Witten/Herdecke University. More about student financing
*Sources: Absolventa. Career guide. (2022). Retrieved from absolventa.de in March 2022. gehaltsreporter.de; Korn/Ferry. (2022). Retrieved from de.statista.com in March 2022. StudierendenGesellschaft Witten/Herdecke University (March 2022).
Choice of degree programme: Why study Management (Strategy & Organization) in Witten and not classic Management?
In addition to state-of-the-art methods and theories of economics, you will set your own specialisations during your studies. Do you see yourself more in the area of strategy or organisation? Or are you looking for the perfect balance? You decide and put together your modules according to your own ideas and thus develop your own individual profile. You will also gain confidence in the use of English so that you can present yourself professionally at an international level and formulate and communicate complex contexts.
Study abroad: From Witten to the whole world - is that possible?
Do you think a semester abroad is simply part of a modern degree programme? We think so too! That's why we support you in your endeavours and offer you a large network of partner universities both in Europe (Erasmus programme) and worldwide (e.g. in Canada, South Africa, Mexico or Japan).
Admissions Office and Programme Coordinator
This is how you can contact the Admissions Office of the Faculty of Management, Economics and Society and the Programme Coordinator:
Bewerbungsbüro Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft
Admissions Office
Faculty of Management, Economics and Society
Univ.-Prof. Dr.
Guido Möllering
Programme Coordinator M.Sc. Management
Alfred-Herrhausen-Straße 50
58455 WittenRoom number: E.095
