Part-time Master with the MBA Wine, Sustainability & Sales
Success in business in small and medium-sized companies has long since ceased to depend solely on the quality of the product. This applies not only to the wine industry. If you want to survive nationally and internationally, you have to recognize opportunities in the market, evaluate them economically and act sustainably.
The MBA Wine, Sustainability & Sales covers all relevant management aspects, uses state-of-the-art teaching methods and offers attractive specializations. The example of the wine industry is used to show how closely economic aspects, sustainability, marketing and sales are linked and what skills are required to successfully apply this knowledge in practice.
The degree programs are taught entirely in English at the Weincampus Neustadt, are completed part-time and have an international orientation. With only 36 attendance days in combination with blended learning, you will obtain a state-recognized Master's degree.
You can find detailed information on the concept, course content, application modalities and much more on the Weincampus homepage!
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Make yourself and your company fit for the future
- Part-time Master's degree
- Focus on sustainable management, sales and wine expertise
- Completely in English
- International team of lecturers
- Individual advice & Support
- Interactive teaching style with current case studies
- Direct knowledge transfer to the company through project work
- Access also possible without a first degree
Are you interested in the study program and would like individual advice? Contact us!
Who are we addressing? Wine professionals and wine enthusiasts!
The Master's degree program is aimed at experienced professionals from the wine industry as well as wine lovers from other areas who want to develop professionally and personally.
In principle, the MBA Wine, Sustainability & Sales is also open to professionally qualified applicants without a first university degree, e.g. with a technician's or master craftsman's degree. Details can be found in the admisson requirements.
Our student Pauline Baumberger explains in an interview why she chose the MBA Wine, Sustainability & Sales. Read more here.
Facts at a glance
- Degree: Master of Business Administration (MBA)
- Duration of studies: 4 semesters, part-time
- Focus areas: Wine, Sustainability and Sales
- Language: English
- ECTS credits: 90
- Start date: September 1 (start of semester)
- Start of lectures: October/November
- Lecture times: Blended learning and attendance phases in the 1st-3rd semester, preparation and defense of the Master's thesis in the 4th semester
- Attendance days: 36
- Tuition fees: EUR 3,500 per semester standard period of study for EU students (EUR 14,000 in total) and EUR 4,750 for non-EU students (EUR 19,000 in total). The tuition fee does not include travel, accommodation and meal costs or the semester fee for the Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society. A reduced tuition fee is charged from the 7th semester onwards. Tuition fees and costs are generally tax-deductible. Secure early booking conditions! If your complete application is received by 30.04. of the respective year, the tuition fee is reduced to 12,600 euros for EU students and 17,100 euros for non-EU students.
The study plan - for an optimal compatibility of job, family and studies!
Part-time study is a challenge. We know that! The MBA Wine, Sustainability & Sales enables an optimal combination of work, family and studies due to the minimal attendance and the flexible design of the self-study phases. The teaching of the latest research findings in combination with current case studies enables maximum practical relevance. Students can contribute their own business issues and benefit from the exchange with top-class lecturers and international fellow students.
Deadlines and timing of the application
You can download the application for enrollment as well as the information on the required documents on the pages of the StudierendenServiceCenter (scroll all the way down).
Please note the checklist for the application for enrollment, which is also available there! There you will find detailed information about all the documents you need to enclose with your application.
Application deadline: July 15.
- After receipt of the complete application documents, applicants will receive a provisional confirmation of admission with the date for the selection interview in the form of a structured interview. It is possible to conduct the interview with the head of degree program online at .
- To prepare for the interview, all applicants receive a business-oriented case study related to the wine industry.
- If all admisson requirements are met, the Weincampus Neustadt / Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society will issue an invoice for the tuition fee.
- After enrollment by the Student Service Center of the Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society, students are assigned access to the OpenOLAT learning platform. All study-related information and materials are made available there.
admisson requirements
- Completed university degree with 210 ECTS credits and at least one year of appropriate professional experience after graduation.
- Applicants whose first degree comprises fewer than 210 ECTS credits can earn up to 30 additional ECTS credits based on their professional experience by submitting aprofessional portfolio to . Details and the necessary documents can be obtained from the program management.
- The Rhineland-Palatinate Higher Education Act opens up the opportunity to study for an MBA to professionally qualified individuals without a first university degree. After passing the aptitude test, qualified applicants with at least three years of adequate professional experience can be admitted without a first university degree .
- Proof of the required professional experience (e.g. employer's reference, interim reference, confirmation from current employer, employment contract, proof of self-employment, etc.)
- Letter of motivation (one DIN A4 page)
- Successful participation in a selection interview in which a basic understanding of business management issues relating to the wine industry is demonstrated.
- English language skills corresponding to level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) or at least a comparable recognized certificate.
Language certificate for admission to the Master's program
Are you interested in the new MBA at the Weincampus, but don't have a language certificate?
No problem! From now on, the Weincampus Neustadt offers its own English test, which is recognized as proof of the required language skills for the Master's program!
The online language test was developed specifically for the MBA Wine, Sustainability & Sales and is recognized as proof of English language proficiency at level B2, which is required for admission to the "MBA Wine, Sustainability & Sales "*.
You can take the test from the comfort of your own home via the OpenOLAT education and learning platform. If you are interested, simply contact us! We will be happy to send you further information and register you for the test.
*The test is not suitable as official proof of language proficiency for purposes other than those mentioned above.
Welcome to the Neustadt Wine Campus*
*The Weincampus Neustadt is a scientific institution of the universities of Ludwigshafen (leading), Bingen and Kaiserslautern, which, in cooperation with the Dienstleistungszentrum Ländlicher Raum (DLR) Rheinpfalz and more than 340 cooperating companies, offers the dual degree programs Viticulture and Oenology as well as the continuing education Master's program "MBA Wine, Sustainability and Sales".
