Management & Law | Bachelor

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 Application Deadline: March 31, 2024

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Short Facts
  • Time model & language: Full-time | German
  • Duration of study: 6 semesters | 180 ECTS
  • Prerequisites: University entrance qualification or relevant professional qualification with additional exams
  • Academic Degree: Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Business | BA or B.A.
  • Tuition fee: EUR 363,36 / semester plus membership fee for the Austrian Students’ Union (ÖH) for EU and EEA citizens

Before studying

As a commencing student you may have many questions: What does the desired course of studies teach me? How do I apply? What are the requirements for admission to studying at MCI, and what is the application deadline? What are my career options after graduation? Below you will find all the answers and information you may need.

Overview

Within the framework of practice-oriented projects, students are provided with the opportunity to work with local and international businesses  during their studies.

Auditing, management consulting, human resource management, marketing & sales – there is hardly a field of management without legal relevance. Against this backdrop, we have created the Management & Law Bachelor’s degree program. Unlike traditional law degrees, this program uniquely combines contents of economics and business law. It equips students with management skills and comprehensive knowledge of business law, thus, enabling  them to assess and solve complex issues from a variety of different perspectives.

In addition to teaching relevant content from corporate accounting and finance, strategic management, personnel management, marketing and private and public business law, the program focuses especially on valuable social and intercultural skills.

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Prof. Dr. Ralf Geymayer | Head of Department & Studies Bachelor's program Management & Law
Prof. Dr. Ralf Geymayer Head of Department & Studies

If you have any questions about the study program, please contact us.

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Admission

Applications for admission are accepted on an ongoing basis via our online application platform. In the sense of your personal further planning, we recommend that you submit your application early.

Applicants are welcome to apply for multiple programs of study, as long as a plausible rationale is given.

  Application
deadline
Interview
     
Date 1 Nov 12, 2023 Nov 27 - 28, 2023
Date 2    Feb 4, 2024 Feb 19 - 21, 2024
Date 3 Mar 31, 2024 Apr 15 - 17, 2024
Date 4 May 26, 2024 Jun 10 - 12, 2024

 

Generally, admission to the program is available to the following persons:

  • Individuals with a university entrance qualification for a social, business or legal sciences study program (e.g. school-leaving exam, appropriate university entrance equivalency exam etc.)
  • Individuals without a university entrance qualification, but with relevant professional qualification, provided that one of the following requirements is fulfilled:
    • school-leaving certificate from a relevant vocational secondary school
    • completion of a dual education course with a relevant apprenticeship

Persons without a university entrance qualification but with relevant vocational qualifications must additionally sit entrance exams in German, English (Level II) and Mathematics (Level I). The level of the exams corresponds to that of a non-school university entrance qualification in social, economic & legal sciences.

Persons in their last year at school wishing to apply for a place on the program before taking their final exams must include their most current school report with their application. Successful applicants must subsequently submit their school-leaving examination certificate before the start of the first semester.

In just two steps to your desired study program at MCI:

Step 1 – Online application: CV & motivation

A complete online application consists of a CV, a letter of motivation, information on educational background, qualifications, professional career, social achievements and academic as well as professional goals. We would like to know why you are applying to study at MCI.

You may apply for more than one degree program at the same time, provided you can conclusively explain your respective motivations in your letter of motivation.

Step 2 – Online admission interview

In the second step, all applicants will be invited to an online admission interview.

In this interview, we want to get to know you. We are particularly interested in your motivation to study at MCI as well as your professional and personal goals you want to achieve with the help of your studies.

Within three weeks after the admission interview, we will inform you about the admission decision.

While studying

MCI study programs stand out due to the quality of their content, relevance to the business world, and their international orientation. The close cooperation with partners from industry and integrative internships enable students to gain practical experience as early as in their Bachelor’s studies. In addition to providing expert knowledge, MCI places great importance on encouraging personal development and the development of social and intercultural competencies.

Management & Law

The bachelor's program Management & Law comprises six semesters with 18 lecture weeks each. The first four semesters cover the program's fundamentals and take place at MCI in Innsbruck. There is an additional practical project in the third semester, which allows students to work with companies from all over the world and put their acquired knowledge into practice. Most of the courses in the fifth semester are held in English. However, students can also spend this semester at a partner university abroad.Specializations and interdisciplinary electives in the fifth semester give students the opportunity to personalize their education according to their interests. These options are thoughtfully scheduled to accommodate students who choose to study abroad. The 13-week professional internship takes place in the sixth semester.

Facts

Time model & language
Full-time | German
Academic year
Winter semester: End of September to February
Summer semester: from March to July
Structure
1st–4th semester: Fundamentals including a practical project
5th semester: International semester | Specializations and interdisciplinary electives
6th semester: Integrative internship, bachelor's thesis and bachelor's examination
Tuition fees
For students from EU & EEA countries: EUR 363,36 / semester plus membership fee to the Austrian Student Union (ÖH). Details for students from third countries: www.mci.edu/admission

Curriculum

  1 2 3 4 5 6
Fundamentals of Management 3 | 4          
Microeconomics 3 | 4          
Business English & Presentation Technique 3 | 4          
Professional & Academic Tools 2 | 2          
Data Science & Statistics I  3 | 4           
Accounting & Balancing  3 | 4           
Public Law – Fundamentals  3 | 4           
Private Law I 3 | 4          


Semester Credit Units| ECTS-Credits

  1 2 3 4 5 6
Marketing   3 | 4        
Macroeconomics      3 | 4           
Business & Legal English   3 | 4        
Qualitative Research Methods   1 | 2        
Data Science & Statistics II    3 | 4            
Cost & Performance Accounting    3 | 4         
Public Law & Procedural Law   3 | 4         
Private Law II   3 | 4         


Semester Credit Units| ECTS-Credits

  1 2 3 4 5 6
Strategic Management     3 | 4      
Competition & Internet Law     3 | 4      
English Communication & Intercultural Competencies     4 | 4       
Negotiation Techniques & Conflict Resolution     1 | 2       
Project Management & Practice Project     2 | 4      
Controlling     3 | 4      
Tax Law     3 | 4      
Corporate & Reorganisation Law     3 | 4      


Semester Credit Units| ECTS-Credits

  1 2 3 4 5 6
Innovation & Intellectual Property Law        2 | 4     
Compliance & Criminal Law        2 | 4     
English Communication & Legal English       4 | 4    
Scientific Writing       1 | 2    
Integrative Revision Course       2 | 4    
Investment Appraisal & Financing Law       3 | 4    
EU-Law        3 | 4     
Labour Law I        2 | 4     


Semester Credit Units| ECTS-Credits

  1 2 3 4 5 6
Entrepreneurship & Business Ventures          2 | 4  
Human Resource Management          2 | 4   
Organizational Behaviour & Change         3 | 4   
Interdisciplinary Elective         3 | 5   
Corporate Finance         2 | 4   
Bachelor Thesis Seminar         1 | 1   
MAJORS       4 | 8   
HR Management & Labour Law 
International Marketing & Sales
Audit & International Taxes


Semester Credit Units| ECTS-Credits

  1 2 3 4 5 6
Bachelor Thesis & Exam           2 | 13 
Internship             | 17


Semester Credit Units| ECTS-Credits

Full-time

The Bachelor program Management & Law is a full-time degree program. In full-time studies, lectures and seminars are held on weekdays, with blocked units allowing for an intensive immersion into individual topics.
The classes usually take place from Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 12:15 and / or from 13:30 to 16:45. In exceptional cases, the times may vary and the lessons and / or examinations may take place outside the specified times or possibly on Saturdays.

Our interdisciplinary electives provide you with the opportunity to tailor your academic journey to your own interests and goals.

Interdisciplinary electives are cross-curricular courses on current trends and developments.

They allow you to discuss topics from different perspectives and interact with students and faculty from other disciplines.

During your studies you have the unique chance to choose such a course from a wide range of topics within the following focus areas:

  • Entrepreneurship & Innovation
  • Sustainability
  • Digitalization
  • Globalization
  • Society

The electives offer the opportunity to deepen your own interests and broaden your horizons. Join us as we enter a world of learning, exploration, and growth! Read more.

Graduates of the program are conferred the academic title of Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences, in short BA or B.A. This is attested by a leaving certificate, the Bachelor diploma, the international diploma supplement, and further documents where relevant. MCI Alumni are entitled to combine their academic degree with the brand “MCI” to provide trust and orientation in an increasingly intransparent international education market. Example: BSc (MCI). 
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Cooperation & Career Partners (Selection)

  • Agrarmarketing Tirol GmbH
  • Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
  • HYPO TIROL BANK AG
  • MPREIS Warenvertriebs GmbH
  • Porsche Holding Gesellschaft m.b.H
  • Roche Diagnostics GmbH
  • Spar Österreichische Warenhandels-AG
  • Wirtschaftskammer Tirol

Learning Goals

In order to ensure the transfer of learning and to enable students to develop relevant competencies, MCI has defined clear cross-curricular learning goals. These describe, in detail, the knowledge and skills acquired by our graduates on completion of their studies at MCI.

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Information Literacy

Our graduates can find, evaluate, and responsibly use information from a variety of (digital) sources.

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Responsible Decision Making

Inspired by the UN Sustainable Development Goals, our graduates can make decisions that are ecologically sustainable, economically responsible, and socially equitable.

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Entrepreneurship

Our graduates demonstrate proficiency in applying entrepreneurial thinking and strategies to identify market opportunities, solve complex problems, and create innovative solutions, considering ethical issues.

Studying abroad

One of the most essential components of MCI study programs is their international orientation. This is reflected not only in the curriculum and assigned projects, but also in the backgrounds of our faculty and students. Each program also includes the opportunity for students to spend a semester abroad at one of MCI’s many partner institutions.

PRACTICAL ORIENTATION DURING YOUR STUDIES

At MCI, each program of study requires students to complete an integrative internship of at least 13 weeks at a national or international company. Students receive support from the respective department in organizing this internship and are supervised in coordination with the company.

Our department and the MCI Career Center regularly provide up-to-date information about internship positions and the situation on the labor market in general.

As part of practice-oriented projects, students are provided with the opportunity to work with local and international businesses. This allows them to immediately apply their newly acquired knowledge in practice and in collaboration with the project team. Their theoretical knowledge is further deepened by a mandatory internship of several weeks duration.

Before going on the internship, students are encouraged to enhance their personal profile by choosing an area of specialization. Students have the option to choose modules from the fields of personnel management and labor law, international marketing and distribution as well as economic auditing and international taxation.

Maximiliane Scheidt; Managing Director, Herforder Elektromotoren-Werke GmbH 6 Co. KG; Alumni Management & Law

The broad orientation and the practical relevance of the study program at MCI have enabled me to develop confidently in my role as a managing director of a medium-sized company at a very young age. In particular, the combination between management and legal subjects helped me to meet all the needs of the company. Moreover, the acquired soft skills have been a big help, especially in the beginning.

I am happy to think back to my time in Innsbruck – above all, the many interesting lecturers and evenings I spent with my fellow students remain in my memory.

Maximiliane Scheidt; Managing Director, Herforder Elektromotoren-Werke GmbH 6 Co. KG; Alumni Management & Law

Amina Abl; Specialist Learning & Transformation, thyssenkrupp Presta AG; Alumni Management & Law

Studying at the MCI not only challenges you; it changes you. Looking back at my time studying, it was an incredibly enriching and exciting journey, which I shared with great colleagues from all over the world and with inspiring lecturers coming from a variety of industries and in a university mindset that is incomparable with any other. The MCI not only opens some doors for your career pathway, but rather many, and it equips you with every tool needed for all the great opportunities that await you beyond your studies.

Amina Abl; Specialist Learning & Transformation, thyssenkrupp Presta AG; Alumni Management & Law

Maximilian Seemüller; Consultant M&A, Deloitte Consulting GmbH; Alumni Management & Law

Motivated students and teachers providing profound business insights was the best combination to develop a successful mind-set. Adding small and interactive classes, paired with a semester abroad in the US, I can say that the MCI prepared me in the best possible way for my current career.

Maximilian Seemüller; Consultant M&A, Deloitte Consulting GmbH; Alumni Management & Law

Univ.-Prof. FH-Prof. Mag. Dr. Franz Pegger; lawyer and partner at Greiter Pegger Kofler & Partners, Innsbruck; Head of the Academic Council and Senior Lecturer

My professional experience as a lawyer and university lecturer shows that the combination of law and business is absolutely necessary for entrepreneurial decisions. The MCI Management & Law program, which I helped to establish, demonstrates this in an exemplary manner.

Univ.-Prof. FH-Prof. Mag. Dr. Franz Pegger; lawyer and partner at Greiter Pegger Kofler & Partners, Innsbruck; Head of the Academic Council and Senior Lecturer

Mag. Helga M. Stangl; Auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers; Lecturer Management & Law

The MCI combines theory and practice during the course of study. Students gain an insight into economic processes through lecturers from a wide variety of fields. I am pleased to see that graduates of the Management & Law program can easily implement lecture topics in their everyday work.

Mag. Helga M. Stangl; Auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers; Lecturer Management & Law

Research & Development

At the Entrepreneurial School®, providing a consistent link between science and practice has top priority. Therefore, we provide our students plenty of opportunity to put their newly acquired knowledge to practice, even during their studies. The collaboration with companies and organizations of different sizes and sectors forms one of the cornerstones of the MCI concept. Such cooperative work does not only benefit our students, but also, ­to a large extent our partners.

As part of the bachelor’s degree program in Management & Law, we make our students’ knowledge, creativity, and motivation available to companies. This benefits both our students and business partners. In the third semester of their studies, students work in groups of five to eight on a specific issue of business or legal practice and provide possible solutions. The duration of each individual project is one semester.

Research projects

• Mergers & Acquisitions

• Corporate Social Responsibility

• Business Ethics & Responsible Management Education

• Employer Branding & Corporate One Voice Strategy

• European Union Law

• Corporate law and its importance for SMEs

After studying

Studying at MCI is an investment in a successful future. Through close cooperation with industry and the practical orientation of all courses, MCI graduates are in particularly high demand on the job market and have several job offers even before graduation

Professional Opportunities

  • Industrial sector
  • Market & opinion research
  • Trading companies
  • Power & water suppliers
  • Tax advisory & auditing
  • Telecommunications
  • Business consultancy
  • Interest groups I public administration
  • Banks & insurance companies I investment counselling
  • Recruitment consultancy
  • Advertising agencies

MCI Alumni & Friends

MCI Alumni & Friends provides a dynamic service platform promoting contacts, image, professional careers, and personal development of MCI and its graduates. We are delighted with all the graduates who choose to stay in touch even long after completion of their studies, and allowing us to be a part of their various careers:

Success Stories

Continue studying

The MCI offers a number of internationally oriented Master's courses. The master program in International Business & Law is aimed directly at the graduates of this bachelor program. The completion of a master's degree qualifies for the relevant doctoral studies.

Questions and Answers

Yes, it is possible and it is even recommended that you apply before obtaining your school-leaving certificate in order to secure one of the limited places in your desired course of study. Please include your most recent certificates available in your application. Should your application be successful, the relevant school-leaving certificate may be submitted at a later date, before the start of the academic year.

Multiple applications are welcome as long as a plausible reason is provided in your cover letter. If you are admitted to two or more study programs, you are required to inform us of your final decision by the conclusion of the application procedures. If you have applied for two or more study programs, you will have to take the written entrance examination only once.

The written entrance examination is held on the MCI campus in Innsbruck. Please reserve the relevant dates (see application deadlines). The exact dates and times will be communicated to you immediately after the conclusion of the application period. Should you be unable to attend one of the required dates, you will be required to take the entrance examination on one of the alternative dates provided.

For citizens of the following countries, the tuition fee is 363 euros per semester plus a fee for compulsory membership to the Austrian National Union of Students:

  • EU citizens,
  • EEA and Swiss citizens, and
  • non-EU citizens who, according to § 2 of the University of Applied Sciences Studies Act, are subject to § 1 of the Regulation on Eligible Groups of Persons (see Federal Law Gazette II No. 340/2013, in its current version).

For students of non-EU countries not considered eligible according to above regulations, the tuition fee is as follows:

  • Bachelor’s courses: 6,250 euros / semester plus compulsory Austrian National Union of Students membership fee
  • Master’s courses: 6,250 euros / semester plus compulsory Austrian National Union of Students membership fee

Your application documents regarding nationality will be assessed in detail as part of your admission procedure. Scholarships are available for applicants from non-EU countries and can be applied for as part of your online application.

Students of this study program have the choice within their curriculum, but also as part of their extracurricular activities, to choose between modules, specializations, additional courses, electives, etc. Additionally, the semester abroad at one of our numerous partner universities, the internship, as well as projects and final papers, enable our students to make their study program a truly unique experience.    

Lectures and seminars in full-time courses are held on weekdays. To facilitate a more intense discussion of individual topics, some lessons may also be organized in blocks.

Classes usually take place Monday through Friday from 9am to 12.15pm and/or from 1.30pm to 4.45pm. There may also be exceptions with classes and/or examinations being organized outside these time frames. It is also possible that classes are held on Saturdays.

Attendance is mandatory in all classes. If you miss 25% of a course or more, this will have an effect on your final grade.

Exemption from mandatory attendance may be granted if a valid reason is given (e.g. sickness, visit to authorities or other personal reasons). Please submit your written request including relevant proof to the department for approval.

As this program is a full-time course and all classes require your compulsory attendance, it can be combined with a job only to a limited degree. Full-time employment is possible during holidays or as part of an internship.

English forms an integral part of the curriculum. During the fifth semester, most lectures of the Bachelor’s Degree course in Management & Law are held exclusively in English. Individual lectures outside the international semester may also be offered in English.

In the fifth semester, students may choose to specialize according to personal interests and career goals in either one of the following focus areas: HR Management & Labor Law, International Marketing & Distribution, or Auditing & Controlling. You are also encouraged to further specialize as part of your Bachelor’s thesis and/or practice-related project.

Graduates of this course are qualified for a variety of occupations. They may opt for a career in banking, tax consulting, corporate counseling, industry, trade, or the academic sector.