Special Characteristics
- Specially developed programme
- There is a wide range of modules in English
- Choose the number of modules in agreement with your home university (maximum 30 ECTS)
- Most modules have 5 ECTS
- The modules are taught in small groups
Course Structure
The Faculty of Business Administration of HTW Dresden offers you a broad variety of different courses from which you can choose. We strongly recommend you to set up your learning agreement in the following way:
- Course number: W001
- Level: Bachelor
- 5 ECTS
- offered in the summer semester (not offered in summer 2026)
- Course number: W002
- Level: Master
- 5 ECTS
- offered in the winter semester
- Intensive course for international students (CEF-Level A1 to CEF Level C1)
- 5 ECTS
- Offered in the winter and summer semester
- Further information on foreign languages can be found on the pages of the ZFS
- Course number: Z007
- Level: Bachelor
- 2 ECTS
- offered in the winter and summer semester
- Only ECTS, but no grades are given.
- Course number: Z013
- Level: Master
- 5 ECTS
- offered in the winter semester
- Course number: W005
- Level: Bachelor
- 3 ECTS
- offered in the winter and summer semester
- Only ECTS, but no grades are given.
- Course number: Starts with a W
- 5 ECTS per module
- Some courses are held in the winter and others in the summer semester
Bachelor-Modules in English
- W102 Study Skills (2 ECTS)
- W317 Work- and Organisational Psychology
- W342 Marketingmanagement Promotion/Advertising
- W348 Process and Quality Management – Execution
- W414 International Business Enviroment & Communicatons*
- W501 International Business Strategy – The Global Context
- W540 Human Resource Management – Plan, recruit, develop
- W552 Corporate Responsibility
- W738 Corporate Planning & Management Control
- W740 Marketing Focus
- W852 New Public Management (3 ECTS)
* restricted capacity
- W349 Automotive Management (not offered in summer 2026)
- W359 Marketingmanagement
- W417 Academic Presentation and Discussion
- W432 Organizational and Supply Chain Design
- W461Scientific Writing
- W462 International Team & Project Management
- W463 International Trade Simulation
- W466 International Business Law
- W471 Competitive Strategy
- W544 Human Resources Management – Lead, perform, reward
- W548 International Business and Labour Law
- W562 Life Cycle Assessment
- W601 International Business Strategy - Strategy Development
- W742 International Supply Chain Management
- W743 Process and Quality Management (not offered in summer 2026)
You can also choose bachelor’s-level modules taught in German. These can be viewed in the Modulux module database. Go to the study programmes and filter by faculty (select “Business Administration”) and degree (select “Bachelor”). The current study programmes are marked with the status “Accredited” and a green bar. If you click on the programmes details and select the "Study schedule" tab, you will see the modules offered by the programme from which you can choose.
Master-Modules in English
- W291 International Business and Technical Law
- W292 Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- W294 International Project and Industrial Process Management
- W297 Agile Innovation Control
- W623 International Management and Globalization
- W626 Human Factors in Industrial Processes
- W934 Strategy and Sustainability
- W935 Scientific Writing (2 ECTS)
- W940 Strategic Business Simulation
- W944 Academic Research Skills (3 ECTS)
- W397 Entrepreneurship
- W556 Agile Control by Improv Tools
- W712 Diversity Management
- W825 Resources and Uncertainty in Strategic Management
- W830 Current Issues in HRM
- W933 International Economics
- W934 Strategy and Sustainability
- W936 Change & Conflict Management in Organisations*
- W937 Management of Complex Leadership Tasks
- W941 Innovation Management
- W943 International Supply Chain and Sales Management
- W944 Academic Research Skills (3 ECTS)
- W950 International Marketing Management
* restricted capacity
You can also choose master’s-level modules taught in German. These can be viewed in the Modulux module database. Go to the study programmes and filter by faculty (select “Business Administration”) and degree (select “Master”). The current study programmes are marked with the status “Accredited” and a green bar. If you click on the programmes details and select the "Study schedule" tab, you will see the modules offered by the programme from which you can choose.
Due to capacity constraints with regard to some of the business courses and overlapping of courses, we may ask you to change your learning agreement accordingly. We will be in close touch with you on this matter.
Timetable
The timetables for the winter semester will be published at the beginning of October. The schedules for the summer semester will be published in March.
Most of our lecturers use the learning plattform "OPAL" and the video conference tool "Big Blue Button".
Find here some tutorials (in german, some are in English)
https://www.htw-dresden.de/studium/im-studium/e-learning-angebote
In "OPAL" you can change the language into English:
Log in with your S-number and password. Your name is in the top right corner. Click on it. You will get to the settings. Select the tab "Systemeinstellungen" (system settings). There you can set the language to English. Save your settings. That's it.
More Information
Weitere Dokumente/ Antragsformulare finden Sie hier: https://www.htw-dresden.de/en/university/facultys/business-administration/studies/international-students