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MBA for Engineers

Engineers are one of the largest target groups for MBA programs. There are specialized engineering MBAs, but above all there are suitable general management courses. We have an overview of the courses and answer the question of whether an MBA makes sense for engineers.

Does an MBA make sense for engineers?

The VDI certifies engineers with an MBA degree good job and career opportunities. But can this be transferred to every working engineer without restriction? Of course not. An MBA degree is only suitable for two “types” of engineers: career enhancers or career changers.

Career enhancers are aiming for a career in management or have already arrived there and would like to go further. Career changers, on the other hand, want to leave their current professional field and therefore need know-how from another area. An MBA makes it easier or even possible for engineers to switch to another industry - for example, management consulting or investment banking (there is also that).

Spoiled for choice: two study options possible

If you read this text and find out more, you are very likely an engineer. And if you've also googled a little, you probably know that there are basically two options for an MBA:

• Specialized MBA

This MBA is particularly suitable for the career changers mentioned at the beginning. Ingenieur.de describes, for example, the example of a production technician whose professional interests have shifted to the management and control of business processes using IT systems.

In such cases, a specialized MBA, such as production management or sales engineering, is recommended, because in addition to the existing engineering knowledge from the first degree, additional know-how from business administration as well as another area can be acquired.

• General MBA

A generalist MBA, such as the MBA General Management, is a good decision for engineers who are gradually "growing into" leadership positions and who are increasingly required to make entrepreneurial decisions. These study programs cover all economic subjects and are mainly chosen by non-economists. So during your studies you concentrate less on building up new industry knowledge, but above all on expanding your own business / management skills.

But there are also cases in which an MBA is not necessarily the right choice for engineers: engineers who want to focus on scientific work and / or research and development activities and who - also in their career planning - tend to be specialists rather than specialists See as generalists or managers will almost always do better with a doctorate than with an MBA.

Study models: Mostly part-time or as distance learning

Most MBA programs are offered on a part-time basis, regardless of whether they are for engineers or professionals in all fields. The difference between the courses lies in the organization of the courses: There are numerous MBAs that have been set up as part-time face-to-face courses on block lessons on weekends, sometimes including Friday. The Graduate School Rhein-Neckar teaches its MBA engineering management, for example, on Fridays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Wilhelm Büchner University also has an MBA with the same name in its program, but it is designed as a distance learning course. The same applies to the MBA industrial engineering, which is carried out as a distance learning course with few attendance phases on weekends.

As you can see, the structure of the course can vary greatly. It is therefore important to contact the student advisory service and find out the lecture times.