University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business

MBA, Full Time (1 year)

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What is an MBA Degree

If you Google for "MBA studies", you will encounter buzzwords such as "career jump", "salary increase" or "management studies" everywhere. But what is this Master of Business Administration (MBA) for a degree?

The abbreviation MBA stands for "Master of Business Administration".

The MBA is a course of study that can be studied after a first academic degree (e.g. Bachelor or Diploma). In addition, it is designed in a “generalist” way, which means that the course does not convey specialized knowledge for a specialist area, but the entire range of business administration. However, this generalist approach tends to decline and specialized MBAs such as logistics or health management come onto the market. In addition, it is now possible to study with sufficient work experience even without a first degree.

Who is an MBA for?

The Master of Business Administration is primarily those have already had at least one year in their professional life after completing their diploma, master's, bachelor's or master's degree.

It was originally intended for those who have completed a non-business degree (e.g. biology, mechanical engineering, medicine, law) and would like to make up for a lack of business administration skills. Today, however, business administration graduates also do a Business Administration Master to deepen their knowledge again.

How is the MBA program structured?

There is no uniform study structure for the Master of Business Administration. When it comes to the structure of your studies, the main thing is the time model:

• Part-time face-to-face study (evening or weekend study)
• Distance learning
• Full-time study
• Executive MBA (special form of part-time attendance study, only aimed at people with managerial responsibility)

In principle, it can be said that an MBA course in Germany takes an average of 21 months. This is due to the wide spread of part-time courses. Anyone who decides to pursue a full-time MBA degree will have their degree more quickly in their pocket, while distance learning can take up to four years.

How can you find reputable universities / providers?

For example in our database. There you will find numerous universities with different MBA programs. We have only accepted certified providers with reputable study programs.

Otherwise you should pay attention to the accreditation. Reliable universities have had their study programs examined by a so-called accreditation agency (e.g. FIBAA, EQUIS, AMBA) or have been approved.

Is the MBA degree really so beneficial to your career?

In order to be able to answer this question halfway objectively, we interviewed more than 150 randomly selected graduates from various universities. The vast majority are very happy with the degree, but there are also people who have not met their expectations:

Kai, MBA Real Estate

This investment in education was absolutely worth it. Studying helped me particularly in an international work environment. The contacts I made during my stays abroad were and are very valuable for my everyday work.

Christian, MBA Health Economics

The MBA was worth it, as I now enjoy a high reputation at the executive level / in administration. It was not worth it to the extent that the study costs were not yet paid out.

Christian, MBA General Management

With my MBA, I was able to change the industry, hold numerous exciting positions and almost double my salary over time.

Martina, MBA Health Care Management

The MBA paid off for me because it started a change of job as planned. With the new qualification, I was well prepared and interesting on the job market. I couldn't have taken on the two jobs that came without the MBA. Today I am very satisfied with the change of branch and I especially don't want to miss the contacts that the MBA gave me.

In the numerous testimonials it is striking that only very few graduates mention a direct effect on the salary. Rather, they rave about the networking effects that cause job changes over the years and thus also increases in salaries.