ESB Business School
Country Partner University City
Australia Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne
China The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
Germany GISMA Business School Hannover , Germany
Germany Bundeswehr University Munich Munich
Mexico EGADE ITESM Tec de Monterrey Monterrey
United States California State University Hayward , California
United States Texas Tech University Lubbock , Texas
United States Niagara University Lewiston , New York
United States Portland State University Portland , Oregon
United States Purdue University West Lafayette , Indiana
United States Chapman University Orange County , CA
United States Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond , Louisiana
United Kingdom University of Exeter Exeter
Undergraduate programs -- Double degree programs
The International Business ( IB ) program , unique in Germany , offers students the possibility of acquiring within only four years the degrees Bachelor of Science ( BSc ) and Master of Business Administration ( MBA ) or another master 's degree ( MSc/MA ) within only four years . Students complete three and a half academic years at Reutlingen University . For a defined number of students this can be followed by an additional semester at Napier University , resulting in a second bachelor 's degree or by a fourth academic year at one of ten partner universities in America , Asia , Australia or Europe , resulting in a master 's degree . The IB program provides a broad spectrum of expertise and methods in business studies and enables the students to select a special area of concentration while at the ESB , as well as at the partner university – e.g . in Management , Marketing or Finance . The economic background to the study program has a strong international orientation . A high value is set on the training of soft skills , for example in communication and presentation skills , intercultural competence and business ethics . The international dimension is one of the major factors in the composition of the students : 50% of study places per year are awarded to international applicants . All courses – with the exception of the language courses – are held in English . A second , compulsory foreign language is chosen for the first three years of the program : German students can choose between Spanish or French , for international students German is the second foreign language . The IB program is an academic program which prepares students for a management career in an international enterprise . This requires a clear practical orientation . In the 4th and 7th semesters a 6-month internship in a company has to be completed . This provide students the opportunity to apply their theoretical business management knowledge and soft skills , and to extend their comprehension of economic cross-links and management tasks . The partner universities for this course of study are : [ 6 ]
The ESB Business School (formerly ESB Reutlingen) is Reutlingen University's business school founded in 1979 and based in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Since 2008, the school is responsible for all business related degree programs of the university. In addition to the former ESB programs, it also includes the former School of International Business (SIB) and Production Management (PM). The school offers 20 undergraduate and graduate programs as well as double degree programs in cooperation with numerous other business schools from around the world. The ESB Business School ranks among the top business schools in Germany.