Full-Time MBA Program | Finance

1. The Welcome Weeks: Where your HHL adventure begins!

The Welcome Weeks offer a plunge into the HHL spirit. Through a range of intercultural team-building activities, you will embark on your unforgettable HHL adventure. You will get to know classmates from all of our programs and from all corners of the world and lay the foundation for a powerful network of contacts that will support you not only through your studies but far beyond. Refresher courses on business management fundamentals will also ease you into the program, and an initial introduction to the Leipzig Leadership Model will begin your transformation into the future leader of your aspirations.

2. General Management Essentials: The key qualifications of tomorrow

Here you lay the foundation for your management career. Three pillars impart a balanced mix of fundamental and state-of-the-art management knowledge.

The mandatory Deep Dives will intensify your knowledge and skills in corporate finance – from corporate valuation to risk management. While immersing yourself in the exciting world of Finance, we will make sure that you never lose the big picture on strategic implications and decision-making.

You will specialize in corporate finance with selected modules that convey important skills from business valuation to risk management.

Corporate Valuation and M&A

• Deep dive into determining business values and learn how to structure M&A deals, which is needed in the field of investment banking, private equity or asset management.

Entrepreneurial Finance

•  Follow up with start-up valuations, stage-based financial planning and get to know deal structures in fundings to acquire insights on finance and data analytics.

Advanced Corporate Finance

• Learn about advanced financial challenges – from debt financing, bankruptcy to distress and related phenomena and get to know about optimal capital structures.

Risk Management

• Sum up your corporate finance know-how with risk measurement, hedging and insuring strategies and gain an outlook on financial engineering.

Based on your personal ambitions and interests within your MBA in Finance program, you can complement your financial knowledge with modules on various topics including entrepreneurship, strategy, and leadership. Take the four mandatory modules and choose max. additional elective modules.

4. Customization Modules: Gain practical and international experience

In the Advanced Track you have a number of additional practical options:

5. Master Thesis: The culmination of your MBA program

The Master Thesis in our Full-Time MBA program represents the crowning achievement of your academic journey, showcasing your expertise in business and management. This independent research project allows you to explore a topic of your choice, emphasizing real-world relevance and critical thinking. Guided by experienced mentors, your thesis will be a testament to your ability to analyze and apply knowledge gained during your MBA program.

In the MBA course ‘Sustainability, Society, Social Entrepreneurship and You’, students travel to a European destination to directly experience pressing social and sustainability issues. Through city exploration, interactions with managers and social entrepreneurs, and reflections on societal impact, participants learn about challenges, distinctive business practices, and success factors for addressing global challenges. This international impact expedition focuses on social innovation, new businesses, and the role of social entrepreneurship in creating a sustainable world.

Are you an international student looking to launch your career in Germany after your MBA studies? Then German skills will give you a large advantage! HHL, therefore, offers you the possibility to learn German throughout the program with our tailored language courses offered for all levels. For those particularly committed students among you, we also offer an intensive beginner’s German course in August, prior to the start of the MBA program. For further questions and German course registration, please send an e-mail to germancourse@hhl.de

Selecting the Advanced Track gives you the additional time and opportunity to put the theory you have learned previously into practice. Whether you decide to work on a real-life consulting project with your classmates or dive right into the job market with an internship, the choice is yours. There are several practical options for you to chose from and even combine. The practical experience you gain and the network you build will benefit you far beyond graduation.

The world is your oyster at HHL! 

International competencies are essential for successful managers, consultants, entrepreneurs and executives in an increasingly globalized world. This is why HHL prioritizes maintaining global partnerships. Whether it’s New York, Paris, Moscow, Stockholm, Singapore, Hong Kong or Sydney; a term abroad at one of our 140 global partner universities will give you an exciting change of perspective. The HHL team will guide you before, during and after your term abroad. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to explore new countries and new cultures and to expand your own international network. 

Aside from your term abroad, you have the option of receiving an additional degree from one of our global network of partner universities. Don’t worry, there’s no need to decide on your international options just yet! You can take your time until the end of the first term at HHL to choose if you wish to go abroad for a term or for an additional degree. And of course, your HHL team is here to support you! 

Tailored support for your career

With passion and commitment, and our famous personal touch, HHL’s top-ranked Career Development team we will help you pave the way for a successful and fulfilling career. We will help you identify your strengths, develop your skills and systematically focus on reaching your professional goals. How do we do this?

Explore our career development approach

Did you know that Germany’s visa regulations are very favorable for international students looking to enter the German job market? After completing your studies, you can apply for a range of options, including:

• 18 months job seeker visa, which gives you plenty of time to find the right career path for you,
• a work permit if you already have an offer,
• apply for an 18 months job-seeker visa, which gives you plenty of time to find the right career path for you, especially considering our graduates’ employment rates.

Want to learn more about your post-MBA visa options?

Germany’s visa regulations

The Campus: In the heart of Leipzig!

The HHL campus is centrally located and, at the same time, surrounded by idyllic parks and rivers. You will experience an inspiring multicultural atmosphere and real campus flair. You also get to take advantage of the adjacent sports department of the University of Leipzig; as an HHL student, you are eligible to use their sports facilities and to sign up for sports courses offered by the Leipzig University*. And to accommodate a flexible study schedule, we grant our students access to HHL’s premises 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can use the library, the study areas and meeting rooms, the lounge and the Student Club any time you want! Intrigued? Please contact us – we would be delighted to show you around our campus in person! We look forward to meeting you!

*additional costs apply for these courses

Affordable and student-friendly living

Leipzig offers students a very high quality of life for extremely affordable prices. In contrast to many other student cities in Germany, Leipzig still has affordable student accommodation. The approximate living costs per month including accommodation in Leipzig are around EUR 800, while the average living costs in Germany are estimated at EUR 934.

Find out everything you need to know before and after arriving in Germany, from visa requirements, health insurance, and housing to residence permits:

The tuition fees for the MBA program amount to EUR 39,500. We offer a tuition fee reduction if you submit your complete application by the following Early Bird deadlines*:

• Early Bird 1: November 30 – Discount: EUR 6,000
  
• Early Bird 2: January 31 – Discount: EUR 4,500
  
• Early Bird 3: March 31 – Discount: EUR 1,500

This covers all tuition including the fees for the term abroad at one of our partner universities.

*The early bird discount is offered to those who have uploaded all mandatory documents and submitted their application by these deadlines and have successfully passed the interview as well as the GMAT/GRE within 1 month of the deadlines. In order to qualify for the early bird discount, the payment of the commitment fee must be transferred within 2 months of the deadlines.

Pay your tuition fees in installments!

Of course, the tuition fees at HHL do not have to be paid in one lump sum. The fees will be paid as follows:

1. Payment of EUR 3,500: 4 weeks after admission (down payment)
2. Payment of EUR 12,000: October 1 of the first study year.
3. Payment of EUR 12,000: March 1 of the first study year.
4. Payment of EUR 12,000: September 1 of the second study year.

The best part? We support the financing of your studies. We offer a range of financing options, as well as a number of scholarship programs for exceptionally driven candidates. How to receive a scholarship? Convince us not only of your outstanding academic and professional records but also of your personality and your ambition.