Double degree in Business Administration
Business Administration in a Danish-German perspective
Get a double degree and become an expert in how to lead Danish-German business relations
The double master’s degree in Business Administration is a 2 year programme offered in a collaboration between Roskilde University and Christian Albrechts Universität zu Kiel. This master's degree provides a unique opportunity to study the field of international business administration within the context of Danish-German collaboration in the Fehmarn Region and beyond. When you complete this study programme you will receive a degree from each of the two partner universities, i.e., Roskilde University and Christian Albrechts Universität zu Kiel.
With the Fehmarn connection being constructed, a new permanent link between Denmark and Germany calls for increasing collaboration, more innovation, new knowledge and skills. As a student in this programme you will study in both Denmark (at Roskilde University) and in Germany (at Christian Albrechts Universität zu Kiel), and you will work in projects with students from both partner universities.
Through project work and your academic courses, you will gain the skills to identify organisational challenges and opportunities, specifically in issues concerning collaboration between Danish and German companies, municipalities, and organisations. This gives you an opportunity to develop cross-border problem solving skills and an international career profile within the field of business administration.
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As a student at Roskilde University, you will pursue the master's programme in Business Administration and Leadership in the following manner to achieve the double degree:
1st semester
You study at Roskilde University as part of the programme you are enrolled in (Business Administration and Leadership). Here, you take courses in management and innovation management, and you work on a project.
2nd semester
You study at the Christian-Albrecht-Universität zu Kiel (CAU). Here, you take courses including quantitative methods (in English). Additionally, you and your fellow students work in project groups across the partner universities RUC and CAU, collaborating on joint projects spanning two semesters. These projects are conducted in English.
3rd semester
German students from Christian-Albrecht-Universität zu Kiel study at RUC, continuing the project collaboration from the second semester in Kiel. In this semester, you also have the opportunity to choose an internship with a company, authority, or organization.
4th semester
You study at Roskilde University and write your thesis within Business Administration and Leadership.
Upon completing the program, you will receive two diplomas and be awarded a Master's degree from both universities.
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Throughout your study programme, you can take advantage of doing an internship to boost your skills, expand your network, and gain practical experience while still studying. Some students even end up getting job offers after completing their internships.
Partners in the Interreg Deutschland-Danmark program are committed to welcoming students from the Double Master’s Degree in Business Administration. However, you also have the flexibility to choose a company, authority, or organisation independently for your internship.
Collaboration partners include organisations such as Landeszentrum für E-Sport und Digitalisierung Schleswig-Holstein, Handwerkskammer Lübeck, DGI Storstrøm, Museum Lolland-Falster, Wirtschaftsförderung Lübeck, Museum Sydøstdanmark, Næstved Erhverv A/S, Guldborgsund Municipality, and the German Embassy.
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As a student in Business Administration and Leadership, your entire study programme is in English, including your 2. semester in Kiel.
You also have the opportunity to enhance your language skills in both German and English by taking language courses at both Roskilde University and Christian-Albrecht-Universität zu Kiel (CAU).
Please note that these language courses are additional to the 120 ECTS required for the double degree.
Read more about CAU’s language courses at the university's Department of German as a Foreign Language
Read more about Language Profiles at Roskilde University
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You apply for admission at Business Administration and Leadership. You will be asked whether you wish to pursue the double degree option at the beginning of the first semester, shortly after enrolment.
Why study this double degree?
- Combine your studies at Roskilde University with studies at Christian-Albrechts University zu Kiel and acquire international business management skills in demand by the business sector.
- Become a part of the rapidly growing market, business collaboration, and network within the Fehmarn region in trade, education, culture, and tourism.
- Attain a master's degree from both Roskilde University and Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel.
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Founded in 1665, the university is the oldest and largest in Schleswig-Holstein, with 27,000 students and approximately 3,700 employees.
Rooted in the Fehmarnbelt
The purpose of a double degree partnership is to educate graduates with international competencies who can contribute to greater cohesion and development in the Femarnbelt regions, both in Denmark and Germany.
Reiner Perau
"Denmark needs Germany experts who, in addition to being good at German, also know the political system and the culture, which also means that they know a little about German football. (...) You have to know something about all these things in order to be a fully educated German nerd who can get into a company and know what is going on in the country."
Your study programme begins here
"Double Master's Degree in Business Administration" is a part of Business Administration and Leadership at Roskilde University.
When you have been admitted to this programme, you will have the opportunity to choose to study the double degree.
Questions and contact
Contact our Study Guidance
Contact us if you need advice on choosing a study programme, more information about the content of a course, or assistance with application and admission to Roskilde University.