The MBA Consulting Excellence for Management & IT Professionals is a continuing education program according to § 9 FHG with the degree ‘Master of Business Administration (MBA)’.
It is conducted in cooperation with incite Ausbildungs- und Schulungsveranstaltungs GmbH.
Program
The four-semester MBA Consulting Excellence for Management and IT Professionals is a comprehensive, part-time continuing education program for employed and self-employed business consultants, IT consultants and managers in the field of management consulting and IT consulting.
The study program can be flexibly combined with professional activities and supports students in expanding their skills in the field of digitalization and consulting.
Highlights
- Part-time continuing education program
- Expansion of existing interests and skills at an academic level by offering elective modules
- Hard skills such as digital transformation are in a balanced ratio to soft skills such as conflict management
Organization
Type of degree program
Part-time continuing education program
Language of instruction
German, individual courses can be held in English
Start of degree program
Next start spring 2025
Application
Costs
€ 15,000 (total study program incl. student union fee and examination fees)
Grants
Here you will find an overview of the funding opportunities.
Application
Focus & Qualifications
The aim of the course is to impart (IT-related) management knowledge in the context of advancing digitalization as well as selected topics of business mediation and to combine this specialist training with an established MBA course.
The MBA Consulting Excellence for Management and IT Professionals is aimed at people who already have experience in (IT) consulting projects in defined areas but require additional methodological knowledge for the problem-solving process. This knowledge is combined with methods of social competence for process control and optimal co-operation with other consultants to solve complex tasks. The focus is therefore on special consulting techniques, social skills, process management skills, networking skills, training in operational and strategic thinking, sensitization to the highly dynamic ICT environment, business and legal problem-solving skills with a focus on interfaces.
Curriculum
The MBA Consulting Excellence for Management & IT Professionals is structured as follows in terms of content and time:
1st semester
- Business Consulting
- Conflict Management
2nd semester
- Digitalization
- Digital Transformation
3rd semester
- Academic Research
- Specializations
- Management Consulting
- Business Mediation
- IT Consulting
4th semester
- Master’s Thesis
- MBA Final Examination
Job & Career
The MBA Consulting Excellence for Management and IT Professionals not only enables graduates to combine consulting and methodological knowledge, social skills and technical expertise in consulting projects and to use them specifically to solve problems in their professional field, but also provides formal proof of these skills by obtaining an academic degree.
Depending on their previous education, graduates of the course are able to offer professional consulting and management services for individuals and for private and public organizations. Examples of professional functions and fields of application:
- Professional support for entrepreneurs in (Austrian) SMEs as specialist consultants with a wide range of expertise
- Support in the development of IT-focused solutions in small and medium-sized companies as a specialist consultant
- Process consulting while preparing, planning and moderating differently focused management meetings
Application
Admission requirements
- Completed, relevant Bachelor’s degree program with at least 180 ECTS credits
or
- Completion of another relevant degree program of at least the same higher education level at a recognized domestic or foreign post-secondary educational institution
- As well as at least two years of relevant professional experience
In individual cases, the decision on admission is the responsibility of the Head of Program.
Application process
Applications are made directly to Incite Ausbildungs- und Schulungsveranstaltungs GmbH.
Program information
The team at Incite Ausbildungs- und Schulungsveranstaltungs GmbH will be happy to answer any questions you may have.
Grants & Financing
General
- Tax reimbursement: You can write off the tuition fees against your taxes, as long as the continuing education program is relevant or related to your current occupational field. The tax advantage depends on your total income. You could be reimbursed for up to 43.6 % of the tuition fees!
More information can be found here:
Bundesministerium für Finanzen (Federal Ministry of Finance)
Johannesgasse 5, 1010 Vienna
Tel.: 01/514 33-0
www.bmf.gv.at
E-mail contact form - Tax deductibility for companies:
Entrepreneurs can deduct continuing education costs as business expenses. More information can be found here:
Bundesministerium für Finanzen (Federal Ministry of Finance)
Johannesgasse 5, 1010 Vienna
Tel.: 01/514 33-0
www.bmf.gv.at
E-mail contact form
Grants in Austria
- Database Continuing Education Grants (German)
- Database Scholarships (English)
- Arbeiterkammer (Chamber of Labor) (German)
- Wirtschaftskammer (Chamber of Commerce) (German)
- AMS (Austrian Public Employment Service) (German)
- A reduction in costs is possible if the costs are covered by the employer. (for more information, please visit www.bmf.gv.at)
Grants at the federal state level
- Burgenland (German)
- Carinthia (German)
- Lower Austria – Educational grants (German)
- Lower Austria – Scholarships (German)
- Salzburg (German)
- Styria (German)
- Tyrol (German)
- Upper Austria (German)
- Vorarlberg (German)
- waff – Vienna Employment Promotion Fund (English)
- Wirtschaftsagentur Wien (Vienna Business Agency) (English)
All information is without guarantee. Please be aware that we cannot make any guarantees about grants!
Team
Manfred J. Schieber, MA, MBA, MSc
Head of Program
International MBA in Management & Communications
Publications
Ulrike Fuchshuber, MA
Incite Ausbildungs- und Schulungsveranstaltungs GmbH