Intercultural Business Communication
Study information
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Key facts
- Degree
- Bachelor of Arts
- Supplement to degree
- minor in a multi-subject bachelor’s programme
- Admission restriction
- without admission restriction (without NC)
- Duration
- 6 Semesters
- Credits/ECTS
- 60
- Teaching language
- German
- Tuition fee
- None
- Semester contribution
- € 305,05
- Start of studies
- Winter semester
- Part-time possible
- Yes
- Institutions
- Faculty of Arts
- Intercultural Business Communication de
- Institute for German as a Foreign Language and Intercultural Studies de
Programme content
The degree programme enables you to take on intercultural tasks in business. To this end, you will acquire basic business knowledge and a theoretically sound understanding of the problems and opportunities of intercultural behaviour in an international business context.
- Cultural, behavioural and Communication Science theories of intercultural action
- Methods of intercultural project planning in business, especially in the subject areas of organisation, personnel and marketing
- everyday and business cultural developments and networking with regard to a freely selectable cultural area
- intercultural team support strategies
- teamwork in multilingual intercultural contexts
- Theories and methods from the business management sub-areas of international management, business decision analysis, marketing, production, human resources/organisation
Structure
Multi-subject bachelor’s programme
Picture: Sophie BartholomeThe Bachelor's degree is the first professional qualification. The standard period of study|regular programme length is six semesters in total, during which various forms of courses (e.g. seminars, lectures or tutorials) are offered for the individual modules.
A multi-subject Bachelor's degree consists of a major subject with 120 credit points (abbreviation: LP / 1 LP = 30 hours of attendance, preparation and follow-up work|follow-up activity, learning and assessed coursework and examinations) and a supplementary subject with 60 LP.
Why study in Jena?
The Department of Intercultural Business Communication was founded at Friedrich Schiller University in 1992 and is the largest facility|institution|(structural) unit of its kind in Germany. It was awarded the "German Employer Award for Education" in 2006 "for the best concept for sustainable intercultural competence development" and the Innovation Award of the German Stifterverband and the Joachim Herz Foundation in 2011 in the "Excellence in Teaching" programme. Numerous events are supported online.
What can you do after your studies?
Career opportunities:
The ability to present and negotiate professionally in intercultural and multilingual teams is a key objective of this degree programme. With a bachelor's degree, you will be able to constructively contribute to and accompany business-related internationalisation processes, especially with regard to issues related to your major subject. In addition, your career opportunities will depend on the major subject you have proven|to register for|to take sth.|to enrol for.
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What are we looking for in prospective students?
- Desire to work abroad or in international teams
- Openness towards foreigners
- moral courage
- Linguistic fluency orally and in writing|written and spoken
- curiosity
- A certain willingness to take risks and a thirst for adventure
- Observational skills and a willingness to listen
- Mathematics
Admission requirements
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University entrance qualification
A university entrance qualification, such as a general secondary school leaving certificate, is required for admission onto the study programme.
More information on university entrance qualifications can be found here.
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Language requirements
two foreign languages; proof by the time of registration for the Bachelor's thesis at the latest
Contacts
Academic Advisory Service - Prof. Dr. Christoph Vatter
Room 501
Ernst-Abbe-Platz 8
07743 Jena
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Opening hours:
Di 11 - 12 Uhr (vorab Terminvereinbarung per Mail)
Academic Office for Student Affairs and Examinations (ASPA)
Bachstraße 18k
07743 Jena
Telephone hours:
Mondays and Fridays (9:00 – 11:00)
Wednesdays (13:00 – 15:00)
The ASPA is primarily responsible for students in the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, and the Faculty of Theology.
Postal address:
Akademisches Studien- und Prüfungsamt
Fürstengraben 1
07743 Jena
Central Student Advisory Service
University Main Building / SSZ
Fürstengraben 1
07743 Jena
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Office hours:
The Central Student Advisory Service will be closed from 22 December 2025 to 2 January 2026. We will be happy to assist you again from 5 January 2026!
We offer consultations in person, by telephone, and via Zoom. You can make an appointment by calling us on +49 3641 9-411111 (Mondays to Fridays from 9:00 to 11:00) or outside these office hours on +49 3641 9-411200. You can also use our remote help desk.
Consultation hours:
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays (9:00 to 12:20), Tuesdays (14:00 to 18:00), and Wednesdays and Thursdays (14:00 to 16:00).
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Student Service Centre
University Main Building, Room E065
Fürstengraben 1
07743 Jena
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Opening hours:
Information Desk (UHG; Room E0.65)
Mondays (10:00 – 12:00)
Tuesdays (13:00 – 15:00)
Wednesdays (10:00 – 12:00)
Thursdays (13:00 – 15:00)
Fridays (10:00 – 12:00)
You can also use our remote help desk at
www.uni-jena.de/service-ssz
or send us your enquiries by post.
Telephone hours:
Mondays to Fridays
(9:00 – 11:00)
Postal address:
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Studierenden-Service-Zentrum
07737 Jena
International Office - International students
University Main Building
Fürstengraben 1
07743 Jena
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