Business Administration/Purchasing, Logistics and Supply Chain Management

full time

Degree
Bachelor of Science
Bachelor
Standard period of study (amount)
7 semesters
Location
Pforzheim

Overview and admission

Study Type

undergraduate

Admission semester

Summer and Winter Semester

Area of study

  • Business Administration
  • Logistics, Transport, Transport Management

Focus

Procurement Management, Distribution Logistics, Logistical Process Management, International Law, Negotiation

Annotation

Studying Purchasing, Logistics and Supply Chain Management: management knowledge in a unique combination

Logistics management studies at Pforzheim University - embedded in a broad Business Administration degree course, you will learn the theory and practice of purchasing, logistics and supply chain management. This creates excellent career opportunities in a variety of interesting fields of activity along the entire value chain.

Pros of the degree course:
- The foundation: a broad Business Administration degree course to teach the fundamentals of economics
- Specialisation: subject and methodological knowledge in purchasing, logistics and supply chain management for the planning, organisation and control of procurement, production and distribution
- Application-related degree course: practical semester and practice projects with regional companies to gain practical experience in companies
International experience optional opportunity of an individual semester or internship abroad through a wide range of foreign partner universities, also to improve your language and intercultural skills

Admission modus

Local admission restriction

More information regarding admission requirements

Admission requirements

90% of study places are awarded via the university's internal selection procedure with the following selection criteria:
Initially, a weighted overall grade is calculated for the higher education entrance qualification. This is determined as follows:
Average grade in the university entrance exam (HZB) - 50 %
Individual grades of the qualification for admission to higher education in Mathematics - 30%
Individual grades of the qualification for admission to higher education in English - 20%
Then a weighted grade for the selection procedure, determined as follows:
Weighted overall grade for the qualification for admission to higher education - 70%
Result of the academic ability test - 30%
Participation in the academic ability test is voluntary; it can improve your chances of gaining a place to study but can never diminish them.

Application deadlines

Summer semester (2025)
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

Economics and Law as well as Engineering: > Bachelor's degree Winter semester: 15.07. Summer semester: 15.01. > Master's degree course: For application deadlines, please refer to the website of the respective degree course. Design: > Bachelor's and Master's degree course Winter semester: 30.04. Summer semester: 30.10.

Winter semester (2024/2025)
  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    see application deadlines for first-year students

  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

    see application deadlines for first-year students

  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    Economics and Law as well as Engineering: > Bachelor's degree Winter semester 15.07. Summer semester 15.01. > Master's: For application deadlines, please refer to the website of the respective degree course. Design: > Bachelor's and Master's degree: Winter semester: 30.04. Summer semester 30 October

Languages of instruction

Main language

German

Further languages

English