MBA General Management
About this program
What this degree covers and what you can expect from the university.
So that you can bring entrepreneurial spirit into the business.
The MBA in General Management offers you high-quality management training and prepares you to become a successful intrapreneur within your company. Complement your specialist expertise from your undergraduate studies with professional leadership skills and guide your company to success from within!
This is how you actively shape generational change, digitalization, and the energy transition, and bring important innovations to the company. Forge new paths with foresight, taking a holistic view of the company and its employees.
Study profile
With the distance learning MBA General Management program, HFH · Hamburger Fern-Hochschule offers you a generalist, strategically oriented and practice-based management degree that specifically complements your qualifications from your initial studies and professional experience with management and leadership skills at an academic level .
Based on the guiding principle of the intrapreneur – the entrepreneur within the company – the curriculum of the MBA General Management follows a consistent concept and also offers you extensive knowledge in two central and highly topical management disciplines:
The Master of Business Administration program at HFH · Hamburger Fern-Hochschule focuses on innovation management and change management .
During the four semesters of part-time study, you will acquire all the practical knowledge necessary to fill management positions in all interdisciplinary professional fields.
To be admitted to the distance learning MBA General Management program, you need a degree from a state or state-recognized university.
Program overview
Key facts about what you will study and how the program is delivered.
Program length
5 semesters (4 semesters plus 1 semester for the master's thesis)
How long it typically takes to complete this degree from start to finish.
Language requirement
English
This program is taught in English. You may still need to submit an English proficiency test depending on your nationality and previous education.
Eligibility & requirements
Check whether your academic background matches what the university expects.
Entrance / admission test
Not required
No separate entrance test is listed for this program. The university may still review your academic profile and documents.
Admission intakes & deadlines
Application dates and milestones for each intake period. Deadlines may vary by applicant category.
January Intake
Classes start January 2027
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Rolling Admissions / Open Application Distance Learning
To be announced
HFH provides continuous year-round application processing ("Anmeldung jederzeit").
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Official Semester Start Distance Learning
Official start date of the Winter/Spring intake cycle.
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Online-Infotermin Distance Learning
Virtual information session hosted online by the university.
About the university
Learn more about the institution offering this program.