Erasmus / Study Abroad Erasmus / Study Abroad

Today global competition determines the markets, with goods, services and information exchanged via worldwide networks. Hamburg is one of the most dynamic business centres in Europe and is home to many international companies. It is Europe's second-largest port and Asia's gateway to Europe, and it is also the third-largest centre for civil aviation, with Airbus as a major business engine for the city. The Department of Business at Campus Berliner Tor prepares its students for the global economy with an international business programme focusing on different aspects of international trade.

Exchange students from our partner universities, who are enrolled as business majors, can study for one or two semesters at HAW Hamburg and can choose from the following classes in English:

International Business – undergraduate courses in English 

• International Business Law (for the last time in SoSe25)
• International Economics 2 (for the last time in SoSe25)
• International Human Resource Management (for the last time in SoSe25)
• International Organisation & Cooperation (for the last time in SoSe25)
• Project Work (for the last time in SoSe25)
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• Academic research and writing
• Business Law and Taxation
• Business Statistics
• Corporate Sustainability (elective)*
• Digital Economics (elective)*
• Digital Transformation in Accounting (elective)*
• Empirical Research Methods**
• Financial Management
• Intercultural Business Communication
• Intercultural Project Work*
• International Accounting (elective)*
• International Business & Trade Law***
• International Controlling**
• International Corporate Finance*
• International Economics & Globalisation**
• International Management
• International Marketing
• International Organisation & HR Management**
• International Strategic Management***
• International Supply Chain Management
• Macroeconomics & Country Studies*
• Management Accounting
• Microeconomics & Market Studies
• Programming and Data Organization
• Quantitative Methods in international business*

*starting summer semester 2025   **starting summer semester 2026  ***starting winter semester 2026/27. It is possible that the number of places in the electives may be restricted.

Faculty exchange classes:

• Commodity Trade (winter semester only)
• Exploring the Hamburg Metropolitan Region (summer semester only - not for English native speakers)

Download the module handbook for more information about the classes. NOTE: It is only possible for exchange students to take the classes listed above on the website. Other courses in the module handbook that are not listed above are not open for exchange students.

NOTE: These international business classes are open only to exchange students who are business majors at their home university. Students must provide proof that they have successfully completed business classes in the form of a transcript of records.

Application deadlines:
Winter semester (Oct.–Feb.): 30 April
Summer semester (April–July): 30 October
(open to: exchange students from partner universities only; not open to freemovers)

International Business - graduate courses in English:

Winter semester:

• IB: Corporate finance and financial markets
• MA: Integrated marketing tools
• IB: International Business Law
• IB: Iternational management and organisational research
• IB: Management reporting and business intelligence
• IB: Strategic management and strategic marketing

Summer semester:

• IB: Advanced data and business analytics
• IB: Digital Business model strategy and transformation
• IB: Financial modelling
• IB: Foreign trade and logistics
• MA: Integrated marketing strategy
• IB: Monetary economics
• IB: Multinational enterprises and the global economy

These courses are open only to graduate exchange students from partner universities with whom we have a cooperation at graduate level. More information can be found here: IB modules  MA modules

Application deadlines:
Winter semester (Oct.–Feb.): 30 April
Summer semester (April–July): 30 October
(open to: exchange students from partner universities only; not open to freemovers)