Business Law

Are you interested in scientifically founded, legal studies suitable for quick entry into the job market? Or do you want to improve your career prospects by obtaining additional academic qualifications? You would like to professionally assert yourself, not just through legal knowledge but also with well-founded knowledge of economics?

A degree in business law from the Hochschule Fresenius, a state-approved university of applied sciences, can provide you with a solid basis for achieving you career objectives.

High quality studies

Aside from the well-balanced curriculum, the excellent quality of the course of studies in business law is especially reflected in the hand-picked team of lecturers. The Dean of Studies, Professor Peter Pougin, has not only long years of experience in the business world as a company lawyer at one of the global market leaders in accounting and consultancy, Price, Waterhouse and Coopers, but through the various functions during his university career, he is well-acquainted with the conception, guidance and the accomplishment of courses of study in business law. Professor Pougin and his team prepare the students for successful entry into occupational life with the help of very high standards of academic as well as practically oriented teaching.

Multidisciplinary studies

The bachelor degree course thoroughly prepares you to meet the demands of a business environment and provides you with the capabilities that not only embody a legal professional competent in economics but also an economist skilled in law. Through the alliance of legal and economic course content, the graduates of business law receive an interdisciplinary academic qualification, which allows them entry into various occupational practices. The curriculum is interdisciplinary: 50% of the course content deals with legal studies, and 40% of the course deals with general business administration studies. The remaining course content concentrates on providing use-oriented key qualifications so that the cornerstones of expert, methodical and social competencies are laid for your professional career.

Practical studies

The six-semester course leading to the state-recognised Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) focuses on communicating application-oriented course content in small study groups. The course includes a period of work experience to allow students to apply what they have learned in practice.

Targeted studies

The courses of study provide the opportunity of early entry into the occupational fields reflecting personal interests and aptitudes. Two of the following fields are chosen for specialisation after completion of the third semester:
  • Media law
  • Personnel law
  • International business law
  • M&A law
The optional choice of an additional major subject from another course of studies within the faculty is also possible. Business law graduates are intended as highly-qualified employees in positions of management, in legal departments, in personnel departments, or at the interface of economics and law, for example in:
  • Commercial and service enterprises
  • Tax accountancy and auditing companies
  • Banks and insurance companies
  • Institutes of higher education
  • Law firms
Fees

The Hochschule Fresenius is a privately sponsored university whose courses of study are state-recognised, but not state refinanced. Study fees have to be paid for this reason.

Course of studies in Business Law
Degree: Bachelor of Laws

Fee: EUR 575.- per month, standard period of study: 36 months