Certified business economist

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The certified business economist is a recognized advanced training qualification .

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The aim of the exam is to provide evidence of qualification as a certified business economist. The qualification includes the ability to develop entrepreneurially competent, goal-oriented and responsible solutions for business problems of companies, especially in connection with the challenges of international competition, while taking into account the economic, ecological and social dimensions of sustainable management. This includes being able to perform the following tasks in particular:

  1. Recognize and design company-specific strategic fields,
  2. Assess normative and financial framework conditions with regard to the corporate strategy,
  3. Organize national and international performance processes,
  4. Design the company organization to ensure the performance and company processes taking into account the strategic guidelines,
  5. Plan, control and monitor corporate processes.

Admission requirement

The following is required for admission to the examination:

  • a successfully passed exam to become a specialist, specialist clerk or a comparable commercial training qualification according to the Vocational Training Act,
  • a successfully passed examination according to the craft regulations for the "certified business administrator according to the craft regulations",
  • a degree from a commercial college based on vocational training and then at least one year of professional experience or
  • an economics diploma, master’s or bachelor’s degree followed by at least one year of professional experience.

Level of education

The German Qualifications Framework (DQR) assigns the certified business economist to level 7 and evaluates the degree as equivalent to the master's and university diploma in terms of its level of aspiration .

The DQR is only indicative and does not influence university admission regulations. As an example, the University of Oldenburg evaluates the degree in conjunction with its required degrees as a three-semester part-time Bachelor's degree.

Similar to the specialist , the IHKs represented the designation or translation aid "Master professional". In the beginning, this was not able to prevail politically against the resistance of the universities. However, the designation enjoyed great popularity on career networks on the Internet and, despite Section 132a, Paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code, was used there largely undisturbed like an academic degree; the IHKs also used it in their official public relations work. In January 2020 the "Master professional" was finally officially established.

further education

The certified business economist is currently the top level of the IHK advanced training system and further qualification at the IHK is therefore currently not available. The German qualifications framework expressly provides for the competence to "develop innovative solutions and processes in a professional field of activity" as an alternative to a doctorate and as equivalent to this, but the IHKs offer such an "innovative business economist" or "Ph.D." in the advanced training system. professional "currently not on.

Similar to the Fachwirt, the DQR classification is only used for orientation; the evaluation in the university entrance regulations (general university entrance qualification) does not change. This means that it is not possible to apply for a doctoral degree or for a normal master’s degree, only entry into an undergraduate degree. Universities credit the certified business economist individually, usually for courses in business administration , for example the University of Oldenburg , the Nuremberg University of Applied Sciences and the FOM University .

An exception are the master’s courses of the IHK Akademie Westerham in cooperation with Danube University Krems , which are specifically aimed at graduates at the further education level IHK business economist or technical business economist and operational IT professionals. The course ends with a Master of Science (MSc) - Management and IT, or Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree.

Alternatively, a system change to the business economist (VWA) is possible, whereby only one semester has to be completed after the business economist has been credited. However, this qualification is at level 6 of the DQR, is not state-recognized and is at the level of business administration (technical college) . The VWA Munich confirmed the level of education, the first of the business schools in Germany. The prerequisite is 6 semesters.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Certified Business Economist Advanced Training Ordinance of December 3, 2019 ( BGBl. I p. 2552 )
  2. ↑ German Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning. [1]
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130202035140/http://www.ihk-oldenburg.de/aus-_und_weiterbildung/weiterbildung/pruefungsangebote_der_oldenburgischen_ihk/credit-points_fuer_ihk-fortbildungsabschluesse.php
  4. ↑ https://www.sueddeutsche.de/bildung/bachelor-professional-bundesrat-1.4703152
  5. ↑ IHK (WIS): The structure of the IHK advancement training (December 10, 2012)
  6. ↑ IHK Oldenburg: Recognition shortens study time (University of Oldenburg) ( Memento of the original dated February 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (December 10, 2012) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ihk-oldenburg.de
  7. ↑ Courses with IHK exams, bachelor's and master's degrees. In: IHK Center for Further Education GmbH, Heilbronn, ihk-weiterbildung.de. 2019, accessed October 21, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Masters courses. In: IHK Academy Munich and Oberbayern gGmbH, Munich, ihk-akademie-muenchen.de. 2019, accessed October 21, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Administration and Business Academy : Recognition of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce at the VWA ( Memento of the original from August 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (February 8, 2013) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vwa-gruppe.de
  10. ↑ Appointed by the employment agency: business economist (technical college) - general business administration (February 8, 2012)