Certified technical business economist

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The certified technical business economist is an advanced training qualification of the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DIHK), which is state-recognized and protected. Like the Certified Business Economist , the Certified Vocational Pedagogue and the Certified Technical Industry Manager , he belongs to the third level of the IHK advanced training system.

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The aim of the examination is to prove the qualification as a certified technical business economist. The qualification includes the ability to develop entrepreneurially competent, targeted 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. Strategy development and implementation within the framework of sustainable corporate management,
  2. Design of the organizational framework of the company using modern information and communication technologies,
  3. Selection and use of HR management tools to secure corporate goals,
  4. Management and coordination of the operational performance processes taking into account the legal framework.

The business economist should be able to perform these tasks with business management expertise, combined with methodological and social competence, on the basis of a value-oriented, strategically oriented understanding of economic activity.

Admission requirement

The admission requirements are high: The basic components of the 3-year down-to-earth and relevant vocational training, subsequent several years of professional experience (at least 2 years) as well as a subsequent advanced training at Bachelor's level (DQR & EQR Level 6) are required:

  • A successfully completed IHK advancement training to become an industrial master (incl. training certificate according to AEVo), industrial technician or technical specialist or a comparable technical training examination according to the Vocational Training Act
  • Training degree from a technical college (e.g. state-certified technician )
  • Completed technical studies (engineering) plus 2 years of professional experience

And as an additional, rare exception for particularly qualified people who:

  • Evidence through certificates that one has the necessary skills and abilities

The respective IHK decides on each application individually, there is no entitlement to admission.

Training duration

There is no official obligation to attend a preparatory course. The recommended hours of the DIHK framework plan is 620 teaching hours. Courses last around four months full-time and twelve to 24 months part-time.

Exam content

Exam subject Recommended number of
lessons 		Exam length
in minutes 		Type of examination
0. Learning and working methodology 10 - -
Part A: Basics of economic activity and operational performance processes 300 630 -
1. Aspects of general economics and business studies 60 90 written
2. Accounting 80 180 written
3. Investment and Financing 80 180 written
4. Material, production and sales management 80 180 written
Part B: Management & leadership (including situation-related technical discussion) 300 510 -
5. Human resource management 70 240 written
6. Information and communication technologies 60 240 written
7. Organization and corporate governance 170 30 - 45 orally
Part C: Project work (including project-related technical discussion) 10 30th -
8. Project work 10 - House work
9. Project-related technical discussion - 30 - 45 orally
Summary 620 - -

The project work is written as homework. The candidate should prove that he can independently work on a complex topic. The subject is usually suggested by the candidate and should be created in a maximum of 30 days and have a maximum of 30 pages of pure text (plus cover sheet and attachments).

Skill level

The DQR classifies the certified technical business economist at level 7 and rates the degree as equivalent to the master’s degree 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 comparable qualifications in conjunction with its prerequisite qualifications, such as a part-time Bachelor's degree of up to three semesters.

The Chamber of Industry and Commerce tried to establish the designation or translation aid "Master of Technical Management (CCI)" or "Master professional of Technical Management (CCI)". The addition "professional" should indicate the practical, professional qualification of the graduate and, together with the appendix "CCI" - chamber of commerce and industry, distinguish it from the master's degree designations of the universities. However, due to the considerable resistance from the universities, it was not possible to officially establish this name until January 2020. One of the main arguments of the academics was that abroad, the master’s degree is exclusively understood to mean an academic degree. The common name for qualifications comparable to technical business administration is something like "higher-level professional certification".

further education

The technical 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" as an alternative to a doctorate and as equivalent to it, but the IHKs currently do not offer such a "technically innovative business economist" in the advanced training system.

Analogous to the technical specialist, the political equivalence to the master's only has an effect on collective bargaining classifications, the academic evaluation (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. The technical business economist is credited individually by the universities.

An exception are master’s courses at the IHK Akademie Westerham together with Danube University Krems , which are specifically aimed at graduates at the further education level of the 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.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ From master to business economist , accessed on May 3, 2016
  2. ↑ Certified technical business economist on: Website IHK Osnabrück / Emsland / Grafschaft Bentheim, accessed on January 17, 2016
  3. ↑ DIHK: Certified Technical Business Economist / Certified Technical Business Economist (IHK advanced training) . 1st edition. DIHK Publications Service, Meckenheim 2007
  4. ↑ Qualifications of professional advancement training assigned to DQR level 7 , accessed on May 3, 2016
  5. ↑ 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
  6. ↑ 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 .
  7. ↑ Masters courses. In: IHK Academy Munich and Oberbayern gGmbH, Munich, ihk-akademie-muenchen.de. 2019, accessed October 21, 2019 .