Study International Business and Export Management in Ventspils

Admission requirements

What are the admission requirements for the master degree programme?

To qualify for a master degree programme, you must have completed a bachelor degree or an equivalent degree in a related subject – with a minimum duration of six semesters (and, if applicable, with a workload of at least 180 ECTS) – at a recognised higher education institute.

For the master degree programme, a bachelor degree or undergraduate programme in the fields of Business or Economics is considered as subject-relevant.

If your undergraduate studies are not sufficiently relevant (for instance if you have completed a degree in an unrelated subject), your qualifications will be assessed in detail after receipt of your completed application.

What proof of your language skills is required for this English-language master degree programme?

In addition, a proof of English language proficiency at level C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) is required.

The following English language certificates are accepted:

• IELTS 6.0
• Cambridge certificates at level C1

The language certificate should not be older than two years and can be submitted later before the start of studies.

If English is your first language or if you have completed your entire secondary education in English, you do not need any additional certificates.

Apply online

Register

To initiate your online application for the master degree programme International Business and Export Management in Ventspils, send an e-mail with the following data to our cooperation partner at Ventspils University of Applied Sciences under [email protected]:

• Name of the master degree programme
• Gender
• First name
• Last name
• Date of birth
• E-mail address

In coordination with our cooperation partner, Ventspils University of Applied Sciences, we will carry out the registration for you and send you your personal access link by e-mail. With this link you can start your online application.

Apply online

Complete the input fields of your online application and upload the required documents as listed below.

• Photo: as required for the passport
• Passport (ID page with the passport holder’s data) or, if not available, ID card with certified translation
• Your CV (curriculum vitae) in tabular form
• Secondary school leaving certificate or general university entrance qualification: a full scan of your original document, combined with the proper translation and all legalisation seals and notes in one digital file.
• Bachelor degree certificate plus transcript of records (listing all completed courses with indication of credits and contact hours per subject): a full scan of your original document, combined with the proper translation and all legalisation seals and notes in one digital file 
• Or, if you have not yet obtained your bachelor degree at the time of the application
  Official and personalised confirmation – issued by your university – attesting the exact denomination of your degree programme and the target degree, the duration of your studies and the expected date of graduation. If the confirmation is not issued in English language, a proper translation is required.
• Proof of English language proficiency: either an English language certificate (e.g. IELTS 6.0 or Cambridge Certificate at level C1) or a confirmation from your university that you have completed your entire undergraduate studies in English

Prepare digital copies (properly scanned, up to max. 5 MB per document) of all required documents for your application. Please use only the following formats: PDF or JPEG/JPG. When scanning multi-page documents, please ensure that all pages are saved together in one digital file.

The statement of motivation and your essay are integrated parts of the online application and don’t have to be uploaded as additional documents.

For instructions and supporting information on how to apply online, please refer to the Guide to online application for a transnational master degree programme. Make sure to consider the requirements for translation and legalisation of international documents prior to your online communication.

We will confirm receipt of your application via e-mail. Please note that only complete applications submitted in time by the application deadline can be accepted.

Information on data protection in a nutshell

Responsible body: IMC Fachhochschule Krems GmbH, Piaristengasse 1, 3500 Krems an der Donau

Contact: datenschutz(at)fh-krems.ac.at

Processed data: data provided in the course of the online application

Legal basis:
a.)  Art 6 para. 1 lit b GDPR - the fulfilment of the pre-contractual legal relationship
b.)  Art 6 para. 1 lit f GDPR – legitimate interest of IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems

Purpose:
a.)  processing the application
b.)  marketing purposes

Details can be found in our current data protection declaration („Student applicant data“, „Rights of data subjects“ und „Marketing“).

Admissions procedure

What happens after you have submitted your online application?

Once we have received your application, we will check whether it is complete, the details are correct, and the required documents have been uploaded.

If you fulfil our admission requirements, we will invite you to an admission interview.

Admission interview

We would like to get to know you personally:

As part of the online application, you will have to write a statement of motivation. Your statement of motivation and your CV (curriculum vitae) form the basis for your application interview. In addition to getting to know you personally, your motives for the master degree programme will be discussed, as well as your professional background and the skillset you have acquired so far. Special attention will be paid to your previous academic and professional experience, your methodological and language skills and your general suitability with regard to your intended master degree programme.

The admission interview is conducted via video chat and held in English.

After the admission interview, your statement of motivation and your performance throughout the interview will be assessed. Based on this evaluation, the decision on the allocation of study places is made.