Part-Time MBA Program WHU Campus Düsseldorf International General Management Program 21-Month Program + 3-Month Master Thesis

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1 Experiece the Essece of Leadership Excellece i Maagemet Educatio Part-Time MBA Program WHU Campus Düsseldorf Iteratioal Geeral Maagemet Program 21-Moth Program + 3-Moth Master Thesis SYSTEMAKKREDITIERT ach durch

2 Cotet WHU s Campus Düsseldorf Welcome to WHU Key Features of the Program MBA Class Profile MBA Program Structure Curriculum Iteratioal Maagemet Module Persoal Leadership Faculty Your Classroom Studet ad Alumi Testimoials Career Ceter at WHU I Praxi WHU Alumi Associatio Applicatio ad Admissio Your Fiacig Optios Cotact

3 Professor Markus Rudolf, Dea Welcome to WHU Professor Jürge Weigad, Associate Dea & Academic Director MBA Program We are committed to providig outstadig teachig, coveyig profoud kowledge of the global dimesio of busiess, ad combiig academic rigor with practical relevace. WHU s Part-Time MBA Program covers a wide rage of maagemet topics ad iovative cocepts, thus providig all the igrediets for professioal success i iteratioal busiess ad maagemet, especially i times of volatile ad turbulet markets. We offer global reach ad focus via a extesive etwork of parter uiversities, compaies ad alumi. We do all this i a weeked format, complemeted by three study trips abroad. This eables participats to obtai a first-class MBA degree while workig full-time. Pursuig excellece i all edeavors meas takig persoal resposibility for your actios, performace ad eviromet a essetial prerequisite for leaders i today s fast-paced busiess world. To this ed, the developmet of persoal stregths ad leadership skills is a itegral compoet of the curriculum. Joi us o a exceptioal learig jourey ad acquire the skills for comig out o top! WHU Otto Beisheim School of Maagemet: Over 30 Years of Excellece i Maagemet Educatio WHU Otto Beisheim School of Maage met is a iteratioally orieted ad privately fiaced busiess school based i Valledar ad Düsseldorf. Fouded i 1984, WHU is ow oe of the most reowed Germa busiess schools with a exceptioal atioal ad iteratioal reputatio. WHU stads for Excellece i Maagemet Educatio ad pursues this goal i its three core areas of activity: Academic Programs, Research ad Trasfer i the field of g eeral maagemet. This excellet stadard has bee certified by accreditatios from AACSB, EFMD (EQUIS) ad FIBAA as well as through leadig positios i atioal ad iteratioal rakigs. I additio, WHU is the oly private busiess school i Germay which is a member of the Germa Research Associatio (DFG). WHU studets profit from a large etwork of parter uiversities, compaies ad alumi.

4 4 Key Features of the Program Desiged for high-achievig professioals who wish to pursue a MBA without leavig their jobs, the two-year weeked Part-Time MBA Program provides its studets with the skills ad tools eeded to succeed i dyamic ad icreasigly competitive markets. Weeked format Comprisig class sessios at our WHU Campus Düsseldorf, desiged especially for participats who caot leave their place of residece ad/or professioal resposibilities for exteded periods of time, or who wish to pursue a MBA idepedetly of the support of their employers. Excellet learig eviromet Featurig face-to-face iteractio withi the classroom ad collaboratio i small teams with a itesive exchage of ideas ad experieces amog like-mided people from a diverse rage of professioal backgrouds. Experieced faculty Teachig the use of moder tools for problem-solvig, ehacig critical thikig ad aalytical skills, ad thus fosterig the ability to develop iovative busiess strategies. Iteratioal Module Providig isights ito the opportuities ad challeges of doig busiess i foreig markets like Chia, Idia ad the Uited States ad eablig studets to experiece cultural differeces. Extesive etwork Developig durig ad beyod the course of study ad maitaied through cross-regioal alumi activities of WHU s I Praxi commuity. Focus o Leadership Ehacig persoal ad leadership competecies as well as maagemet abilities through itegrated lecture ad coachig sessios focused o self-awareess ad evaluatio, behavioral characteristics, team buildig, commuicatio ad productivity. Accreditatio WHU s academic programs are accredited by EQUIS, AACSB, ad FIBAA, ad have stateapproved accreditatio.

5 MBA Class Profile Participats The Part-Time MBA Program is desiged for participats who wat to take their career to the ext level ad who are eager to lear more about geeral maagemet. Applicats should hold a first degree (Bachelor or equivalet) ad have at least two years of professioal experiece. Participats with a degree i law, egieerig or the atural scieces will beefit the most from the program. However, participats with a degree i busiess admiistratio or ecoomics will fid the program highly valuable due to a strog emphasis o itegratig theory ad practice. You will gai experiece of workig i iterdiscipliary, multicultural study groups ad have the opportuity to develop leadership ad iterpersoal skills i a iteratioal eviromet. Class profile 30 yrs 25 % 5 yrs 24 % Average Age Iteratioality Average Work Experiece Idustry Backgrouds Female Studets Academic Backgrouds Busiess Admiistratio 40 % Egieerig 22 % Ecoomics 12 % Sciece 10 % Humaities 7 % Others 5 % Law 4 % (1) Eergy/Chemicals/Pharmaceuticals: 16 %, (2) Fiace/Bakig/Isurace: 14 %, (3) Cosultig: 13 %, (4) IT/Media/Commuicatio: 13 %, (5) Cosumer Goods: 10 %, (6) Automotive: 6 %, (7) Producig Idustry: 5 %, (8) Electroics/Techical Products: 4 %, (9) Costructio/Real Estate: 4 %, (10) Trasportatio/Logistics/Tourism: 4 %, (11) Others: 4 %, (12) Law: 3 %, (13) Retail: 2 %, (14) Public Sector & NGOs: 2 %.

6 6 MBA Program Structure Year 1 21-Moth Program + 3-Moth Master Thesis Sept. Core MODULeS 1 4 Itegrated Persoal Leadership Module Nov. Ja. Mar. The Busiess Orgaizatio Itercultural Commuicatio Fiace & Accoutig Team Buildig ad Coachig Busiess Ecoomics 360 Peer Feedback Busiess Fuctios Idividual Coachig Stage Traiig Developmet of Persoal Leadership Leadership Credo May Oe-Week Study Period USA i Jue Year 2 Jul. Sept. Cocetratio Modules 1 4 Nov. Marketig ad Sales Advaced Fiace ad Accoutig Strategy ad Orgaizatio Ja. Mar. Operatios ad Iovatios May Jul. Sept. Master Thesis Two-Week Study Period Chia/Idia i March

7 7 Program Format The Part-Time MBA Program is coducted over two years at WHU s campus i Düsseldorf. After a oe-week kick-off at the begiig of September, the part-time format comprises classroom-based weeked courses ad is especially desiged for professioals wishig to ear a high-quality MBA degree while cotiuig to pursue a full-time career. Program Cotet Cofroted with complex demads ad a heavy workload o a daily basis, professioals must be able to grasp complex problems quickly, react rapidly to chagig circumstaces ad commuicate effectively. To this ed, our Part-Time MBA Program is desiged as a geeral maagemet program ad is aimed at those who wat to ehace, deepe or develop their kowledge i the fields of busiess admiistratio ad ecoomics, ad acquire the skills to perform successfully i a challegig global eviromet. Moreover, there is a special focus o persoal ad leadership competecies throughout the program. Thereby, you develop the skills to take over strategic maagemet fuctios withi a busiess orgaizatio. Core Modules To covey a itegral uderstadig of the core fuctios of a orgaizatio, the first-year modules cover basic maagemet cocepts ad theories as well as a itroductio to the cocepts ad tools of ecoomic aalysis. Cocetratio Modules The fudametal stregth of this program i Geeral Maagemet meas that the firstyear theoretical ad practical cotet provides a solid base for the coveyace of i-depth kowledge i the fields of Marketig ad Sales, Advaced Fiace ad Accoutig, Strategy ad Orgaizatio, Operatios, Iovatios & Etrepreeurship. Iteratioal Module The Iteratioal Module is desiged to foster a uderstadig of busiess opportuities ad maagemet challeges i differet parts of the world. Specialist lectures give by seior faculty members of our reowed parter schools cover sesitive issues that are relevat to the local busiess eviromets. Compay visits develop a deeper uderstadig of maagemet i emergig ecoomies. master Thesis The program cocludes with the preparatio of the Master Thesis. The thesis serves to demostrate the studet s ability to examie a challegig busiess issue as part of a compay project or a idepedet research topic by usig academic research methods.

8 8 Curriculum Core Modules Core Module 1 The Busiess Orgaizatio I this itroductory Busiess Orgaizatio Module, you will lear about the cocept of Geeral Maagemet, the Foudatios of Strategy ad Orgaizatioal Behavior. Maagemet is all about makig the right decisios at the right time: it is the geeral maager, operatig at executive level, who is typically resposible for makig decisios regardig products, markets or the compay s strategic visio. The Busiess Orgaizatio Module therefore covers the mai issues the geeral maager faces i a busiess orgaizatio: strategy, structure ad leadership. perspective is combied with a overview of competitive strategy as well as global macroecoomic iterdepedecies. This module ehaces your capability to aalyze ad predict market outcomes. You will lear how to apply the tools of microecoomic aalysis ad game theory to support a busiess orgaizatio i thikig strategically ad makig decisios o competitive strategy. Further topics discussed i this module iclude iteratioal trade, foreig direct ivestmet activities, foreig exchage market trasactios ad the fuctioig of the iteratioal moetary system. Core Module 4 Busiess Fuctios: The Value Chai The Value Chai ecompasses the chai of activities of a busiess orgaizatio oper atig i a specific market. This module deals with tools ad cocepts applied i value chai activities such as Operatios Maagemet, Strategic Sourcig ad Marketig. The Operatios Maagemet sectio eables you to uderstad process maagemet as well as maagemet models for idustrial excellece. The Strategic Sourcig sectio will covey i-depth iformatio o supply maagemet essetials ad selected cocepts, ad based o these, a uderstadig of how to maage the triagle of cost out, value i, risk maagemet from a purchasig perspective. Core Module 2 Fiace & Accoutig The Fiace & Accoutig Module gives you a itroductio to the topics of Maagerial Fiace as well as Fiacial ad Maagerial Accoutig. I the Fiace sectio, studets develop a thorough uderstadig of fiacial decisiomakig ad ivestmets withi orgaizatios as well as of capital markets. The Accoutig sectio covers the use of fiacial ad o-fiacial data to make maagerial decisios, uderstadig the impact of the corporate activities o a compay s fiacial statemets ad highlightig the behavioral aspects of maagemet accoutig. Thus, the Fiace & Accoutig Module provides you with a set of tools ecessary for a itegrated uderstadig of capital markets, fiacial decisio-makig, maagerial accoutig ad fiacial reportig. Core Module 3 Busiess Ecoomics Busiess Ecoomics is all about aalyzig ecoomic iteractio ad developig a uderstadig of how markets, competitio ad the global ecoomy work. Thus, i the Busiess Ecoomics Module, a sigle compay s

9 9 Cocetratio Modules Cocetratio Module 1 Marketig & Sales Marketig cotais the word market. Markets are created by people. A uderstadig of the buyig behavior ad sellig success of people ad orgaizatios is essetial. Marketig & Sales is a fasciatig disciplie that combies psychology ad ecoomics ad applies theories ad quatitative methods to practical busiess. Marketig & Sales kowledge is crucial to success i ay busiess. This module embraces the three key areas of B2B Sales Maagemet, Brad ad Price Maagemet as well as Relatioship ad Service Maagemet. It gives you the kowledge you eed to build a high-performace sales force ad to uderstad the exteral ad iteral iteractios i B2B sales. It addresses the importace of brads ad price, ad fially creates a uderstadig of how to establish profitable customer relatioships by deliverig effective services to customers. Cocetratio Module 2 Advaced Fiace & Accoutig The Advaced Fiace & Accoutig Module itegrates elemets such as Fiacial State met Aalysis & Equity Valuatio, Corporate Fiace ad Risk Maagemet. Buildig o the accoutig ad fiace cotet delivered durig the first year of the program, this module provides advaced isights ito the fiacial structures ad operatios of compaies ad the assessmet of corporate fiacial situatios. It develops a uderstadig of how busiess orgaizatios make fiacig ad ivestmet decisios to create value for their stakeholders, ad how to maage operatioal ad fiacial risks i the process. Cocetratio Module 3 Strategy & Orgaizatio Strategy ivolves a broad rage of theories, cocepts, tools ad frameworks. This Cocetratio Module provides specific isights ito a wide rage of strategy-related topics at both, corporate ad busiess uit levels. I a multipleroud busiess simu latio, studets lear about corporate ad competitive strategy tools, executig strategy ad maagig chage i a complex busiess eviromet full of ucertaity ad surprises. The secod part of this module deals with the theoretical backgroud of Etrepre eurship, provides practical advice ad iformatio regardig this topic, ad discusses the preparatio of busiess plas ad the etrepreeurial process of devel opig a start-up. Cocetratio Module 4 Operatios & Iovatio Compaies strive to ascertai their com petitive advatage i highly dyamic markets by idetifyig, capturig ad deliverig trasformative ideas ad drivig iovatio throughout the orgaizatio. At the same time, the madate to develop sustaiable products ad services is gaiig importace. I this module, you will lear about the tools ad cocepts eeded to achieve a life-cycle view of product iovatio, maufacturig ad logistics. Maagers from successful firms ivolved with such tasks will preset their isights derived from leadig-edge research.

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11 11 Iteratioal Maagemet Module i the USA, Idia ad Chia WHU has a uique etwork of more tha 195 top-quality parter uiversities worldwide a etwork urivaled by ay other Germa uiversity. We believe that iteratioal experiece is a crucial elemet of the itegrated maagemet traiig provided by WHU. By takig a global perspective o maagemet studies, studets are able to beefit from a wider rage of teachig methods, cultures ad customs. Busiess Opportuities & Challeges i the USA Busiess Opportuities & Challeges i Idia Busiess Opportuities & Challeges i Chia This is a customized oe-week course at Columbia Busiess School i New York, USA. All courses are tailor-made lectures that are taught by very experieced seior faculty at Columbia. The program focuses o leadership issues, strategic plaig ad implemetatio. Idetifies the challeges ad growth opportuities of a emergig ecoomy. Visits to local compaies ad o-profit orgaizatios help you uderstad how to develop orgaizatioal cohesio ad idividual commitmet i cross-cultural eviromets. Ivestigates how compaies ca profit from the rapid-paced growth of the Chiese ecoomy. Lectures at our Chiese parter uiversity alog with visits to local compaies help studets idetify ad uderstad cultural differeces. Our Iteratioal Maagemet Module is a compulsory part of the program.

12 12 Persoal Leadership I the preset dyamic ad competitive busiess eviromet, maagers are expected to provide directio ad ispiratio withi their compaies. Today s maagers must play a umber of roles i which they are highly visible to their coworkers ad to the public at large. I order to equip the studets with crucial soft skills, the Part-Time MBA Program cotais a compulsory Persoal Leadership Module. The Persoal Leadership Module icludes various courses distributed throughout the program. Approaches to this topic cosist of lectures ad highly iteractive discussios with reowed speakers from the academic ad the corporate world. Excellece i maagemet requires masterig huma relatio skills commuicatio, collaboratio, clarity ad cofidece. Whe thikig about commuicatio, most people cocetrate o cotet ad ted to forget about delivery. Itegrated courses will boost the studets soft skills by e. g.: PROFILING AND COACHING The Birkma Method is a scietifically developed, multi-dimesioal assessmet desiged to help you achieve more at work. It itegrates behavioral, motivatioal ad occupatioal data together to predict behavior ad work satisfactio across situatios. The Birkma Method is the persoality assessmet for improvig people skills ad aligig roles ad relatioships for maximum productivity ad success. Offered ad aalyzed by a certified traier, this profile ad subsequet coachig assists the cadidate i workig with the assiged study groups durig the program ad with colleagues i the workplace at ay time. INDIVIDUAL COACHING Clearly, persoal developmet is just that persoal. Durig this stage of the process, participats beefit from skilled ad certified coaches experieced with issues cofrotig the maagemet world. Studets delve further ito themselves to develop a framework to move forward idividually while leadig others. As the coaches also come from various busiess ad cultural milieus, they are best suited to guide cadidates regardless of backgroud. Outdoor Traiig Perfectig leadership skills eeds practical experiece. Outdoor traiig offers exactly this i a differet ad challegig eviromet. Experieced traiers with extesive leadership experiece ad profoud outdoor skills take the study groups to challegig leadership tasks i the outback. Adapted to idividual fitess levels, traiig will assist persoal developmet, promote teambuildig ad give a uique opportuity to sharpe leadership skills. The program fiishes with the fial stage of the Persoal Leadership Module i which the studets will preset their idividual leadership credo iteded to guide them to the ext step i their professioal career.

13 13 TeamBuildig Leadership Commuicatio & Stage Rules The Birkma Method Leadership Credo Itroductio to Leadership Team ad Idividual Coachig Leadership Practice Week Other related cotet Persoal Growth Itercultural Commuicatio reflectio Pael Persoal Power executive leadership styles & persoalities Part-time WHU mba ram Prog

14 Professor Jürge Weigad, Associate Dea & Academic Director MBA Program

15 15 Faculty Our faculty members have a outstadig research record ad solid experiece i maagemet practice. Studets beefit from our faculty s busiess etworks via regular guest lectures by top iter atioal speakers. Coversely, WHU professors are i great demad abroad at our 195 parter uiversities aroud the world. Christia Adres Professor of Empirical Corporate Fiace at WHU Holger Erst Professor of Techology ad Iovatio Maagemet at WHU Marti Fassacht Professor of Marketig ad Commerce at WHU Michael Frekel Professor of Macroecoomics ad Iteratioal Ecoomics at WHU Ard Huchzermeier Professor of Productio Maagemet at WHU Thomas Hutzschereuter Professor of Corporate Strategy ad Goverace Maagemet at WHU Paul Igram Kravis Professor of Busiess, Columbia Busiess School, USA Lutz Johaig Professor of Empirical Capital Market Research at WHU Lutz Kaufma Professor of Iteratioal Busiess ad Supply Maagemet at WHU Karl-Ludwig Kley Chairma of the Executive Board of Merck KGaA, Germay Thomas Kraus Chief Marketig Officer, GEODIS, Frace Gare Markaria Professor of Accoutig at WHU Joche Meges Professor of Leadership ad Huma Resource Maagemet at WHU Christia Schmitz Professor of Busiess Admiistratio at Uiversity of Bochum Head of Cosortial Program at St. Galle, Switzerlad Thorste Truijes Maagig Parter at Cotrollig Parter St. Galle AG, Switzerlad Tillma Wager Professor of Services Marketig at WHU Carl Marcus Walleburg Professor of Logistics ad Service Maagemet at WHU Jürge Weigad Professor of Mircoecoomics ad Idustrial Ecoomics at WHU. Associate Dea ad Academic Director MBA Program Peter Witt Professor of Techology ad Iovatio Maagemet at Schumpeter School of Busiess ad Ecoomics, Wuppertal Burci Yurtoglu Professor of Corporate Fiace at WHU

16 16 Your Classroom Studet ad Alumi Testimoials Bejami Starke MBA 2016, Prometheus Akademie/former competitive athlete As a former competitive athlete, I have very high expectatios of myself ad my surroudigs. The Part-Time MBA Program at WHU prepares me remarkably well for the high demads of the professioal world ad provides the tools ecessary to further develop my persoal ad professioal profile. I have already bee able to apply cocepts leared at WHU to impart ew directios for my start-up compay. Furthermore, I am glad to take may beeficial skills ad ideas from the weeked studies to my professioal life i Berli. Especially valuable for me are the isights ito differet disciplies ad the shared experieces of my fellow studets, i additio to the beefits of a large etwork withi the WHU commuity. Aja Bischoff MBA 2013, Commerzbak AG/paretal leave Motherhood ad a Master s degree at the same time? The structure of the Part-Time MBA Program at WHU eabled me to b alace both child care ad career developmet. Usig my paretal leave to ear a top-otch MBA allowed me to re-eter the busiess world eve at a higher level. The most importat thigs WHU offers besides a excellet educatio are great people ad a great etwork, which will a ccompay me far beyod the uiversity. Adres Bulto MBA 2013, Hekel AG & Co. KGaA After 5 years of work experiece, it was a good time to reflect, look back ad try to coect the dots that made me get to where I was ad most importatly trace the draft for the future. As a chemist by traiig, ad havig worked 5 years i marketig, I was lookig forward to a more solid busiess kowledge foudatio. The program has brought me to a excitig ew positio with global resposibility i a completely ew market thaks to the kowl edge ad perspective that I acquired. But most importatly, it gave me a very valuable persoal dimesio, guidig ad forcig me to take time to thik about myself, my values ad my passios.

17 17 Atoio Suels MBA 2015, CIMBA Airbus WHU s Part-Time MBA Program offers the possi bility, ot oly, to ecouter ew areas of expertise, but to do so i a very flexible ad rewardig way amely durig weekeds. I additio to the stadard MBA lectures, WHU is leadig the way by offerig great persoal ad leadership developmet modules. The greatest value of the MBA is the people oe studies with WHU certaily selects great cadidates. Claudius Sest MBA 2013, Axel Spriger AG Durig the week I was usually travelig for busiess. I additio, I wated to use the weekeds to obtai aother importat qualificatio. The Part-Time MBA Program i Düsseldorf helped me to do so with a course of study that matches ay full-time program. I gaied isights i may areas ad developed tools I could directly apply to my job. I ejoyed the discussios with professors who are familiar with practical operatios ad are used to workig with maagers. Ad I kow that the alumi etwork coects me with itelliget people all over the world. Those are the features that help me to achieve my persoal goals. Christia Uderwood MBA 2012, sxces Commuicatio AG Those who wish to be self-employed have a thousad questios. WHU helped me to ask the right questios ad fid the right aswers. Etrepreeurship is a top priority here. Ad the exchage of ideas ad experiece with other fouders is truly stimulatig. The Part-Time MBA Program gave me the tools ad the selfcofidece to make my dream of my ow compay come true I would defiitely do it all over agai. Kari Berlocher MBA 2014, Deloitte Cosultig GmbH Combiig WHU s Part-Time MBA Program with my secod paretal leave has bee a great decisio, as I filled the career break by furtherig my educatio. While takig care of the kids durig the day, I could use the eveigs to study. Although I had to fly i from Muich for the weekeds, it was ever a problem to atted classes: my husbad took care of the kids ad WHU was very supportive regardig uforesee orgaizatioal issues. Regardig my career, the MBA did ot oly push it forward by offerig me a secod degree, but also eabled me to gai i-depth kowledge which I could immediately apply at work. Additioally, I built a strog etwork withi the WHU commuity ad gaied frieds for life.

18 18 Career Ceter at WHU The Career Ceter acts as a lik coectig compaies, studets ad alumi. It offers a rage of career fuctios for studets ad cultivates a excitig platform for etworkig with compay represetatives ad alumi. The Career Ceter at WHU has successfully bee operatig sice the graduatio of the first studets i Curretly, more tha 50 compaies cooperate with WHU each year through corporate presetatios, career fairs, workshops ad guest lectures. Service Offerigs for o-sposored Part-Time MBA Studets The Career Ceter gives o-sposored Part-Time MBA studets the opportuity to participate i career offerigs at our campuses i Düsseldorf ad Valledar. Throughout the course of studies there are umerous career activities ad etworkig evets with compay represetatives ad alumi so that Part-Time MBA participats ca gai valuable experieces ad iformatio for their professioal developmet. The rage of career service activities icludes the followig: Idividual career couselig ad career orietatio are offered throughout the course of studies Compay presetatios: Compaies preset themselves ad their recruitmet programs to studets o campus, establishig direct ad iformal cotact. Compay presetatios take place at Campus Düsseldorf ad Campus Valledar durig the sprig ad fall semesters Career fairs: Three o-campus recruitig fairs per year take place at Campus Valledar ( Master Your Career i Jauary, Career Day i September ad Fouders Career Day i November) Weekly ewsletters provide studets with iformatio ad ews from compaies ad alumi as well as curret job offers WHU eprofiles: eprofiles is the olie resume book of our graduates. The Career Ceter offers access to this database to all WHU sposors ad this is ofte the basis for iterview ivitatios from the respective compaies Alumi etwork: The Career Ceter maitais a close relatioship with the alumi who sigificatly support o-campus activities Lear more about WHU s Career Ceter:

19 I Praxi WHU Alumi Associatio: Keep i Touch! WHU is uique ad so are its alumi. Fouded by the first graduates i 1988, I Praxi WHU Alumi Associatio is regarded amog the best Alumi Associatios i the Germa-speakig regio. The orgaizatio has more tha 3,000 members. Historically ad still today more tha 90 % of all graduates become members of I Praxi. Approximately 25 % live outside Germay, though regular I Praxi meetigs take place all over Europe ad beyod. More tha 20 regioal chapters help to keep alive the commuity alive ad establish the global etwork of frieds. Members are provided with various services ad, very importatly, they keep i touch! this is oe of I Praxi s mai pillars with each other ad with their alma mater! Furthermore, I Praxi cocetrates o the cotiuous support of WHU ad the curret studet body with both fiacial ad o-fiacial actios beig equally importat. The o-fiacial support ad itegratio of WHU alumi was awarded beig best practice i the Germa-speakig regio. Beig a alumus of WHU allows you to profit at various levels. A wide variety of services ad evets is orgaized by the professioal office team ad the associatio s volutarily workig board members: Exclusive career services with postplacemet program ad alumi career day Frequetly ad ethusiastically used member beefit platform Lifelog Learig Series with semiars o curret maagemet ad other popular topics Participatio i I Praxi fu ad sport evets as well as i WHU cofereces Access to the exclusive My I Praxi web portal Member magazie Keep i Touch! Read more about WHU s alumi associatio:

20 Applicatio ad Admissio Admissio Requiremets A first degree (Bachelor or equivalet) Miimum of 2 years postgraduate work experiece Oe letter of recommedatio from a professor or supervisor (stadard form is available o website) TOEFL (mi. 100 IBT) or equivalet IELTS (7.0) if Eglish is ot your ative laguage (TOEFL recipiet code: 9682) GMAT (a miimum score of 600 is recommeded) or equivalet GRE. (GMAT recipiet code: FBR-FH-02) Applicatio Deadlies Applicatio deadlie is July 31 As applicatios are reviewed ad evaluated o a rollig basis ad seats are limited, cadidates are ecouraged to apply as early as possible To fid out more ad register for the GMAT ad TOEFL tests please go to: or Steps of the Admissio Process Applicatio Iterview Fial Decisio Curriculum Vitae Official degrees ad trascripts Letter of recommedatio TOEFL score GMAT score Completed olie applicatio form (icludig MBA applicatio questioaire) Iterviews are coducted by WHU faculty, staff ad alumi Admissios Committee decides withi approx. 2 weeks

21 Your Fiacig Optios Tuitio Fee The total fee for the MBA Program is 39,800. This fee icludes: All tuitio All books ad materials Accommodatio ad half-board durig the iteratioal modules Meals ad refreshmets o lecture days i Düsseldorf Persoal developmet semiars Semester ticket for public trasport i North-Rhie Westphalia The tuitio fee is to be paid i two istallmets of 19,900 via bak trasfer to WHU upo receipt of the ivoice. The first istallmet is due before the start of the program o August 15, the secod istallmet is due o August 15 of the followig year. The program fee does ot iclude airfares, travel expeses durig the iteratioal modules ad accommodatio durig study weekeds i Düsseldorf. Fiacig Optios Studet Loas Our local savigs bak offers loas to WHU studets. Please cotact your MBA office for details. WHU Brai Capital GmbH Aother possibility to fiace your participatio i the MBA Program is the fiacig cocept of the WHU Brai Capital GmbH. Studets do ot pay ay tuitio fees durig their studies at WHU. However, they commit themselves to makig icome-depedet paymets upo completio of their studies. The total amout of the paymets is liked to the icome eared. To lear more about this cocept, please have a look at: Iformatio for taxpayers i Germay: the tuitio fee as well as study-related costs (icl. travel ad accommodatio) are tax deductible ad ca be declared as aticipated professioal expeses. Please cotact your legal tax advisor for more iformatio.

22 22 Cotact Persoal Visits You are welcome to schedule a idividual appoitmet for a campus visit. This persoal visit gives you the opportuity to atted a MBA lecture (if compatible with our schedule), meet our curret MBA studets, go o a accompaied campus tour ad have a accompaied campus tour ad a persoal study advisory service with our MBA team. Please cotact us to make a idividual appoitmet we will ask you to sed us your CV for a first verificatio of your applicatio chaces before cofirmig your visit. The MBA team also regularly atteds MBA evets ad fairs aroud the world. Please check our website to see if we ll be visitig your coutry this year. Phoe: [email protected] The MBA team from left to right: Wiebke Rolf, Simoe Görge, Heidru Hoffma, Caroli Hilde, Patricia Hodge Persoal Notes

23 Lodo 565 km Cologe 40 km Brussels 212 km Hamburg 407 km Berli 561 km Valledar 129 km Prague 729 km Frakfurt 224 km Paris 502 km Muich 613 km Basel 532 km Lyo 784 km Mila 871 km Locatio ABOUT DÜSSELDORF Düsseldorf is located i the federal state North-Rhie Westphalia. There is a populatio of about 600,000, which beefits from a very good ifrastructure, e. g. public trasport. Düsseldorf s cityscape is characterized by various cultures, as Düsseldorf is home to the largest Japaese commuity i Germay. Iteratioality, the fuctio as state capital ad the strog ecoomy that is what makes Düsseldorf uique. Moreover, there is a wide rage of sports ad cultural activities. ABOUT THE CAMPUS Alogside the well-established Valledar campus, WHU opeed its secod campus i Düsseldorf i 2012 for the Full-Time MBA, Part-Time MBA ad Executive Educatio Programs. WHU s Campus Düsseldorf is located at the Schwaehöfe busiess park. The campus comprises 3,200 square meters o two floors. It icludes a large ope space area; a studet louge; lecture halls, equipped with cuttig-edge media techology; group-work rooms equipped with screes ad whiteboards. WHU Otto Beisheim School of Maagemet MBA Office Erkrather Straße 224a Düsseldorf Germay Phoe: Fax: [email protected]

24 WHU Otto Beisheim School of Maagemet Skylie, Düsseldorf MBA Office Erkrather Straße 224a Düsseldorf Germay Phoe: Fax: /2015 carbo eutral atureoffice.com DE prit productio