Business Mathematics

full time

Master of Science

Master
Degree

4 semesters

Standard period of study (amount)

Marburg

Location

Overview and admission

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Summer and Winter Semester

Area of study

  • Computer Science
  • Mathematics
  • Business Mathematics
  • Business Administration

Focus

Stochastics and Statistics, Finance and Insurance Mathematics, Accounting and Finance, Innovation and Information, Market-Oriented Company Management, Applied Mathematics, Numerics and optimisation

Target group

Graduates with proof of a specific Bachelor's degree course in "Business Mathematics" or a Bachelor's degree course in a relevant subject in the field of "Mathematics" or with proof of a comparable professionally qualifying domestic or foreign certificate of academic degree. In addition to a Bachelor's degree course in “Business Mathematics” or “Mathematics”, an academic degree for teaching at grammar schools (First State Examination or Master's degree course) with the teaching subject "Mathematics "entitles the holder to admission. A Bachelor's degree in another discipline qualifies for admission if at least 90 credit points (CP) have been completed in Business Mathematics modules as part of this or another degree course.

Annotation

General information: The aim of the Master's degree course in “Business Mathematics” is to specialise and broaden the specialist skills acquired in the Bachelor's degree course in “Business Mathematics "or “Mathematics”. In addition to advanced courses in mathematics, economics and computer science, you will be introduced to independent scientific work in the Master's degree. You will study current research literature and work scientifically on a problem from the field of business mathematics as part of your Master's thesis. Research focuses: Specialisations are possible in the following areas, among others: Applied Mathematics: - Numerics and optimisation, - Stochastics and Statistics, - Finance and Insurance Mathematics. Economics: - Accounting and Finance. - Innovation and Information, - Market-Oriented Company Management, - Economics.

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

Admission requirements (Link)

Admission requirements

Lecture period

  • 22.04.2025 - 25.07.2025
  • 13.10.2025 - 13.02.2026

Application deadlines

Summer semester (2025)
  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    The application deadlines for study programmes at the Philipps-Universität Marburg can be found on our university homepage under the following link: www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/bewerbung/bewerbungsfristen

  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    The application deadlines for study programmes at the Philipps-Universität Marburg can be found on our university homepage under the following link: www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/bewerbung/bewerbungsfristen

  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

    The application deadlines for study programmes at the Philipps-Universität Marburg can be found on our university homepage under the following link: www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/bewerbung/bewerbungsfristen

  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    The application deadlines for study programmes at the Philipps-Universität Marburg can be found on our university homepage under the following link: www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/bewerbung/bewerbungsfristen

Winter semester (2025/2026)
  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    The application deadlines for study programmes at the Philipps-Universität Marburg can be found on our university homepage under the following link: www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/bewerbung/bewerbungsfristen

  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    The application deadlines for study programmes at the Philipps-Universität Marburg can be found on our university homepage under the following link: www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/bewerbung/bewerbungsfristen

  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

    The application deadlines for study programmes at the Philipps-Universität Marburg can be found on our university homepage under the following link: www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/bewerbung/bewerbungsfristen

  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    The application deadlines for study programmes at the Philipps-Universität Marburg can be found on our university homepage under the following link: www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/bewerbung/bewerbungsfristen

Tuition fee

Fees

Currently, the German federal state of Hesse does not charge tuition fees.

Languages of instruction

Main language

English

Further languages

German