HSBA Hamburg School of Business Administration


HSBA Hamburg School of Business Administration is a private business school located in Hamburg, Germany. Founded by Hamburg Chamber of Commerce in 2004, HSBA now cooperates with more than 300 companies. As a state-recognised third-level institution, it offers bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business as cooperative education and part-time courses for 1000 students. HSBA's Cooperative Education Model has its origin in Germany's dual education system which was applied to university level.

Structure

HSBA is composed of various departments and institutes:
HSBA offers five dual and one part-time Bachelor programmes:
The dual programmes are three year courses and have been developed together with the cooperating companies. According to the cooperative education model students spend alternate semesters of academic study with semesters of full-time employment in their company. Students receive a monthly salary, and most of the cooperating companies take over the tuition fees. Business Administration, Business Informatics and Media Management & Communication are taught partly in German and English. Logistics Management and Maritime Management are entirely taught in English.

Master Programmes

HSBA offers four Master programmes:
HSBA's study programmes are accredited by the FIBAA Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation. HSBA has also been granted higher educational accreditation by the German Council of Science and Humanities.

International Partner Institutions

HSBA cooperates with the following universities:
HSBA has been granted the Erasmus University Charta by the European Commission in 2009.

Extracurricular Activities

Since 2011 the annual HSBA Finance Conference has been organised and carried out by HSBA students as well.
Beyond that, HSBA offers several sport activities in particular Rowing and Field Hockey as well as numerous committees