WINB - Financial Management

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Prospective industrial engineers in this specialization strengthen their understanding of economic interrelationships and are prepared for tasks in the finance departments of capital market-related companies or in consulting, auditing, or tax consulting firms.

The specialization modules aim to give you a solid understanding of how capital and financial markets work and how they can be used for (re-)financing, investment, and risk management.

You will become proficient in dealing with the objectives, workings, and methods of financial corporate management, gain knowledge of international accounting standards and policies, and develop a critical awareness of national and international taxation rules to identify relevant issues.

Here we provide an overview of the specialization modules in Financial Management.

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Contact

Faculty Office
Silke Schauermann

Phone: +49 (0)721 925-1945
Fax: +49 (0)721 925-1947
silke.schauermannspam prevention@h-ka.de

Office hours:
Mon.-Fri.
9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Building K, room 103B
Moltkestraße 30
76133 Karlsruhe

Please note:
This specialization can be chosen after the 2nd semester. Please apply for the Industrial Engineering and Management (WINB) bachelor's program.

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Corporate Management and Transfer Pricing

+ Vision - Goals - Strategies; long- and short-term corporate planning

+ P-D-C-A cycle

+ Controlling systems, management models, and risk management

+ Introduction and basic principles of international transfer pricing

+ Analysis of typical intra-group transactions, selected business models and transfer pricing systems

Financial Controlling and Risk Management

+ Operational and strategic performance and financial controlling

+ Group controlling, investment controlling

+ Investment portfolio management, value-oriented corporate management, company valuation

+ Elements of strategic and operational risk management

+ Risk identification, risk assessment, risk management

Corporate Taxation and International Tax Law

+ Determination of taxable profits

+ Taxation of companies in the context of business activities

+ Comparison of legal forms

+ Concept and causes of double taxation, legal framework of double taxation agreements

+ Taxation of cross-border business activities; structuring alternatives

Corporate Treasury

+ Structure of the financial market, instruments of the cash market

+ Sound basis for investment decisions, portfolio theory

+ Basic principles of financial mathematics and interest calculation

+ Risk analysis of interest-bearing financial instruments

+ Fundamentals of the derivatives market and possible uses of financial derivatives; valuation of selected financial derivatives (forwards, swaps and options)

Who is the degree program suitable for?

In addition to your technical background, are you interested in financial corporate management and have an affinity for numbers and data? Are you also interested in topics such as capital markets and (corporate) taxes, particularly in relation to technical and digital products? Then you've come to the right place.

With the technical, professional, and social skills you have acquired and a specialization in Financial Management, you are ideally prepared for a job at the interface between business and technical areas, particularly in financial accounting, taxes, transfer pricing, treasury management, risk management, investor relations, and as an assistant to the technical-commercial management or staff units in the finance department of a company.

Internship & studying abroad

The specialization in Financial Management is application-oriented, utilizing project work and practical case studies to familiarize students with real-world issues from the start.

The compulsory internship semester, which can be completed both in Germany and abroad, offers students an excellent opportunity to apply and implement the knowledge and specialist skills acquired in the specialization directly in a company and to familiarize themselves with numerous business processes in practice.

Among the approximately 180 partner universities of Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences around the world, there is a wide range of courses with comparable content, the recognition of which can be guaranteed in advance.

At a glance

Qualification awarded	Bachelor of Science (B. Sc.)
Application deadline	01.03./15.09.
Start of program	Winter semester & Summer semester
ECTS credit points	210 in total
Standard period of study	7 semesters
Admission prerequisites	Pre-study work experience is not required
Semester abroad	Practical semester abroad in the 5th semester possible
Accreditation	Yes (certificate)

Downloads

Study Program Flyer - WINB
Study and Examination Regulations - WINB
Module Handbook - WINB