Compulsory transfer to the PO 2024
General Information on the Mandatory Transition to the 2024 Curriculum
Starting in the winter semester 2026/2027, the “new” study documents introduced in the winter semester 2024/2025 will apply to all students in the Master’s degree programs in Business Administration, Business Education and Management Training, Diploma in Business Information Systems, and Diploma in Industrial Engineering and Management. Students following the “old” study documents from 2014–2017 are required to transition to the new documents at that time.
The mandatory transition is regulated in § 38(4) of the respective examination regulations.
General information and FAQs can be found in the OPAL course “Mandatory Transition to 2024 Study Documents.”
For specific questions, please attend the consultation hours on the mandatory transition, which take place every Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in room SCH B037. No advance registration is required.
Equivalence Tables
The transfer of modules completed under the 2014/2017 study regulations is governed by the equivalence tables. These tables show how modules completed under the “old” study documents are transferred to the “new” documents:
Master’s in Business Administration
Master’s in Business Education and Management Training
Diploma in Business Information Systems
Diploma in Industrial Engineering and Management
The “new” study documents stipulate that for the Master’s degree program in Business Administration, the Diploma in Business Information Systems, and the Diploma in Industrial Engineering and Management, the “Presenting and Discussing” area is a required elective in which at least 5 credit points must be earned. You can find out which modules are currently (Summer Semester 2026) eligible for credit in this area by referring to the overview of modules eligible for credit in the "Presentation and Discussion" area.
Further Decisions by the Examination Committees
On April 22, 2026, the Examination Committees made further decisions regarding the retention of the “old” examination regulations and the acceptance of theses:
Master’s in Business Administration
Master’s in Business Education and Management Training
Diploma in Business Information Systems
Diploma in Industrial Engineering and Management