Information to take your first steps and enroll in the Bachelor’s degree program in International Business Administration.
Are you interested in applying for the English-language Bachelor's degree program "International Business Administration"? In order to enroll, you are required to meet the university's admission criteria as well as complete an admissions procedure that is held once a year during the spring/summer. If you successfully pass the admissions procedure, you will be eligible to enroll in the program for the following Winter Semester or the subsequent Summer Semester.
A maximum of 80 students will be accepted to the program.
The admissions procedure consists of the following steps:
Bachelor's Degree Program
International Business Administration
Next Online Registration Period:
March 4, 2024 to May 8, 2024
Applicants may not register to enroll outside of the designated registration period!
80 students will be accepted in the program
The upcoming online registration period for WS 2024/2025 and SS 2025 will take place during spring of 2024. A link to register online is available below. Prospective applicants may register to enroll beginning March 4, 2024, to May 8, 2024 (at midnight).
When registering online, you will be registering at the JKU for the first time and will receive a guest account to use during the admissions process. The guest account allows you to proceed with all of the additional steps in order to register.
For creating an Applicant Account please use following link:
Create Application Account, opens an external URL in a new window
Please note: Do not use an Austrian university matriculation number as this number will not work in the applicant account.
Log in to your account and then select the Bachelor's degree program: International Business Administration.
After creating your account log in here:
Registration Form, opens an external URL in a new window
As part of this step, we also need:
After entering your details, you will receive a confirmation e-mail. If you do not receive this confirmation e-mail, check the spam folder in your e-mail account or contact aufnahmeverfahren(at)jku.at. Your registration confirmation for the admissions procedure will be attached in the e-mail. Please keep your confirmation in a safe place as you will need it to complete the subsequent steps in the admissions procedure and for admission to the program.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact aufnahmeverfahren(at)jku.at.
Please note:
If the number of applicants who register for the program is less than the number of available spots in the program (80), the admissions procedure will not move forward. In this case, all of the applicants can enroll in the program (during the enrollment period) for the desired semester (i.e., for the following Winter Semester or Summer Semester). If there are over 80 applicants to the program, the admissions procedure will move forward. You will receive an e-mail notifying you about whether or not the procedure will take place and subsequently an e-mail containing a link to upload the required application video (see Step 2).
You will receive an e-mail containing notification as to whether or not an admissions procedure will take place. If students are to be selected before being admitted to the program, the e-mail you receive will contain a link to the Moodle course where you will upload your application video. The e-mail address used will be the address you provided during the online registration procedure.
The video must be in English and should answer the following questions:
Your video must be 1.5 to 2 minutes long and no larger than 250 MB. Acceptable formats include: .avi, .mov, mp4, .m4v, 3gp, .asf, .wmv, .mpg, .mpeg, .mpe. You can also use your smart phone to make your video.
We are required to verify your identity and ask that a copy of your passport be uploaded via the same Moodle course. The deadline to upload your application video and a copy of your passport ends on May 23, 2024, at midnight.
Your video will be reviewed by our program management team to determine if the content and language requirements have been met. After your application video has been evaluated, you will receive an e-mail as to whether or not you may continue taking part in the admissions process. The e-mail notification will be sent by no later than June 17, 2024.
Do you have any questions about making and submitting your video? The contact us by sending an e-mail to: ba-iba(at)jku.at!
If you received positive feedback in regard to your application video and have been approved to continue taking part in the admissions procedure, your next step is to prepare and to participate in an interview. The interview will take place online and you will receive exact details about the procedure later on. The interview will take place in English and will consist of one question about the reading material below. The interview will be evaluated in regard to significantly understanding the reading material in particular, your ability to argue and express an opinion, and use of language. The Template Questions and a Template Interview will be available soon in the Info Box to the right.
1. Familiarize yourself with the reading material
The interview is based on the following reading material (available as an e-book): Fundamentals of Business, Fourth Edition, opens an external URL in a new window
Skripak, Stephen J. and Ron Poff (2023). Fundamentals of Business, 4th Edition, Blacksburg, VA: VT Publishing.
hdl.handle.net/10919/99283, opens an external URL in a new window. Licensed with CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0, opens an external URL in a new window
The corresponding chapters are:
2. To help prepare for your interview, take a look at the following companies:
Detailed interview assignments will be available in Moodle. Choose ONE assignment and ONE company to be interviewed about. Your interview will be about 10 Minutes long. The Template Questions and a Template Interview will be available soon in the Info Box above.
The main interview period will take place between July 01, 2024, and July 12, 2024. The possible timeslots will be availabe in Moodle between June 17, 2024 to June 24, 2024. You will have to choose an interview timeslot in the Moodle course. The confirmation about the timeslot will be sent to the applicants by e-mail by no later than June 26, 2024, to the address provided during registration. If you did not sign up for any of the available timeslots, you will be excluded from continuing on with the admissions procedure.
You will receive an e-mail containing the results (in accordance with § 14 of the Admissions Regulation) by no later than July 18, 2024. The e-mail address used will be the address you provided during the registration procedure. At the same time, and based on the results, you will be notified as to whether or not you have been accepted to the program.
Do you have any questions about the interview? Contact us by sending an e-mail to: ba-iba(at)jku.at!
Online Interview
July 01 to July 12, 2024
Choose a timeslot and a topic in Moodle!
Results
Via e-mail by July 18, 2024 at the latest
As soon as you receive confirmation of acceptance to the program, you will be required to submit your enrollment forms to the JKU in order to complete the admissions process. If you are starting the program in Winter Semester 2024/2025, you must submit an application for admission by no later than August 19, 2024; for the Summer Semester 2025, at which time you can enroll within the general enrollment period.
Information about enrollment - including the required documents as to when and where you can enroll - is available below.
When you enroll in the IBA program, you will be subject to paying the Austrian Student Union fee and, if applicable, tuition fees. Only then will you be officially enrolled and ready to begin your studies! See Austrian Student Union Fees and Tuition for detailed information.
The Austrian Student Union fee and, if applicable, tuition fees are to be paid each semester!
Need an Overview?
Here you will find an overview of general information about the program.