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.

WWW hsba.de/en

Structure

HSBA is composed of various departments and institutes:

Departments: Strategy & Leadership, Marketing & Sales, Medien & IT, Maritime Business School, Finance & Accounting and Applied Economics.
Institutes: Hamburg Institute of Family Owned Business, Hamburg Institute of Management and Finance, Hamburg Institute of Risk and Insurance, Hamburg Institute of Banking

Bachelor Programmes

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. International Management and Logistics Management are entirely taught in English.

Master Programmes

HSBA offers two 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:

Country	Partner University	Type of Cooperation	Agreement Type
Austria	MCI Management Center Innsbruck	Student and Staff Exchange	Erasmus+
United Kingdom	Edinburgh Napier University	Cooperative Doctorates and Study Abroad	MoU - Bilateral Partnership Agreement
United Arab Emirates	University of Dubai	Study Abroad	MoU - Bilateral Partnership Agreement
USA	State University of New York at Oswego	Study Abroad and Exchange	MoU - Bilateral Partnership Agreement
USA	Sigmund Weis School of Business	Study Abroad	MoU - Bilateral Partnership Agreement
USA	DePaul University	Executive Guest Lectures and Study Abroad	MoU - Bilateral Partnership Agreement
Hungary	Andrássy University Budapest	Staff Exchange	Erasmus+
Hungary	Budapest University of Economics and Business	Student Exchange	Erasmus+
Turkey	Turkish-German University	Student Exchange	Erasmus+
Turkey	Yeditepe University	Student Exchange	Erasmus+
Taiwan	National Taipei University	Student Exchange	MoU - Bilateral Partnership Agreement
South Korea	SolBridge International School of Business (Woosong University)	Student Exchange	MoU - Bilateral Partnership Agreement
Spain	ESIC University Valencia	Student Exchange	Erasmus+
Spain	ISSA-School of Applied Management	Student Exchange	Erasmus+
Spain	ESIC University Madrid	Student Exchange	Erasmus+
Spain	Cámarabilbao University Business School	Student Exchange	Erasmus+
Spain	ESIC University Barcelona	Student Exchange	Erasmus+
Spain	University de Almería	Student Exchange	Erasmus+
Serbia	Faculty of Organisational Sciences (Univ.of Belgrade)	Student Exchange	Erasmus+
Switzerland	Bern University of Applied Sciences	Student Exchange	Bilateral Partnership Agreement
Poland	SGH Warsaw School of Economics	Student Exchange	Erasmus+
Norway	BI Norwegian Business School	Student Exchange	Erasmus+
Netherlands	Rotterdam Business School	Student Exchange	Erasmus+
Netherlands	Zuyd University of Applied Sciences	Student Exchange	Erasmus+
Mexico	Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey	Student Exchange	MoU - Bilateral Partnership Agreement
Morocco	Rabat Business School (International University of Rabat)	Student Exchange	MoU Bilateral Partnership Agreement
Lithuania	ISM University of Management and Economics	Student Exchange	Erasmus+
Croatia	Algebra University	Student Exchange	Erasmus+
Kazakhstan	Narxoz University	Student Exchange	Erasmus+
Italy	Universitá di Venice	Student Exchange	Erasmus+
Italy	Universitá di Pisa	Student Exchange	Erasmus+
India	IILM Undergraduate Business School (IILM University)	Student Exchange	MoU - Bilateral Partnership Agreement
Greece	Alba Graduate Business School	Student Exchange	MoU Bilateral Partnership Agreement
Finland	Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences	Student Exchange	Erasmus+
Finland	Metropolia Business School	Student Exchange	Erasmus+
Costa Rica	LEAD University	Student Exchange	MoU - Bilateral Partnership Agreement
China	University of Nottingham Ningbo China	Student Exchange	MoU - Bilateral Partnership Agreement
China	The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong	Student Exchange	MoU - Bilateral Partnership Agreement
Brazil	Escola de Economia de Sáo Paulo da Fundaçáo Getulio Varga	Student Exchange	MoU - Bilateral Partnership Agreement
Belgium	UCLL University of Applied Sciences	Student Exchange	Erasmus+
Argentina	IAE Business School	Student Exchange	MoU - Bilateral Partnership Agreement
Argentina	Universidad Austral	Student Exchange	MoU - Bilateral Partnership Agreement

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

Notable alumni

Leonie Hanne, German fashion influencer and blogger