The Founder's MBAs

The Founder's MBAs — Two Degrees. Two Countries. One Pathway.

Combine BCBT's entrepreneurship training with German UDS's digital-transformation expertise across campuses in Berlin and Brandenburg. Students study the International MBA with BCBT, awarded by Università degli Studi "Guglielmo Marconi" in Italy, and the MBA Digital Transformation with German UDS, awarded in Germany. One application. Two full accreditations. One connected experience in the Berlin-Brandenburg region.

"The Founder's MBAs" is a joint marketing name for two separate, independently accredited degree programs, delivered and awarded separately by each institution under its own accreditation: the International MBA (Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi / Berlin College of Business and Technology GmbH, Berlin) and the MBA Digital Transformation (German University of Digital Science gGmbH, Babelsberg). No joint degree, joint accreditation, or joint diploma is awarded. Each institution is solely responsible for its own admission decisions, curriculum, and degree requirements.

Track 1 — International MBA (BCBT / Marconi)

• Duration: 1 year (12 months); October intake
• Credits: 60 CFU/ECTS
• Format: On campus, Berlin — 288 sessions combining contact hours, project work and hub time
• Modules: Corporate Finance, Accounting & Risk Management; Strategy, Organization & Project Management (incl. ESG); Export Management, International Marketing & Negotiations; International Business Law & Tax Strategy; Human Resources, Leadership & People Management; Business Communication, Career Development & Personal Branding
• Add-on: Sustainability Impact Hub — BCBT's startup incubator and entrepreneurship bootcamp

Track 2 — MBA Digital Transformation (German UDS)

• Duration: 1 year, 4 quarters, 60 ECTS
• Quarter 1: Complex Problem Solving & Design Thinking; Understanding & Designing the Digital World; Big Data, Software Systems & Cloud Computing; Coding Camp I
• Quarter 2: Data Analytics & Decision-Making; Digital Business Models & Venture Building; Strategic Management & Entrepreneurial Transformation; Coding Camp II
• Quarter 3: Three elective modules plus a Group Challenge
• Quarter 4: Impact Project (12 ECTS)
• Add-on: Career Weeks and further bootcamps

Why this pathway

Get two full master's degrees — not one MBA with a specialization. Graduate with one degree from Italy and one from Germany. Study where startups are built: classes take place in Berlin's startup ecosystem (including CIC) and through German UDS in Brandenburg, with coding camps, venture-building, weekly founder talks, and a path to launching a company before you graduate.

Applicants should hold a bachelor's degree and normally have 3+ years of relevant professional experience. English B2 (CEFR) or equivalent is required. Admission requirements apply in substance across both institutions; each institution makes its own independent admissions decision on its own criteria.

One application through the BCBT portal covers the combined pathway. BCBT processes the application and shares applicant data with German UDS Student Affairs; German UDS independently decides admission to the MBA Digital Transformation track.

Combined programme fee: €18,500 across both years / both degrees. BCBT handles payment collection for the combined fee.

There is no charge to apply or enquire. Your exact fee and instalment plan are confirmed after a formal document review.

• First instalment on admission (registration)
• Remaining instalments can be paid monthly
• Pay-in-full option available where offered