International Procurement Cooperation (MPA)

Start of studies 01. Nov. 2024 and 01. Nov. 2026

The central qualification objective of the International Procurement Cooperation programme (MPA) is for graduates to be able to assume responsibility for the management of major procurement projects in international, interdisciplinary, and intercultural fields of work and to do so with deliberation and based on their professional and methodical training and their value-based team leadership skills. The programme takes an interdisciplinary approach in which students choose one of two different tracks: one with a focus on law, one with a focus on economics. Regardless of their chosen track, all students will acquire basic leadership and management skills and will learn about project and technology management as well as parameters of procurement projects from a strategic and transnational perspective. Depending on their chosen track, students will learn the fundamentals of either economics or law as well as specifics of either procurement law or procurement organisation. The IPC programme is offered in English in order to emphasise its intercultural nature and international perspective.

Program Profile

Start of studies 01. Nov. 2024 and 01. Nov. 2026
Application deadline May 31, 2024 and May 31, 2026

Target group

The target group of the International Procurement Cooperation (IPC) program are (prospective) leaders in areas tasked with procurement projects in (federal) ministries and subordinate authorities in Germany and the other 26 EU/NATO member states.
Qualification

Master of Public Administration (MPA)
Duration

Standard period of study 2 years, 60 ECTS credit points
Costs

Costs covered by the respective authority/ministry.
Language of instruction

English
Campuses

Hamburg, Berlin, Wien and other citys in Europe
Module Handbook (PDF)
Program and Examination Regulations (PDF)

Program contents and module handbook:

3 compulsory modules, 3 consolidation modules, 3 specialisation modules of either the economics track or the law track, and a final module with a master’s thesis.
Leadership and management, project and innovation management, empirical research methods, an interdisciplinary module, network management, negotiation, risk management and compliance; as part of the law track: methodology of European and international law, European contract law and contract drafting, principles of European procurement law; as part of the economics track: fundamentals of economics, accounting and controlling, methodology of European and international law.

Further information can be found in the module handbook (PDF download)

Admission requirements and Program and Examination Regulations

(1) A total of 240 ECTS credit points achieved for completion of one or more study programs at a German or foreign institute of higher education

(2) At least two years of vocational activity, including at least one year with management responsibility, after obtaining a higher-education degree

(3) Sufficient knowledge of the English language to successfully complete the programme and the examinations (certificate attesting C1-level skills or equivalent) Structure: (LINK zur Studien- und Prüfungsordnung).

Admission requirements (PDF)

Organization of the program:

In-service online studies combined with compact attendance-based classes comprising 3 compulsory modules, 3 consolidation modules, 3 specialisation modules of either the economics track or the law track, and a final module with a master’s thesis.

The courses of the study programme are organized in trimester periods. Each year of study has three trimesters: autumn trimester (HT) from October to December, winter trimester (WT) from January to March and spring trimester (FT) from April to June. The summer (trimester) break is from July to September. The focus in the study programme is on blended learning phase with additional online sessions with an amount of 45 ECTS-LP. For each course the student gets 5 ECTS-LP with a workload of 125 hours. Here online sessions and blended learning phases are included.
The courses are every four/six weeks from Wednesday afternoon 04:00 p.m. till Friday lunch time 12:00 p.m. No classes are during holidays and during the summer, (short) winter, (short autumn) break. To finish the study programme, students have to write a master thesis (15 ECTS-LP). The study programme is organized by the Centre for Postgraduate Education of the Helmut Schmidt University/ University of the German Armed Forces in Hamburg.

Your application, documents and submission

We require various documents when you apply for a place on this program. An overview of the required documents can be found on the homepage of the Examination Office. You can submit your application directly to the Examination Office. The Examination Office will then receive your documents directly. If you have any questions regarding the documents required for your application, please contact the Examination Office. For all other questions, the ZWW will be happy to help you via email or telephone.

Examination Office

+49 40 6541-3376

zww-info@hsu-hh.de

Wichtige Formulare für Studienbeginnende und Studieninteressierte

Cooperation Partners

Federal Ministry of Defense

Your Contacts

Program Director

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Alexandra Stolz

study programme manager

Office: H1 R1140
Phone.: +49 40 6541-4894

zww-info@hsu-hh.de

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