Bachelor · Part-time
With the B.A. Business Management and a specialisation in Bakery Management, you're equipped for the changes ahead in the baking industry, without loss of income, and with room for family and career alongside your studies.
B.A. Business Management
180 ECTS
8 semesters
With no prior qualification · up to 2 semesters of credit recognition possible
Each winter semester
Starts 1 October
FIBAA accredited
German Accreditation Council
ADB network
Akademie Deutsches Bäckerhandwerk Weinheim
€335–442.50 / month
Depending on prior qualification
€390
All applicants
02 — Your Advantages
Together with the Akademie Deutsches Bäckerhandwerk Weinheim, part of the ADB network, we've created a continuing-education opportunity for bakers that's unique in Germany, built around the working hours of the baking trade and designed to prepare you for business succession or a leadership role in the industry.
Staff leadership, marketing, sales and innovation: as a B.A. Business Management graduate, you're the expert.
03 — Curriculum
Here's how the work-study programme is structured, matched to the working reality of the baking trade.
4 hours of online lectures per week (Monday afternoon), flexible self-study, and 2 weeks of on-campus study per half-year at HdWM in Mannheim and the bakery academy in Weinheim. Semester breaks stay lecture-free.
Specialised modules taught by experts from the ADB network and industry practice.
Complete your degree with an industry-specific project.
04 — After Graduation
This degree opens up a wide range of development and advancement opportunities in the baking industry:
05 — Questions
This programme is a partnership between HdWM and the vocational schools of the baking trade in the ADB network. It's the only degree in Germany focused on the needs of bakery business successors and leaders, running on 4 hours of online lectures per week, flexible self-study, and 2 weeks of on-campus study per half-year. It's designed for professionals from the baking industry, but it's also open to those with no prior experience in the field.
Yes. With a prior qualification as a certified business administrator (Betriebswirt*in HwO) or certified sales manager in the food trade (Verkaufsleiter*in HWK), you get 79 ECTS credited, saving around 2.5 semesters. Master bakers and pastry chefs trained at an ADB vocational school get 46 ECTS credited, saving around 1.5 semesters. In both cases, your studies stay work-study, with no loss of income.
The B.A. Business Management — Bakery Management is the only degree in Germany focused on the needs of bakery business successors and leaders. It opens up a wide range of advancement opportunities in the baking industry.
Our online application portal guides you through each step, and you can save your application at any time and continue it later. Alternatively, you can submit your documents by email. Studies start on 1 October each year; there's no fixed application deadline, but we recommend applying as early as possible.
06 — Financing & Requirements
Tuition fees
Standard, no prior qualification
€442.50
per month
Certified Betriebswirt*in HwO / Verkaufsleiter*in HWK
€335
per month
Master baker/pastry chef (ADB vocational school)
€380
per month
Admission fee
€390
all applicants
For further information about our fees, please read our scale of fees.
View scale of feesFormal entrance requirements
German "Fachhochschulreife" or equivalent
Or a comparable recognised foreign qualification.
Alternative prior qualification
Certified Betriebswirt*in HwO, certified master baker or pastry chef, or certified Verkaufsleiter*in in the food trade (HWK).
