In Germany, the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany (Kultusministerkonferenz) has determined that a full-time course of study requires a total of about 32 to 39 hours per week over 46 weeks per year. A full-time Bachelor`s degree at the CBS is designed to encompass 180 ECTS points, distributed over six semesters. In the first four semesters, that is 30 ECTS points per semester. An eight-week compulsory internship in which10 ECTS points are earned, is required once. The fifth and sixth semesters, in which you complete the semester abroad, for example, and of course finally write the Bachelor's thesis, each bring 25 ECTS points.
The full-time Master`s degree comprises 120 ECTS credits and runs over four semesters. In the first two semesters you collect 30 ECTS points each. The internship and the third semester comprise a total of 36 ECTS points. In the fourth semester, which you can optionally spend abroad, you acquire the last 24 ECTS points through the Master's thesis.