Leadership for Change (M.A.)

You will expand your knowledge of:

• Diagnosing the developmental needs of your employees, organisation and yourself within change processes
• Designing coaching and training programmes to promote innovation and performance
• Design and evaluation of incentive systems for the economic management of personnel and organisational development
• Planning, design and management of change processes
• Legal foundations and obligations for successful leadership behaviour
• Leadership behaviour

After completing the programme, you will be able to

• Combine societal challenges and complex change processes
• Implement coaching and training projects
• Plan, design and manage change processes
• Identify and exploit opportunities for innovation, the effective use of digitalisation and diversity, and the development of teams
• Use various leadership concepts for goals such as innovation, personnel development and employee health
• Work in a theory-led and evidence-based manner
• Work on a practical issue using scientifically sound models, theories and findings
• Further develop your own professional competences

Unique focus

• Practical application and interdisciplinary courses including different subject areas, e.g. psychology, economics, law
• Ability to diagnose, manage, optimise and evaluate formal and informal measures to develop your employees and your own leadership skills

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Innovative implementation

• Creation of an e-portfolio to reflect on and document your development
• Individual coaching to support you in implementing the newly acquired knowledge in your day-to-day work
• Step-by-step planning and realisation of the Master's thesis on a relevant topic from your day-to-day work while studying
• Use of innovative teaching and learning methods

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Network & exchange

• Interactive exchange, collaboration and networking with peers
• High-calibre lecturers from academia and practice

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Highest quality

• The University of Regensburg is system-accredited under the German accreditation system
• Study in the unique ambience of Regensburg's UNESCO World Heritage Site

Module 1: Learning Organisation

• Detailed introduction to the aims and course of the programme
• Analysis of societal challenges and opportunities from the perspective of learning organisations
• Linking and deriving relevant goals for your own organisation

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Module 2: Coaching and training

• Diagnosis of developmental needs within change processes
• Designing training and coaching projects to promote innovation and performance
• Implementation of training and coaching projects

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Module 3: Change Management

• Combining society's challenges and complex change processes
• Methods for planning, designing and managing change processes in organisations
• Identification of opportunities to realise innovations, effective use of digitalisation and diversity, team development

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Module 4: Leadership

• Use of different leadership concepts for different goals (e.g., innovation, personnel development, employee health)
• Legal foundations and obligations for successful leadership behaviour

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Module 5: Behavioural Economics

• Design and evaluation of incentive systems for the economic management of personnel and organisational development
• Legal foundations of behavioural economic management

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Module 6: Professional Development

• Consolidation of theory-led and evidence-based work
• Independent professional development of own competences
• Empirical processing of a practice-relevant issue with scientifically sound models, theories and findings

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Module 7: Master's thesis

• Completion and presentation of the Master's thesis
• Scientific reporting, discussion and interpretation of results
• Completion of the programme

Application for the programme
Simply send the completed application form (external link, opens in a new window) and the required documents to master.lfc​(at)​ur.de (opens your email program)

Formal requirements for participation 
The regular formal requirements for admission to the degree program are a successfully completed university degree with 240 credit points and at least one year of professional experience as well as at least six months in a relevant leadership or managerial position.

However, if you have a university degree with a lower number of credit points, the lack of entry-level competences can be compensated for by additional professional and leadership experience. The relevant professional and leadership experience must be documented with suitable evidence. Certificates from the employer or other suitable documents can be considered for this purpose.

The following table shows the possible combinations:

*The missing entry competence is calculated from the difference between the regular requirements (240 ECTS) and the scope of your first degree programme; the missing aptitude competence can also be demonstrated by previously successfully completed relevant academic continuing education. These can be module studies or additional studies that are completed with a university certificate.

**Management experience is generally understood to be personnel responsibility in a formal supervisory position, although other management functions (such as project management, account management, team leadership) may also be recognised as leadership experience.

Cohort 2026 

April 2026 - induction week

• Tuesday, 21 April 2026 (12:00 - 18:00)
• Wednesday, 22 April 2026 (09:00 - 17:00)
• Thursday, 23 April 2026 (09:00 - 17:00)
• Friday, 24 April 2026 (09:00 - 17:00)

June 2026

• Friday, 26 June 2026 (15:00 - 19:00)
• Saturday, 27 June 2026 (09:00 - 17:00)

July 2026

• Friday, 17 July 2026 (15:00 - 19:00)
• Saturday, 18 July 2026 (09:00 - 17:00)

October 2026

• Friday, 9 October 2026 (15:00 - 19:00)
• Saturday, 10 October 2026 (09:00 - 17:00)

November 2026

• Friday, 6 November 2026 (15:00 - 19:00)
• Saturday, 7 November 2026 (09:00 - 17:00)

January 2027

• Friday, 22 January 2027 (15:00 - 19:00)
• Saturday, 23 January 2027 2027 (09:00 - 17:00)

February 2027

• Friday, 19 February 2027 (15:00 - 19:00)
• Saturday, 20 February 2027 (09:00 - 17:00)
• Friday, 26 February 2027 (15:00 - 19:00)
• Saturday, 27 February 2027 (09:00 - 17:00)

March 2027

• Friday, 19 March 2027 (15:00 - 19:00)
• Saturday, 20 March 2027 (09:00 - 17:00)

May 2027

• Friday, 14 May 2027 (15:00 - 19:00)
• Saturday, 15 May 2027 (09:00 - 17:00)

June 2027

• Saturday, 05 June 2027 (09:00 - 17:00)

September 2027

• Saturday, 25 September 2027 (09:00 - 17:00)

Prof. Dr. Regina Mulder

• Faculty of Human Sciences
• Chair of Pedagogy II, esp. continuing vocational education and training & learning in organisations

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Prof. em. Dr. Michael Dowling

• Faculty of Business Economics, Economics and Real Estate
• Former chairholder of the Chair of Innovation and Technology Management

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Prof. Dr. Peter Fischer

• Faculty of Human Sciences
• Chair of Social, Work, Organisational and Business Psychology

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Dr. Hans-Joachim Gergs

• Senior Consultant Change Management, AUDI AG
• Member of the teaching staff at the Executive Education Centre, Technical University of Munich
• Guest lecturer at the University of Heidelberg

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Prof. Dr. Sven Hilbert

• Faculty of Human Sciences
• Chair of Educational Data Science

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Ralf Kapfberger, Dipl. Päd.

• Trainer, coach specialising in leadership, communication and change
• Organisational consultant/ change management consultant

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Prof. Dr. Frank Maschmann

• Faculty of Law
• Chair of Private Law and Labour Law

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Prof. Dr. Andreas Roider

• Faculty of Business Economics and Real Estate
• Chair of Economics, in particular Microeconomics

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Prof. Dr. Thomas Steger

• Faculty of Business Economics and Real Estate
• Chair of Leadership and Organisation