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Exchange at ESMT

Exchange at ESMT

We look forward to welcoming incoming exchange students to our Master and MBA programs.

The ESMT International Office administers the exchange process including nomination, application, and course selection, and supports the students before, during, and after their exchange at ESMT. For general questions regarding ESMT, such as course selection, application to enrollment process, being a student at ESMT, welcome day(s) and more, feel free to email us at international-office@esmt.org.

You can find more information about studying at ESMT and about student life in Berlin in the Student Handbook.

Your exchange journey at ESMT

Nomination

To apply to study at ESMT, your host institution must first select and nominate you as an exchange student.

Nomination deadlines

For Autumn term 2024: 15 April 2024
For Spring term 2025: 01 October 2024

To apply to study at ESMT, your host institution must first select and nominate you as an exchange student.

Nomination deadlines

For Autumn term 2024: 15 April 2024
For Spring term 2025: 01 October 2024

Nomination

Application

Congratulations on being nominated to ESMT!

You will receive application instructions via the email address provided in the nomination process. You will be asked to submit the following documents:

ID/Passport photo page
CV
Latest available transcript
Passport photograph / close-up photograph clearly showing your face
Confirmation of English language proficiency

Application deadlines

For Autumn term 2024: 12 May 2024
For Spring term 2025: 15 October 2024

If you need to apply for a visa, please do so as early as possible since the process can take very long. More information can be found below an in the Student Handbook (pages 4ff).

⇒ English language proficiency requirements

Congratulations on being nominated to ESMT!

You will receive application instructions via the email address provided in the nomination process. You will be asked to submit the following documents:

ID/Passport photo page
CV
Latest available transcript
Passport photograph / close-up photograph clearly showing your face
Confirmation of English language proficiency

Application deadlines

For Autumn term 2024: 12 May 2024
For Spring term 2025: 15 October 2024

If you need to apply for a visa, please do so as early as possible since the process can take very long. More information can be found below an in the Student Handbook (pages 4ff).

⇒ English language proficiency requirements

English language proficiency requirements

TOEFL scores (95 minimum), PTE score (64 minimum), IELTS score (7 minimum) or other English proficiency test.
ESMT Berlin accepts MyBest™ scores for the TOEFL iBT® test, in addition to TOEFL iBT scores from a single test date. The ESMT TOEFL institution code is 8707.
Students whose native language is English or who have earned a university degree exclusively taught in English, do not need to take an English proficiency test.

Term Dates

Term dates

Autumn term 2024

10-13 September 2024: Orientation & Welcome Week
16 September 2024: First course starts
19 December 2024: Last Masters course ends (incl. exam)
20 December 2024: Last MBA course ends (incl. exam)
Early January 2025: Further Masters courses available

Students coming in the Autumn term who require a high number of ECTS (25+), are likely going to have to take courses in January.

Spring term 2025

Social Impact Project individual preparation (online: group forming and topic selection) starts from November 2024.

03 January 2025: Orientation & Welcome Day
06 January 2025: First course starts
06 + 07 February 2025: Career Fair (no classes)
08 March 2025: International Women's Day - public holiday (no classes)
28 March 2025: End of courses, inc. any exams (subject to change)
April - May 2025: Social Impact Project delivery (SIP)
April - July 2025: Summer Entrepreneurship Program delivery (SEP)

Students who require more than approx. 24 ECTS are expected to take SIP or SEP.

Autumn term 2024

10-13 September 2024: Orientation & Welcome Week
16 September 2024: First course starts
19 December 2024: Last Masters course ends (incl. exam)
20 December 2024: Last MBA course ends (incl. exam)
Early January 2025: Further Masters courses available

Students coming in the Autumn term who require a high number of ECTS (25+), are likely going to have to take courses in January.

Spring term 2025

Social Impact Project individual preparation (online: group forming and topic selection) starts from November 2024.

03 January 2025: Orientation & Welcome Day
06 January 2025: First course starts
06 + 07 February 2025: Career Fair (no classes)
08 March 2025: International Women's Day - public holiday (no classes)
28 March 2025: End of courses, inc. any exams (subject to change)
April - May 2025: Social Impact Project delivery (SIP)
April - July 2025: Summer Entrepreneurship Program delivery (SEP)

Students who require more than approx. 24 ECTS are expected to take SIP or SEP.

Term dates

Course selection

Master Programs

Course selection

Masters courses

Coming on an exchange to our Master program you can take selected courses from the first and second year of the Masters programs (Master in Global Management, Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Master in Analytics and Artificial Intelligence).

Course selection

Due to potential course cancellations because of under subscription, schedule clashes, and limitations of room sizes because of over subscription, we require that you provide valid alternatives to your course choices. If specific courses are required by the sending institution, you should indicate those during the application process. Accommodations will be made wherever possible.

Current information

The preliminary list of courses is now available, you can view it in this PDF document. Course selection process will take place after the application deadline of 12 May 2024. You will be invited to select your courses by submitting a course selection form.
“Welcome to your ESMT exchange” - Online Seminar: We will host an Online Seminar for you to help you prepare for your stay at ESMT. The date will be published here.

⇒ Grading

Masters courses

Course selection

Current information

The preliminary list of courses is now available, you can view it in this PDF document. Course selection process will take place after the application deadline of 12 May 2024. You will be invited to select your courses by submitting a course selection form.
“Welcome to your ESMT exchange” - Online Seminar: We will host an Online Seminar for you to help you prepare for your stay at ESMT. The date will be published here.

⇒ Grading

Grading

ESMT Grading scheme

MBA Program

Course selection

MBA courses

Below are examples of the electives offered to the incoming MBA exchange students. The final list will be confirmed at the application stage.

Design Thinking, 2 ECTS
Quantitative Methods in Marketing, 2 ECTS
Entrepreneurial Strategy, 2 ECTS
Global Strategies of Industrial Champions, 2 ECTS
Interactive Leadership / Leading Diversity, 2 ECTS
GNAM: Sustainable Finance, 2 ECTS
Sustainable Energy Future, 2 ECTS
Social Side of Business, 2 ECTS
Global Economy and Politics, 2 ECTS
Business German (prior knowledge of German required), 2 ECTS
From Idea to Business, 4 ECTS

⇒ Grading

MBA courses

Below are examples of the electives offered to the incoming MBA exchange students. The final list will be confirmed at the application stage.

Design Thinking, 2 ECTS
Quantitative Methods in Marketing, 2 ECTS
Entrepreneurial Strategy, 2 ECTS
Global Strategies of Industrial Champions, 2 ECTS
Interactive Leadership / Leading Diversity, 2 ECTS
GNAM: Sustainable Finance, 2 ECTS
Sustainable Energy Future, 2 ECTS
Social Side of Business, 2 ECTS
Global Economy and Politics, 2 ECTS
Business German (prior knowledge of German required), 2 ECTS
From Idea to Business, 4 ECTS

⇒ Grading

Grading

ESMT Grading scheme

Enrollment at ESMT

During your first week on ESMT campus, you must obtain your enrollment confirmation from the Student Services Office (Room 2.32 A), or a digital version of it, via email. Here is what we require from you, in advance:

A signed and dated study agreement: You will receive your ESMT study agreement digitally in the weeks before program start. Please read the document carefully and keep a copy for your records. You can submit your signed and dated agreement via email.
Proof of valid health insurance: All students are required to submit a confirmation of their health insurance status issued by a German public health insurance company.

⇒ Health insurance and visa

A signed and dated study agreement: You will receive your ESMT study agreement digitally in the weeks before program start. Please read the document carefully and keep a copy for your records. You can submit your signed and dated agreement via email.
Proof of valid health insurance: All students are required to submit a confirmation of their health insurance status issued by a German public health insurance company.

⇒ Health insurance and visa

Health Insurance

Under German law, all students are obliged to have health insurance in order to study at a German university.

If you are insured in another EU country and you hold the European Health Insurance card (EHIC), this will be considered sufficient (unless you want to take on a working student position or a voluntary internship- in that case, you will need German health insurance). If you do not hold an EHIC, you can choose to take out German public or German private health insurance.

German public student health insurance plans are more expensive than private insurance plans, and the sign-up process is more complicated. For this reason, exchange students who plan to stay in Germany for just a few weeks or months are generally better served taking out private student insurance. There are, however, a couple of advantages to having public insurance. Firstly, publicly insured individuals do not need to pay their medical costs up front. Instead, the insurance provider pays these to the healthcare provider directly. The other advantage is that public insurance plans cover pre-existing medical conditions.

Please refer to the ESMT Student Handbook (pages 17ff) for more details! (to be found in the download section below).

Once you are admitted as an ESMT exchange student, we will also guide you through getting ready for enrollment at ESMT, including health insurance requirements.

Visa

Generally, all non-EU citizens entering Germany and staying for more than 90 days with the intention to work or study need a visa before entry. Please refer to the pages 4ff of the ESMT Student Handbook (to be found in the download section below).

Exchange students do not necessarily need a student visa, though:

If you are a non-EU citizen but you already hold a valid residence permit for studying in another EU country, you are eligible to enter Germany with it.
If the duration of your stay will not exceed three months, you will not need to apply for a student visa, either. Instead, you may enter with a tourist visa.

All applicants should consult the website of the local German mission to find out about the visa procedure and required documentation.

Enrollment at ESMT

Orientation week

Orientation Week

Orientation week

We want to welcome you on campus before your first class starts. Please make your travel arrangements so that you can join the Orientation and Welcome Day(s)!

Dates

For Autumn Term 2024: 10-13 September 2024
For Spring Term 2025: 03 January 2025

Buddies

Don’t worry about being lost on campus! Your Student Buddy will be there for you within the first days and weeks to support you, show you around and give you some useful tips on studying and getting to know Berlin. You will receive more information before your exchange starts!

We want to welcome you on campus before your first class starts. Please make your travel arrangements so that you can join the Orientation and Welcome Day(s)!

Dates

For Autumn Term 2024: 10-13 September 2024
For Spring Term 2025: 03 January 2025

Buddies

Your exchange journey at ESMT

Nomination

To apply to study at ESMT, your host institution must first select and nominate you as an exchange student.

Nomination deadlines

For Autumn term 2024: 15 April 2024
For Spring term 2025: 01 October 2024

To apply to study at ESMT, your host institution must first select and nominate you as an exchange student.

Nomination deadlines

For Autumn term 2024: 15 April 2024
For Spring term 2025: 01 October 2024

Application

Congratulations on being nominated to ESMT!

You will receive application instructions via the email address provided in the nomination process. You will be asked to submit the following documents:

ID/Passport photo page
CV
Latest available transcript
Passport photograph / close-up photograph clearly showing your face
Confirmation of English language proficiency

Application deadlines

For Autumn term 2024: 12 May 2024
For Spring term 2025: 15 October 2024

If you need to apply for a visa, please do so as early as possible since the process can take very long. More information can be found below an in the Student Handbook (pages 4ff).

⇒ English language proficiency requirements

Congratulations on being nominated to ESMT!

You will receive application instructions via the email address provided in the nomination process. You will be asked to submit the following documents:

ID/Passport photo page
CV
Latest available transcript
Passport photograph / close-up photograph clearly showing your face
Confirmation of English language proficiency

Application deadlines

For Autumn term 2024: 12 May 2024
For Spring term 2025: 15 October 2024

If you need to apply for a visa, please do so as early as possible since the process can take very long. More information can be found below an in the Student Handbook (pages 4ff).

⇒ English language proficiency requirements

English language proficiency requirements

TOEFL scores (95 minimum), PTE score (64 minimum), IELTS score (7 minimum) or other English proficiency test.
ESMT Berlin accepts MyBest™ scores for the TOEFL iBT® test, in addition to TOEFL iBT scores from a single test date. The ESMT TOEFL institution code is 8707.
Students whose native language is English or who have earned a university degree exclusively taught in English, do not need to take an English proficiency test.

Term dates

Term Dates

Term dates

Autumn term 2024

10-13 September 2024: Orientation & Welcome Week
16 September 2024: First course starts
19 December 2024: Last Masters course ends (incl. exam)
20 December 2024: Last MBA course ends (incl. exam)
Early January 2025: Further Masters courses available

Students coming in the Autumn term who require a high number of ECTS (25+), are likely going to have to take courses in January.

Spring term 2025

Social Impact Project individual preparation (online: group forming and topic selection) starts from November 2024.

03 January 2025: Orientation & Welcome Day
06 January 2025: First course starts
06 + 07 February 2025: Career Fair (no classes)
08 March 2025: International Women's Day - public holiday (no classes)
28 March 2025: End of courses, inc. any exams (subject to change)
April - May 2025: Social Impact Project delivery (SIP)
April - July 2025: Summer Entrepreneurship Program delivery (SEP)

Students who require more than approx. 24 ECTS are expected to take SIP or SEP.

Autumn term 2024

10-13 September 2024: Orientation & Welcome Week
16 September 2024: First course starts
19 December 2024: Last Masters course ends (incl. exam)
20 December 2024: Last MBA course ends (incl. exam)
Early January 2025: Further Masters courses available

Students coming in the Autumn term who require a high number of ECTS (25+), are likely going to have to take courses in January.

Spring term 2025

Social Impact Project individual preparation (online: group forming and topic selection) starts from November 2024.

03 January 2025: Orientation & Welcome Day
06 January 2025: First course starts
06 + 07 February 2025: Career Fair (no classes)
08 March 2025: International Women's Day - public holiday (no classes)
28 March 2025: End of courses, inc. any exams (subject to change)
April - May 2025: Social Impact Project delivery (SIP)
April - July 2025: Summer Entrepreneurship Program delivery (SEP)

Students who require more than approx. 24 ECTS are expected to take SIP or SEP.

Course selection

Master Programs

Course selection

Masters courses

Course selection

Current information

The preliminary list of courses is now available, you can view it in this PDF document. Course selection process will take place after the application deadline of 12 May 2024. You will be invited to select your courses by submitting a course selection form.
“Welcome to your ESMT exchange” - Online Seminar: We will host an Online Seminar for you to help you prepare for your stay at ESMT. The date will be published here.

⇒ Grading

Masters courses

Course selection

Current information

The preliminary list of courses is now available, you can view it in this PDF document. Course selection process will take place after the application deadline of 12 May 2024. You will be invited to select your courses by submitting a course selection form.
“Welcome to your ESMT exchange” - Online Seminar: We will host an Online Seminar for you to help you prepare for your stay at ESMT. The date will be published here.

⇒ Grading

Grading

ESMT Grading scheme

MBA Program

Course selection

MBA courses

Below are examples of the electives offered to the incoming MBA exchange students. The final list will be confirmed at the application stage.

Design Thinking, 2 ECTS
Quantitative Methods in Marketing, 2 ECTS
Entrepreneurial Strategy, 2 ECTS
Global Strategies of Industrial Champions, 2 ECTS
Interactive Leadership / Leading Diversity, 2 ECTS
GNAM: Sustainable Finance, 2 ECTS
Sustainable Energy Future, 2 ECTS
Social Side of Business, 2 ECTS
Global Economy and Politics, 2 ECTS
Business German (prior knowledge of German required), 2 ECTS
From Idea to Business, 4 ECTS

⇒ Grading

MBA courses

Below are examples of the electives offered to the incoming MBA exchange students. The final list will be confirmed at the application stage.

Design Thinking, 2 ECTS
Quantitative Methods in Marketing, 2 ECTS
Entrepreneurial Strategy, 2 ECTS
Global Strategies of Industrial Champions, 2 ECTS
Interactive Leadership / Leading Diversity, 2 ECTS
GNAM: Sustainable Finance, 2 ECTS
Sustainable Energy Future, 2 ECTS
Social Side of Business, 2 ECTS
Global Economy and Politics, 2 ECTS
Business German (prior knowledge of German required), 2 ECTS
From Idea to Business, 4 ECTS

⇒ Grading

Grading

ESMT Grading scheme

Enrollment at ESMT

A signed and dated study agreement: You will receive your ESMT study agreement digitally in the weeks before program start. Please read the document carefully and keep a copy for your records. You can submit your signed and dated agreement via email.
Proof of valid health insurance: All students are required to submit a confirmation of their health insurance status issued by a German public health insurance company.

⇒ Health insurance and visa

A signed and dated study agreement: You will receive your ESMT study agreement digitally in the weeks before program start. Please read the document carefully and keep a copy for your records. You can submit your signed and dated agreement via email.
Proof of valid health insurance: All students are required to submit a confirmation of their health insurance status issued by a German public health insurance company.

⇒ Health insurance and visa

Health Insurance

Under German law, all students are obliged to have health insurance in order to study at a German university.

Please refer to the ESMT Student Handbook (pages 17ff) for more details! (to be found in the download section below).

Once you are admitted as an ESMT exchange student, we will also guide you through getting ready for enrollment at ESMT, including health insurance requirements.

Visa

Exchange students do not necessarily need a student visa, though:

If you are a non-EU citizen but you already hold a valid residence permit for studying in another EU country, you are eligible to enter Germany with it.
If the duration of your stay will not exceed three months, you will not need to apply for a student visa, either. Instead, you may enter with a tourist visa.

All applicants should consult the website of the local German mission to find out about the visa procedure and required documentation.

Orientation week

Orientation Week

Orientation week

We want to welcome you on campus before your first class starts. Please make your travel arrangements so that you can join the Orientation and Welcome Day(s)!

Dates

For Autumn Term 2024: 10-13 September 2024
For Spring Term 2025: 03 January 2025

Buddies

We want to welcome you on campus before your first class starts. Please make your travel arrangements so that you can join the Orientation and Welcome Day(s)!