Timeline & courses

Overview

• Core courses

  Module 1

   

  September 2019 to December 2019

   

  During the first program module, students take management core courses together in a single cohort. Most courses include components for teamwork and presentation to hone the students' communication and conflict resolution skills.

   

  Students take core courses from the following management topics:

  • Judgment & Decision-making
  • Competitive and Corporate Strategy
  • Business Economics
  • Organizational Behaviour
  • Financial Accounting
  • Financial Management and Corporate Finance
  • Advanced statistics

• Two tracks

  Module 2

   

  January to March 2020

   

  After the core module of the program, students choose among two different tracks. One track focuses on quantitative business and covers the subject Econometrics. The second track concentrates on innovative management, including the course Economics of Innovation and New Technology.

   

  In both tracks, students choose two additional elective courses from the following subjects (certain electives may be prerequisites for the specializations):

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Global Economy
  • Operations & Supply Chain
  • Valuation
  • People Management & Leadership

• First-year internship

  Module 3

   

  April to September 2020

   

  In coordination with ESMT, you will complete an internship of up to six months with a company and industry that meets your career goals. German students are encouraged to complete their internship abroad.

   

  ESMT currently works with a growing number of companies to offer internships.

   

  Please note that while ESMT has agreements with internship providers to offer internships, participants are still required to apply and pass the target company’s selection procedures. Participants may also source their own internship opportunities.

   

  This year, students gained internship positions at (examples):

  • Boeing working in Market Research & Strategy Support
  • Accenture working as a Strategy Consulting Intern
  • BMW working as a Sustainability Strategy Intern
  • Daimler working as a Risk Management Intern
  • United Nations as an Intern in Information and Communication Technology Section
  • Deutsche Bahn AG in Strategic Organizational Development
  • KPMG working in Deal Advisory
  • Helix Cognitive Computing GmbH as a Blockchain Research & Cryptoeconomics Trainee
  • Rocket Internet SE working as an International Finance Intern
  • Google working as a Marketing Intern
  • Bayer Healthcare working in Digital Health and Innovation
  • Zalando working on the Business Development team

   

  Besides Germany, students are gaining international experience by interning in Japan, Turkey, Switzerland, France, South Korea and Kenya.

• Four specializations

  Module 4

   

  November 2020 to mid-April 2021

   

  After the first internship and a combined capstone module in October, students choose one of four specializations in order to develop a tangible value proposition for companies looking for talent.

   

  1. Business Analytics: Data Science for Analytics, Predictive Analytics/ Machine Learning, Advanced Decision Making Tools, Risk Modeling with Spreadsheets, Value Chain Analytics
  2. Finance & Investments: International Finance & Risk Management, Entrepreneurial Finance and FinTech, Portfolio Management Seminar, Advanced Finance, Investments
  3. Entrepreneurship & Innovation: Matchmakers in Digital Economy, The Human Factor of Innovation, 'Startup Challenge', Design Thinking, Entrepreneurial Finance
  4. Global & Digital Strategy: Matchmakers in Digital Economy, Global Challenges, Strategic International Management, Digital Marketing, Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship

   

• Social impact project

  Module 5

   

  Mid-April to May 2021

   

  During the Social Impact Project, students work on a group assignment in an NGO, social venture or in a Corporate Social Responsibility Department of a global firm in Germany or abroad.

   

  This assignment allows students to observe how the global marketplace plays out in other parts of the world and other levels of society. It is the students' opportunity to give back and learn how to be a life-long engaged global citizen. ESMT is currently looking for international partner organizations with whom to develop relevant projects. Interested parties should contact career.services@esmt.org.

   

  This year, students worked on (examples):

  • Developing inclusive business ecosystem initiatives in Lesotho
  • Identifying potential opportunities as well as obstacles for a collaboration with SOS Children Villages in India
  • Optimizing operations and marketing processes for a coffee bean processing and distribution startup in Costa Rica
  • Assessing social innovation programs by a global consulting firm
  • Developing a mobile app for health improvement
  • Launching a financial literacy program for high school students

• Master's thesis

  Module 6

   

  June 2021 to end of August 2021 (3 months)

   

  While working on their Master’s thesis, students may seek the opportunity of a second internship and carry out their research with support from practitioners. Alternatively, particularly those who intend to pursue an academic career, students may opt for working on a thesis topic in close coordination with a professor’s own research agenda.

• Foreign language training

  In addition to completing the entire program in English, all MIM students study a foreign language. Language instruction is included into the curriculum, with options to continue instruction electronically when working on projects and internships.

   

  For students fluent in German

  you will choose a language needed to effectively manage business relationships in the world's fastest growing economies. Possibilities include, but are not limited to, Chinese, Portuguese, and Spanish. There will be up to two languages offered each year.

   

  For students not fluent in German

  you will have the chance to study German, which allows you to complete internships and projects in German organizations and dramatically increases your competitiveness on the German job market after graduation.

   

  Students are able to practice their foreign languages during their internships, master's thesis, and social impact project, all or some of which can be in a country where that language is spoken.

• Double Degree at Yale School of Management

  ESMT offers the opportunity to complete your first year in Berlin, and your second year at the Yale School of Management. The result is two degrees earned in two years. Click here to learn more.