Timeline & courses

Term one

Core courses, including

• Machine Learning Basics

• Data Scraping & Processing 

• Predictive Analysis  

• Business Economics

• Judgment Decision-making

• Financial Accounting

• Coding in Python (and R)

• Advanced Marketing Modeling

Skills Seminar

• Business English 

• Business Presentations 

Term two

Core courses, including

• Data Visualization 

• Advanced Decision Analysis

• Analytics Project Management 

• Consumer Preference Modeling 

• Operations & Global Supply Chain Management

• Analytics and Society

• Econometrics

• Data Management

• Machine Learning and Causality

Skills seminar

• Building a Professional Network 

• Time Management 

Internship

Complete an internship of up to six months with a company that aligns with your careers goals, in coordination with ESMT. 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 

• 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 

• Helix Cognitive Computing GmbH as a Blockchain Research & Cryptoeconomics Trainee 

• Rocket Internet SE working as an International Finance Intern 

• Bayer Healthcare working in Digital Health and Innovation 

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

Term three

Electives, including 

• Organizational Analytics

• Sustainability

• Health Analytics

• Value Chain Analytics 

Skills seminar 

Foreign language classes

Term four

Electives

• The Data Scientist: Modern Tools

• Sustainability Analytics

• Analytics Leadership

• Survey Analytics

Analytics Student Consulting Project

Research methods

Foreign language classes

Master thesis

While working on your Master thesis, you can choose to seek the opportunity of a second internship and carry out your research with support from practitioners. 

If you intend to pursue an academic career, you may opt for working on a thesis topic in close coordination with a professor’s own research agenda.