Timeline & courses
Your learning and development journey
On this page you can find more details about the curriculum and program structure for the Master in Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
The Master in Analytics and Artificial Intelligence program begins in September each year and lasts for 24 months. The full two-year program is worth 120 ECTS credits.
The program is designed to give you a business education while equipping you with sought-after skills relating to analytics and AI tools, preparing you for a career as a digital innovation consultants, analytics leader or technological change agents
The structure in two parts includes:
- Foundation courses covering the most important aspects of Organizational Analytics: Data, Models, and People, Data Management,
Causal Inference in AI Models, Introduction to Machine Learning and many more. - Advanced electives delving deeper into industries and applications e.g. Advanced Optimization Models, Machine Learning models in production, Analytics and AI for Healthcare Management and many more.
MAAI program timeline and courses
The MSc 2026–2028 cohort will begin on September 8, 2026.
- Python Data Fundamentals
- Statistics Fundamentals with R
- Business Economics
- Judgment Decision-making
- Financial Management & Corporate Finance
- Organizational Analytics: Data, Models, and People
- Data Visualization
- Introduction to Machine Learning
- Data scraping & processing
- Econometrics
- Careers Bootcamp
- Analytics through Coding
- Business Presentations
- The Do’s and Don’ts of Meeting Effectively
- Group Dynamics and Teamwork
During your master's program, you can take optional evening German classes in partnership with Inlingua Berlin. Running from October to March with two live online sessions per week, the courses are open to all levels and taught in small groups.
Examinations are administered by Inlingua Berlin, and you will receive a certificate upon successful completion.
By strengthening your German proficiency, you’ll gain valuable skills for internships, student jobs, and early-career opportunities in Germany.
- Operations and Global Supply Chain Management
- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
- Advanced Decision Analysis
- Data Management
- Causal Inference in AI Models
- Analytics and Society
- ML Models for Market Research
- Consumer Preference Modeling
- The Psychology of Conflict Resolution
- Project Management through SCRUM
During your master's program, you can take optional evening German classes in partnership with Inlingua Berlin. Running from October to March with two live online sessions per week, the courses are open to all levels and taught in small groups.
Examinations are administered by Inlingua Berlin, and you will receive a certificate upon successful completion.
By strengthening your German proficiency, you’ll gain valuable skills for internships, student jobs, and early-career opportunities in Germany.
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.
- 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 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.
- Portfolio Theory and Asset Pricing
- Fixed Income Investments
- International Finance
- Introduction to Investment Banking (only for Finance and Investment Certificate)
- MARGA Strategy Simulation
- Modeling and AI for Sustainability
- The Data Scientist: Modern Tools
- Survey Design
- Innovating with AI: Large Language Models in Business
- Entrepreneurial Sales & Marketing
+ MGM and MAAI core courses
- Process Mining
- Analytics Project Management
- Consulting
- Building Professional Networks
During your master's program, you can take optional evening German classes in partnership with Inlingua Berlin. Running from October to March with two live online sessions per week, the courses are open to all levels and taught in small groups.
Examinations are administered by Inlingua Berlin, and you will receive a certificate upon successful completion.
By strengthening your German proficiency, you’ll gain valuable skills for internships, student jobs, and early-career opportunities in Germany.
- Alternative Investments
- Valuation
- Advanced Investment Strategies
- Risk Modelling
- Ambidextrous Leadership
- Negotiation
- Open and Distributed Models of Innovation
- Analytics and AI for Healthcare Management
- Machine Learning Models in Production
- Advanced Optimization Models
- Time Series Analysis
- Data-Driven Solutions for Climate Adaptation, Mitigation and Resilience
- Social Entrepreneurship
+ MIE and MGM core courses
- Impact Consulting
- Cyber Security
- Stress Management & Resilience
- Leadership in Practice
Get experience working with a corporate partner as part of a student consulting team and apply your new skills and insights into a real-world business environment.
- Introduction to Research Method
- Research Strategies Week
During your master's program, you can take optional evening German classes in partnership with Inlingua Berlin. Running from October to March with two live online sessions per week, the courses are open to all levels and taught in small groups.
Examinations are administered by Inlingua Berlin, and you will receive a certificate upon successful completion.
By strengthening your German proficiency, you’ll gain valuable skills for internships, student jobs, and early-career opportunities in Germany.
While working on your Master thesis, you may seek the opportunity of a second internship and carry out your research with support from practitioners.
Alternatively, particularly those who 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.
Finance and Investment Certificate
You can opt to complete advanced courses in finance subjects with a focus on global investment strategies.
You will be issued an ESMT Finance and Investment Certificate in addition to your master's degree.
German language classes
Within your master's program, you can take optional evening German classes in partnership with Inlingua Berlin. Running from October to March with two online sessions per week, the courses are open to all levels with placement support and taught in small groups of 6–14 participants.
These classes are designed not only to strengthen your command of the German language but also to introduce you to important cultural and business practices. As you progress, you will refine your communication skills, gain valuable cultural insights, and enhance your career prospects in Germany.
Examinations are administered by Inlingua Berlin, and you will receive a certificate upon successful completion.
Collaborative learning
Modern business is global - ESMT students thrive in a global environment
The value a diverse international cohort brings to your personal development is that it prepares you for any challenge and opportunity the modern world holds in stock for you.
With over 50 nationalities represented in the classroom you benefit from fresh perspectives, unique experiences, and a broad set of skills. ESMT Berlin's unique approach to collaborative learning means that working and thriving in diverse and international teams comes as second nature.
Catalina Stefanescu-Cuntze
Nationality: Romania/UK
Education: Cornell University, Ph.D.
Research area/focus: Credit risk, customer analytics
Courses taught: Analytics leadership
“All models are wrong. Some are useful. (G.E.P. Box)”
Nazlı Sönmez
Nationality: Turkey
Education: London Business School, Ph.D.
Research area/focus: Operational innovation in healthcare
Courses taught: Operations and Global Supply Chain Management (MGM/MIE/MAAI), Analytics and AI for Healthcare Management (MAAI)
Fun fact: I was the co-founder of Bilkent University Baking Club during my college years.
"You can't manage or improve what you can't measure."
Tamer Boyaci
Nationality: Canada/Turkey
Education: Columbia University, Ph.D.
Research area/focus: Human-AI collaboration, sustainable operations
Courses taught: Modeling and AI for Sustainability
"My course will not focus on predictions and predictive analytics, but rather prescriptive models and strategies for improving sustainability of business operations."
Urs Müller
Nationality: Germany/Switzerland
Education: University of Goettingen,Dr. phil.
Research area/focus: Business ethics
Courses taught: Analytics and Society
Fun fact: I collect selfies in front of McDonald’s and sort literature, art, and philosophy books by date of birth of the author.
“Analytics and AI will shape our future – for the better or worse. I am rather optimistic, but business will need to contribute to turn them into drivers of societal benefit.”
Jan Sebastian Nimczik
Nationality: Germany
Education: University of Mannheim, Dr. rer. pol.
Research area/focus: Labour markets and immigration
Courses taught: Data Science for Analytics (MGM/MIE), Machine Learning and Causality (MAAI)
" In this class we connect the predictive power of machine learning with the quest for answers to causal questions that help us make thorough decisions."
Jamie Song
Nationality: South Korea
Education: INSEAD, Ph.D.
Research area/focus: Entrepreneurial strategy, social networks, machine learning
Courses taught: Foundations of Strategic Management
Fun fact: I’ve lived across four continents and seven cities in the past ten years.
“The principles of strategic management will be a compass guiding you through the complexities of business, illuminating paths to gaining and sustaining competitive advantage, and empowering you to shape the future of organizations.”
Eric Quintane
Nationality: France
Education: University of Melbourne, Ph.D.
Research area/focus: Social network analysis
Courses taught: Managing Organizations is a Global Context (MGM/MIE), Organizational Analytics: Data, Models, and People (MAAI)
Fun fact: I convinced my family to spend a night with me in a treehouse in the middle of the Amazon forest.
“No one can effectively implement third-generation strategies through second-generation organizations run by first-generation managers.” - Bartlett and Ghoshal (1990)
Huseyin Gurkan
Nationality: Turkey
Education: Fuqua School of Business is the business school of Duke University, Ph.D.
Research area/focus: Decision sciences, incentive management
Courses taught: Advanced Decision Analysis (MAAI), and Statistics in (MGM)
Fun fact: I have never tried doner kebap in Berlin.
David Ronayne
Nationality: UK
Education: University of Warwick, Ph.D.; University of Oxford, Post doc.
Research area/focus: Industrial organization and behavioral economics
Courses taught: Business Economics
"We will explore business-relevant economic concepts and results, bringing them to life through applications and interactive exercises. The questions we will address range from the fundamental, e.g., 'What are the benefits of a free market?' to the practical, e.g., 'How should you price a product line?'"
Martin Schweinsberg
Nationality: Germany
Education: London Business School, PhD
Research area/focus: Strategy & innovation
Courses taught: Status, Persuasion and Power in Organizations (MGM), Group Dynamics and Teamwork (MGM/MIE/MAAI), The Psychology of Conflict Resolution (MGM/MIE/MAAI)
Per Olsson
Nationality: Sweden
Education: Stockholm School of Economics, PhD
Research area/focus: Financial accounting, capital markets
Courses taught: Valuation
Francis de Véricourt
Nationality: France
Education: Université Paris VI, Ph.D.
Research area/focus: Decision science, analytics and operations, with applications in health care, sustainability and human-AI interaction
Courses taught: Judgement and Decision Making
Guillermo Baquero
Nationality: Ecuador
Education: Erasmus University Rotterdam, Ph.D.
Research area/focus: Hedge funds, mutual funds, behavioral finance, experimental economics, microfinance.
Courses taught: International Finance and Alternative Investments
Rajshri Jayaraman
Nationality: Canada/India
Education: Cornell University, PhD
Research area/focus: Economic development, labor economics
Courses taught: Econometrics
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Situated in state-of-the-art facilities and supported by a world-class community of entrepreneurs and corporate partners, ESMT Berlin has laid the foundations for innovative research and excellence in the classroom.
