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Master in Global Management

Your learning and development journey

On this page you can find more details about the curriculum and program structure 

The Master in Global Management program begins in September each year, and lasts for 24 months. In this time, you will develop the knowledge and skills needed to move into general management and strategy consulting. The full two-year program is worth 120 ECTS credits.

The program is split between foundational courses and advanced electives: 

  • Foundation courses cover the most important areas of management theory and practice, with a focus on their importance for the globalized world of the 21st century. 

  • Advanced electives delve deeper into specific industries and applications

Program timeline

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Term 1
September 2023 - December 2023

Term One

Core courses, including:

  • The State of the World

  • Statistics

  • Financial Management & Corporate Finance

  • Competitive Strategy

  • Business Economics

  • Judgment Decision-making

  • Financial Accounting

Skills seminars:

  • Business English

  • Business Presentation 

  • Public Speaking

  • Time Management

Foreign language classes

Term One

Core courses, including:

  • The State of the World

  • Statistics

  • Financial Management & Corporate Finance

  • Competitive Strategy

  • Business Economics

  • Judgment Decision-making

  • Financial Accounting

Skills seminars:

  • Business English

  • Business Presentation 

  • Public Speaking

  • Time Management

Foreign language classes

September 2023
December 2023
January 2024
March 2024
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Term 2
January 2024 - March 2024

Term Two

Core courses, including

  • Business Leadership in Society 

  • Global Corporate Strategy

  • Managing Organizations in a Global Context

  • The Global Economy

  • Operations & Global Supply Chain Management 

  • Marketing Management

  • Entrepreneurial Finance & FinTech

Skills seminars 

  • Cross Cultural Management  

  • Building Professional Networks 

  • Conflict in Teams

Foreign language classes

Term Two

Core courses, including

  • Business Leadership in Society 

  • Global Corporate Strategy

  • Managing Organizations in a Global Context

  • The Global Economy

  • Operations & Global Supply Chain Management 

  • Marketing Management

  • Entrepreneurial Finance & FinTech

Skills seminars 

  • Cross Cultural Management  

  • Building Professional Networks 

  • Conflict in Teams

Foreign language classes

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Internship
April 2024 - September 2024

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.

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
  • 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.

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April 2024
September 2024
October 2024
December 2024
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Term 3
October 2024 - December 2024

Term Three

Electives, including

  • Corporate Innovation

  • Data Science for Analytics 

  • Advanced Investment Strategies

  • MARGA Strategy Simulation

  • Alternative Investments

  • Leading & Managing People

Skills seminar

Foreign language classes

Term Three

Electives, including

  • Corporate Innovation

  • Data Science for Analytics 

  • Advanced Investment Strategies

  • MARGA Strategy Simulation

  • Alternative Investments

  • Leading & Managing People

Skills seminar

Foreign language classes

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Language training
October 2024 - December 2024

Foreign Language Classes

Foreign language training is fully integrated into the curriculum of the Master in Global Management program.

It is available to all students and has a value of 8 ECTS.

 

Foreign Language Classes

Foreign language training is fully integrated into the curriculum of the Master in Global Management program.

It is available to all students and has a value of 8 ECTS.

 

ESMT collaborates with the GLS language school that has been offering language courses in Berlin since 1983. 

During the two-year period of study, there is an opportunity to choose one of these four languages:  

  • German 

  • Spanish, 

  • French,  

  • Chinese.  

The language groups consist of a maximum of 12 participants and a minimum of 4 participants, for a Chinese course a minimum of 2 participants. Classes take place at the GLS campus in Kastanienallee 82 and run once a week from October to December and January to March.

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Term 4
January 2025 - May 2025

Term Four

Electives continued 

  • International Finance & Risk Management

  • Investments: PT & AP (PMP)

  • Risk Modelling

  • Negotiation 

  • Valuation

  • Sustainability

The Social Impact Project

Skills seminar

Foreign language classes

Term Four

Electives continued 

  • International Finance & Risk Management

  • Investments: PT & AP (PMP)

  • Risk Modelling

  • Negotiation 

  • Valuation

  • Sustainability

The Social Impact Project

Skills seminar

Foreign language classes

January 2025
May 2025
May 2025
August 2025
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Master Thesis
May 2025 - August 2025

Master Thesis

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.

Master Thesis

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.

Program timeline

September 2023
December 2023
x
Term 1
September 2023 - December 2023

Term One

Core courses, including:

  • The State of the World

  • Statistics

  • Financial Management & Corporate Finance

  • Competitive Strategy

  • Business Economics

  • Judgment Decision-making

  • Financial Accounting

Skills seminars:

  • Business English

  • Business Presentation 

  • Public Speaking

  • Time Management

Foreign language classes

Term One

Core courses, including:

  • The State of the World

  • Statistics

  • Financial Management & Corporate Finance

  • Competitive Strategy

  • Business Economics

  • Judgment Decision-making

  • Financial Accounting

Skills seminars:

  • Business English

  • Business Presentation 

  • Public Speaking

  • Time Management

Foreign language classes

January 2024
March 2024
x
Term 2
January 2024 - March 2024

Term Two

Core courses, including

  • Business Leadership in Society 

  • Global Corporate Strategy

  • Managing Organizations in a Global Context

  • The Global Economy

  • Operations & Global Supply Chain Management 

  • Marketing Management

  • Entrepreneurial Finance & FinTech

Skills seminars 

  • Cross Cultural Management  

  • Building Professional Networks 

  • Conflict in Teams

Foreign language classes

Term Two

Core courses, including

  • Business Leadership in Society 

  • Global Corporate Strategy

  • Managing Organizations in a Global Context

  • The Global Economy

  • Operations & Global Supply Chain Management 

  • Marketing Management

  • Entrepreneurial Finance & FinTech

Skills seminars 

  • Cross Cultural Management  

  • Building Professional Networks 

  • Conflict in Teams

Foreign language classes

April 2024
September 2024
x
Internship
April 2024 - September 2024

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.

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
  • 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.

show more
October 2024
December 2024
x
Term 3
October 2024 - December 2024

Term Three

Electives, including

  • Corporate Innovation

  • Data Science for Analytics 

  • Advanced Investment Strategies

  • MARGA Strategy Simulation

  • Alternative Investments

  • Leading & Managing People

Skills seminar

Foreign language classes

Term Three

Electives, including

  • Corporate Innovation

  • Data Science for Analytics 

  • Advanced Investment Strategies

  • MARGA Strategy Simulation

  • Alternative Investments

  • Leading & Managing People

Skills seminar

Foreign language classes

x
Language training
October 2024 - December 2024

Foreign Language Classes

Foreign language training is fully integrated into the curriculum of the Master in Global Management program.

It is available to all students and has a value of 8 ECTS.

 

Foreign Language Classes

Foreign language training is fully integrated into the curriculum of the Master in Global Management program.

It is available to all students and has a value of 8 ECTS.

 

ESMT collaborates with the GLS language school that has been offering language courses in Berlin since 1983. 

During the two-year period of study, there is an opportunity to choose one of these four languages:  

  • German 

  • Spanish, 

  • French,  

  • Chinese.  

The language groups consist of a maximum of 12 participants and a minimum of 4 participants, for a Chinese course a minimum of 2 participants. Classes take place at the GLS campus in Kastanienallee 82 and run once a week from October to December and January to March.

show more
January 2025
May 2025
x
Term 4
January 2025 - May 2025

Term Four

Electives continued 

  • International Finance & Risk Management

  • Investments: PT & AP (PMP)

  • Risk Modelling

  • Negotiation 

  • Valuation

  • Sustainability

The Social Impact Project

Skills seminar

Foreign language classes

Term Four

Electives continued 

  • International Finance & Risk Management

  • Investments: PT & AP (PMP)

  • Risk Modelling

  • Negotiation 

  • Valuation

  • Sustainability

The Social Impact Project

Skills seminar

Foreign language classes

May 2025
August 2025
x
Master Thesis
May 2025 - August 2025

Master Thesis

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.

Master Thesis

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.

Additional options include:

Global immersion

  • Spend up to six months of your internship at a company or organization operating on a global scale at first job level and benefit from invaluable practical experience that will prepare you for the job market.

  • Take an academic term spent at a top-ranked ESMT partner school in Europe or beyond, fully integrated into the course schedule during your second year to extend your academic, cultural and communication skills.

  • Participate in foreign language courses in German, French, Spanish and Chinese to prepare for your international career.

Finance options: PMP and Certificate

  • Portfolio Management Program (PMP): Join our partners from an international investment fund on a 2-year journey parallel to your studies

  • Learn how to analyse and make investment decisions in a real-life setting

  • Round off your profile by acquiring the "Finance Certificate" taking courses such as "Portfolio Management & Asset Pricing" and "Advanced Investment Strategies"

Learn more about the Portfolio Management Program here. 

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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 30 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.

 

 

Dedicated Lecturers

ESMT's international faculty combine the very best business teachers and researchers from around the world, brought together in Berlin to share their experience in business practice and thought leadership with a passion that puts the learning experience before everything else.

Situated in state-of-the-art facilities and supported by a world-class community of corporate partners, ESMT Berlin has laid the foundations for innovative research and excellence in the classroom.

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Admissions

 

Find out more about the timeline and what you need to apply for our next incoming class.

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Rankings

 

The ESMT Master in Global Management is #20 in the world in the Financial Times Global Masters in Management ranking.

 

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