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Timeline & courses

Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Your learning and development journey

The Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship program begins in September each year, lasts for 24 months. The program is designed to give you a business education specializing in innovation and entrepreneurship, with a curriculum that sets graduates up to succeed as corporate intrapreneurs , start-up leaders, and innovation consultants.

The structure in two parts includes:

  • Foundation courses covering the most important aspects of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, including the "Challenge Basics / Design Thinking" course preparing you for the Summer I&E Programs
  • Advanced electives delving deeper into industries and applications e.g. Organizing & Scaling New Ventures, Entrepreneurial Sales & Marketing, Matchmakers in the Digital Economy, and from the Master programs in Global Management, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence

Program timeline

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Term 1
September 2023 - December 2023

Core courses, including 

  • Business Economics
  • Competitive Strategy
  • Financial Accounting
  • Judgment Decision-making
  • Economics of Innovation & New Technology
  • Foundations of Entrepreneurship 

Skills seminar

  • Key Writing Skills
  • Business Presentations 
  • Time Management
  • Public Speaking

Core courses, including 

  • Business Economics
  • Competitive Strategy
  • Financial Accounting
  • Judgment Decision-making
  • Economics of Innovation & New Technology
  • Foundations of Entrepreneurship 

Skills seminar

  • Key Writing Skills
  • Business Presentations 
  • Time Management
  • Public Speaking
September 2023
December 2023
January 2024
March 2024
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Term 2
January 2024 - March 2024

Core courses, including

  • Entrepreneurship Finance & Fin Tech
  • Managing Organizations in a Global Context
  • Marketing Management
  • Challenge Basics / Design Thinking
  • Innovation Policy & Regulation 
  • Organizing for Innovation
  • Vali Sustainable Ideation Bootcamp 

Skills seminar

  • Conflict in Teams
  • Cross Cultural Management
  • Building Professional Networks

Language choices 

Core courses, including

  • Entrepreneurship Finance & Fin Tech
  • Managing Organizations in a Global Context
  • Marketing Management
  • Challenge Basics / Design Thinking
  • Innovation Policy & Regulation 
  • Organizing for Innovation
  • Vali Sustainable Ideation Bootcamp 

Skills seminar

  • Conflict in Teams
  • Cross Cultural Management
  • Building Professional Networks

Language choices 

x
Summer Immersion
April 2024 - September 2024

During the summer months you will gain practical experience with either an internship at a startup or by working on your own company during the Summer Entrepreneurship Program with Vali Berlin.

During the summer months you will gain practical experience with either an internship at a startup or by working on your own company during the Summer Entrepreneurship Program with Vali Berlin.

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Summer Entrepreneurship Program

The SEP helps entrepreneurial talents to develop and elaborate their own startup ideas: from finding co-founders, identifying trends and problems and finding and building solutions, to pitching in front of Venture Capitalists (VCs) and business angles The teams benefit from expert mentoring, access to the ESMT and Vali Berlin network, and a structured program of workshops by entrepreneurs and thought leaders from Berlin's startup scene.

Internship Option

In coordination with ESMT, you may alternatively choose to 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.

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

Electives, including 

  • Data Science for Analytics
  • Social Entrepreneurship / Non Profit Management 
  • Organization and Scaling New Ventures

Practice experience 

Skills electives

Language choice 

Electives, including 

  • Data Science for Analytics
  • Social Entrepreneurship / Non Profit Management 
  • Organization and Scaling New Ventures

Practice experience 

Skills electives

Language choice 

x
Term 4
January 2025 - May 2025

Electives 

  • Corporate Innovation
  • Negotiation
  • Entrepreneurial Sales & Marketing 

Practice experience 

  • Next Acceleration Program 
  • Creative Destruction Lab
  • Corporate Innovation Project

Research methods

Language choice 

Electives 

  • Corporate Innovation
  • Negotiation
  • Entrepreneurial Sales & Marketing 

Practice experience 

  • Next Acceleration Program 
  • Creative Destruction Lab
  • Corporate Innovation Project

Research methods

Language choice 

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

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.

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

Core courses, including 

  • Business Economics
  • Competitive Strategy
  • Financial Accounting
  • Judgment Decision-making
  • Economics of Innovation & New Technology
  • Foundations of Entrepreneurship 

Skills seminar

  • Key Writing Skills
  • Business Presentations 
  • Time Management
  • Public Speaking

Core courses, including 

  • Business Economics
  • Competitive Strategy
  • Financial Accounting
  • Judgment Decision-making
  • Economics of Innovation & New Technology
  • Foundations of Entrepreneurship 

Skills seminar

  • Key Writing Skills
  • Business Presentations 
  • Time Management
  • Public Speaking
January 2024
March 2024
x
Term 2
January 2024 - March 2024

Core courses, including

  • Entrepreneurship Finance & Fin Tech
  • Managing Organizations in a Global Context
  • Marketing Management
  • Challenge Basics / Design Thinking
  • Innovation Policy & Regulation 
  • Organizing for Innovation
  • Vali Sustainable Ideation Bootcamp 

Skills seminar

  • Conflict in Teams
  • Cross Cultural Management
  • Building Professional Networks

Language choices 

Core courses, including

  • Entrepreneurship Finance & Fin Tech
  • Managing Organizations in a Global Context
  • Marketing Management
  • Challenge Basics / Design Thinking
  • Innovation Policy & Regulation 
  • Organizing for Innovation
  • Vali Sustainable Ideation Bootcamp 

Skills seminar

  • Conflict in Teams
  • Cross Cultural Management
  • Building Professional Networks

Language choices 

April 2024
September 2024
x
Summer Immersion
April 2024 - September 2024

During the summer months you will gain practical experience with either an internship at a startup or by working on your own company during the Summer Entrepreneurship Program with Vali Berlin.

During the summer months you will gain practical experience with either an internship at a startup or by working on your own company during the Summer Entrepreneurship Program with Vali Berlin.

show more
Summer Entrepreneurship Program

The SEP helps entrepreneurial talents to develop and elaborate their own startup ideas: from finding co-founders, identifying trends and problems and finding and building solutions, to pitching in front of Venture Capitalists (VCs) and business angles The teams benefit from expert mentoring, access to the ESMT and Vali Berlin network, and a structured program of workshops by entrepreneurs and thought leaders from Berlin's startup scene.

Internship Option

In coordination with ESMT, you may alternatively choose to 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.

October 2024
December 2024
x
Term 3
October 2024 - December 2024

Electives, including 

  • Data Science for Analytics
  • Social Entrepreneurship / Non Profit Management 
  • Organization and Scaling New Ventures

Practice experience 

Skills electives

Language choice 

Electives, including 

  • Data Science for Analytics
  • Social Entrepreneurship / Non Profit Management 
  • Organization and Scaling New Ventures

Practice experience 

Skills electives

Language choice 

January 2025
May 2025
x
Term 4
January 2025 - May 2025

Electives 

  • Corporate Innovation
  • Negotiation
  • Entrepreneurial Sales & Marketing 

Practice experience 

  • Next Acceleration Program 
  • Creative Destruction Lab
  • Corporate Innovation Project

Research methods

Language choice 

Electives 

  • Corporate Innovation
  • Negotiation
  • Entrepreneurial Sales & Marketing 

Practice experience 

  • Next Acceleration Program 
  • Creative Destruction Lab
  • Corporate Innovation Project

Research methods

Language choice 

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

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.

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:

Summer Innovation & Entrepreneurship Programs

  • Join Vali Berlin's Summer Entrepreneurship Program from April to July to develop and elaborate your own startup idea
  • Receive expert mentoring, access to the ESMT and Vali Berlin network, and a structured program of workshops by entrepreneurs and thought leaders from Berlin's startup scene
  • Alternatively, take up an internship for up to six months at one of ESMT's many corporate partners and delve deep into the world of corporate innovation, giving you invaluable practical insights and preparing you to customize your learning journey in Year 2 of your degree

Winter Innovation & Entrepreneurship Programs

  • Join the NEXT program to accelerate your start-up in product-market fit, human capital, fundraising, legal, administrative, and tax issues
  • or join the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) to advise startup founders to find innovative ideas and strategies to change the business for good.
  • or join theCorporate Innovation Project to deliver an innovation consulting project or develop venture ideas together with a corporate partner.
Mim students

Collaborative learning

Modern business happens in networks.

ESMT students thrive in a connected world.

The value a diverse and international university ecosystem 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 at ESMT you benefit from fresh perspectives, unique experiences, and a broad set of skills. ESMT Berlin's unique approach to collaborative learning means you are set up to innovate and disrupt in diverse and international teams as second nature.

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 entrepreneurs and corporate partners, ESMT Berlin has laid the foundations for innovative research and excellence in the classroom.

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Rankings

 

The ESMT Master in Global Management is #1 in Germany and #10 in the world in the Financial Times Global Masters in Management ranking.

The program moved up two places to join the global top 10 and is ranked #3 for international mobility.

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