Full-Time Master's Programme in Management (MSc) HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management

Your personal aspirations are at the heart of HHL’s Master in Management programme—from academic content to practical experience. You shape your journey based on your interests, choosing both your focus areas and how you gain hands-on experience.

The full-time programme consists of four key elements designed to develop innovative, responsible, and successful future leaders: Welcome Weeks, General Management Essentials, General Management Competencies, and General Management Deep Dives.

1. Welcome Weeks: Where your HHL journey begins The Welcome Weeks immerse you in the HHL spirit through intercultural team-building activities. You connect with classmates from diverse backgrounds and build a strong global network that will support you throughout your studies and beyond. Refresher courses in business fundamentals help you get started, alongside an introduction to the Leipzig Leadership Model.

2. General Management Essentials: Building your foundation This phase lays the groundwork for your management career through three core pillars: Business Administration & Economics, Leadership & Reflection, and Entrepreneurship & Disruption. You gain both fundamental knowledge and modern management insights.

3. General Management Competencies: Learning by doing Apply your knowledge in real-world settings—whether through company projects, internships, or international experiences. Options such as the Field Project, Practical Deepening, and study abroad opportunities allow you to gain valuable experience and build lasting professional connections.

4. General Management Deep Dives: Your specialisation Tailor your expertise by selecting two of four focus areas:

• Strategic Management
• Financial Decision Making
• Transformation Management
• Digital Entrepreneurship

HHL also offers a dedicated Finance track for students aiming to specialise fully in finance. This includes Financial Decision Making, Advanced Financial Challenges, and add-ons such as Advanced Excel Modelling, Big Data Analytics in Finance, and case study seminars with CFOs.

In addition, HHL offers a Strategy and Business Consulting track for those pursuing a career in consulting. Alongside working on real-life case studies with industry partners, the application of AI will be a key focus throughout the curriculum.

We cater to your personal time constraints by offering two programme designs. You can either choose to finish your studies faster or to complete additional internships; you can decide for yourself and select the model that works best for your individual career planning.
The 24-month programme consists of eight terms, including a mandatory internship and a study period abroad at one of HHL's more than 140 partner universities. Students who wish to shorten their study duration can write their Master's thesis in term six, thus shortening the programme to 21 months.
HHL also offers a part-time Master of Science in Management.

Up to three internships are integrated in the programme.

Applicants must have a first academic degree (Bachelor's) in business administration (min. 180 ECTS) or an equivalent field of studies and a minimum of three months of work experience. GMAT or HHL entry test is required.

312 EUR per semester

800 to 1,000 EUR

Job opportunities are limited due to the high demands of the programme.

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Right from the start of the studies at HHL, the experienced HHL career service team supports the student in shaping their personal career strategies based on their unique profiles and closely accompanies their individual, long-term career progress.

Through intensive and systematic dialogue with the students, the career service team identifies each student's special experience, skills, interests and values in order to outline a career plan that fits with their needs.

Leipzig is a city with a high standard of living. Rent for student accommodation is relatively low. The apartments managed by the Student Union (Studentenwerk Leipzig) cost between 215 and 435 EUR per month (http://www.studentenwerk-leipzig.de) and private accommodations are approx. 300 to 600 EUR per month. HHL's staff can help you to find accommodation close to the campus.