Master International Business International School of Management (ISM)

The Master of Science in International Business can be combined with every undergraduate degree course, regardless of what the students have studied before, and is therefore aimed specifically at engineers, IT graduates, communication experts, and humanities graduates who wish to study business administration at Master's level and with an international, highly practical emphasis.

The Master's course covers important areas of business education such as business law, international marketing, production, procurement or financial management. In combination with your first degree, you will have an exceptional range of specific knowledge and the soft skills that will make you particularly attractive for employers, thus broadening your career prospects.

Did you know?

ISM was the first German private university of applied sciences to be internationally AACSB accredited – only around six percent of business schools worldwide are AACSB accredited, an internationally-recognised mark of quality for excellence in teaching, research, and social impact.

Semester 1: Focus on the principles of business administration, comprehensive insight into financial reporting and taxation, necessary quantitative methods to successfully run a business such as business mathematics and statistics

Semester 2: Becoming familiar with the principles of finance and investment theory as well as cost accounting, marketing, know-how about the specific environment of an international enterprise and how to manage it

Semester 3: Lectures in leadership skills to gain knowledge about business ethics and methods to communicate and negotiate effectively within international and diverse work teams, financial planning, elective modules and a consulting project allowing students to apply their theoretical knowledge to real-life business cases in cooperating companies

Semester 4: Master's thesis

Twelve weeks of internship, in addition to practical study projects with companies or study excursions

• A successfully completed Bachelor's degree with at least 180 ECTS points
• or an equivalent course of study at a university or university of applied sciences or a foreign higher education institution of corresponding rank
• Submission of the online application form and uploading documents online: Bachelor's degree certificate (if available), transcript of records, CV, letter of motivation, English language certificate of level B2, etc.
• Participation in an online interview with programme director

Admission process:

The admission process consists of preparing a brief case study presentation and an online interview. You are expected to present the results of your case study on the day of the admissions test.

Included in the tuition fee

On average, the cost of living is about 1,000 EUR/month.

As an international student in Germany, you can work part-time (20 hours per week) during the semester and full-time (40 hours per week) during the semester breaks. This means that over the course of a year, you can work a maximum of 140 full days or 280 half days without requesting approval from the German Employment Agency.

ISM is a private university of applied sciences that is financed solely by tuition fees. It supports international students with the allocation of scholarships – usually partial scholarships of 25% to 50% of the tuition fee – to enable suitable, highly motivated students to study at the university.

More information on scholarships and study financing

The Career Centre is the central service centre for student internship applications, career entry help and perspectives, and the set-up of a student's own network. It is the interface between students, alumni, and companies. The Career Centre offers the best possible support to students in order to help them get access to internships, prepare them for job interviews and find the best suitable career path.

ISM does not have a private dormitory and cannot offer student accommodation.