Global Online MBA

• You have at least three years of professional work experience
• You are looking to accelerate your career while working full-time
• You are excited to develop your analytical skills, leadership qualities, and ability to innovate
• You are seeking a program with a high degree of flexibility.

Is This Program for You?

The Global Online MBA from ESMT Berlin will help you learn everything a modern decision-maker needs to become a better leader. Offered fully online with optional in-person weeks, you will earn your MBA from Germany’s leading business school without needing to come to Berlin.

To get the most from the program, we look for candidates with the following competencies and qualities:

• International outlook, intercultural competence, and a responsible approach to business
• The ambition and motivation to study part-time alongside work and personal commitments
• Willingness to learn from others in a collegial environment
• Proven teamwork skills
• A change and innovation mindset.

Topics

• General Management
• Data-driven Decisions
• Marketing and Sales
• Technology and innovation

The Global Online MBA from ESMT Berlin is a highly flexible, fully remote program that can be completed in two to five years. This means you can pause, or accelerate your learning progress and fit the course content around your existing schedule. Consistently ranked as one of the best business schools in Germany, ESMT Berlin is accredited by AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS, and FIBAA, the highest distinctions of quality for business schools around the world.

Curriculum and course availability are subject to change at any time.

Introductory Module

Managing in a Connected World (7 weeks, 3 ECTS)

All students of the Global Online MBA begin the program with this course, which develops a solid foundation in general management and prepares them for the courses that follow.

• Introduction to general management
• Global virtual teams

Core Modules

The next stage of the program opens up the core modules.

These are compulsory but can be taken in any order.

After completing one core module, you can also start taking electives (see below).

Making wiser decisions under uncertainty (15 weeks, 9 ECTS)

Develop the mindset and skills to become a better decision-maker who leads ethically and responsibly. Learn how to power your decision-making process with data and analytics.

Courses:

• Crafting Better Decisions
• Data-driven Decisions
• Ethics and Responsibility

Understanding Your Market (15 weeks, 9 ECTS)

Learn how to critically assess the environment your business exists in and identify opportunities, with courses on business economics, marketing and sales in a digital world,d and customer analytics.

Courses:

• The Economics of the Market
• Marketing and Sales in a Digital World
• Customer Analytics

Understanding Your Organization (15 weeks, 9 ECTS)

Develop your understanding of how successful organizations function with courses on people, teams, and organizations; managing operations; and Accounting and financial management.

Courses:

• Accounting and Financial Management
• Managing Operations
• People, Teams, and Organizations

Creating Strategic Advantage (15 weeks, 9 ECTS)

Prepare to lead an innovative business and learn how to apply entrepreneurial strategies, how to build a true customer-centric business, and how to lead in an agile, adaptable way.

Courses:

• Agile Leadership
• Customer Centricity
• Entrepreneurial Strategy

Innovation & Global Experience Electives

After completing the introductory first module and at least one core module, the elective courses can be taken.

Each elective course is worth 2 ECTS and you must select electives totaling at least 6 ECTS.

Technology and Innovation Electives

• Embracing technological change human factor of innovation
• Matchmakers in the digital economy
• Negotiations
• New business creation
• Doing business sustainably

Global Experience Electives

• Small Network Online Courses offered by the GNAM network
• Berlin Experience Week (ESMT Berlin campus)
• Global Experience Week

Final Project

Once you have passed all other modules, it is time to conclude your MBA with a final project that demonstrates what you’ve learned and puts your new skills to the test.

The final project focuses on business innovation, transformation,n and/or new business creation and includes a presentation and individual analytic paper.

There is a suite of services available while you study that aim to put you in control of your future.

Whether you want to continue progressing in your current company, explore new opportunities in different industries, or even start your own business, you can take advantage of support from ESMT’s Career Development Center.

Support from the Careers team is on demand and as flexible as the Global Online MBA program itself so that you can access it, if and when you need it. In addition, there are more options, such as personalized coaching, that are available to book for an additional cost.

ESMT offers you a diverse corporate network. ESMT builds relations with large companies, medium-sized enterprises, and the vibrant startup scene across Germany. Networking is and will be a key element in making the next career step, and the Career Development Center is dedicated to connecting you with ESMT alumni in varied industries and sectors across the globe.

• Our global alumni network of international business professionals represents numerous industries and sectors around the world
• Earn a triple-accredited, globally-recognized, ESMT Berlin MBA degree (60 ECTS)
• Learn with recorded lectures, live online sessions, group assignments, case studies, and networking opportunities
• Online delivery through the world’s most innovative learning platform, the Hub.