International School of Management
The International School of Management (ISM) – with campuses in Dortmund, Frankfurt/Main, Munich and Hamburg – is a private, state-recognized University of Applied Sciences that has been offering high-quality, practical, and career-focused management education programs with a strong international orientation for more than two decades. Founded in 1990, the ISM is home to about 1,400 students pursuing business degrees in a personal atmosphere, under the guidance of faculty and staff members. The program of study includes five Bachelor’s degree programs, a part-time Bachelor program, five consecutive Master’s degree programs and two MBA programs. Due to the compact structure of all study programs, full-time students graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in just six or seven semesters.
Students who wish to continue their studies with a fulltime Master’s program can choose between five ISM Programs: M.A. International Management, M.A. Strategic Marketing Management, M.Sc. Finance, M.Sc. International Transport & Logistics or M.A. Strategic Tourism Management. All programs include a 12-week internship. Students spend the third semester of their Master’s program at one of the ISM international partner universities. After returning to Germany there is one last project which they have to complete within a 12 to 16 week period in order to receive a Master’s degree: The Master Thesis.
Since 2004, the ISM has also offered an MBA program geared towards graduates of all academic disciplines. Students of this part-time MBA General Management program graduate within two years and spend four modules at partner universities in the USA, in Brussels, India and Hong Kong. In addition, students receive professional and personal coaching support throughout the program. A second MBA program, the MBA Energy Management, started at the ISM in 2009. It is organized in cooperation with the energy companies E.ON AG and RWE AG and is therefore tailored to the particular needs of managers in the energy sector.
Accreditation
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