Global Online MBA
Online
DURATION
24 up to 60 Months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
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TUITION FEES
EUR 28,000
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
* early application deadline: January 21 | final application deadline: April 28
Introduction
The Global Online MBA from ESMT Berlin is a truly modern program that enables you to study for an MBA online through a completely remote learning experience.
- Receive the same triple-accredited, globally-recognized degree as our other MBA programs
- Take advantage of a highly flexible program schedule that allows you to spread your learning experience over as many as five years or as little as two
- The distance learning MBA: The program's 100% online format means you can study from anywhere in the world.
Focus
General management combined with technology, innovation, and global electives.
Program Highlights
- Learn at your own pace with a highly flexible 24-month program that boasts two intake dates (May or September)
- Study for an MBA online, 100% remotely
- Option to complete the program within five years
- Access to small network online courses (SNOCs) run by 30-plus schools in the GNAM network
- Online sessions with our career services team to develop essential career skills
- Option to add on personalized career coaching or international study experiences (for a fee).
Ideal Students
- 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.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
The Global Online MBA was developed to enable participants around the world to study together, learn from each other, and accelerate their professional development. Our scholarships therefore focus on bringing the program within the economic reach of all.
As part of your application to the Global Online MBA program, you can apply for scholarships. There are two types of scholarships available:
- Automatically-awarded scholarships
- Application-driven scholarships.
Curriculum
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.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
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.
Why study at ESMT Berlin
- 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.
Program Admission Requirements
Demonstrate your commitment and readiness to succeed in business school by taking the GMAT exam – the most widely used exam for admissions that measures your critical thinking and reasoning skills.
Download the GMAT mini quiz to get a flavour of the questions you’ll find in the exam.