European School of Management and Technology

ESMT Berlin was founded by 25 leading global companies and institutions. The international business school offers a full-time MBA, an executive MBA, a master’s in management, as well as open enrollment and customized executive education programs. ESMT focuses on three main topics: leadership and social responsibility, European competitiveness, and the management of technology. ESMT faculty publishes in top academic journals. Additionally, the business school provides an interdisciplinary platform for discourse between politics, business, and academia. The business school is based in Berlin, Germany, with Schloss Gracht as an additional location near Cologne. ESMT is a private business school with the right to grant PhDs and is accredited by the German state, AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS, and FIBAA.

ESMT Berlin was founded by 25 leading global companies and institutions. The international business school offers a full-time MBA, an executive MBA, a master’s in management as well as open enrollment and customized executive education programs. ESMT focuses on three main topics.

Leadership and social responsibility: deals with questions such as how socially responsible leaders should be trained and supported.

European competitiveness: both the classical problems of market failure as well as regulatory and policy failures are examined.

Management of technology: focuses on how the development and market introduction of new technologies can be successfully designed from an individual, corporate, industrial, and societal perspective.

Additionally, the business school provides an interdisciplinary platform for discourse between politics, business, and academia. The business school is based in Berlin, Germany, with Schloss Gracht as an additional location near Cologne. ESMT is a private business school with the right to grant PhDs, accredited by the German state, AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS, and FIBAA.

As a state-accredited business school, ESMT Berlin has two spheres of governance. The corporate governance of the business school regulates all strategic and operative issues of the school. Its managing directors (president and CFO), being legally responsible for the school, are controlled by the supervisory board and advised by the executive management committee (EMC). The EMC is made up of the managing directors and the deans of the school.

The academic governance of the school deals with all matters relating to faculty policy, research, and education. There are two main bodies: the academic board and the academic committee. The academic board is an independent advisory body for academic matters. The academic committee supervises and advises the president in fundamental academic issues regarding research, academic instruction, and further development of the study program.

The president is in charge of the school and represents it in both spheres of its governance.

Twenty-five corporations and institutions established the endowed ESMT Foundation, which consequently founded ESMT GmbH, the supporting organization of the school (so called in German “Trägerin”). The ESMT foundation’s executive committee legally represents and leads the foundation and is controlled by the board of trustees. Both are advised by the international advisory council. The majority shareholder of the school is the ESMT Foundation and the minority shareholder is the Gesellschaft der Freunde und Förderer der ESMT e. V.

ESMT Berlin develops entrepreneurial leaders who think globally, act responsibly, and respect the individual. With a heritage rooted in European values and the potential of technology, ESMT develops and imparts new knowledge to foster sustainable economic growth.

At ESMT Berlin we recruit, develop, and promote a diverse world-class faculty. Our productive environment supports the academic faculty in their focus on rigorous and original research aimed at top academic publications. Our managerial faculty further enriches the School with strong business experience combined with academic credentials. Industry backing provides opportunities to generate ideas with substantial practical impact, that also feed insights into creative teaching approaches.

A member of the academic faculty is a scholar with a PhD or an equivalent doctoral degree from a reputable university or business school in a domain relevant to business. A member of the academic faculty must demonstrate an exceptional record in research and teaching or, for those who just completed their doctoral education, a high potential. Evaluation of one's research involves primarily scholarly publications in top journals as well as external references by top international scholars in the relevant area.

A member of the managerial faculty has an academic background, which is usually indicated by a doctoral or master’s degree in a domain relevant to business education, often in combination with a professional post-degree or post-experience qualification. Typically they have significant industry experience, evidence of advanced training, and ability for reflective thought in the respective field. Research of a managerial faculty member usually focuses on policy and managerial insights, and its applied perspective complements the scholarly expertise of academic faculty members.

ESMT’s campus in Berlin, Europe’s most vibrant capital city, makes student life dynamic, upbeat, and rewarding. The ESMT MBA isn’t just about learning in the classroom. You’ll be challenged to take full advantage of Europe’s largest and strongest economy. Find out what life in one of Europe’s best MBA programs is really like here, and discover all the ways that you can make the ESMT MBA experience a transformative year for you.