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GERMAN GLOBAL MBA · PROGRAMME STRUCTURE & CURRICULUM

A common curriculum.
Your own application.

Explore what you study—and how it connects to your workplace.

The German Global MBA brings the disciplines of executive management together, weaving technology—including AI—throughout your studies. You apply your learning to your responsibilities, challenges and ambitions at work, considering how these technologies are shaping the future of business.

2 yearsWhile continuing your career
90 ECTS82 core and thesis · 8 electives
24 assignmentsOpportunities to put learning into practice

What you will study.

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GMBA 61006 ECTS

International Management

Understand your workplace in a global context. Explore international business, cross-cultural collaboration and the legal environment in which your organisation operates.

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  • The Nature of International Business
  • Cross Cultural Management
  • International Business Law
GMBA 620010 ECTS

Strategy and Transformation

Examine how you manage yourself and others, then develop strategy in a world of uncertainty. Apply this thinking to your organisation or startup as technology and artificial intelligence reshape business.

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  • Principles of Effective Management
  • Tasks and Tools of Effective Management
  • Strategy Residential
  • Mastering Complexity through Navigation
GMBA 630010 ECTS

Finance

Use financial information to understand business performance, evaluate investment decisions and identify opportunities for improvement. Turn your analysis into practical financial planning for your workplace.

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  • Financial Accounting
  • Financial Planning
  • Finance Residential
  • Advanced Financial Planning
GMBA 640010 ECTS

Marketing

Identify market opportunities, use research to reduce uncertainty and develop a marketing plan for a product, service or startup. Explore cost-effective ways to reach customers and put your plans into action through collaboration, prototyping and an entrepreneurial approach to marketing—applicable in small, medium and large businesses.

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  • Strategic Marketing
  • Marketing Research
  • Marketing Residential
  • Leading Marketing Innovations
GMBA 650010 ECTS

Human Resources

Connect people development with your organisation’s strategy. Examine learning and performance, reflect on your own leadership potential and develop the management skills to help people grow.

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  • Learning and Employee Development
  • Appraisal and Performance of HR
  • Human Resources Residential
  • Development of Management Skills
GMBA 660010 ECTS

Operations

Strengthen your project management and align operations and supply chains with business strategy. Explore Industry 4.0 and translate strategic priorities into measures of organisational performance.

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  • Project Management
  • Operations Processes and Supply Chain Management
  • Operations Residential
  • Strategic Performance Management
GMBA 68006 ECTS

Digital Leadership and Transformation

Examine how digital technology, IT and AI change your business model, customer relationships and strategic choices. Bring these insights together to reconsider how your organisation can prosper in a changing environment.

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  • Innovation and Digital Technology
  • IT and Customer Relations
  • Managing IT and Strategy
GMBA 699920 ECTS

Master’s Thesis

Bring your learning together in a larger management research project at work. Receive individual guidance and coaching as you develop your research approach and work towards practical recommendations during the final six months.

Your research project builds on the workplace application developed throughout the MBA.

ELECTIVE OPTIONS8 ECTS

Electives

Complete either one Independent Studies project worth 8 ECTS or three prescribed course units in strategy, marketing or finance, together worth 8 ECTS.

Total programme credits90 ECTS

PARTICIPANT EXPERIENCES

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put into practice.

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