MBA in Germany - Business School Degree Courses

Gisma Business School:
GISMA Business School in Hannover, Germany, was launched in 1999 as a joint initiative by the state of Lower Saxony and visionary private-sector enterprises. GISMA is a privately funded, self-administering institution of higher education. Our mission it is to empower management professionals to respond to the special challenges and stringent demands of today’s highly global business environment.

GISMA Business School is committed to providing supplementary business education with a unique blend of theory and practice, thus effectively filling the gap between conventional university studies and the shifting requirements of today’s global marketplace.

GISMA serves the learning needs of individuals aspiring to take on major managerial responsibility with businesses of international reach and scope.
GISMA stands for cross-cultural inspiration ­ a principle lived daily by our teachers, students and corporate participants from around the world.
GISMA strives to provide a superlative learning environment for the achievement of objectives.

Our programs are internationally accredited by the AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), and our admission screening for prospective students is every bit as demanding as the standards we apply to our academic staff ­ all with the goal of putting the brightest of minds in touch with one another.

Our educational portfolio aims at providing supplemental management training as a complement to first-degree studies and job experience. Our professors are highly devoted individuals who are always glad to engage in mindsharing sessions outside of actual seminars. For maximum one-on-one interaction, admission is limited to a maximum of 60 students per class.


One of our major objectives is providing students with plenty of hands-on experience. Outings to actual companies, case studies and a high percentage of student involvement in consulting projects are some of the ways in which GISMA ensures that students get the inside track and are well prepared for real-world business.

All courses at GISMA are taught in English, as the world’s foremost language for business and global communication. Our alumni come from as many as 40 different nations and are taught by professors of diverse cultural backgrounds. We maintain close academic ties with top business schools in the US, China, the Netherlands and Hungary. These are just some of the factors that have earned our Executive MBA program an excellent ranking by the Financial Times.

1. MBA program (full time)
11-month course of study in Hannover for young management professionals from around the world who hold a college degree and have already had some job experience. The average age of GISMA students is 28. With its distinctly “real-world” approach, GISMA’s MBA program excels at preparing graduates for the challenges of an increasingly global, highly dynamic marketplace. The learning environment is characterized by a pronounced spirit of teamwork among young people from a great variety of cultural, educational and professional backgrounds.

2. Executive MBA program (part time)
Our “International Master’s in Management Program” (IMM) is designed for managerial professionals that have typically worked for an average of ten years, and takes 22 months to complete. Thanks to its concentrated phases of learning, this program is set up in such a way as to enable participants to strike a healthy balance between work, family and study.

3. Young Professional MBA (part time)
GISMA Business School's Young Professional MBA program is a part-time MBA degree for young academics with first work experience. The program is aimed at participants with the potential to take on management responsibility within their companies and who would like to qualify themselves further without interrupting their career.