Top Universities to Study an EMBA in Berlin

Universities in Berlin offer a good selection of credible EMBA programs. The program fees are also famously good value for money, particularly when compared to some EMBA program fees in North America. Those looking study in Berlin will also, no doubt, be very interested in the city’s many charms outside of its universities.

Germany is seen as the powerhouse of the European Union. It has the largest national economy in Europe, and recorded the highest trade surplus in the world, worth US$250 billion in 2014. Accordingly, the German economy is one of the main engines of MBA & EMBA demand in Western Europe – as reported in the QS TopMBA.com Jobs & Salary Trends Report 2014/2015.

The Berlin’s business districts are home to multinational organizations such as Siemens and Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, who are headquartered in the city and have significant MBA and executive recruitment programs. Berlin is now very much driven by the service sector rather than manufacturing, although Daimler and BMW continue to manufacture cars and motorcycles in the city.

The city ranks among the top innovative regions in the EU  according to the European Commission, and is known for its burgeoning tech sector – it even has its own ‘Silicon Allee’. There is also a strong media presence in Berlin – media giants such as MTV Europe, Viva and public service broadcaster RBB all have headquarters in the thriving financial district.

Here is a selection of some universities in Berlin that offer executive MBAs.  

Although only established in 2002, ESMT has fast grown in popularity with business students around the world. ESMT’s executive MBA in Berlin runs for 18 months and is taught in one week modules that take place every two months at the Berlin campus.

The school has a global perspective, so two of the EMBA modules are delivered abroad with ESMT partner schools in Russia and Turkey. The school also runs a two-week module that takes students to an overseas country of current significance depending on the year that the intake enrolls.

ESMT also holds International Field Seminars where EMBA participants can experience leading international projects inside global companies from all over the world. Recent seminars took EMBA classes as far as China, Brazil, Vietnam, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Argentina.